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1968 Iowa

5–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Big Ten), coached by Ray Nagel.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1968, game by game: won vs. No. 8 Oregon State 21–20; lost at TCU 17–28; lost vs. No. 5 Notre Dame 28–51; lost vs. Indiana 34–38; won vs. Wisconsin 41–0; lost at No. 7 Purdue 14–44; won at Minnesota 35–28; won vs. Northwestern 68–34; lost vs. No. 2 Ohio State 27–33; won at Illinois 37–13+41−30Won 21–20 vs. No. 8 Oregon State+1No. 8 Oregon StateLost 17–28 at TCU-11TCULost 28–51 vs. No. 5 Notre Dame-23No. 5 Notre DameLost 34–38 vs. Indiana-4IndianaWon 41–0 vs. Wisconsin+41WisconsinLost 14–44 at No. 7 Purdue-30No. 7 PurdueWon 35–28 at Minnesota+7MinnesotaWon 68–34 vs. Northwestern+34NorthwesternLost 27–33 vs. No. 2 Ohio State-6No. 2 Ohio StateWon 37–13 at Illinois+24Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vs8Oregon StateW 21–⁠2030%
Sep 28atTCUL 17–⁠2834%
Oct 5vs5Notre DameL 28–⁠5122%
Oct 12vsIndianaL 34–⁠3835%
Oct 19vsWisconsinW 41–⁠063%
Oct 26at7PurdueL 14–⁠4412%
Nov 2atMinnesotaW 35–⁠2821%
Nov 9vsNorthwesternW 68–⁠3463%
Nov 16vs2Ohio StateL 27–⁠3328%
Nov 23atIllinoisW 37–⁠1350%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Illinois 37–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 104th-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 1968.

Led the nationKerry Reardon: kickoff return average (32.1)

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
322–⁠289
Coach
Ray Nagel
Elo
1453 +75 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.8 No. 29 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ed Podolak and Steve Wilson
Most valuable player
Ed Podolak

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 2Ed Podolak RBKansas City Chiefs

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Al BreamEUPI-2
  • Steve WilsonDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State7–⁠010–⁠01
Michigan6–⁠18–⁠212
Purdue5–⁠28–⁠210
Minnesota5–⁠26–⁠4
Indiana4–⁠36–⁠4
Iowa4–⁠35–⁠5
Michigan State2–⁠55–⁠5
Northwestern1–⁠61–⁠9
Illinois1–⁠61–⁠9
Wisconsin0–⁠70–⁠10

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