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1917 Iowa

3–⁠5 (0–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Howard Jones.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1917, game by game: won vs. Cornell (IA) 22–13; lost at Nebraska 0–47; lost vs. Grinnell 0–10; lost at Wisconsin 0–20; lost at Great Lakes Navy 14–23; won vs. South Dakota 35–0; lost at Northwestern 14–25; won vs. Iowa State 6–3+35−47Won 22–13 vs. Cornell (IA)+9Cornell (IA)Lost 0–47 at Nebraska-47NebraskaLost 0–10 vs. Grinnell-10GrinnellLost 0–20 at Wisconsin-20WisconsinLost 14–23 at Great Lakes Navy-9Great Lakes NavyWon 35–0 vs. South Dakota+35South DakotaLost 14–25 at Northwestern-11NorthwesternWon 6–3 vs. Iowa State+3Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 6vsCornell (IA)W 22–⁠1389%
Oct 13atNebraskaL 0–⁠4728%
Oct 20vsGrinnellL 0–⁠1082%
Oct 27atWisconsinL 0–⁠2029%
Nov 3atGreat Lakes NavyL 14–⁠2371%
Nov 10vsSouth DakotaW 35–⁠086%
Nov 17atNorthwesternL 14–⁠2526%
Nov 24vsIowa StateW 6–⁠333%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 6–⁠3; tied for 8th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

Record
3–⁠5
Conference
0–⁠2 tied for 8th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
91–⁠141
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1391 −96 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.3 No. 41 of 88 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
J. Elwood Davis
Offense
Single-wing

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

  • Charles LaunE

From Wikipedia’s 1917 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1917 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State4–⁠08–⁠0–⁠1
Minnesota3–⁠14–⁠1
Northwestern3–⁠25–⁠2
Wisconsin3–⁠24–⁠2–⁠1
Illinois2–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Chicago2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠25–⁠2
Michigan0–⁠18–⁠2
Purdue0–⁠43–⁠4
Iowa0–⁠23–⁠5

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.