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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: Hayden Fry
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1889  <-- 1984 <- 1985 -> 1986 --> 2024
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
  Record10-2
  Points Scored440
  Scoring Average36.7
  Points Allowed187
  Defense Average15.6
  Opponents Record70-54
  Conference Record7-1
  Home Record6-0
  Away Record4-1
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 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Illinois 6-5-1304334Lost  29-315-2-1212206  Mike White
Minnesota 7-5293240Won  20-134-4176183  Lou Holtz
Indiana 4-7251340 1-7136260  Bill Mallory
Iowa 10-2440187Lost  28-457-1249119  Hayden Fry
Michigan 10-1-134298Won  27-236-1-124160  Glenn Bo Schembechler
Ohio State 9-3325212Won  10-75-3221153  Earle Bruce
Michigan State 7-5258219Lost  14-175-3215169  George J. Perles
Purdue 5-6287306 3-5185240  Leon Burtnett
Wisconsin 5-6231263 2-6126206  Dave McClain
Northwestern 3-8170332 1-788253  Dennis Green

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.


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