2006 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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2006 Iowa Football

6-7

Overall

2-6

Big Ten

Bowl

Postseason

Lost 24-26 · Alamo Bowl

Kirk Ferentz

Head coach

2006 Schedule 13 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Sep 2	Home Montana	41–7	W
Sep 9	Away Syracuse	20–13	W
Sep 16	Home Iowa State	27–17	W
Sep 23	Away Illinois	24–7	W
Sep 30	Home (1) Ohio State	17–38	L
Oct 7	Home Purdue	47–17	W
Oct 14	Away Indiana	28–31	L
Oct 21	Away (2) Michigan	6–20	L
Oct 28	Home Northern Illinois	24–14	W
Nov 4	Home Northwestern	7–21	L
Nov 11	Home (16) Wisconsin	21–24	L
Nov 18	Away Minnesota	24–34	L
Dec 30	Neutral (18) Texas Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, TX)	24–26	L

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

23.8 vs 20.7

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

+3.2 points per game

Total yards

383.3 vs 343.8

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

+39.5 difference per game

Pass yards

239.8 vs 210.2

Yards from passing per game — Iowa versus opponents.

+29.6 difference per game

Rush yards

143.5 vs 133.6

Yards on the ground per game — Iowa versus opponents.

+9.9 difference per game

First downs

20.1 vs 19.2

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

+0.9 difference per game

Turnovers

2.4 vs 1.5

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

+0.9 difference per game

Top Performers

Quarterback

Drew Tate

2,623 passing yards, 18 touchdowns, 13 interceptions (11 games).

Lead rusher

Albert Young

779 rushing yards, 7 touchdowns over 13 games.

Lead receiver

Andy Brodell

39 catches, 724 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns.

Top tackler

Mike Klinkenborg

129 total tackles, 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions.

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Offense

Defense

Diff

Pass Cmp

19.1

18.5

+0.6

Pass Att

32.5

0.0

Pass Cmp %

58.6

57.0

+1.6

Pass Yds

239.8

210.2

+29.6

Pass TD

1.6

1.5

+0.1

Rush Att

33.2

36.9

-3.7

Rush Yds

143.5

133.6

+9.9

Rush Y/A

4.3

3.6

+0.7

Rush TD

1.2

1.1

+0.1

Plays

65.8

69.5

-3.7

Total Yds

383.3

343.8

+39.5

Yds/Play

5.8

4.9

+0.9

1st Downs

20.1

19.2

+0.9

Penalties

5.0

0.0

Penalty Yds

44.7

44.2

+0.5

Fumbles

0.9

0.5

+0.4

Interceptions

1.5

1.1

+0.4

Turnovers

2.4

1.5

+0.9

Splits

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Home	7.0	4.0	3.0	228.4	153.6	382.0	2.3
Neutral	1.0	0.0	1.0	274.0	89.0	363.0	2.0
Road	5.0	2.0	3.0	249.0	140.2	389.2	2.6

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Home	7.0	4.0	3.0	185.0	148.3	333.3	1.6
Neutral	1.0	0.0	1.0	308.0	70.0	378.0	1.0
Road	5.0	2.0	3.0	225.8	125.8	351.6	1.6

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Loss	7.0	0.0	7.0	241.9	117.9	359.7	2.6
Win	6.0	6.0	0.0	237.5	173.3	410.8	2.2

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Loss	7.0	0.0	7.0	237.9	155.7	393.6	1.3
Win	6.0	6.0	0.0	177.8	107.8	285.7	1.8

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
December	1.0	0.0	1.0	274.0	89.0	363.0	2.0
November	3.0	0.0	3.0	227.0	144.3	371.3	3.0
October	4.0	2.0	2.0	249.5	162.8	412.3	2.3
September	5.0	4.0	1.0	233.0	138.4	371.4	2.2

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
December	1.0	0.0	1.0	308.0	70.0	378.0	1.0
November	3.0	0.0	3.0	237.7	186.7	424.3	1.7
October	4.0	2.0	2.0	208.8	130.3	339.0	2.3
September	5.0	4.0	1.0	175.2	117.2	292.4	1.0

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Saturday	13.0	6.0	7.0	239.8	143.5	383.3	2.4

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Saturday	13.0	6.0	7.0	210.2	133.6	343.8	1.5

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Big 12	2.0	1.0	1.0	274.0	112.5	386.5	1.5
Big East	1.0	1.0	0.0	202.0	149.0	351.0	4.0
Big Ten	8.0	2.0	6.0	232.8	147.0	379.8	2.5
MAC	1.0	1.0	0.0	256.0	149.0	405.0	3.0
Non-Major	1.0	1.0	0.0	250.0	166.0	416.0	1.0

