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: Forest Evashevski Conference: Big 10-
1956 Season Highlights
Forest Evashevski enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Iowa.
The Hawkeyes won the Big 10 Conference Championship.
1956 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 29 @
Indiana
27
0
W
Sat., Oct. 6 vs.
Oregon State
14
13
W
Sat., Oct. 13 vs.
Wisconsin
13
7
W
Sat., Oct. 20 vs.
Hawaii
34
0
W
Sat., Oct. 27 @
Purdue
21
20
W
Sat., Nov. 3 vs.
Michigan
14
17
L
Sat., Nov. 10 @
Minnesota
7
0
W
Sat., Nov. 17 vs.
Ohio State
6
0
W
Sat., Nov. 24 vs.
Notre Dame
48
8
W
Tue., Jan. 1
Oregon State
35
19
W
@ Pasadena, CA
Rose Bowl
1956 Season Totals
Record 9-1
Points Scored 219
Scoring Average 21.9
Points Allowed 84
Defense Average 8.4
Opponents Record 49-38
Conference Record 5-1
Home Record 5-1
Away Record 3-0
1956 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
3 8-1-0
AP
3 8-1-0
Coaches
4 8-1-0
INS
3 8-1-0
UP
1956 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1956 All Big 10 Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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