1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDon Norton
CaptainDon Norton, Ray Jauch
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Wisconsin $ 5 2 0 7 3 0
Michigan State 4 2 0 5 4 0
Purdue 4 2 1 5 2 2
No. 13 Illinois 4 2 1 5 3 1
Northwestern 4 3 0 6 3 0
Iowa 3 3 0 5 4 0
Michigan 3 4 0 4 5 0
Indiana 2 4 1 4 4 1
Ohio State 2 4 1 3 5 1
Minnesota 1 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. The team was coached by Forest Evashevski and captained by Don Norton and Ray Jauch. Iowa finished with a 5–4 record, losing more games this season than in the previous three seasons combined (24–3–2).

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 26at California*No. 13W 42–1245,000
October 3No. 2 NorthwesternNo. 5L 10–1425,132
October 10Michigan StatedaggerNo. 10
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
NBCW 37–859,300
October 17at WisconsinNo. 9L 16–2564,256
October 24at No. 14 PurdueNo. 15ABCL 7–1447,112
October 31Kansas State*
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 53–045,000
November 7Minnesota
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
W 33–057,000
November 14at Ohio StateNo. 16W 16–782,126
November 21Notre Dame*No. 16
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 19–2058,500[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[edit]

1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 46 Ray Jauch Sr
RB Keith Kinderman Fr
G/DE 82 Curt Merz Sr
WR 89 Don Norton Sr
QB 22 Olen Treadway Jr
QB Tom Moore Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 11 Bob Jeter Sr
B 45 Bernie Wyatt Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Irish upset Iowa, 20-19 on George Izo's passing". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 22, 1959. p. 3, sports.