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1964 Iowa

3–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Jerry Burns.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1964, game by game: won vs. Idaho 34–24; won vs. No. 10 Washington 28–18; won at Indiana 21–20; lost at Wisconsin 21–31; lost vs. Purdue 14–19; lost vs. No. 1 Ohio State 19–21; lost at Minnesota 13–14; lost vs. No. 6 Michigan 20–34; lost at No. 1 Notre Dame 0–28+10−28Won 34–24 vs. Idaho+10IdahoWon 28–18 vs. No. 10 Washington+10No. 10 WashingtonWon 21–20 at Indiana+1IndianaLost 21–31 at Wisconsin-10WisconsinLost 14–19 vs. Purdue-5PurdueLost 19–21 vs. No. 1 Ohio State-2No. 1 Ohio StateLost 13–14 at Minnesota-1MinnesotaLost 20–34 vs. No. 6 Michigan-14No. 6 MichiganLost 0–28 at No. 1 Notre Dame-28No. 1 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsIdahoW 34–⁠2469%
Oct 3vs10WashingtonW 28–⁠1853%
Oct 10atIndianaW 21–⁠2056%
Oct 17atWisconsinL 21–⁠3155%
Oct 24vsPurdueL 14–⁠1955%
Oct 31vs1Ohio StateL 19–⁠2137%
Nov 7atMinnesotaL 13–⁠1440%
Nov 14vs6MichiganL 20–⁠3441%
Nov 21at1Notre DameL 0–⁠2820%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 85th-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 1964.

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 9th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
170–⁠209
Coach
Jerry Burns
Elo
1478 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.6 No. 31 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Tony Giacobazzi
Most valuable player
Karl Noonan

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠19–⁠14
Ohio State5–⁠17–⁠29
Purdue5–⁠26–⁠3
Illinois4–⁠36–⁠3
Minnesota4–⁠35–⁠4
Michigan State3–⁠34–⁠5
Wisconsin2–⁠53–⁠6
Northwestern2–⁠53–⁠6
Iowa1–⁠53–⁠6
Indiana1–⁠52–⁠7

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