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1969 Iowa

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

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1969, game by game: lost vs. Oregon State 14–42; won vs. Washington State 61–35; won vs. Arizona 31–19; lost at Wisconsin 17–23; lost at No. 17 Purdue 31–35; won vs. Michigan State 19–18; lost vs. Minnesota 8–35; won at Indiana 28–17; lost vs. No. 14 Michigan 6–51; won at Illinois 40–0+40−45Lost 14–42 vs. Oregon State-28Oregon StateWon 61–35 vs. Washington State+26Washington StateWon 31–19 vs. Arizona+12ArizonaLost 17–23 at Wisconsin-6WisconsinLost 31–35 at No. 17 Purdue-4No. 17 PurdueWon 19–18 vs. Michigan State+1Michigan StateLost 8–35 vs. Minnesota-27MinnesotaWon 28–17 at Indiana+11IndianaLost 6–51 vs. No. 14 Michigan-45No. 14 MichiganWon 40–0 at Illinois+40Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsOregon StateL 14–⁠4243%
Sep 27vsWashington StateW 61–⁠3556%
Oct 4vsArizonaW 31–⁠1958%
Oct 11atWisconsinL 17–⁠2369%
Oct 18at17PurdueL 31–⁠3522%
Oct 25vsMichigan StateW 19–⁠1844%
Nov 1vsMinnesotaL 8–⁠3562%
Nov 8atIndianaW 28–⁠1726%
Nov 15vs14MichiganL 6–⁠5136%
Nov 22atIllinoisW 40–⁠067%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Illinois 40–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 101st-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 1969.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
255–⁠275
Coach
Ray Nagel
Elo
1456 −12 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.1 No. 53 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jon Meskimen and Larry Ely
Most valuable player
Larry Ely

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 4Paul Laaveg OTWashington Redskins
Rd 6Mike Cilek QBCleveland Browns

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Jon MeskimenOGAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Ray ManningEUPI-2
  • Layne McDowellDTUPI-2
  • Larry ElyLBAP-2
  • Craig ClemonsDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State6–⁠18–⁠14
Michigan6–⁠18–⁠39
Purdue5–⁠28–⁠218
Minnesota4–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa3–⁠45–⁠5
Indiana3–⁠44–⁠6
Wisconsin3–⁠43–⁠7
Northwestern3–⁠43–⁠7
Michigan State2–⁠54–⁠6
Illinois0–⁠70–⁠10

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