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1988 Iowa

6–⁠4–⁠3 (4–⁠1–⁠3 Big Ten), coached by Hayden Fry.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1988, game by game: lost at Hawai’i 24–27; won at Kansas State 45–10; lost vs. Colorado 21–24; won vs. Iowa State 10–3; tied at Michigan State 10–10; won vs. Wisconsin 31–6; tied vs. No. 15 Michigan 17–17; won at Purdue 31–7; lost at Indiana 34–45; won vs. Northwestern 35–10; tied vs. Ohio State 24–24; won at Minnesota 31–22; lost vs. NC State 23–28+35−11Lost 24–27 at Hawai’i-3Hawai’iWon 45–10 at Kansas State+35Kansas StateLost 21–24 vs. Colorado-3ColoradoWon 10–3 vs. Iowa State+7Iowa StateTied 10–10 at Michigan State0Michigan StateWon 31–6 vs. Wisconsin+25WisconsinTied 17–17 vs. No. 15 Michigan0No. 15 MichiganWon 31–7 at Purdue+24PurdueLost 34–45 at Indiana-11IndianaWon 35–10 vs. Northwestern+25NorthwesternTied 24–24 vs. Ohio State0Ohio StateWon 31–22 at Minnesota+9MinnesotaLost 23–28 vs. NC State-5NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atHawai’iL 24–⁠2763%
Sep 10atKansas StateW 45–⁠1079%
Sep 17vsColoradoL 21–⁠2461%
Sep 24vsIowa StateW 10–⁠379%
Oct 1atMichigan StateT 10–⁠1050%
Oct 8vsWisconsinW 31–⁠685%
Oct 15vs15MichiganT 17–⁠1752%
Oct 22atPurdueW 31–⁠765%
Oct 29atIndianaL 34–⁠4545%
Nov 5vsNorthwesternW 35–⁠1086%
Nov 12vsOhio StateT 24–⁠2471%
Nov 19atMinnesotaW 31–⁠2270%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsNC StatePeach BowlL 23–⁠2860%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 28–⁠23 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 19

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 1988.

Consensus All-AmericanMarv Cook, TE

Record
6–⁠4–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
336–⁠233
Coach
Hayden Fry
Elo
1598 −12 this season
SP+ rating
7.7 No. 37 of 102; offense No. 45, defense No. 32
SRS
7.7 No. 31 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Snyder
Defensive coordinator
Bill Brashier
Captains
Marv Cook, Dave Haight, Chuck Hartlieb, Bob Kratch and Jim Reilly
Most valuable player
Marv Cook and Joe Mott

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 3Marv Cook TENew England Patriots
Rd 3Bob Kratch OGNew York Giants
Rd 3Joe Mott LBNew York Jets

All-Big Ten

7 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Chuck HartliebQBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Bob KratchOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Marv CookTEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Deven HarbertsWRAP-1
  • Dave HaightDLAP-1; UPI-1
  • Joe MottDLAP-1; UPI-1
  • Brad QuastLBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Jeff KoeppelDLAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan7–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠14
Michigan State6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Illinois5–⁠2–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa4–⁠1–⁠36–⁠4–⁠3
Indiana5–⁠38–⁠3–⁠120
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠7
Ohio State2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Northwestern2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Wisconsin1–⁠71–⁠10
Minnesota0–⁠6–⁠22–⁠7–⁠2

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