FEATURED GAME
Beat Illinois
37
vs
14
Wire-to-wire control — won by 23
See how the 1998 Hawkeyes stack up against another Iowa season.
| Date | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | Home Central Michigan | 38–0 | W |
| Sep 12 | Home Iowa State | 9–27 | L |
| Sep 19 | Away (16) Arizona | 11–35 | L |
| Sep 26 | Away Illinois | 37–14 | W |
| Oct 3 | Home (25) Michigan | 9–12 | L |
| Oct 10 | Home Northwestern | 26–24 | W |
| Oct 17 | Away Indiana | 7–14 | L |
| Oct 24 | Home (9) Wisconsin | 0–31 | L |
| Oct 31 | Away Purdue | 14–36 | L |
| Nov 14 | Home (7) Ohio State | 14–45 | L |
| Nov 21 | Away Minnesota | 7–49 | L |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 185.3 | 59.3 | 244.7 | 1.2 |
| Road | 5.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 186.6 | 107.0 | 293.6 | 3.0 |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 186.0 | 178.5 | 364.5 | 1.8 |
| Road | 5.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 242.4 | 197.0 | 439.4 | 2.6 |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 8.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 172.9 | 67.9 | 240.8 | 2.1 |
| Win | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 220.7 | 116.0 | 336.7 | 1.7 |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 8.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 205.1 | 232.4 | 437.5 | 2.1 |
| Win | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 229.0 | 65.7 | 294.7 | 2.3 |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 147.0 | 53.5 | 200.5 | 2.5 |
| October | 5.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 143.2 | 97.6 | 240.8 | 2.2 |
| September | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 258.8 | 74.0 | 332.8 | 1.5 |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 255.5 | 308.5 | 564.0 | 2.0 |
| October | 5.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 194.0 | 176.6 | 370.6 | 2.0 |
| September | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 211.8 | 139.0 | 350.8 | 2.5 |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 11.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 185.9 | 81.0 | 266.9 | 2.0 |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 11.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 211.6 | 186.9 | 398.5 | 2.2 |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 229.0 | 42.0 | 271.0 | 0.0 |
| Big Ten | 8.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 143.6 | 93.3 | 236.9 | 2.1 |
| MAC | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 274.0 | 75.0 | 349.0 | 3.0 |
| Pac-10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 393.0 | 28.0 | 421.0 | 2.0 |
| Value | G | W | L | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | Total Yds | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 125.0 | 254.0 | 379.0 | 0.0 |
| Big Ten | 8.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 215.8 | 197.0 | 412.8 | 2.3 |
| MAC | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 192.0 | 35.0 | 227.0 | 3.0 |
| Pac-10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 285.0 | 191.0 | 476.0 | 3.0 |
| Player | G | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | Y/A | AY/A | Y/C | Y/G | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle McCannQB | 8 | 86 | 159 | 54.1 | 1,179 | 2 | 5 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 13.7 | 147.4 | 114.2 |
| Randy ReinersQB | 5 | 37 | 86 | 43.0 | 521 | 3 | 6 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 14.1 | 104.2 | 91.5 |
| Scott MullenQB | 8 | 27 | 54 | 50.0 | 311 | 1 | 4 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 11.5 | 38.9 | 89.7 |
| Ladell BettsRB | 11 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 2.1 | 293.2 |
| Rob TheinRB | 11 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 167.2 |
| Jason BakerP | 11 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 125.2 |
| Bashir YaminiWR | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Player | G | Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Y/A | TD | Y/G | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Y/G | Plays | Yds | TD | ||
