FEATURED GAME
Beat Wisconsin
22
vs
13
Kept the Heartland Trophy — won by 9
See how the 1980 Hawkeyes stack up against another Iowa season.
| Date | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | Away Indiana | 16–7 | W |
| Sep 20 | Away (6) Nebraska | 0–57 | L |
| Sep 27 | Home Iowa State | 7–10 | L |
| Oct 4 | Home Arizona | 3–5 | L |
| Oct 11 | Home Illinois | 14–20 | L |
| Oct 18 | Home Northwestern | 25–3 | W |
| Oct 25 | Away Minnesota | 6–24 | L |
| Nov 1 | Home Wisconsin | 22–13 | W |
| Nov 8 | Away (17) Purdue | 13–58 | L |
| Nov 15 | Home (7) Ohio State | 7–41 | L |
| Nov 22 | Away Michigan State | 41–0 | W |
| Player | G | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | Y/A | AY/A | Y/C | Y/G | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil SuessQB | 7 | 87 | 166 | 52.4 | 1,031 | 6 | 2 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 11.9 | 147.3 | 114.1 |
| Pete GalesQB | 11 | 66 | 152 | 43.4 | 882 | 6 | 11 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 13.4 | 80.2 | 90.7 |
| Tony RicciardulliQB | 11 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 71.0 |
| Player | G | Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Y/A | TD | Y/G | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Y/G | Plays | Yds | TD | ||
| Keith ChappelleWR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 1,037 | 16.2 | 6 | 94.3 | 64 | 1,037 | 6 |
| Jeff BrownRB | 8 | 132 | 673 | 5.1 | 1 | 84.1 | 22 | 129 | 5.9 | 0 | 16.1 | 154 | 802 | 1 |
| Dean McKillipRB | 11 | 81 | 289 | 3.6 | 3 | 26.3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 83 | 304 | 4 |
| Nate PersonWR | 11 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.9 | 15 | 259 | 17.3 | 1 | 23.5 | 16 | 269 | 1 |
| Phil BlatcherRB | 8 | 41 | 198 | 4.8 | 0 | 24.8 | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 1 | 4.1 | 49 | 231 | 1 |
| Doug DunhamWR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 209 | 12.3 | 2 | 19.0 | 17 | 209 | 2 |
| Lon OlejniczakTE | 11 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | -0.3 | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 1 | 11.7 | 10 | 126 | 1 |
| J.C. Love JordanRB | 11 | 36 | 93 | 2.6 | 1 | 8.5 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 37 | 95 | 1 |
| Dwayne WilliamsRB | 11 | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 0 | 6.2 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 2.0 | 21 | 90 | 0 |
| Pete GalesQB | 11 | 57 | 83 | 1.5 | 1 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 83 | 1 |
| Eddie PhillipsRB | 11 | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 1.0 | 17 | 66 | 0 |
| Marty BallRB | 11 | 18 | 44 | 2.4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 44 | 0 |
| Norm GrangerRB | 11 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 1.2 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 1.5 | 7 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike HuffordTE | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 2.4 | 3 | 26 | 0 |
| Tom StemlarWR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Louis BurkeRB | 11 | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony RicciardulliQB | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave MoritzWR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Ivory WebbWR | 11 | 3 | -10 | -3.3 | 0 | -0.9 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave StrobelRB | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil SuessQB | 7 | 37 | -48 | -1.3 | 0 | -6.9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | -48 | 0 |
| Player | G | Solo | Ast | Comb | TFL | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | PD | FR | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre TippettDL | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Bob StoopsDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Jeff JansenDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 19 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Jim FrazierDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Kent EllisDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Kevin EllisDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 45 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Lou KingDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 25 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Todd SimonsenLB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Tracy CrockerDB | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 62 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Player | G | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | APYd | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| J.C. Love JordanRB | 11 | 13 | 348 | 26.8 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 442 |
