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Iowa Football Team History


Iowa Hawkeyes
University of Iowa
 Iowa City, IA
Founded: 1847
Stadium: Kinnick Stadium
Capacity: 70,585
Colors: Gold, Black & White
Coach: Hayden Fry
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1889  <-- 1995 <- 1996 -> 1997 --> 2024
1996 Season Highlights
 Hayden Fry enters his 18th season as Head Coach at Iowa.
 
1996 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Arizona  21   20   W       
 Sat., Sep. 14  vs. Iowa State  38   13   W       
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Tulsa  20   27   L       
 Sat., Oct. 5  vs. Michigan State  37   30   W       
 Sat., Oct. 12  @ Indiana  31   10   W       
 Sat., Oct. 19  @ Penn State  21   20   W       
 Sat., Oct. 26  vs. Ohio State  26   38   L       
 Sat., Nov. 2  @ Illinois  31   21   W       
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Northwestern  13   40   L       
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Wisconsin  31   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 23  @ Minnesota  43   24   W       
 Sun., Dec. 29   Texas Tech  27   0   W    @ San Antonio, TX   Alamo Bowl
 
1996 Season Totals
  Record9-3
  Points Scored339
  Scoring Average28.3
  Points Allowed243
  Defense Average20.3
  Opponents Record72-68
  Conference Record6-2
  Home Record4-2
  Away Record4-1
1996 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
18 9-3-0 AP
18 9-3-0 Coaches
18 9-3-0 USA Today/CNN
  
1996 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 4-7236340 1-7145281  Jim Wacker
Indiana 3-8242291 1-7181268  Bill Mallory
Illinois 2-9190372 1-7149269  Lou Tepper
Ohio State 11-1455131Won  20-177-126491  John Cooper
Northwestern 9-3336278Lost  28-487-1215182  Gary Barnett
Penn State 11-2400203Won  38-156-2224174  Joe Paterno
Iowa 9-3339243Won  27-06-2233183  Hayden Fry
Michigan 8-4277184Lost  14-175-3185131  Lloyd Carr
Michigan State 6-6358302Lost  0-385-3277179  Nick Saban
Wisconsin 8-5377243Won  38-103-5190203  Barry Alvarez
Purdue 3-8194324 2-6146248  Jim Colletto

1996 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1996 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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