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-
1985 Season Highlights
Hayden Fry enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Iowa.
The Hawkeyes won the Big 10 Conference Championship.
1985 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 14 vs. Drake
58
0
W
Sat., Sep. 21 vs.
Northern Illinois
48
20
W
Sat., Sep. 28 @
Iowa State
57
3
W
Sat., Oct. 5 vs.
Michigan State
35
31
W
Sat., Oct. 12 @
Wisconsin
23
13
W
Sat., Oct. 19 vs.
Michigan
12
10
W
Sat., Oct. 26 @
Northwestern
49
10
W
Sat., Nov. 2 @
Ohio State
13
22
L
Sat., Nov. 9 vs.
Illinois
59
0
W
Sat., Nov. 16 @
Purdue
27
24
W
Sat., Nov. 23 vs.
Minnesota
31
9
W
Wed., Jan. 1
UCLA
28
45
L
@ Pasadena, CA
Rose Bowl
1985 Season Totals
Record 10-2
Points Scored 440
Scoring Average 36.7
Points Allowed 187
Defense Average 15.6
Opponents Record 70-54
Conference Record 7-1
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 4-1
1985 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
10 10-2-0
AP
9 10-2-0
Coaches
9 10-2-0
UPI
10 10-2-0
USA Today/CNN
1985 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1985 All Big 10 Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.