1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–8 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob Commings (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Coyer (2nd season)
MVP	Andre Jackson
Captain	Andre Jackson, Brandt Yocom
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
Seasons ←  1974 1976  →

1975 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	2
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	Illinois	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 12–27	57,200
September 20	at Syracuse *	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 7–10	19,283
September 27	No. 12 Penn State *	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 10–30	52,780
October 4	No. 3 USC *	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 16–27	54,600
October 11	at No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–49	87,826
October 18	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 20–10	32,441
October 25	Minnesota	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 7–31	59,160
November 1	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 24–21	25,530
November 8	Wisconsin	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 45–28	54,650
November 15	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 18–19	45,549
November 22	Michigan State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 23–27	42,300
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 72 Joe Devlin Sr OL 76 Rod Walters Sr FB 48 Mark Fetter Sr RB   Tom Grine Jr FB   Bob Holmes Sr RB 22 Jim Jensen Sr QB 17 Butch Caldwell Jr QB   Tom McLaughlin So     Rod Wellington Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 20 Andre Jackson Sr DB 21 Jim Caldwell Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K   Nick Quartaro Jr	Head coach Bob Commings Coordinators/assistant coaches Dennis Green – Running backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Illinois

See also: 1975 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

At Syracuse

See also: 1975 Syracuse Orangemen football team

Penn State

See also: 1975 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Wisconsin

See also: 1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry

Team players in the 1976 NFL Draft

Main article: 1976 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Wayne Walters	Guard	1	14	Kansas City Chiefs
Jim Jensen	Running back	2	40	Dallas Cowboys
Joe Devlin	Offensive tackle	2	52	Buffalo Bills
Rod Wellington	Running back	7	196	Kansas City Chiefs
Warren Peiffer	Defensive tackle	9	240	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.