CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

Iowa Hawkeyes

Big TenIowa City, IAKinnick Stadium

2026: 5–⁠1 (2–⁠1 Big Ten), No. 15 in the AP poll. Last: won at Washington 41–⁠24. Next: at Minnesota, Saturday, Oct 24.

  1. W 40–⁠0Northern Illinois
  2. W 16–⁠13Iowa State
  3. W 55–⁠0Northern Iowa
  4. W 20–⁠19at No. 18 Michigan
  5. L 14–⁠31No. 5 Ohio State
  6. W 41–⁠24at Washington
  7. Oct 24at Minnesota
  8. Oct 31Wisconsin
  9. Nov 7at Northwestern
  10. Nov 14Purdue
  11. Nov 21at Illinois
  12. Nov 27Nebraska
  • Outfitted by Nike
  • Sudler Trophy, 1990

Iowa in the news

Iowa has played football since 1889 and is 686–⁠562–⁠35 in the 1,283 games on record here, which start in 1894. Iowa claims five national championships (1921, 1922, 1956, 1958, 1960). Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 2, in 1958. They have won 12 Big Ten Conference titles (the last in 2004), plus one Western Conference title, one Western Interstate University Football Conference title, counting shared titles. Nile Kinnick won the Heisman Trophy here in 1939. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 195 players from here in its first seven rounds, 26 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took four players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 11 players and 5 coaches from Iowa. Kirk Ferentz (1999–⁠2026) won more games here than any other coach: 218. The most-played rival is Minnesota: 119 meetings, Minnesota leads 63–⁠54–⁠2. This season, under Kirk Ferentz, they’re 5–⁠1.

Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City
Kinnick StadiumPhoto: Count_de_Des_Moines (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2013Iowa lost to No. 4 Ohio State 34–⁠24 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
706–⁠585–⁠39 official; 686–⁠562–⁠35 on file; how we count
Postseason
19–⁠18 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
11 of 342 ranked
Elo now
1668 16th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 12 · Composite No. 22 in FBS, Oct 17; down 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2020 rated 1728
Conference titles
14 last in 2004
Bowl record
19–⁠18–⁠1 official, bowls only
Seasons
133 since 1894, 1,283 games

Identity

Fight song
Iowa Fight Song
Student section
Hawks Nest
Apparel
Nike
Band
Hawkeye Marching Band since 1881, 300 members

2026 season 5–⁠1

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsNorthern IllinoisW 40–⁠083%
Sep 12vsIowa StateW 16–⁠1366%
Sep 19vsNorthern IowaW 55–⁠093%
Sep 26at18MichiganW 20–⁠1945%
Oct 3vs5Ohio StateL 14–⁠3147%
Oct 9atWashingtonW 41–⁠2447%
Oct 24atMinnesotaPreview62%
Oct 31vsWisconsinPreview75%
Nov 7atNorthwesternPreview52%
Nov 14vsPurduePreview84%
Nov 21atIllinoisPreview61%
Nov 27vsNebraskaPreview67%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Iowa’s Elo through 2026: 1631 going into the opener, 1668 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 22 to No. 17.162516501675Elo 1631 going in; beat Northern Illinois 40–0; AP No. 22Elo 1643 going in; beat Iowa State 16–13; AP No. 21Elo 1652 going in; beat Northern Iowa 55–0; AP No. 18Elo 1656 going in; beat Michigan 20–19; AP No. 17Elo 1664 going in; lost to Ohio State 31–14; AP No. 14Elo 1637 going in; beat Washington 41–24; AP No. 20Now: Elo 1668 after the latest game; AP No. 171668
22211817142017
Northern IllinoisIowa StateNorthern IowaMichiganOhio StateWashingtonNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠30
20272 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20282 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20291 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20301 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Iowa’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 17, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookAll-time letterwinnersThe money

On the 2026 team

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Iowa.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Official source
Mascot
Herky the Hawk · Official source
Student section
Hawks Nest · Official source
Athletic director
Beth Goetz · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Phil Parker · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike, from 2004. Extension signed in August 2016, $350,000 a year plus $3M to $3.6M a year in product. Nike partner since 2004. The last published extension, signed in 2016, ran through the 2025-26 season.