| Norm GrangerRB | 11 | 11 | 329 | 29.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 358 |
| Jeff BrownRB | 8 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 855 |
| Pat DeanDL | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | 37 |
| Bob StoopsDB | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 57 |
| Eddie PhillipsRB | 11 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 96 |
| Lon OlejniczakTE | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 155 |
| Tracy CrockerDB | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 76 |
| Phil BlatcherRB | 8 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 243 |
| Jim FrazierDB | 11 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Dean McKillipRB | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 306 |
| Player | G | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Pnt | Yds | Y/P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie RobyK | 11 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 24 | 41 | 1,663 | 40.6 |
| Lon OlejniczakTE | 11 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 14 | 24 | 848 | 35.3 |
| Player | G | Rush | Rec | PR | KR | Int | FR | Oth | TD | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | 2PM | Sfty | Pts | Pts/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith ChappelleWR | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 3.3 |
| Dean McKillipRB | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 2.2 |
| Reggie RobyK | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | — | 24 | 2.2 |
| Lon OlejniczakTE | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 1.8 |
| Doug DunhamWR | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1.1 |
| Jeff BrownRB | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.8 |
| Pete GalesQB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| Phil BlatcherRB | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.8 |
| Nate PersonWR | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| J.C. Love JordanRB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 13 | @ Indiana | W 16–7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 20 | @ Nebraska | L 0–57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27 | Iowa State | L 7–10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 4 | Arizona | L 3–5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 11 | Illinois | L 14–20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 18 | Northwestern | W 25–3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 25 | @ Minnesota | L 6–24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 1 | Wisconsin | W 22–13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 8 | @ Purdue | L 13–58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 15 | Ohio State | L 7–41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | @ Michigan State | W 41–0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Player | Class | Pos | Season summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stoops | SO | DB | |
| Jeff Jansen | — | DB | |
| Jim Frazier | — | DB | |
| Kent Ellis | — | DB | |
| Lou King | — | DB | |
| Tracy Crocker | — | DB | |
| Andre Tippett | — | DL | |
| Pat Dean | — | DL | |
| Reggie Roby | — | K | |
| Todd Simonsen | — | LB | |
| Pete Gales | — | QB | 66 Cmp, 152 Att, 882 Yds, 6 TD |
| Phil Suess | — | QB | 87 Cmp, 166 Att, 1031 Yds, 6 TD |
| Tony Ricciardulli | — | QB | 1 Cmp, 2 Att, 5 Yds, 0 TD |
| Dave Strobel | — | RB | 1 Att, 1 Yds, 1.0 Avg |
| Dean McKillip | — | RB | 81 Att, 289 Yds, 3.6 Avg |
| Dwayne Williams | — | RB | 17 Att, 68 Yds, 4.0 Avg |
| Eddie Phillips | — | RB | 16 Att, 55 Yds, 3.4 Avg |
| J.C. Love Jordan | — | RB | 36 Att, 93 Yds, 2.6 Avg |
| Jeff Brown | — | RB | 132 Att, 673 Yds, 5.1 Avg |
| Louis Burke | — | RB | 5 Att, 13 Yds, 2.6 Avg |
| Marty Ball | — | RB | 18 Att, 44 Yds, 2.4 Avg |
| Norm Granger | — | RB | 4 Rec, 16 Yds, 4.0 Avg |
| Phil Blatcher | — | RB | 41 Att, 198 Yds, 4.8 Avg |
| Lon Olejniczak | — | TE | 9 Rec, 129 Yds, 14.3 Avg |
| Mike Hufford | — | TE | 3 Rec, 26 Yds, 8.7 Avg |
| Dave Moritz | — | WR | 1 Rec, 5 Yds, 5.0 Avg |
| Doug Dunham | — | WR | 17 Rec, 209 Yds, 12.3 Avg |
| Ivory Webb | — | WR | 2 Rec, 12 Yds, 6.0 Avg |
| Keith Chappelle | — | WR | 64 Rec, 1037 Yds, 16.2 Avg |
| Nate Person | — | WR | 15 Rec, 259 Yds, 17.3 Avg |
| Tom Stemlar | — | WR | 1 Rec, 13 Yds, 13.0 Avg |
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