FEATURED GAME
Beat Wisconsin
24
vs
8
Kept the Heartland Trophy — won by 16
See how the 1977 Hawkeyes stack up against another Iowa season.
| Date | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | Home Northwestern | 24–0 | W |
| Sep 17 | Home Iowa State | 12–10 | W |
| Sep 24 | Home Arizona | 7–41 | L |
| Oct 1 | Away UCLA | 16–34 | L |
| Oct 8 | Home Minnesota | 18–6 | W |
| Oct 15 | Home (5) Ohio State | 6–27 | L |
| Oct 22 | Away Purdue | 21–34 | L |
| Oct 29 | Away (6) Michigan | 6–23 | L |
| Nov 5 | Home Indiana | 21–24 | L |
| Nov 12 | Away Wisconsin | 24–8 | W |
| Nov 19 | Home Michigan State | 16–22 | L |
| Player | G | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | Y/A | AY/A | Y/C | Y/G | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McLaughlinQB | 11 | 78 | 152 | 51.3 | 1,081 | 4 | 13 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 13.9 | 98.3 | 102.6 |
| Bobby CommingsQB | 11 | 21 | 43 | 48.8 | 199 | 2 | 3 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 18.1 | 89.1 |
| Doug PiroQB | 11 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 | -2.0 | -4.0 | -0.4 | 33.2 |
| Player | G | Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Y/A | TD | Y/G | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Y/G | Plays | Yds | TD | ||
| Jon LazarRB | 11 | 100 | 411 | 4.1 | 3 | 37.4 | 19 | 225 | 11.8 | 2 | 20.5 | 119 | 636 | 5 |
| Mike BradyWR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 357 | 13.7 | 2 | 32.5 | 26 | 357 | 2 |
| Dennis MosleyRB | 11 | 59 | 327 | 5.5 | 1 | 29.7 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 1.5 | 62 | 343 | 1 |
| Rod MortonRB | 11 | 61 | 259 | 4.2 | 4 | 23.5 | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 0 | 7.5 | 67 | 341 | 4 |
| Jim SwiftTE | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 211 | 19.2 | 1 | 19.2 | 11 | 211 | 1 |
| Jim FrazierWR | 11 | 38 | 77 | 2.0 | 1 | 7.0 | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 0 | 11.5 | 50 | 203 | 1 |
| James ArkeilpaneRB | 11 | 54 | 184 | 3.4 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 1.7 | 56 | 203 | 2 |
| Jesse CookWR | 11 | 60 | 154 | 2.6 | 0 | 14.0 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | 3.0 | 65 | 187 | 1 |
| Brad ReidWR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 151 | 18.9 | 0 | 13.7 | 8 | 151 | 0 |
| Ernie SheelerRB | 11 | 25 | 58 | 2.3 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 58 | 0 |
| Dean McKillipRB | 11 | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 0 | 4.5 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -0.1 | 10 | 48 | 0 |
| Doug DunhamTE | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 34 | 0 |
| John ThomasRB | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 1.4 | 6 | 31 | 0 |
| Tom RennRB | 11 | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 0 | 2.1 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 13 | 28 | 0 |
| Doug PiroQB | 11 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 26 | 0 |
| Chris MackeyWR | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom McLaughlinQB | 11 | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeff GreenQB | 11 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby CommingsQB | 11 | 32 | -26 | -0.8 | 0 | -2.4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | -26 | 0 |
| Player | G | Solo | Ast | Comb | TFL | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | PD | FR | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave BeckerDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Mario PaceDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Rod SearsDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 116 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Roger StechDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Shanty BurksDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Player | G | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | APYd | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| Kevin EllisDB | 11 | 10 | 195 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 195 |
| Jesse CookWR | 11 | 10 | 167 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 354 |
| Dave BeckerDB | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 16 | 99 | 6.2 | 0 | 99 |
| Brad ReidWR | 11 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 229 |
| Dennis MartinKR | 11 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 40 |
