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1998 Iowa

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Big Ten), coached by Hayden Fry.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1998, game by game: won vs. Central Michigan 38–0; lost vs. Iowa State 9–27; lost at No. 16 Arizona 11–35; won at Illinois 37–14; lost vs. No. 25 Michigan 9–12; won vs. Northwestern 26–24; lost at Indiana 7–14; lost vs. No. 9 Wisconsin 0–31; lost at Purdue 14–36; lost vs. No. 7 Ohio State 14–45; lost at Minnesota 7–49+38−42Won 38–0 vs. Central Michigan+38Central MichiganLost 9–27 vs. Iowa State-18Iowa StateLost 11–35 at No. 16 Arizona-24No. 16 ArizonaWon 37–14 at Illinois+23IllinoisLost 9–12 vs. No. 25 Michigan-3No. 25 MichiganWon 26–24 vs. Northwestern+2NorthwesternLost 7–14 at Indiana-7IndianaLost 0–31 vs. No. 9 Wisconsin-31No. 9 WisconsinLost 14–36 at Purdue-22PurdueLost 14–45 vs. No. 7 Ohio State-31No. 7 Ohio StateLost 7–49 at Minnesota-42Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsCentral MichiganW 38–⁠084%
Sep 12vsIowa StateL 9–⁠2785%
Sep 19at16ArizonaL 11–⁠3533%
Sep 26atIllinoisW 37–⁠1468%
Oct 3vs25MichiganL 9–⁠1238%
Oct 10vsNorthwesternW 26–⁠2465%
Oct 17atIndianaL 7–⁠1454%
Oct 24vs9WisconsinL 0–⁠3137%
Oct 31atPurdueL 14–⁠3630%
Nov 14vs7Ohio StateL 14–⁠4521%
Nov 21atMinnesotaL 7–⁠4946%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 49–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 114th-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 1998.

Consensus All-AmericanJared DeVries, DT

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 7th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
172–⁠287
Coach
Hayden Fry
Elo
1414 −164 this season
SP+ rating
-5.1 No. 74 of 112; offense No. 95, defense No. 44
SRS
−4.9 No. 72 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Don Patterson
Defensive coordinator
Bob Elliott
Captains
Michael Burger, Jared DeVries, Matt Hughes and Derek Rose
Most valuable player
Jared DeVries and Derek Rose

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 3Jared DeVries DEDetroit Lions
Rd 6Eric Thigpen DBAtlanta Falcons

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wisconsin7–⁠111–⁠16
Ohio State7–⁠111–⁠12
Michigan7–⁠110–⁠312
Purdue6–⁠29–⁠424
Penn State5–⁠39–⁠317
Michigan State4–⁠46–⁠6
Minnesota2–⁠65–⁠6
Indiana2–⁠64–⁠7
Illinois2–⁠63–⁠8
Iowa2–⁠63–⁠8
Northwestern0–⁠83–⁠9

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