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Big 12	2.0	1.0	1.0	230.0	120.5	350.5	0.5
Big East	1.0	1.0	0.0	210.0	70.0	280.0	0.0
Big Ten	8.0	2.0	6.0	225.6	167.9	393.5	1.9
MAC	1.0	1.0	0.0	123.0	73.0	196.0	3.0
Non-Major	1.0	1.0	0.0	134.0	10.0	144.0	1.0

Player Stats

Passing

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
Drew TateQB	11	207	352	58.8	2,623	18	13	7.5	6.8	12.7	238.5	130.9
Jake ChristensenQB	6	23	35	65.7	285	2	2	8.1	6.7	12.4	47.5	141.5
Jason MansonQB	7	18	36	50.0	210	1	4	5.8	1.4	11.7	30.0	85.9

Rushing & Receiving

Player	G	Rushing					Receiving					Scrimmage
		Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Y/G	Plays	Yds	TD
Albert YoungRB	13	178	779	4.4	7	59.9	30	225	7.5	1	17.3	208	1,004	8
Damian SimsRB	13	132	664	5.0	6	51.1	10	133	13.3	0	10.2	142	797	6
Andy BrodellWR	12	0	0	—	0	0.0	39	724	18.6	5	60.3	39	724	5
Dominique DouglasWR	13	2	-7	-3.5	0	-0.5	49	654	13.3	2	50.3	51	647	2
Scott ChandlerTE	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	46	591	12.8	6	45.5	46	591	6
Herb GrigsbyWR	10	3	24	8.0	1	2.4	27	282	10.4	0	28.2	30	306	1
Shonn GreeneRB	10	32	205	6.4	1	20.5	3	23	7.7	0	2.3	35	228	1
Trey StrossWR	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	13	189	14.5	1	14.5	13	189	1
Tony MoeakiTE	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	11	140	12.7	3	10.8	11	140	3
Drew TateQB	11	49	124	2.5	0	11.3	0	0	—	0	0.0	49	124	0
Tom BuschLB	13	2	4	2.0	0	0.3	8	55	6.9	3	4.2	10	59	3
Jason MansonQB	7	9	25	2.8	0	3.6	3	22	7.3	0	3.1	12	47	0
Champ DavisDL	12	1	5	5.0	0	0.4	4	35	8.8	0	2.9	5	40	0
Sam BrownleeRB	8	6	30	5.0	0	3.8	0	0	—	0	0.0	6	30	0
Calvin DavisWR	2	0	0	—	0	0.0	2	23	11.5	0	11.5	2	23	0
Kennon ChristianWR	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	2	22	11.0	0	1.7	2	22	0
Dana BrownRB	2	4	16	4.0	1	8.0	0	0	—	0	0.0	4	16	1
Ryan MajerusTE	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	3	3.0	0	0.2	1	3	0
Jake ChristensenQB	6	11	-3	-0.3	0	-0.5	0	0	—	0	0.0	11	-3	0

Defense & Fumbles

Player	G	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	PD	FR	FF
Mike KlinkenborgLB	13	56	73	129	5.0	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Edmond MilesLB	13	57	43	100	10.5	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Charles GodfreyDB	13	61	22	83	2.0	0.0	2	5	0	0	0	0
Miguel MerrickDB	13	56	26	82	2.0	0.0	3	7	0	0	0	0
Marcus PaschalDB	11	37	30	67	1.5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian MattisonDL	13	30	29	59	10.5	6.5	0	0	0	6	0	4
Matt KroulDL	13	24	35	59	5.5	2.5	0	0	0	2	0	1
Mitch KingDL	11	32	24	56	12.0	5.5	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike HumpalLB	12	22	27	49	5.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Adam ShadaDB	9	31	9	40	1.0	0.0	3	113	1	0	0	0
Bradley FletcherDB	13	24	14	38	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Ryan BainDL	13	18	17	35	1.5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny IwebemaDL	8	17	10	27	5.0	3.0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Marcus WilsonDB	13	12	9	21	0.0	0.0	1	6	0	0	0	0
Alex KanellisDL	11	9	10	19	3.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zachary GablemannLB	13	11	5	16	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ettore EwenDL	11	6	8	14	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devan MoylanDB	4	3	8	11	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
A.J. EddsLB	10	4	5	9	0.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Shonn GreeneRB	10	6	2	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryon GattasLB	13	5	2	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey StrossWR	13	5	1	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat AngererLB	13	1	4	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin EdwardsDB	6	5	0	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew GardnerDB	7	3	1	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kennon ChristianWR	13	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon MyersTE	13	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin SignorK	9	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott ChandlerTE	13	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike ElginOL	13	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike JonesOL	12	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew TateQB	11	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom BuschLB	13	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel OlsztaDL	13	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad GearyDL	5	2	0	2	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan MajerusTE	13	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin McGrathOL	2	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle SchlicherK	12	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam BrownleeRB	8	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nyere AumaitreOL	1	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marshal YandaOL	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seth OlsenOL	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony MoeakiTE	13	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vernon JacksonDL	3	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy BrodellWR	12	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Champ DavisDL	12	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Herb GrigsbyWR	10	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damian SimsRB	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albert YoungRB	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

