1982 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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Season Snapshot 1982 at a glance

1982 Iowa Football

8-4

Overall

6-2

Big Ten

Bowl

Postseason

Won 28-22 · Peach Bowl

Hayden Fry

Head coach

1982 Schedule 12 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Sep 11	Away (3) Nebraska	7–42	L
Sep 18	Home Iowa State	7–19	L
Sep 25	Away Arizona	17–14	W
Oct 2	Home Northwestern	45–7	W
Oct 9	Away Indiana	24–20	W
Oct 16	Home Michigan	7–29	L
Oct 23	Away Minnesota	21–16	W
Oct 30	Home Illinois	14–13	W
Nov 6	Away Purdue	7–16	L
Nov 13	Home Wisconsin	28–14	W
Nov 20	Away Michigan State	24–18	W
Dec 31	Neutral Tennessee Peach Bowl (Atlanta, GA)	28–22	W

Team & Player Stats

Numbers in plain English. Switch to Advanced to see every column. Full stat tables — passing rates, splits, game-by-game breakdowns.

Per-Game Averages

Points per game

19.1 vs 19.2

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

-0.1 points per game

Total yards

— vs —

How many yards Iowa moved the ball, versus how many they let the other team move.

Pass yards

142.6 vs 213.7

Yards from passing per game — Iowa versus opponents.

-71.1 difference per game

Rush yards

181.0 vs 117.0

Yards on the ground per game — Iowa versus opponents.

+64.0 difference per game

First downs

— vs —

A first down means a fresh set of four tries — earning more is good.

Turnovers

— vs —

Times Iowa lost the ball (lower is better) versus times the defense took it back (higher is better).

Top Performers

Quarterback

Chuck Long

1,374 passing yards, 8 touchdowns, 10 interceptions (11 games).

Lead rusher

Eddie Phillips

772 rushing yards, 4 touchdowns over 11 games.

Lead receiver

Dave Moritz

33 catches, 437 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns.

Top tackler

Bob Stoops

0 total tackles, — sacks, 4 interceptions.

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Offense

Defense

Diff

Pass Cmp

13.1

18.5

-5.4

Pass Att

21.7

33.5

-11.8

Pass Cmp %

60.3

55.4

+4.9

Pass Yds

142.6

213.7

-71.1

Pass TD

0.7

0.8

-0.1

Rush Att

46.6

34.6

+12.0

Rush Yds

181.0

117.0

+64.0

Rush Y/A

3.9

3.4

+0.5

Rush TD

1.6

1.0

+0.6

Plays

—

Total Yds

—

Yds/Play

—

1st Downs

—

Penalties

—

Penalty Yds

—

Fumbles

—

Interceptions

—

Turnovers

—

Player Stats

Passing

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
Chuck LongQB	11	129	201	64.2	1,374	8	10	6.8	5.4	10.7	124.9	124.8
Tom GroganQB	11	9	23	39.1	111	0	1	4.8	2.9	12.3	10.1	71.0
Eddie PhillipsRB	11	1	2	50.0	36	0	0	18.0	18.0	36.0	3.3	201.2
J.C. Love JordanWR	11	1	1	100.0	27	0	0	27.0	27.0	27.0	2.5	326.8
Cornelius RobertsonQB	11	3	9	33.3	14	0	0	1.6	1.6	4.7	1.3	46.4
Charlie HumphriesQB	11	1	3	33.3	7	0	0	2.3	2.3	7.0	0.6	52.9

