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1975 Iowa

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Bob Commings.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1975, game by game: lost vs. Illinois 12–27; lost at Syracuse 7–10; lost vs. No. 12 Penn State 10–30; lost vs. No. 3 USC 16–27; lost at No. 1 Ohio State 0–49; won at Indiana 20–10; lost vs. Minnesota 7–31; won at Northwestern 24–21; won vs. Wisconsin 45–28; lost at Purdue 18–19; lost vs. Michigan State 23–27+17−49Lost 12–27 vs. Illinois-15IllinoisLost 7–10 at Syracuse-3SyracuseLost 10–30 vs. No. 12 Penn State-20No. 12 Penn StateLost 16–27 vs. No. 3 USC-11No. 3 USCLost 0–49 at No. 1 Ohio State-49No. 1 Ohio StateWon 20–10 at Indiana+10IndianaLost 7–31 vs. Minnesota-24MinnesotaWon 24–21 at Northwestern+3NorthwesternWon 45–28 vs. Wisconsin+17WisconsinLost 18–19 at Purdue-1PurdueLost 23–27 vs. Michigan State-4Michigan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsIllinoisL 12–⁠2741%
Sep 20atSyracuseL 7–⁠1037%
Sep 27vs12Penn StateL 10–⁠3018%
Oct 4vs3USCL 16–⁠2714%
Oct 11at1Ohio StateL 0–⁠496%
Oct 18atIndianaW 20–⁠1037%
Oct 25vsMinnesotaL 7–⁠3148%
Nov 1atNorthwesternW 24–⁠2131%
Nov 8vsWisconsinW 45–⁠2836%
Nov 15atPurdueL 18–⁠1935%
Nov 22vsMichigan StateL 23–⁠2731%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan State 27–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 120th-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 1975.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
182–⁠279
Coach
Bob Commings
Elo
1381 −7 this season
SP+ rating
-8.0 No. 97 of 132; offense No. 79, defense No. 105
SRS
−2.4 No. 79 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Larry Coyer
Captains
Andre Jackson and Brandt Yocom
Most valuable player
Andre Jackson

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 1Rod Walters OGKansas City Chiefs
Rd 2Jim Jensen RBDallas Cowboys
Rd 2Joe Devlin OTBuffalo Bills
Rd 7Rod Wellington RBKansas City Chiefs

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Brandt YocumTEUPI-2
  • Dave BryantDTAP-2
  • Andre JacksonLBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State8–⁠011–⁠14
Michigan7–⁠18–⁠2–⁠28
Michigan State4–⁠47–⁠4
Illinois4–⁠45–⁠6
Purdue4–⁠44–⁠7
Wisconsin3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota3–⁠56–⁠5
Iowa3–⁠53–⁠8
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠8
Indiana1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1

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