Player	G	Kick Returns				Punt Returns				APYd
		Ret	Yds	Avg	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
Damian SimsRB	13	10	184	18.4	0	0	0	—	0	981
Dominique DouglasWR	13	0	0	—	0	14	143	10.2	0	790
Andy BrodellWR	12	0	0	—	0	13	138	10.6	0	862
Shonn GreeneRB	10	6	114	19.0	0	0	0	—	0	342
Herb GrigsbyWR	10	5	100	20.0	0	1	13	13.0	0	419
Anthony BowmanWR	9	4	76	19.0	0	0	0	—	0	76
Champ DavisDL	12	2	18	9.0	0	0	0	—	0	58
Tyler BlumTE	10	1	6	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	6

Kicking & Punting

Player	G	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	Pts	Pnt	Yds	Y/P
Andy FenstermakerP	13	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	56	2,107	37.6
Kyle SchlicherK	12	32	33	97.0	13	20	65.0	71	0	0	—
Austin SignorK	9	5	5	100.0	2	2	100.0	11	0	0	—

Scoring

Player	G	Rush	Rec	Int	Oth	TD	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
Kyle SchlicherK	12	0	0	0	—	0	32	33	13	20	71	5.9
Albert YoungRB	13	7	1	0	—	8	0	0	0	0	48	3.7
Damian SimsRB	13	6	0	0	—	6	0	0	0	0	36	2.8
Scott ChandlerTE	13	0	6	0	—	6	0	0	0	0	36	2.8
Andy BrodellWR	12	0	5	0	—	5	0	0	0	0	30	2.5
Tom BuschLB	13	0	3	0	—	3	0	0	0	0	18	1.4
Tony MoeakiTE	13	0	3	0	—	3	0	0	0	0	18	1.4
Dominique DouglasWR	13	0	2	0	—	2	0	0	0	0	12	0.9
Austin SignorK	9	0	0	0	—	0	5	5	2	2	11	1.2
Trey StrossWR	13	0	1	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Dana BrownRB	2	1	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	3.0
Herb GrigsbyWR	10	1	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.6
Shonn GreeneRB	10	1	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.6
Adam ShadaDB	9	0	0	1	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.7

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 2	Montana	W 41–7	20	35	250	3	7.1	145.4	38	166	2	73	416	5.7	8	79	1	0	1
Sep 9	@ Syracuse	W 20–13	16	32	202	1	6.3	88.3	37	149	1	69	351	5.1	7	40	0	4	4
Sep 16	Iowa State	W 27–17	26	38	274	3	7.2	149.8	30	136	0	68	410	6.0	5	57	0	1	1
Sep 23	@ Illinois	W 24–7	17	27	190	1	7.0	126.9	42	154	2	69	344	5.0	8	62	0	1	1
Sep 30	Ohio State	L 17–38	19	41	249	1	6.1	90.8	20	87	1	61	336	5.5	0	0	1	3	4
Oct 7	Purdue	W 47–17	17	23	253	2	11.0	195.0	40	286	3	63	539	8.6	3	25	3	0	3
Oct 14	@ Indiana	L 28–31	23	40	292	1	7.3	122.1	37	175	3	77	467	6.1	7	80	1	1	2
Oct 21	@ Michigan	L 6–20	21	36	197	0	5.5	104.3	24	41	0	60	238	4.0	3	18	1	0	1
Oct 28	Northern Illinois	W 24–14	19	30	256	2	8.5	150.3	43	149	1	73	405	5.5	6	64	2	1	3
Nov 4	Northwestern	L 7–21	18	27	147	0	5.4	97.6	32	117	1	59	264	4.5	2	25	1	2	3
Nov 11	Wisconsin	L 21–24	10	31	170	3	5.5	103.8	19	134	0	50	304	6.1	5	45	0	1	1
Nov 18	@ Minnesota	L 24–34	27	38	364	2	9.6	147.8	36	182	1	74	546	7.4	3	33	1	4	5
Dec 30	vs Texas Alamo Bowl	L 24–26	15	25	274	2	11.0	170.5	34	89	1	59	363	6.2	8	53	1	1	2

