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1971 Iowa

1–⁠10 (1–⁠8 Big Ten), coached by Frank Lauterbur.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1971, game by game: lost at No. 11 Ohio State 21–52; lost at Oregon State 19–33; lost vs. No. 12 Penn State 14–44; lost at Purdue 13–45; lost vs. Northwestern 3–28; lost vs. Minnesota 14–19; lost at Michigan State 3–34; won vs. Wisconsin 20–16; lost at No. 3 Michigan 7–63; lost vs. Indiana 7–14; lost at Illinois 0–31+7−56Lost 21–52 at No. 11 Ohio State-31No. 11 Ohio StateLost 19–33 at Oregon State-14Oregon StateLost 14–44 vs. No. 12 Penn State-30No. 12 Penn StateLost 13–45 at Purdue-32PurdueLost 3–28 vs. Northwestern-25NorthwesternLost 14–19 vs. Minnesota-5MinnesotaLost 3–34 at Michigan State-31Michigan StateWon 20–16 vs. Wisconsin+4WisconsinLost 7–63 at No. 3 Michigan-56No. 3 MichiganLost 7–14 vs. Indiana-7IndianaLost 0–31 at Illinois-31Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11at11Ohio StateL 21–⁠5219%
Sep 18atOregon StateL 19–⁠3331%
Sep 25vs12Penn StateL 14–⁠4428%
Oct 2atPurdueL 13–⁠4529%
Oct 9vsNorthwesternL 3–⁠2839%
Oct 16vsMinnesotaL 14–⁠1945%
Oct 23atMichigan StateL 3–⁠3426%
Oct 30vsWisconsinW 20–⁠1639%
Nov 6at3MichiganL 7–⁠637%
Nov 13vsIndianaL 7–⁠1464%
Nov 20atIllinoisL 0–⁠3128%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois 31–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 132nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠8 10th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
121–⁠379
Coach
Frank Lauterbur
Elo
1297 −152 this season
SP+ rating
-17.2 No. 115 of 120; offense No. 89, defense No. 114
SRS
−11.5 No. 103 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Geoff Michelosen and Craig Clemons
Most valuable player
Craig Clemons

Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 1Craig Clemons DBChicago Bears
Rd 6Charles Bolden DBDallas Cowboys

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan8–⁠011–⁠16
Northwestern6–⁠37–⁠4
Ohio State5–⁠36–⁠4
Michigan State5–⁠36–⁠5
Illinois5–⁠35–⁠6
Wisconsin3–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota3–⁠54–⁠7
Purdue3–⁠53–⁠7
Indiana2–⁠63–⁠8
Iowa1–⁠81–⁠10

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