1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record5–4 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWarren Lawson
CaptainGeorge Broeder
Home stadium Iowa Stadium
Seasons
  1953
1955  
1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 7 0 010 0 0
No. 9 Wisconsin 5 2 07 2 0
No. 15 Michigan 5 2 06 3 0
Minnesota 4 2 07 2 0
Iowa 4 3 05 4 0
Purdue 3 3 05 3 1
Indiana 2 4 03 6 0
Michigan State 1 5 03 6 0
Northwestern 1 5 02 7 0
Illinois 0 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 25No. 7 Michigan State No. 12 ABC W 14–1050,000
October 2 Montana *No. 3
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 48–6
October 9at Michigan No. 4L 13–1464,283
October 16at No. 4 Ohio State No. 13L 14–2082,141
October 23at Indiana W 27–1430,789
October 30No. 8 Wisconsin
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
W 13–752,185
November 6No. 8 Purdue Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 12
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 25–1452,900
November 13at No. 13 Minnesota No. 9L 20–2265,464
November 20No. 4 Notre Dame *No. 19
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 18–3456,576
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
E 37 Frank Gilliam Jr
G 62 Calvin Jones Jr
QB 23Lou MatykiewiczSr
QB 25 Jerry Reichow Jr
HB 41 Eddie Vincent Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
OT  John HallSr
OT   Dick Klein Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Postseason awards

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