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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  <-- 1958 <- 1959 -> 1960 --> 2024
1959 Season Highlights
 Forest Evashevski enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Iowa.
 
1959 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 26  @ California  42   12   W       
 Sat., Oct. 3  vs. Northwestern  10   14   L       
 Sat., Oct. 10  vs. Michigan State  37   8   W       
 Sat., Oct. 17  @ Wisconsin  16   25   L       
 Sat., Oct. 24  @ Purdue  7   14   L       
 Sat., Oct. 31  vs. Kansas State  53   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 7  vs. Minnesota  33   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 14  @ Ohio State  16   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 21  vs. Notre Dame  19   20   L       
 
1959 Season Totals
  Record5-4
  Points Scored233
  Scoring Average25.9
  Points Allowed100
  Defense Average11.1
  Opponents Record37-45
  Conference Record3-3
  Home Record3-2
  Away Record2-2
1959 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1959 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Illinois 5-3-111193 4-2-18259  Ray Eliot
Indiana 4-4-1142105 2-4-18685  Phil Dickens
Minnesota 2-798159 1-666121  Murray Warmath
Wisconsin 7-3165149Lost  8-445-29785  Milton Milt Bruhn
Northwestern 6-3174134 4-39997  Ara R. Parseghian
Michigan State 5-4149118 4-211091  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Purdue 5-2-210981 4-2-18174  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Iowa 5-4233100 3-311968  Forest Evashevski
Michigan 4-5122161 3-489134  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Ohio State 3-5-183114 2-4-16984  Wayne Woody Hayes

1959 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1959 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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