| Ladell BettsRB | 11 | 188 | 679 | 3.6 | 5 | 61.7 | 20 | 259 | 13.0 | 0 | 23.5 | 208 | 938 | 5 |
| Kahlil HillWR | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 35 | 432 | 12.3 | 2 | 39.3 | 36 | 438 | 2 |
| Bashir YaminiWR | 11 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 1.0 | 31 | 317 | 10.2 | 0 | 28.8 | 32 | 328 | 0 |
| Ryan BartonWR | 11 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | -0.5 | 16 | 310 | 19.4 | 0 | 28.2 | 17 | 304 | 0 |
| Kevin KasperWR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 281 | 20.1 | 1 | 25.5 | 14 | 281 | 1 |
| Rob TheinRB | 11 | 45 | 163 | 3.6 | 0 | 14.8 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 47 | 175 | 0 |
| Austin WheatleyTE | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 137 | 15.2 | 0 | 12.5 | 9 | 137 | 0 |
| Robbie CrockettRB | 6 | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 2 | 9.5 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 75 | 2 |
| Chris OliverWR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 2 | 6.6 | 3 | 73 | 2 |
| Trevor BollersRB | 11 | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 2.3 | 17 | 69 | 0 |
| Zeron FlemisterTE | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 1 | 13.8 | 5 | 69 | 1 |
| Michael BurgerRB | 11 | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 2.1 | 17 | 67 | 0 |
| Jed DullTE | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 0 | 7.1 | 6 | 50 | 0 |
| Jeremy AllenRB | 11 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 3.6 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 5 | 43 | 0 |
| Doug MillerRB | 10 | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 30 | 0 |
| Kyle TrippeerTE | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 2.5 | 3 | 28 | 0 |
| Randy ReinersQB | 5 | 44 | 5 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1.6 | 45 | 13 | 0 |
| Carlos HonoreRB | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Scott MullenQB | 8 | 19 | -7 | -0.4 | 1 | -0.9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | -7 | 1 |
| Kyle McCannQB | 8 | 54 | -175 | -3.2 | 1 | -21.9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | -175 | 1 |
| Player | G | Solo | Ast | Comb | TFL | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | PD | FR | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. JohnsonDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 73 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Eric ThigpenDB | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 17 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Jeff KramerDL | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Joe SlatteryDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 47 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Matt BowenDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Raj ClarkLB | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Tarig HolmanDB | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Player | G | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | APYd | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| Kahlil HillWR | 11 | 18 | 465 | 25.8 | 1 | 10 | 177 | 17.7 | 2 | 1,080 |
| Tarig HolmanDB | 11 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 0 | 82 |
| Matt StockdaleDB | 11 | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 61 |
| Doug MillerRB | 10 | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 90 |
| Chris OliverWR | 11 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 84 |
| Kyle TrippeerTE | 11 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 35 |
| Player | G | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Pnt | Yds | Y/P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason BakerP | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 76 | 3,023 | 39.8 |
| Zach BromertK | 11 | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 30 | — | — | — |
| Tim DouglasK | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 18 | — | — | — |
| Player | G | Rush | Rec | PR | KR | Int | FR | Oth | TD | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | 2PM | Sfty | Pts | Pts/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladell BettsRB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 2.7 |
