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1948 Iowa

4–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Western Conference), coached by Edward Anderson.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1948, game by game: won vs. Marquette 14–12; lost at Indiana 0–7; won at No. 11 Ohio State 14–7; lost vs. Purdue 13–20; lost vs. No. 2 Notre Dame 12–27; won vs. Wisconsin 19–13; lost at Illinois 0–14; lost vs. No. 14 Minnesota 21–28; won at Boston University 34–14+20−15Won 14–12 vs. Marquette+2MarquetteLost 0–7 at Indiana-7IndianaWon 14–7 at No. 11 Ohio State+7No. 11 Ohio StateLost 13–20 vs. Purdue-7PurdueLost 12–27 vs. No. 2 Notre Dame-15No. 2 Notre DameWon 19–13 vs. Wisconsin+6WisconsinLost 0–14 at Illinois-14IllinoisLost 21–28 vs. No. 14 Minnesota-7No. 14 MinnesotaWon 34–14 at Boston University+20Boston Universi…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsMarquetteW 14–⁠1260%
Oct 2atIndianaL 0–⁠727%
Oct 9at11Ohio StateW 14–⁠734%
Oct 16vsPurdueL 13–⁠2062%
Oct 23vs2Notre DameL 12–⁠2723%
Oct 30vsWisconsinW 19–⁠1360%
Nov 6atIllinoisL 0–⁠1435%
Nov 13vs14MinnesotaL 21–⁠2836%
Nov 20atBoston UniversityW 34–⁠1443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Boston University 34–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1948.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 5th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
127–⁠142
Coach
Edward Anderson
Elo
1477 +7 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.9 No. 46 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Most valuable player
Al DiMarco

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 4Bill Kay OTNew York Giants
Rd 1Bill Kay OTBuffalo Bills (AAFC)

All-Big Nine

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bob McKenzieEAP-2; UP-2
  • Al DiMarcoRBINS-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠09–⁠01
Northwestern5–⁠18–⁠27
Minnesota5–⁠27–⁠216
Ohio State3–⁠36–⁠3
Iowa2–⁠44–⁠5
Purdue2–⁠43–⁠6
Indiana2–⁠42–⁠7
Illinois2–⁠53–⁠6
Wisconsin1–⁠52–⁠7

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