1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record3–8 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Larry Coyer (2nd season)
MVPAndre Jackson
CaptainAndre Jackson, Brandt Yocom
Home stadium Kinnick Stadium
Seasons
  1974
1976  
1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 0 011 1 0
No. 8 Michigan 7 1 08 2 2
Michigan State 4 4 07 4 0
Illinois 4 4 05 6 0
Purdue 4 4 04 7 0
Wisconsin 3 4 14 6 1
Minnesota 3 5 06 5 0
Iowa 3 5 03 8 0
Northwestern 2 6 03 8 0
Indiana 1 6 12 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13 Illinois L 12–2757,200
September 20at Syracuse *L 7–1019,283
September 27No. 12 Penn State *
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 10–3052,780
October 4No. 3 USC *
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 16–2754,600
October 11at No. 1 Ohio State L 0–4987,826
October 18at Indiana W 20–1032,441
October 25 Minnesota Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
L 7–3159,160
November 1at Northwestern W 24–2125,530
November 8 Wisconsin
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 45–2854,650
November 15at Purdue L 18–1945,549
November 22 Michigan State
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 23–2742,300
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 72 Joe Devlin Sr
OL 76 Rod Walters Sr
FB 48Mark FetterSr
RB  Tom GrineJr
FB  Bob HolmesSr
RB 22 Jim Jensen Sr
QB 17Butch CaldwellJr
QB  Tom McLaughlinSo
   Rod WellingtonSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 20Andre JacksonSr
DB 21 Jim Caldwell Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K  Nick QuartaroJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Illinois

At Syracuse

Penn State

Wisconsin

Team players in the 1976 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Wayne Walters Guard114 Kansas City Chiefs
Jim Jensen Running back240 Dallas Cowboys
Joe Devlin Offensive tackle252 Buffalo Bills
Rod WellingtonRunning back7196Kansas City Chiefs
Warren PeifferDefensive tackle9240 New Orleans Saints

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References

  1. "1975 Football Schedule". University of Iowa Athletic Department . Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  2. "1976 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.