1949 Iowa
4–5 (3–3 Western Conference), coached by Edward Anderson. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 13 Northwestern 28–21Oct 22
Northwestern was ranked No. 13, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs UCLA | L 25–41 | 60% |
| Oct 1 | at Purdue | W 21–7 | 39% |
| Oct 8 | vs Illinois | L 14–20 | 57% |
| Oct 15 | vs Indiana | W 35–9 | 64% |
| Oct 22 | vs 13Northwestern | W 28–21 | 47% |
| Oct 29 | vs Oregon | W 34–31 | 46% |
| Nov 5 | at Minnesota | L 7–55 | 29% |
| Nov 12 | at Wisconsin | L 13–35 | 39% |
| Nov 19 | at 1Notre Dame | L 7–28 | 10% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 28–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 5: 15
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 1949.
- Record
- 4–5
- Conference
- 3–3 tied for 5th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 15
- Points
- 184–247
- Coach
- Edward Anderson
- Elo
- 1471 −13 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 10.3 No. 30 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Most valuable player
- Jack Dittmer
All-Big Nine
1 second teamSecond team
Jack DittmerEAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ohio State | 4–1–1 | 7–1–2 | 6 |
 Michigan | 4–1–1 | 6–2–1 | 7 |
| Minnesota | 4–2 | 7–2 | 8 |
| Wisconsin | 3–2–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Iowa | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
| Illinois | 3–3–1 | 3–4–2 | |
| Northwestern | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Purdue | 2–4 | 4–5 | |
| Indiana | 0–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.