| Chuck SodergrenDB | 11 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 39 |
| Jim FrazierWR | 11 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 220 |
| Rod MortonRB | 11 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 354 |
| Rod SearsDB | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 128 |
| Ernie SheelerRB | 11 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 68 |
| Mike BradyWR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 366 |
| Dean McKillipRB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 48 |
| Player | G | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Pnt | Yds | Y/P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave HolsclawK | 11 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 39 | 73 | 2,617 | 35.8 |
| Scott SchillingK | 11 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Player | G | Rush | Rec | PR | KR | Int | FR | Oth | TD | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | 2PM | Sfty | Pts | Pts/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave HolsclawK | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 0 | — | 39 | 3.5 |
| Jon LazarRB | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 2.7 |
| Rod MortonRB | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 2.2 |
| Tom McLaughlinQB | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1.6 |
| Mike BradyWR | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1.1 |
| James ArkeilpaneRB | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1.1 |
| Dennis MosleyRB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| Jesse CookWR | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| Jim FrazierWR | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| Rod SearsDB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| Jim SwiftTE | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| Scott SchillingK | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| Date | Opp | Rslt | Passing | Rushing | Total | Penalties | TO | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | Rate | Att | Yds | TD | Plays | Yds | Y/P | No | Yds | FL | Int | TO | |||
| Sep 10 | Northwestern | W 24–0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 17 | Iowa State | W 12–10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 24 | Arizona | L 7–41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 1 | @ UCLA | L 16–34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 8 | Minnesota | W 18–6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 15 | Ohio State | L 6–27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 22 | @ Purdue | L 21–34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 29 | @ Michigan | L 6–23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5 | Indiana | L 21–24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 12 | @ Wisconsin | W 24–8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 19 | Michigan State | L 16–22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Player | Class | Pos | Season summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Sodergren | — | DB | |
| Dave Becker | — | DB | |
| Kevin Ellis | — | DB | |
| Mario Pace | — | DB | |
| Rod Sears | — | DB | |
| Roger Stech | — | DB | |
| Shanty Burks | — | DB | |
| Dave Holsclaw | — | K | |
| Scott Schilling | — | K | |
| Dennis Martin | — | KR | |
| Bobby Commings | — | QB | 21 Cmp, 43 Att, 199 Yds, 2 TD |
| Doug Piro | — | QB | 1 Cmp, 2 Att, -4 Yds, 0 TD |
| Jeff Green | — | QB | |
| Tom McLaughlin | — | QB | 78 Cmp, 152 Att, 1081 Yds, 4 TD |
| Dean McKillip | — | RB | 9 Att, 49 Yds, 5.4 Avg |
| Dennis Mosley | — | RB | 59 Att, 327 Yds, 5.5 Avg |
| Ernie Sheeler | — | RB | 25 Att, 58 Yds, 2.3 Avg |
| James Arkeilpane | — | RB | 54 Att, 184 Yds, 3.4 Avg |
| John Thomas | — | RB | 5 Att, 16 Yds, 3.2 Avg |
| Jon Lazar | — | RB | 100 Att, 411 Yds, 4.1 Avg |
| Rod Morton | — | RB | 61 Att, 259 Yds, 4.2 Avg |
| Tom Renn | — | RB | 11 Att, 23 Yds, 2.1 Avg |
| Doug Dunham | — | TE | 3 Rec, 34 Yds, 11.3 Avg |
| Jim Swift | — | TE | 11 Rec, 211 Yds, 19.2 Avg |
| Brad Reid | — | WR | 8 Rec, 151 Yds, 18.9 Avg |
| Chris Mackey | — | WR | 1 Rec, 3 Yds, 3.0 Avg |
| Jesse Cook | — | WR | 5 Rec, 33 Yds, 6.6 Avg |
| Jim Frazier | — | WR | 12 Rec, 126 Yds, 10.5 Avg |
| Mike Brady | — | WR | 26 Rec, 357 Yds, 13.7 Avg |
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