1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Big Nine Conference
Record4–5 (3–3 Big Nine)
Head coach
MVPJack Dittmer
Home stadium Iowa Stadium
Seasons
  1948
1950  
1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Ohio State + 4 1 17 1 2
No. 7 Michigan + 4 1 16 2 1
No. 8 Minnesota 4 2 07 2 0
Wisconsin 3 2 15 3 1
Illinois 3 3 13 4 2
Iowa 3 3 04 5 0
Northwestern 3 4 04 5 0
Purdue 2 4 04 5 0
Indiana 0 6 01 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.

Contents

Schedule

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

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP 15

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