1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 6
Record	7–1–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Forest Evashevski (6th season)
MVP	Bob Commings
Captain	Bob Commings
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium
Seasons ←  1956 1958  →

1957 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Michigan State	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Iowa	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
No. 19 Wisconsin	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Purdue	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1957 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Utah State *	No. 12	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 70–14	43,000
October 5	Washington State *	No. 8	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 20–13	47,334
October 12	at Indiana	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 47–7	23,000
October 19	No. 13 Wisconsin	No. 6	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		W 21–7	58,147
October 26	at Northwestern	No. 3	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IA		W 6–0	42,719
November 2	at No. 12 Michigan	No. 3	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	NBC	T 21–21	90,478	[1]
November 9	Minnesota	No. 5	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		W 44–20	58,103
November 16	at No. 6 Ohio State	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 13–17	82,935
November 23	at No. 9 Notre Dame *	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 21–13	58,734
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 72 John Burroughs Jr OL/DL 50 Bob Commings Sr QB 25 Randy Duncan Jr E 88 Jim Gibbons Sr HB 44 Collins Hagler Sr OT 77 Alex Karras Sr C Bill Lapham Sr OT Frank Rigney Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Forest Evashevski Coordinators/assistant coaches Jerry Burns (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1957 NCAA University Division football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
AP	9 (4)	12 (1)	8 (3)	8 (4)	6 (10)	3 (16)	3 (20)	5 (12)	5 (19)	8 (2)	6 (7)	6 (7)
Coaches												5

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Game summaries

Utah State

See also: 1957 Utah State Aggies football team

Washington State

See also: 1957 Washington State Cougars football team

Indiana

See also: 1957 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Wisconsin

See also: 1957 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Northwestern

See also: 1957 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Michigan

See also: 1957 Michigan Wolverines football team

Minnesota

See also: 1957 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Floyd of Rosedale

Ohio State

See also: 1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1 2 3 4 Total No. 5 Hawkeyes 6 0 7 0 13 •No. 6 Buckeyes 3 7 0 7 17 Date: November 16 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 82,935 Game weather: Clear, 60 °F (16 °C)

Scoring summary 1 OSU Sutherin 18 yard field goal OSU 3–0 IOWA Duncan 8 yard pass to Prescott (kick failed) IOWA 6–3 2 OSU Kremblas 1 yard run (Sutherin kick) OSU 10–6 3 IOWA Duncan 1 yard run (Prescott kick) IOWA 13–10 4 OSU White 5 yard run (Sutherin kick) OSU 17–13

Game Statistics

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Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total •No. 8 Hawkeyes 7 7 0 7 21 No. 9 Fighting Irish 0 6 7 0 13 Date: November 23 Location: Notre Dame Stadium

Scoring summary 1 5:39 IOWA John Nocera 36-yard run (Prescott kick) IOWA 7–0 2 IOWA Randy Duncan 24-yard interception return (Prescott kick) IOWA 14–0 ND Monty Stickles 45-yard pass from George Izo (kick blocked) IOWA 14–6 3 ND Ron Toth 15-yard run (Stickles kick) IOWA 14–13 4 IOWA Don Norton 16-yard pass from Duncan (Prescott kick) IOWA 21–13

See also: 1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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Postseason awards

• Alex Karras - Outland Trophy, Consensus First-team All-American, 2nd in Heisman Trophy voting

See also: 1957 College Football All-America Team and 1957 All-Big Ten Conference football team

1958 NFL Draft

Main article: 1958 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Alex Karras	Defensive tackle	1	10	Detroit Lions
Frank Rigney	Tackle	4	43	Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Gibbons	End	5	61	Cleveland Browns
Bill Lapham	Center	14	160	Philadelphia Eagles
Bill Van Buren	Center	17	196	Philadelphia Eagles
John Burroughs	Tackle	18	208	Philadelphia Eagles
Frank Bloomquist	Guard	26	306	Washington Redskins

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References

1. Tommy Devine (November 3, 1957). "Iowa Settles for 21-21 Tie with U-M". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Iowa 1957 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
3. "OHIO STATE RALLY HALTS IOWA, 17-13". The New York Times . November 17, 1957. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
4. "Irish Say Hawks As Good As Oklahoma" (PDF). The Daily Iowan . November 27, 1957. p. 5. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
5. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2018.