1978 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1978 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record2–9 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Larry Coyer (4th season)
MVPBrad Reid
CaptainJon Lazar, Tom Rusk, Tim Gutshall, Dave Becker
Home stadium Kinnick Stadium
Seasons
←  1977
1979  →
1978 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Michigan + 7 –1 –010 –2 –0
No. 12 Michigan State + 7 –1 –08 –3 –0
No. 13 Purdue 6 –1 –19 –2 –1
Ohio State 6 –2 –07 –4 –1
Minnesota 4 –4 –05 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –4 –25 –4 –2
Indiana 3 –5 –04 –7 –0
Iowa 2 –6 –02 –9 –0
Illinois 0 –6 –21 –8 –2
Northwestern 0 –8 –10 –10 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Bob Commings' fifth and final season as the head coach of the Hawkeyes.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 Northwestern
W 20–356,840 [1]
September 23No. 20 Iowa State *
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
L 0–3160,075 [2]
September 30at Arizona *
L 3–2346,851 [3]
October 7 Utah *
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 9–1351,170 [4]
October 14at Minnesota
L 20–2251,381 [5]
October 21at Ohio State
L 7–3187,326 [6]
October 28No. 17 Purdue
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 7–3457,640 [7]
November 4No. 8 Michigan
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 0–3449,120 [8]
November 11at Indiana
L 14–3433,167 [9]
November 18 Wisconsin
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
W 38–2444,444 [10]
November 25at No. 14 Michigan State
L 7–4257,007 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Northwestern

Northwestern at Iowa
1234Total
• Wildcats776020
Hawkeyes03003
Scoring summary
1IOWABrad Reid 55-yard pass from Rod Morton (Schilling kick)Iowa 7–0
24:44IOWATodd Simonsen 4-yard fumble return (Schilling kick)Iowa 14–0
2NWNick MirkopulosIowa 14–3
32:15IOWABrad Reid 5-yard run (kick failed)Iowa 20–3

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Iowa State

[14]

At Arizona

Utah

At Minnesota

[15]

At Ohio State

Purdue

Purdue at Iowa
1234Total
•No. 17 Boilermakers10701734
Hawkeyes00707
Scoring summary
1PURSovereen 39-yard field goalPurdue 3–0
1PURPope 11-yard run (Sovereen kick)Purdue 10–0
2PURYoung 25-yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)Purdue 17–0
3IOWAReid 57-yard run (Schilling kick)Purdue 17–7
4PURBurrell 11-yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)Purdue 24–7
4PURSovereen 27-yard field goalPurdue 27–7
4PUREubank 3-yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)Purdue 34–7

Michigan

At Indiana

Wisconsin

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At Michigan State

[17] [18] [19]

Roster

1978 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB  Bobby Commings Jr.So
QB 12Pete GalesFr
C 54 Jay Hilgenberg So
FB 44Jon LazarSr
RB  Rod MortonJr
RB 18 Dennis Mosley Jr
WR 87Brad ReidJr
QB 16Phil SuessSo
TE  Jim SwiftJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB  Dave BeckerSr
DL 97Doug BenschoterSr
LB  Tim GutshallSr
LB 47Tom RuskSr
DE 45Steve VazquezSr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K  Scott SchillingSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Team players in the 1979 NFL draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Tom RuskLB9227 New York Giants

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