  • The Gazette, Jul 30, 2017: Nike equipment and apparel contract extended in August 2016 through the 2025-26 season

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1894

Best seasons ever
Iowa end-of-season Elo from 1894 to 2026, best in 2020 at 1728.130015001700190019001920194019601980200020202020 peak: Elo 1728
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Kirk Ferentz1999–⁠2026218–⁠129
Hayden Fry1979–⁠1998143–⁠89–⁠6
Bob Commings1974–⁠197817–⁠38
Frank Lauterbur1971–⁠19734–⁠28–⁠1
Ray Nagel1966–⁠197016–⁠32–⁠2
Jerry Burns1961–⁠196516–⁠27–⁠2
Forest Evashevski1952–⁠196052–⁠27–⁠4
Leonard Raffensperger1950–⁠19515–⁠10–⁠3
Edward Anderson1939–⁠194935–⁠33–⁠2
Clem Crowe19452–⁠7
Slip Madigan1943–⁠19442–⁠13–⁠1
Irl Tubbs1937–⁠19382–⁠13–⁠1
Ossie Solem1932–⁠193615–⁠21–⁠4
Burton Ingwersen1924–⁠193133–⁠27–⁠4
Howard Jones1916–⁠192342–⁠17–⁠1
Jesse Hawley1910–⁠191524–⁠18
John Griffith19092–⁠4–⁠1
Mark Catlin1906–⁠19087–⁠10
John Chalmers1903–⁠190524–⁠8
Alden Knipe1898–⁠190226–⁠8–⁠2
Otto Wagonhurst18971–⁠0
Alfred E. Bull18960–⁠1
Roger Sherman18940–⁠1–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesIOWA record
Minnesota11954–⁠63–⁠2 ‡
Wisconsin9948–⁠49–⁠2
Purdue9441–⁠50–⁠3
Northwestern8655–⁠28–⁠3
Indiana7946–⁠29–⁠4
Illinois7938–⁠39–⁠2
Iowa State7348–⁠25 ‡
Ohio State6815–⁠49–⁠3 †

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Iowa State, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois.

Trophies it holds: Cy-Hawk Trophy (Iowa State), Floyd of Rosedale (Minnesota, since 2024), Heartland Trophy (Wisconsin, since 2022), Heroes Trophy (Nebraska, since 2023). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (129)

Every program Iowa has played, A to Z, with Iowa’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

14, counting shared titles
Big Ten Conference 12
1900 (shared), 1907, 1921, 1922 (shared), 1956, 1958, 1960 (shared), 1981 (shared), 1985, 1990 (shared), 2002 (shared), 2004 (shared)
Western Conference 1
1907
Western Interstate University Football Conference 1
1896
Big Ten West 3
2015, 2021, 2023

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1889–⁠1891
  2. Western Interstate University Football Conference 1892–⁠1897
  3. Independent 1898–⁠1899
  4. Western Conference 1900–⁠1952
  5. Big Ten since 1953

Iowa’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

National award winners

All awards
2025Logan Jones CRimington
2023Tory Taylor PRay Guy
2023Phil Parker coachBroyles Award
2022Jack Campbell ILBButkus, Campbell Trophy
2021Tyler Linderbaum CRimington
2018T.J. Hockenson TEMackey
2015Desmond King CBThorpe
2015Kirk Ferentz coachEddie Robinson, Bobby Dodd Award
2014Brandon Scherff OTOutland
2008Shonn Greene RBDoak Walker
2003Robert Gallery OTOutland
2002Brad Banks QBDavey O’Brien
2002Dallas Clark TEMackey
2002Nate Kaeding KGroza
2002Kirk Ferentz coachWalter Camp Coach
1985Chuck Long QBMaxwell, Davey O’Brien
1957Alex Karras OTOutland
1955Cal Jones OGOutland
1939Nile Kinnick RB/QBHeisman, Maxwell

