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1950 Iowa

3–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠4 Western Conference), coached by Leonard Raffensperger.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1950, game by game: won at No. 12 USC 20–14; lost at Indiana 7–20; lost vs. No. 15 Wisconsin 0–14; won vs. Purdue 33–21; lost at No. 6 Ohio State 21–83; won at Minnesota 13–0; lost vs. No. 10 Illinois 7–21; tied vs. Notre Dame 14–14; lost at No. 14 Miami 6–14+13−62Won 20–14 at No. 12 USC+6No. 12 USCLost 7–20 at Indiana-13IndianaLost 0–14 vs. No. 15 Wisconsin-14No. 15 WisconsinWon 33–21 vs. Purdue+12PurdueLost 21–83 at No. 6 Ohio State-62No. 6 Ohio StateWon 13–0 at Minnesota+13MinnesotaLost 7–21 vs. No. 10 Illinois-14No. 10 IllinoisTied 14–14 vs. Notre Dame0Notre DameLost 6–14 at No. 14 Miami-8No. 14 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29at12USCW 20–⁠1431%
Oct 7atIndianaL 7–⁠2055%
Oct 14vs15WisconsinL 0–⁠1448%
Oct 21vsPurdueW 33–⁠2148%
Oct 28at6Ohio StateL 21–⁠8321%
Nov 4atMinnesotaW 13–⁠037%
Nov 11vs10IllinoisL 7–⁠2143%
Nov 18vsNotre DameT 14–⁠1434%
Nov 24at14MiamiL 6–⁠1425%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 17

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 1950.

Record
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
121–⁠201
Coach
Leonard Raffensperger
Elo
1470 −11 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.5 No. 48 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Most valuable player
Harold Bradley Jr.

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠19
Wisconsin5–⁠26–⁠3
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠314
Illinois4–⁠27–⁠213
Northwestern3–⁠36–⁠3
Iowa2–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Purdue1–⁠42–⁠7

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