1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Nine Conference
Record4–5 (3–3 Big Nine)
Head coach
MVPJack Dittmer
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ohio State + 4 1 1 7 1 2
No. 7 Michigan + 4 1 1 6 2 1
No. 8 Minnesota 4 2 0 7 2 0
Wisconsin 3 2 1 5 3 1
Illinois 3 3 1 3 4 2
Iowa 3 3 0 4 5 0
Northwestern 3 4 0 4 5 0
Purdue 2 4 0 4 5 0
Indiana 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. This was Eddie Anderson's eighth and final season as head coach for the Hawkeyes.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 24UCLA*L 25–4143,546
October 1at PurdueW 21–732,000
October 8Illinois
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 14–2045,066
October 15Indianadagger
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 35–9
October 22No. 13 Northwestern
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 28–21
October 29Oregon*
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 34–31
November 5at MinnesotaNo. 15L 7–5562,089
November 12at WisconsinL 13–3545,000
November 19at No. 1 Notre Dame*L 7–2856,790
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP15

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