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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: Howard H. Jones
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1889  <-- 1917 <- 1918 -> 1919 --> 2024
1918 Season Highlights
 Howard H. Jones enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Iowa.
 
1918 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. Great Lakes Navy  0   10   L       
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Nebraska  12   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Coe  27   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Cornell (Iowa)  34   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 2  vs. Illinois  0   19   L       
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Minnesota  6   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Iowa State  21   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 23  vs. Northwestern  23   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Camp Dodge  0   0   T       
 
1918 Season Totals
  Record6-2 -1
  Points Scored123
  Scoring Average13.7
  Points Allowed36
  Defense Average4.0
  Opponents Record14-12
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record5-2
  Away Record1-0 -1
1918 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1918 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Illinois 5-28614   Robert C. Zuppke
Minnesota 5-2-113339   Henry Doc Williams
Indiana 2-26431   Ewald O. Jumbo Stiehm
Michigan 5-0966 1-0140  Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
Iowa 6-2-112336   Howard H. Jones
Ohio State 3-313441 0-3341  John W. Wilce
Purdue 3-38777   A.G. Butch Scanlon
Wisconsin 3-34244   Guy S. Lowman
Northwestern 2-2-17561   Fred J. Murphy

1918 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1918 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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