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1989 Iowa

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Hayden Fry.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1989, game by game: lost vs. Oregon 6–44; won at Iowa State 31–21; won vs. Tulsa 30–22; lost vs. No. 24 Michigan State 14–17; won at Wisconsin 31–24; lost vs. No. 5 Michigan 12–26; won at Northwestern 35–22; lost vs. No. 8 Illinois 7–31; lost at Ohio State 0–28; won at Purdue 24–0; lost vs. Minnesota 7–43+24−38Lost 6–44 vs. Oregon-38OregonWon 31–21 at Iowa State+10Iowa StateWon 30–22 vs. Tulsa+8TulsaLost 14–17 vs. No. 24 Michigan State-3No. 24 Michigan StateWon 31–24 at Wisconsin+7WisconsinLost 12–26 vs. No. 5 Michigan-14No. 5 MichiganWon 35–22 at Northwestern+13NorthwesternLost 7–31 vs. No. 8 Illinois-24No. 8 IllinoisLost 0–28 at Ohio State-28Ohio StateWon 24–0 at Purdue+24PurdueLost 7–43 vs. Minnesota-36Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsOregonL 6–⁠4464%
Sep 23atIowa StateW 31–⁠2153%
Sep 30vsTulsaW 30–⁠2262%
Oct 7vs24Michigan StateL 14–⁠1755%
Oct 14atWisconsinW 31–⁠2466%
Oct 21vs5MichiganL 12–⁠2640%
Oct 28atNorthwesternW 35–⁠2271%
Nov 4vs8IllinoisL 7–⁠3153%
Nov 11atOhio StateL 0–⁠2835%
Nov 18atPurdueW 24–⁠061%
Nov 25vsMinnesotaL 7–⁠4368%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 43–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 23
  2. Wk 3: 24

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 1989.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
197–⁠278
Coach
Hayden Fry
Elo
1461 −104 this season
SP+ rating
-4.0 No. 69 of 103; offense No. 75, defense No. 51
SRS
−4.7 No. 69 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Carl Jackson
Defensive coordinator
Bill Brashier
Captain
William “Billy” Anderson
Most valuable player
Richard Bass and Jim Johnson

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 7Bill Anderson CChicago Bears

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Jim JohnsonLinemen/outside linebackersAP-1; UPI-1
  • Brad QuastLBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan8–⁠010–⁠27
Illinois7–⁠110–⁠210
Ohio State6–⁠28–⁠424
Michigan State6–⁠28–⁠416
Minnesota4–⁠46–⁠5
Iowa3–⁠55–⁠6
Indiana3–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue2–⁠63–⁠8
Wisconsin1–⁠72–⁠9
Northwestern0–⁠80–⁠11

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