Rushing & Receiving

Player	G	Rushing					Receiving					Scrimmage
		Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Y/G	Plays	Yds	TD
Eddie PhillipsRB	11	156	772	4.9	4	70.2	25	193	7.7	1	17.5	181	965	5
Owen GillRB	11	120	613	5.1	7	55.7	9	49	5.4	0	4.5	129	662	7
Norm GrangerRB	11	64	352	5.5	1	32.0	25	260	10.4	1	23.6	89	612	2
Dave MoritzWR	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	33	437	13.2	2	39.7	33	437	2
Ronnie HarmonRB	11	7	16	2.3	0	1.5	16	255	15.9	1	23.2	23	271	1
Mike HuffordTE	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	12	166	13.8	1	15.1	12	166	1
J.C. Love JordanWR	11	1	6	6.0	0	0.5	15	140	9.3	1	12.7	16	146	1
Chuck LongQB	11	129	119	0.9	4	10.8	0	0	—	0	0.0	129	119	4
Paul McCartyRB	11	14	83	5.9	0	7.5	1	-1	-1.0	0	-0.1	15	82	0
Cornelius RobertsonQB	11	6	28	4.7	1	2.5	0	0	—	0	0.0	6	28	1
Vince CampbellWR	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	2	24	12.0	0	2.2	2	24	0
Bill HappelWR	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	1.4	1	15	0
Fred BushRB	11	1	13	13.0	0	1.2	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	13	0
Glenn BuggsRB	11	5	10	2.0	0	0.9	0	0	—	0	0.0	5	10	0
Tom GroganQB	11	9	8	0.9	1	0.7	0	0	—	0	0.0	9	8	1
Jonathan HayesLB	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	0.6	1	7	0
Lon OlejniczakTE	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	0.6	1	7	0
Gregg HammannWR	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	0.6	1	7	0
Kelly O'BrienTE	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	5	5.0	1	0.5	1	5	1
Bill BroghamerWR	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	0.5	1	5	0

Defense & Fumbles

Player	G	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	PD	FR	FF
Bob StoopsDB	11	—	—	—	—	—	4	42	0	—	—	—
Dave BrowneDL	11	—	—	—	—	—	1	11	0	—	—	—
Devon MitchellDB	11	—	—	—	—	—	3	37	0	—	—	—
James ErbLB	11	—	—	—	—	—	3	19	0	—	—	—
Keith HunterDB	11	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	—	—	—
Larry StationLB	11	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	—	—	—
Mike YaculloLB	11	—	—	—	—	—	1	16	0	—	—	—
Nate Creer*DB	11	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	—	—	—
Ron HawleyDB	11	—	—	—	—	—	3	16	0	—	—	—
Tony WancketDL	11	—	—	—	—	—	1	26	1	—	—	—

Kick & Punt Returns

Player	G	Kick Returns				Punt Returns				APYd
		Ret	Yds	Avg	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
J.C. Love JordanWR	11	7	105	15.0	0	0	0	—	0	251
Glenn BuggsRB	11	3	100	33.3	0	0	0	—	0	110
Norm GrangerRB	11	4	84	21.0	0	0	0	—	0	696
Ron HawleyDB	11	0	0	—	0	13	36	2.8	0	52
Paul McCartyRB	11	3	36	12.0	0	0	0	—	0	118
Ronnie HarmonRB	11	1	23	23.0	0	0	0	—	0	294
Dave MoritzWR	11	0	0	—	0	8	17	2.1	0	454
Kirk BanksOL	11	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Bob StoopsDB	11	0	0	—	0	1	0	0.0	0	42

Kicking & Punting

Player	G	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	Pts	Pnt	Yds	Y/P
Reggie RobyP	11	0	0	—	0	1	0.0	0	52	2,501	48.1
Tom NicholK	11	27	27	100.0	4	10	40.0	39	8	281	35.1

Scoring

Player	G	Rush	Rec	Int	FR	Oth	TD	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
Owen GillRB	11	7	0	0	—	—	7	0	0	0	0	—	42	3.8
Tom NicholK	11	0	0	0	—	—	0	27	27	4	10	—	39	3.5
Eddie PhillipsRB	11	4	1	0	—	—	5	0	0	0	0	—	30	2.7
Chuck LongQB	11	4	0	0	—	—	4	0	0	0	0	—	24	2.2
Norm GrangerRB	11	1	1	0	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	—	12	1.1
Dave MoritzWR	11	0	2	0	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	—	12	1.1
Tom GroganQB	11	1	0	0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	—	6	0.5
Tony WancketDL	11	0	0	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	—	6	0.5
Cornelius RobertsonQB	11	1	0	0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	—	6	0.5
J.C. Love JordanWR	11	0	1	0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	—	6	0.5
Kelly O'BrienTE	11	0	1	0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	—	6	0.5
Mike HuffordTE	11	0	1	0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	—	6	0.5
Ronnie HarmonRB	11	0	1	0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	—	6	0.5

