1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
Record7–1–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVP Bob Commings
Captain Bob Commings
Home stadium Iowa Stadium
Seasons
  1956
1958  
1957 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 7 0 09 1 0
No. 3 Michigan State 5 1 08 1 0
No. 6 Iowa 4 1 17 1 1
No. 19 Wisconsin 4 3 06 3 0
Purdue 4 3 05 4 0
Michigan 3 3 15 3 1
Illinois 3 4 04 5 0
Minnesota 3 5 04 5 0
Indiana 0 6 01 8 0
Northwestern 0 7 00 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.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Utah State *No. 12W 70–1443,000
October 5 Washington State *No. 8
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 20–1347,334
October 12at Indiana No. 8W 47–723,000
October 19No. 13 Wisconsin Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 6
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
W 21–758,147
October 26at Northwestern No. 3W 6–042,719
November 2at No. 12 Michigan No. 3 NBC T 21–2190,478 [1]
November 9 Minnesota No. 5
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
W 44–2058,103
November 16at No. 6 Ohio State No. 5L 13–1782,935
November 23at No. 9 Notre Dame *No. 8NBCW 21–1358,734
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
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

Washington State

Indiana

Wisconsin

Northwestern

Michigan

Minnesota

Ohio State

1234Total
No. 5 Hawkeyes607013
No. 6 Buckeyes370717
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 82,935
  • Game weather: Clear, 60 °F (16 °C)
 

Game Statistics

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Notre Dame

1234Total
No. 8 Hawkeyes770721
No. 9 Fighting Irish067013
 

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Postseason awards

1958 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Alex Karras Defensive tackle110 Detroit Lions
Frank Rigney Tackle443 Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Gibbons End561 Cleveland Browns
Bill Lapham Center14160Philadelphia Eagles
Bill Van BurenCenter17196Philadelphia Eagles
John BurroughsTackle18208Philadelphia Eagles
Frank BloomquistGuard26306 Washington Redskins

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References

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