2006 Roster 57 players

Player	Class	Pos	Season summary
Adam Shada	JR	DB
Bradley Fletcher	SO	DB
Charles Godfrey	JR	DB
Devan Moylan	SR	DB
Drew Gardner	JR	DB
Justin Edwards	FR	DB
Marcus Paschal	SR	DB
Marcus Wilson	FR	DB
Miguel Merrick	SR	DB
Alex Kanellis	SO	DL
Brian Mattison	JR	DL
Chad Geary	FR	DL
Champ Davis	SR	DL
Daniel Olszta	JR	DL
Ettore Ewen	SO	DL
Kenny Iwebema	JR	DL
Matt Kroul	SO	DL
Mitch King	SO	DL
Ryan Bain	SO	DL
Vernon Jackson	FR	DL
Austin Signor	FR	K
Kyle Schlicher	SR	K
A.J. Edds	FR	LB
Bryon Gattas	JR	LB
Edmond Miles	SR	LB
Mike Humpal	JR	LB
Mike Klinkenborg	JR	LB
Pat Angerer	FR	LB
Tom Busch	JR	LB
Zachary Gablemann	SR	LB
Gavin McGrath	SO	OL
Marshal Yanda	SR	OL
Mike Elgin	SR	OL
Mike Jones	SR	OL
Nyere Aumaitre	SO	OL
Seth Olsen	SO	OL
Andy Fenstermaker	SR	P
Drew Tate	SR	QB	207 Cmp, 352 Att, 2623 Yds, 18 TD
Jake Christensen	FR	QB	23 Cmp, 35 Att, 285 Yds, 2 TD
Jason Manson	SR	QB	18 Cmp, 36 Att, 210 Yds, 1 TD
Albert Young	JR	RB	178 Att, 779 Yds, 4.4 Avg
Damian Sims	JR	RB	132 Att, 664 Yds, 5.0 Avg
Dana Brown	FR	RB	4 Att, 16 Yds, 4.0 Avg
Sam Brownlee	SR	RB	6 Att, 30 Yds, 5.0 Avg
Shonn Greene	SO	RB	32 Att, 205 Yds, 6.4 Avg
Brandon Myers	SO	TE
Ryan Majerus	SR	TE	1 Rec, 3 Yds, 3.0 Avg
Scott Chandler	SR	TE	46 Rec, 591 Yds, 12.8 Avg
Tony Moeaki	SO	TE	11 Rec, 140 Yds, 12.7 Avg
Tyler Blum	FR	TE
Andy Brodell	SO	WR	39 Rec, 724 Yds, 18.6 Avg
Anthony Bowman	FR	WR
Calvin Davis	SR	WR	2 Rec, 23 Yds, 11.5 Avg
Dominique Douglas	FR	WR	49 Rec, 654 Yds, 13.3 Avg
Herb Grigsby	JR	WR	27 Rec, 282 Yds, 10.4 Avg
Kennon Christian	JR	WR	2 Rec, 22 Yds, 11.0 Avg
Trey Stross	FR	WR	13 Rec, 189 Yds, 14.5 Avg

2006 AP Poll Movement

AP Poll

Season

Final Ranking

Season Summary

Highest Rank: #13
Lowest Rank: #19
Weeks in Poll: 7
Total Weeks: 16

Week-by-week rankings

Pre

#16

9/5

#14

9/10

#16

9/17

#14

9/24

#13

10/1

#19

10/8

#15

10/15

10/22

10/29

11/5

11/12

11/19

11/26

12/3

12/10

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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

Football History

Season Snapshot 2006 at a glance

2006 Iowa Football

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat Iowa State

Signature Wins

Beat Illinois

Beat Montana

Beat Purdue

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Lost to Texas

Faced Wisconsin

Faced #1 Ohio State

Compare This Team

2006 Schedule 13 games

Team & Player Stats

Per-Game Averages

Top Performers

Team Stats per Game

Splits

Offense

Defense

Offense

Defense

Offense

Defense

Offense

Defense

Offense

Defense

Player Stats

Passing

Rushing & Receiving

Defense & Fumbles

Kick & Punt Returns

Kicking & Punting

Scoring

Game Logs

2006 Roster 57 players

2006 AP Poll Movement

AP Poll

Greatest Teams

Bowl Games

Rivalries

Best Defenses

Player Leaders

AP Poll History

Greatest Iowa Teams

Iowa Bowl Games

Iowa Rivalries

Best Iowa Defenses

All-Time Single-Season Leaders

Passing yards

Rushing yards

Receiving yards

Tackles

AP Poll History