| Kahlil HillWR | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 2.7 |
| Zach BromertK | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 30 | 2.7 |
| Tim DouglasK | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | — | 18 | 1.6 |
| Chris OliverWR | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1.1 |
| Robbie CrockettRB | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 2.0 |
| Zeron FlemisterTE | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1.2 |
| Scott MullenQB | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.8 |
| Kevin KasperWR | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| Joe SlatteryDB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.5 |
| Kyle McCannQB | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0.8 |
| 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 5 | Central Michigan | W 38–0 | 12 | 24 | 274 | 1 | 11.4 | 151.3 | 43 | 75 | 2 | 67 | 349 | 5.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 12 | Iowa State | L 9–27 | 19 | 30 | 229 | 0 | 7.6 | 127.5 | 25 | 42 | 1 | 55 | 271 | 4.9 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | @ Arizona | L 11–35 | 26 | 48 | 393 | 1 | 8.2 | 121.5 | 27 | 28 | 0 | 75 | 421 | 5.6 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sep 26 | @ Illinois | W 37–14 | 8 | 22 | 139 | 1 | 6.3 | 95.3 | 43 | 151 | 1 | 65 | 290 | 4.5 | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | Michigan | L 9–12 | 9 | 16 | 93 | 0 | 5.8 | 105.1 | 35 | 66 | 0 | 51 | 159 | 3.1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 10 | Northwestern | W 26–24 | 17 | 30 | 249 | 2 | 8.3 | 141.7 | 44 | 122 | 1 | 74 | 371 | 5.0 | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 17 | @ Indiana | L 7–14 | 9 | 21 | 108 | 1 | 5.1 | 73.2 | 49 | 172 | 0 | 70 | 280 | 4.0 | — | — | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Oct 24 | Wisconsin | L 0–31 | 10 | 24 | 108 | 0 | 4.5 | 79.5 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 54 | 138 | 2.6 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 31 | @ Purdue | L 14–36 | 16 | 30 | 158 | 0 | 5.3 | 84.2 | 28 | 98 | 1 | 58 | 256 | 4.4 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Nov 14 | Ohio State | L 14–45 | 16 | 31 | 159 | 0 | 5.1 | 88.2 | 41 | 21 | 2 | 72 | 180 | 2.5 | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 21 | @ Minnesota | L 7–49 | 11 | 27 | 135 | 0 | 5.0 | 53.1 | 41 | 86 | 1 | 68 | 221 | 3.3 | — | — | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Player | Class | Pos | Season summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. Johnson | — | DB | |
| Eric Thigpen | — | DB | |
| Joe Slattery | — | DB | |
| Matt Bowen | — | DB | |
| Matt Stockdale | — | DB | |
| Bart Palmer | — | DL | |
| Jared Devries* | — | DL | |
| Jeff Kramer | — | DL | |
| Tim Douglas | — | K | |
| Zach Bromert | — | K | |
| Raj Clark | — | LB | |
| Jason Baker | — | P | |
| Kyle McCann | — | QB | 86 Cmp, 159 Att, 1179 Yds, 2 TD |
| Randy Reiners | — | QB | 37 Cmp, 86 Att, 521 Yds, 3 TD |
| Scott Mullen | — | QB | 27 Cmp, 54 Att, 311 Yds, 1 TD |
| Carlos Honore | — | RB | 1 Att, -1 Yds, -1.0 Avg |
| Doug Miller | — | RB | 13 Att, 30 Yds, 2.3 Avg |
| Jeremy Allen | — | RB | 4 Att, 40 Yds, 10.0 Avg |
| Ladell Betts | — | RB | 188 Att, 679 Yds, 3.6 Avg |
| Michael Burger | — | RB | 12 Att, 44 Yds, 3.7 Avg |
| Robbie Crockett | — | RB | 7 Att, 57 Yds, 8.1 Avg |
| Rob Thein | — | RB | 45 Att, 163 Yds, 3.6 Avg |
| Trevor Bollers | — | RB | 16 Att, 44 Yds, 2.8 Avg |
| Austin Wheatley | — | TE | 9 Rec, 137 Yds, 15.2 Avg |
| Jed Dull | — | TE | 6 Rec, 50 Yds, 8.3 Avg |
| Kyle Trippeer | — | TE | 3 Rec, 28 Yds, 9.3 Avg |
| Zeron Flemister | — | TE | 5 Rec, 69 Yds, 13.8 Avg |
| Bashir Yamini | — | WR | 31 Rec, 317 Yds, 10.2 Avg |
| Chris Oliver | — | WR | 3 Rec, 73 Yds, 24.3 Avg |
| Kahlil Hill | — | WR | 35 Rec, 432 Yds, 12.3 Avg |
| Kevin Kasper | — | WR | 14 Rec, 281 Yds, 20.1 Avg |
| Ryan Barton | — | WR | 16 Rec, 310 Yds, 19.4 Avg |
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