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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  <-- 1959 <- 1960 -> 1961 --> 2024
1960 Season Highlights
 Forest Evashevski enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Iowa.
 The Hawkeyes won the Big 10 Conference Championship.
 
1960 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 24  vs. Oregon State  22   12   W       
 Sat., Oct. 1  @ Northwestern  42   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 8  @ Michigan State  27   15   W       
 Sat., Oct. 15  vs. Wisconsin  28   21   W       
 Sat., Oct. 22  vs. Purdue  21   14   W       
 Sat., Oct. 29  vs. Kansas  21   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 5  @ Minnesota  10   27   L       
 Sat., Nov. 12  vs. Ohio State  35   12   W       
 Sat., Nov. 19  @ Notre Dame  28   0   W       
 
1960 Season Totals
  Record8-1
  Points Scored234
  Scoring Average26.0
  Points Allowed108
  Defense Average12.0
  Opponents Record49-32
  Conference Record5-1
  Home Record5-0
  Away Record3-1
1960 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
3 8-1-0 AP
2 8-1-0 Coaches
2 8-1-0 UPI
  
1960 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 8-222888Lost  7-176-114750  Murray Warmath
Illinois 5-4140117 3-497109  Peter R. Elliot
Indiana 1-869243 0-729215  Phil Dickens
Iowa 8-1234108 5-116389  Forest Evashevski
Ohio State 7-220990 5-216590  Wayne Woody Hayes
Michigan State 6-2-1193118 4-212296  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Michigan 5-413384 3-48178  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Northwestern 5-4107103 3-48194  Ara R. Parseghian
Purdue 4-4-1212163 3-4134117  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Wisconsin 4-5148183 2-589170  Milton Milt Bruhn

1960 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1960 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 biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.