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1973 Iowa

0–⁠11 (0–⁠8 Big Ten), coached by Frank Lauterbur.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1973, game by game: lost vs. No. 5 Michigan 7–31; lost at No. 18 UCLA 18–55; lost at No. 6 Penn State 8–27; lost vs. Arizona 20–23; lost at Northwestern 15–31; lost vs. Minnesota 23–31; lost at Illinois 0–50; lost vs. Purdue 23–48; lost at Wisconsin 7–35; lost at No. 1 Ohio State 13–55; lost vs. Michigan State 6–15+7−50Lost 7–31 vs. No. 5 Michigan-24No. 5 MichiganLost 18–55 at No. 18 UCLA-37No. 18 UCLALost 8–27 at No. 6 Penn State-19No. 6 Penn StateLost 20–23 vs. Arizona-3ArizonaLost 15–31 at Northwestern-16NorthwesternLost 23–31 vs. Minnesota-8MinnesotaLost 0–50 at Illinois-50IllinoisLost 23–48 vs. Purdue-25PurdueLost 7–35 at Wisconsin-28WisconsinLost 13–55 at No. 1 Ohio State-42No. 1 Ohio StateLost 6–15 vs. Michigan State-9Michigan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vs5MichiganL 7–⁠3123%
Sep 22at18UCLAL 18–⁠5521%
Sep 29at6Penn StateL 8–⁠279%
Oct 6vsArizonaL 20–⁠2335%
Oct 13atNorthwesternL 15–⁠3139%
Oct 20vsMinnesotaL 23–⁠3140%
Oct 27atIllinoisL 0–⁠5020%
Nov 3vsPurdueL 23–⁠4830%
Nov 10atWisconsinL 7–⁠3526%
Nov 17at1Ohio StateL 13–⁠555%
Nov 24vsMichigan StateL 6–⁠1526%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan State 15–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The worst 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 1973.

Record
0–⁠11
Conference
0–⁠8 tied for 9th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
140–⁠401
Coach
Frank Lauterbur
Elo
1249 −143 this season
SP+ rating
-11.5 No. 95 of 123; offense No. 71, defense No. 105
SRS
−5.6 No. 84 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Howard Vernon
Captains
Dan Dickel, Brian Rollins and Roger Jerrick
Most valuable player
Brian Rollins

Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 7Dan Dickel LBBaltimore Colts

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Brian RollinsEnds/receivers

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan7–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠16
Ohio State7–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠12
Minnesota6–⁠27–⁠4
Purdue4–⁠45–⁠6
Michigan State4–⁠45–⁠6
Illinois4–⁠45–⁠6
Northwestern4–⁠44–⁠7
Wisconsin3–⁠54–⁠7
Indiana0–⁠82–⁠9
Iowa0–⁠80–⁠11

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