1970 Iowa
3–6–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten), coached by Ray Nagel. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Indiana 42–13Nov 7
By 29 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at Oregon State | L 14–21 | 31% |
| Sep 26 | vs 7USC | L 0–48 | 25% |
| Oct 3 | at Arizona | L 10–17 | 41% |
| Oct 10 | vs Wisconsin | W 24–14 | 58% |
| Oct 17 | vs Purdue | L 3–24 | 37% |
| Oct 24 | at Michigan State | L 0–37 | 40% |
| Oct 31 | at Minnesota | T 14–14 | 28% |
| Nov 7 | vs Indiana | W 42–13 | 64% |
| Nov 14 | at 5Michigan | L 0–55 | 12% |
| Nov 21 | vs Illinois | W 22–16 | 73% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Illinois 22–16; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 113th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).
- Record
- 3–6–1
- Conference
- 3–3–1 4th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 129–259
- Coach
- Ray Nagel
- Elo
- 1422 −48 this season
- SP+ rating
- -14.1 No. 100 of 117; offense No. 105, defense No. 93
- SRS
- −0.9 No. 66 of 123 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Ray Manning and Dan McDonald
- Most valuable player
- Dave Clement
Drafted in 1971
The 1971 draft| Rd 6 | Kerry Reardon DB | Kansas City Chiefs |
All-Big Ten
4 second teamSecond team
Levi MitchellRBAP-2- John MullerOTAP-2
- Layne McDowellDEUPI-2
- Craig ClemonsDBUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1970 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ohio State | 7–0 | 9–1 | 5 |
| Michigan | 6–1 | 9–1 | 9 |
 Northwestern | 6–1 | 6–4 | |
| Iowa | 3–3–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Wisconsin | 3–4 | 4–5–1 | |
| Michigan State | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Minnesota | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Purdue | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
| Illinois | 1–6 | 3–7 | |
| Indiana | 1–6 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.