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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: Forest Evashevski
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1889  <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024
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
  Record9-1
  Points Scored219
  Scoring Average21.9
  Points Allowed84
  Defense Average8.4
  Opponents Record49-38
  Conference Record5-1
  Home Record5-1
  Away Record3-0
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 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 6-1-212787 4-1-28467  Murray Warmath
Indiana 3-6129263 1-585216  Bernie A. Crimmins
Illinois 2-5-2124154 1-4-279106  Ray Eliot
Iowa 9-121984Won  35-195-18844  Forest Evashevski
Michigan 7-2233123 5-214396  Bennie G. Oosterbaan
Michigan State 7-223987 4-213349  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Ohio State 6-316081 4-28847  Wayne Woody Hayes
Northwestern 4-4-1107112 3-3-18079  Ara R. Parseghian
Purdue 3-4-2139122 1-4-295101  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Wisconsin 1-5-393129 0-4-346116  Milton Milt Bruhn

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.


Great Moments in College Football History

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