Consensus All-Americans 37

2025Kaden Wetjen APB
2025Logan Jones C
2024Jay Higgins LB
2024Kaleb Johnson RB
2023Cooper DeJean DB
2023Tory Taylor P
2022Jack Campbell LB
2021Tyler Linderbaum C
2020Daviyon Nixon DL
2019Keith Duncan K
2017Josey Jewell LB
2017Josh Jackson DB
2015Desmond King DB
2014Brandon Scherff OL
2010Adrian Clayborn DT
2008Shonn Greene RB
2003Nate Kaeding K
2003Robert Gallery OT
2002Dallas Clark TE
2002Eric Steinbach OL
1998Jared DeVries DT
1997Tim Dwight APB
1991Leroy Smith L
1988Marv Cook TE
1985Chuck Long QB
1985Larry Station LB
1984Larry Station LB
1981Andre Tippett DE
1981Reggie Roby P
1958Randy Duncan QB
1957Alex Karras OT
1955Cal Jones OG
1954Cal Jones OG
1939Nile Kinnick RB
1922Gordon Locke FB
1921Aubrey Devine QB
1919Lester Belding E

Led the nation 9

2025Kaden Wetjen punt return yards (563 yds), punt return average (26.8)
2024Kaden Wetjen kickoff return yards (727 yds)
2002Brad Banks passer rating (157.1)
1997Tim Dwight punt return average (19.3)
1968Kerry Reardon kickoff return average (32.1)
1963Paul Krause yards per catch (23.3)
1958Bob Jeter yards per carry (7.2)
1958Randy Duncan passing yards (1,347 yds), total offense per game (156.2)
1939Nile Kinnick kickoff return yards (377 yds), kickoff return average (25.1)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2002Brad Banks QB2nd
1985Chuck Long QB2nd
1958Randy Duncan QB2nd
1957Alex Karras DT2nd

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
11
Coaches
5
2023Robert Gallery OT
2021Andre Tippett DE
2009Larry Station LB
2003Hayden Fry coach here, 1979–⁠1998
2000Forest Evashevski coach here, 1952–⁠1960
1999Chuck Long QB
1997Randy Duncan QB
1991Alex Karras OT
1980Cal Jones OG
1974Slip Madigan coach here, 1943–⁠1944
1973Aubrey Devine QB
1971Eddie Anderson coach, career 1922–⁠1964
1960Gordon Locke FB
1951Duke Slater OT
1951Howard Jones coach here, 1916–⁠1923
1951Nile Kinnick RB/QB

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
195 since 1936
First-round picks
26
AAFC and AFL picks
4 1949, 1962, 1964
2023Lukas Van Ness DENo. 13, Green Bay Packers
2023Jack Campbell ILBNo. 18, Detroit Lions
2022Tyler Linderbaum CNo. 25, Baltimore Ravens
2020Tristan Wirfs OTNo. 13, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2019T.J. Hockenson TENo. 8, Detroit Lions
2019Noah Fant TENo. 20, Denver Broncos
2015Brandon Scherff OTNo. 5, Washington Redskins
2012Riley Reiff OTNo. 23, Detroit Lions

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Iowa
Enrollment
30,779 22,738 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Iowa City, Iowa
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1847
Graduates’ median earnings
$64,762 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @HawkeyeFootballInstagram @hawkeyefootballFacebook HawkeyeFootball
Athletics department
X @TheIowaHawkeyesInstagram @theiowahawkeyesFacebook iowahawkeyes

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones hawkeyesports.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

On the newsreel

And 4 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record); some releases also via the Internet Archive. Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