Game Logs

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 11	@ Nebraska	L 7–42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 18	Iowa State	L 7–19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 25	@ Arizona	W 17–14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 2	Northwestern	W 45–7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 9	@ Indiana	W 24–20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 16	Michigan	L 7–29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 23	@ Minnesota	W 21–16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 30	Illinois	W 14–13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 6	@ Purdue	L 7–16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 13	Wisconsin	W 28–14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 20	@ Michigan State	W 24–18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dec 31	vs Tennessee Peach Bowl	W 28–22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1982 Roster 36 players

Player	Class	Pos	Season summary
Bob Stoops	SR	DB
Devon Mitchell	—	DB
Keith Hunter	—	DB
Nate Creer*	—	DB
Ron Hawley	—	DB
Dave Browne	—	DL
Tony Wancket	—	DL
Tom Nichol	—	K
James Erb	—	LB
Jonathan Hayes	—	LB
Larry Station	—	LB
Mike Yacullo	—	LB
Joel Hilgenberg*	—	OL
John Alt*	—	OL
Kirk Banks	—	OL
Reggie Roby	—	P
Charlie Humphries	—	QB	1 Cmp, 3 Att, 7 Yds, 0 TD
Chuck Long	—	QB	129 Cmp, 201 Att, 1374 Yds, 8 TD
Cornelius Robertson	—	QB	3 Cmp, 9 Att, 14 Yds, 0 TD
Tom Grogan	—	QB	9 Cmp, 23 Att, 111 Yds, 0 TD
Eddie Phillips	—	RB	156 Att, 772 Yds, 4.9 Avg
Fred Bush	—	RB	1 Att, 13 Yds, 13.0 Avg
Glenn Buggs	—	RB	5 Att, 10 Yds, 2.0 Avg
Norm Granger	—	RB	64 Att, 352 Yds, 5.5 Avg
Owen Gill	—	RB	120 Att, 613 Yds, 5.1 Avg
Paul McCarty	—	RB	14 Att, 83 Yds, 5.9 Avg
Ronnie Harmon	—	RB	16 Rec, 255 Yds, 15.9 Avg
Kelly O'Brien	—	TE	1 Rec, 5 Yds, 5.0 Avg
Lon Olejniczak	—	TE	1 Rec, 7 Yds, 7.0 Avg
Mike Hufford	—	TE	12 Rec, 166 Yds, 13.8 Avg
Bill Broghamer	—	WR	1 Rec, 5 Yds, 5.0 Avg
Bill Happel	—	WR	1 Rec, 15 Yds, 15.0 Avg
Dave Moritz	—	WR	33 Rec, 437 Yds, 13.2 Avg
Gregg Hammann	—	WR	1 Rec, 7 Yds, 7.0 Avg
J.C. Love Jordan	—	WR	15 Rec, 140 Yds, 9.3 Avg
Vince Campbell	—	WR	2 Rec, 24 Yds, 12.0 Avg

History Library

Chapters of Iowa football history

Explore Iowa football history by chapter. Dive into legendary seasons, unforgettable rivalries, and the program's rich tradition.

Greatest Iowa Teams

Season	Record	AP Final	Coach	Bowl
1922	7-0	—	Howard Jones	—
1921	7-0	—	Howard Jones	—
1956	9-1	#3	Forest Evashevski	Won — Rose Bowl
1960	8-1	#3	Forest Evashevski	—
1899	8-0-1	—	Alden Knipe	—
1900	7-0-1	—	Alden Knipe	—
2015	12-2	#9	Kirk Ferentz	Lost — Rose Bowl
2009	11-2	#7	Kirk Ferentz	Won — Orange Bowl
2002	11-2	#8	Kirk Ferentz	Lost — Orange Bowl
1991	10-1-1	#10	Hayden Fry	Tied — Holiday Bowl

