| 1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football | |
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| Conference | Big Nine Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (3–3 Big Nine) |
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| MVP | Jack Dittmer |
| Home stadium | Iowa Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 24 | UCLA * | L 25–41 | 43,546 | ||
| October 1 | at Purdue | W 21–7 | 32,000 | ||
| October 8 | Illinois |
| L 14–20 | 45,066 | |
| October 15 | Indiana  |
| W 35–9 | ||
| October 22 | No. 13 Northwestern |
| W 28–21 | ||
| October 29 | Oregon * |
| W 34–31 | ||
| November 5 | at Minnesota | No. 15 | L 7–55 | 62,089 | |
| November 12 | at Wisconsin | L 13–35 | 45,000 | ||
| November 19 | at No. 1 Notre Dame * | L 7–28 | 56,790 | ||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — |
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