And 8 more

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Iowa (5 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠12–⁠122Kirk Ferentz166813.0
20259–⁠46–⁠317Kirk Ferentz169719.7
20248–⁠56–⁠325Kirk Ferentz164715.8
202310–⁠47–⁠22524Kirk Ferentz16225.8
20228–⁠55–⁠4Kirk Ferentz164612.7
202110–⁠47–⁠21823Kirk Ferentz164511.4
20206–⁠26–⁠22416Kirk Ferentz172816.3
201910–⁠36–⁠32015Kirk Ferentz171116.7
20189–⁠45–⁠425Kirk Ferentz167213.3
20178–⁠54–⁠5Kirk Ferentz16329.8
20168–⁠56–⁠317Kirk Ferentz161210.3
201512–⁠28–⁠09Kirk Ferentz16739.3
20147–⁠64–⁠4Kirk Ferentz15426.8
20138–⁠55–⁠3Kirk Ferentz158917.3
20124–⁠82–⁠6Kirk Ferentz14710.5
20117–⁠64–⁠4Kirk Ferentz158212.8
20108–⁠54–⁠49Kirk Ferentz167117.0
200911–⁠26–⁠2227Kirk Ferentz170517.3
20089–⁠45–⁠320Kirk Ferentz164125.5
20076–⁠64–⁠4Kirk Ferentz15016.5
20066–⁠72–⁠616Kirk Ferentz154013.4
20057–⁠55–⁠311Kirk Ferentz165620.9
200410–⁠27–⁠1198Kirk Ferentz171920.0
200310–⁠35–⁠38Kirk Ferentz171421.2
200211–⁠28–⁠08Kirk Ferentz170120.7
Every season back to 1894 (108 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20017–⁠54–⁠4Kirk Ferentz154214.9
20003–⁠93–⁠5Kirk Ferentz13821.9
19991–⁠100–⁠8Kirk Ferentz1324-6.7
19983–⁠82–⁠6Hayden Fry1414-5.1
19977–⁠54–⁠421Hayden Fry161814.3
19969–⁠36–⁠22218Hayden Fry165117.4
19958–⁠44–⁠425Hayden Fry159713.4
19945–⁠5–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Hayden Fry14927.5
19936–⁠63–⁠5Hayden Fry1465-7.7
19925–⁠74–⁠416Hayden Fry15182.8
199110–⁠1–⁠17–⁠11810Hayden Fry168614.1
19908–⁠46–⁠218Hayden Fry157315.7
19895–⁠63–⁠523Hayden Fry1461-4.0
19886–⁠4–⁠34–⁠1–⁠39Hayden Fry15987.7
198710–⁠36–⁠21616Hayden Fry166612.4
19869–⁠35–⁠316Hayden Fry163812.2
198510–⁠27–⁠1410Hayden Fry169122.7
19848–⁠4–⁠15–⁠3–⁠11216Hayden Fry167312.4
19839–⁠37–⁠21614Hayden Fry164616.6
19828–⁠46–⁠2Hayden Fry15686.1
19818–⁠46–⁠218Hayden Fry157411.9
19804–⁠74–⁠4Hayden Fry1471-5.4
19795–⁠64–⁠4Hayden Fry14727.4
19782–⁠92–⁠6Bob Commings1362-13.8
19774–⁠73–⁠5Bob Commings1428-0.4
19765–⁠63–⁠5Bob Commings1427-6.7
19753–⁠83–⁠5Bob Commings1381-8.0
19743–⁠82–⁠6Bob Commings1332-3.2
19730–⁠110–⁠8Frank Lauterbur1249-11.5
19723–⁠7–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1Frank Lauterbur1339-7.7
19711–⁠101–⁠8Frank Lauterbur1297-17.2
19703–⁠6–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Ray Nagel1422-14.1
19695–⁠53–⁠4Ray Nagel1456
19685–⁠54–⁠3Ray Nagel1453
19671–⁠8–⁠10–⁠6–⁠1Ray Nagel1317
19662–⁠81–⁠6Ray Nagel1327
19651–⁠90–⁠7Jerry Burns1377
19643–⁠61–⁠5Jerry Burns1478
19633–⁠3–⁠22–⁠3–⁠1Jerry Burns1544
19624–⁠53–⁠3Jerry Burns1534
19615–⁠42–⁠41Jerry Burns1611
19608–⁠15–⁠1153Forest Evashevski1721
19595–⁠43–⁠39Forest Evashevski1654