Iowa Bowl Games

Season	Bowl	Result	Score	Opponent
2025	ReliaQuest Bowl	Won	34-27	vanderbilt
2024	Music City Bowl	Lost	24-27	missouri
2023	Citrus Bowl	Lost	0-35	tennessee
2022	Music City Bowl	Won	21-0	kentucky
2021	Citrus Bowl	Lost	17-20	kentucky
2019	Holiday Bowl	Won	49-24	southern-california
2018	Outback Bowl	Won	27-22	mississippi-state
2017	Pinstripe Bowl	Won	27-20	boston-college
2016	Outback Bowl	Lost	3-30	florida
2015	Rose Bowl	Lost	16-45	stanford
2014	TaxSlayer Bowl	Lost	28-45	tennessee
2013	Outback Bowl	Lost	14-21	louisiana-state
2011	Insight Bowl	Lost	14-31	oklahoma
2010	Insight Bowl	Won	27-24	missouri
2009	Orange Bowl	Won	24-14	georgia-tech
2008	Outback Bowl	Won	31-10	south-carolina
2006	Alamo Bowl	Lost	24-26	texas
2005	Outback Bowl	Lost	24-31	florida
2004	Capital One Bowl	Won	30-25	louisiana-state
2003	Outback Bowl	Won	37-17	florida
2002	Orange Bowl	Lost	17-38	southern-california
2001	Alamo Bowl	Won	19-16	texas-tech
1997	Sun Bowl	Lost	7-17	arizona-state
1996	Alamo Bowl	Won	27-0	texas-tech
1995	Sun Bowl	Won	38-18	washington
1993	Alamo Bowl	Lost	3-37	california
1991	Holiday Bowl	Tied	13-13	brigham-young
1990	Rose Bowl	Lost	34-46	washington
1988	Peach Bowl	Lost	23-28	north-carolina-state
1987	Holiday Bowl	Won	20-19	wyoming
1986	Holiday Bowl	Won	39-38	san-diego-state
1985	Rose Bowl	Lost	28-45	ucla
1984	Freedom Bowl	Won	55-17	texas
1983	Gator Bowl	Lost	6-14	florida
1982	Peach Bowl	Won	28-22	tennessee
1981	Rose Bowl	Lost	0-28	washington
1958	Rose Bowl	Won	38-12	california
1956	Rose Bowl	Won	35-19	oregon-state

Iowa Rivalries

Trophy	Opponent	W-L-T	Years
Cy-Hawk Trophy	Iowa State	47-21	1899–2025
Floyd of Rosedale	Minnesota	54-61-2	1901–2025
Heartland Trophy	Wisconsin	47-48-2	1906–2025
Heroes Trophy	Nebraska	19-26-1	1903–2025

All-time numbers will fill in as historical Iowa schedules are imported.

Best Iowa Defenses

Season	Pts allowed/G	National rank	Record
1899	0.6	#1	8-0
1900	1.5	#3	7-0
1910	2.1	#18	5-2
1929	3.5	#10	4-2
1918	4.0	#14	6-2
1922	4.7	#23	7-0
1935	4.9	#14	4-2
1914	5.1	#21	4-3
1921	5.1	#22	7-0
1928	5.2	#22	6-2

All-Time Single-Season Leaders

Passing yards

Player	Season	Passing
Chuck Hartlieb	1988	3,310
James Vandenberg	2011	3,022
Ricky Stanzi	2010	3,004
Chuck Long	1985	2,978
Nathan Stanley	2019	2,951

Rushing yards

Player	Season	Rushing
Shonn Greene	2008	1,850
Tavian Banks	1997	1,639
Kaleb Johnson	2024	1,537
Marcus Coker	2011	1,384
Fred Russell	2003	1,355

Receiving yards

Player	Season	Receiving
Marvin McNutt	2011	1,315
Keith Chappelle	1980	1,037
Kevin Kasper	2000	1,010
Quinn Early	1987	978
Maurice Brown	2002	966

Tackles

Player	Season	Tackles
Jay Higgins	2023	171
Abdul Hodge	2005	158
Chad Greenway	2005	156
Pat Angerer	2009	145
Jack Campbell	2021	143

AP Poll History

Season	Final AP rank
2025	#17
2023	#24
2021	#23
2020	#16
2019	#15
2018	#25
2015	#9
2009	#7
2008	#20
2004	#8
2003	#8
2002	#8
1996	#18
1995	#25
1991	#10
1990	#18
1987	#16
1986	#16
1985	#10
1984	#16
1983	#14
1981	#18
1960	#3
1958	#2
1957	#6
1956	#3
1953	#9
1939	#9

Updated Jun 1, 5:30 AM

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1982 Iowa Football

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Beat Tennessee

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Beat Minnesota

Beat Wisconsin

Beat Northwestern

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Faced Nebraska

Faced Iowa State

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1982 Schedule 12 games

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1982 Roster 36 players

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