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1995 Iowa

8–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by Hayden Fry, finished No. 25 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1995, game by game: won vs. Northern Iowa 34–13; won at Iowa State 27–10; won vs. New Mexico State 59–21; won at Michigan State 21–7; won vs. Indiana 22–13; lost vs. No. 19 Penn State 27–41; lost at No. 4 Ohio State 35–56; lost vs. Illinois 7–26; lost at No. 5 Northwestern 20–31; won at Wisconsin 33–20; won vs. Minnesota 45–3; won vs. No. 20 Washington 38–18+42−21Won 34–13 vs. Northern Iowa+21Northern IowaWon 27–10 at Iowa State+17Iowa StateWon 59–21 vs. New Mexico State+38New Mexico StateWon 21–7 at Michigan State+14Michigan StateWon 22–13 vs. Indiana+9IndianaLost 27–41 vs. No. 19 Penn State-14No. 19 Penn StateLost 35–56 at No. 4 Ohio State-21No. 4 Ohio StateLost 7–26 vs. Illinois-19IllinoisLost 20–31 at No. 5 Northwestern-11No. 5 NorthwesternWon 33–20 at Wisconsin+13WisconsinWon 45–3 vs. Minnesota+42MinnesotaWon 38–18 vs. No. 20 Washington+20No. 20 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsNorthern IowaW 34–⁠1377%
Sep 16atIowa StateW 27–⁠1063%
Sep 30vsNew Mexico StateW 59–⁠2180%
Oct 7atMichigan StateW 21–⁠739%
Oct 14vsIndianaW 22–⁠1373%
Oct 21vs19Penn StateL 27–⁠4144%
Oct 28at4Ohio StateL 35–⁠5619%
Nov 4vsIllinoisL 7–⁠2661%
Nov 11at5NorthwesternL 20–⁠3127%
Nov 18atWisconsinW 33–⁠2033%
Nov 25vsMinnesotaW 45–⁠377%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs20WashingtonSun BowlW 38–⁠1837%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 38–⁠18 in the Sun Bowl; No. 25 in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 23
  2. Wk 9: 18
  3. Wk 10: 25
  4. Final: 25

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 1995.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 6th in Big Ten
AP final
No. 25 peak No. 18
Points
368–⁠259
Coach
Hayden Fry
Elo
1597 +102 this season
SP+ rating
13.4 No. 24 of 107; offense No. 15, defense No. 46
SRS
14.3 No. 14 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Don Patterson
Defensive coordinator
Bill Brashier
Captains
Lloyd Bickham, Chris Jackson, Matt Purdy and Casey Wiegmann
Most valuable player
Bob Diaco and Sedrick Shaw

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 3Scott Slutzker TEIndianapolis Colts

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Nick GalleryPCoaches-1; Media-1

Second team

  • Matt PurdyOGMedia-2
  • Scott SlutzkerTECoaches-2; Media-2
  • Bob DiacoLBCoaches-2; Media-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Northwestern8–⁠010–⁠28
Ohio State7–⁠111–⁠26
Penn State5–⁠39–⁠313
Michigan5–⁠39–⁠417
Michigan State4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa4–⁠48–⁠425
Illinois3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Wisconsin3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
Purdue2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠73–⁠8
Indiana0–⁠82–⁠9

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