19588–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1132Forest Evashevski1716
19577–⁠1–⁠14–⁠1–⁠196Forest Evashevski1700
19569–⁠15–⁠13Forest Evashevski1668
19553–⁠5–⁠12–⁠3–⁠112Forest Evashevski1549
19545–⁠44–⁠311Forest Evashevski1592
19535–⁠3–⁠13–⁠39Forest Evashevski1575
19522–⁠72–⁠5Forest Evashevski1414
19512–⁠5–⁠20–⁠5–⁠1Leonard Raffensperger1432
19503–⁠5–⁠12–⁠4Leonard Raffensperger1470
19494–⁠53–⁠3Edward Anderson1471
19484–⁠52–⁠4Edward Anderson1477
19473–⁠5–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Edward Anderson1456
19465–⁠43–⁠3Edward Anderson1465
19452–⁠71–⁠5Clem Crowe1306
19441–⁠70–⁠6Slip Madigan1341
19431–⁠6–⁠10–⁠4–⁠1Slip Madigan1423
19426–⁠43–⁠319Edward Anderson1485
19413–⁠52–⁠4Edward Anderson1493
19404–⁠42–⁠320Edward Anderson1505
19396–⁠1–⁠14–⁠1–⁠19Edward Anderson1500
19381–⁠6–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1Irl Tubbs1361
19371–⁠70–⁠5Irl Tubbs1410
19363–⁠4–⁠10–⁠4–⁠1Ossie Solem1502
19354–⁠2–⁠21–⁠2–⁠2Ossie Solem1516
19342–⁠5–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1Ossie Solem1449
19335–⁠33–⁠2Ossie Solem1512
19321–⁠70–⁠5Ossie Solem1327
19311–⁠6–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1Burton Ingwersen1403
19304–⁠40–⁠1Burton Ingwersen1515
19294–⁠2–⁠22–⁠2–⁠2Burton Ingwersen1559
19286–⁠23–⁠2Burton Ingwersen1524
19274–⁠41–⁠4Burton Ingwersen1471
19263–⁠50–⁠5Burton Ingwersen1437
19255–⁠32–⁠2Burton Ingwersen1552
19246–⁠1–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1Burton Ingwersen1623
19235–⁠33–⁠3Howard Jones1595
19227–⁠05–⁠0Howard Jones1677
19217–⁠05–⁠0Howard Jones1657
19205–⁠23–⁠2Howard Jones1579
19195–⁠22–⁠2Howard Jones1558
19186–⁠2–⁠12–⁠1Howard Jones1497
19173–⁠50–⁠2Howard Jones1391
19164–⁠31–⁠2Howard Jones1480
19153–⁠41–⁠2Jesse Hawley1469
19144–⁠31–⁠2Jesse Hawley1555
19135–⁠22–⁠1Jesse Hawley1566
19124–⁠31–⁠3Jesse Hawley1503
19113–⁠42–⁠2Jesse Hawley1477
19105–⁠21–⁠1Jesse Hawley1536
19092–⁠4–⁠10–⁠1John Griffith1464
19082–⁠50–⁠1Mark Catlin1453
19073–⁠21–⁠1Mark Catlin1548
19062–⁠30–⁠1Mark Catlin1497
19058–⁠20–⁠2John Chalmers1605
19047–⁠40–⁠3John Chalmers1543
19039–⁠21–⁠1John Chalmers1580
19025–⁠40–⁠3Alden Knipe1484
19016–⁠30–⁠3Alden Knipe1561
19007–⁠0–⁠12–⁠0–⁠1Alden Knipe1675
18998–⁠0–⁠1Alden Knipe1592
1898few games on file0–⁠1Alden Knipe1467
1897few games on file1–⁠0Otto Wagonhurst1486
1896few games on file0–⁠1Alfred E. Bull1440
1895few games on file0–⁠11436
1894few games on file0–⁠1–⁠1Roger Sherman1463

Officially 706–⁠585–⁠39 since 1889 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 686–⁠562–⁠35 (−20 wins, −23 losses, −4 ties). Our file starts in 1894; the program began in 1889. Some games are missing from our source.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.