2009 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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Season Snapshot 2009 at a glance

2009 Iowa Football

11-2

Overall

6-2

Big Ten

Bowl

Postseason

Won 24-14 · Orange Bowl

Final AP rank

Kirk Ferentz

Head coach

By the Numbers

Shutouts

Minnesota

Yards per game

336

average total offense per game

Yards allowed per game

276

what the defense gave up on average

Power rating

+10.3

Simple Rating System — #23 nationally

Memorable Games

Highest score

vs Indiana on Oct 31

Best defensive game

held them to 0

vs Minnesota (12-0)

Closest game

1-point win

vs Northern Iowa (17-16)

Biggest win

by 32

vs Iowa State (35-3)

Rankings & Streaks

Final AP rank

end-of-season Associated Press poll

Longest win streak

consecutive wins during the season

Home record

6-1

at Carver / Kinnick / home court

Road record

4-1

true road games (excludes neutral sites)

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

FEATURED GAME

Beat #9 Georgia Tech

24 vs 14

vs Georgia Tech (neutral) · Jan 5, 2010

Orange Bowl (Miami, FL) — defining win on the season's biggest stage

Signature Wins

ROAD WIN

Beat #5 Penn State

21 vs 10

at Penn State · Sep 26, 2009

Signature road win against a ranked opponent

VS CY-HAWK

Beat Iowa State

35 vs 3

at Iowa State · Sep 12, 2009

Kept the Cy-Hawk — won by 32

VS HEARTLAND TROPHY

Beat Wisconsin

20 vs 10

at Wisconsin · Oct 17, 2009

Kept the Heartland Trophy — won by 10

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

HEARTBREAKER

Lost by 3 to Ohio State

24 vs 27

at Ohio State · Nov 14, 2009

Lost by just 3 in the final minutes

Compare This Team

See how the 2009 Hawkeyes stack up against another Iowa season.

2009 Schedule 13 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Sep 5	Home Northern Iowa	17–16	W
Sep 12	Away Iowa State	35–3	W
Sep 19	Home Arizona	27–17	W
Sep 26	Away (5) Penn State	21–10	W
Oct 3	Home Arkansas State	24–21	W
Oct 10	Home Michigan	30–28	W
Oct 17	Away Wisconsin	20–10	W
Oct 24	Away Michigan State	15–13	W
Oct 31	Home Indiana	42–24	W
Nov 7	Home Northwestern	10–17	L
Nov 14	Away (10) Ohio State	24–27	L
Nov 21	Home Minnesota	12–0	W
Jan 5	Neutral (9) Georgia Tech Orange Bowl (Miami, FL)	24–14	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

23.2 vs 15.4

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

+7.8 points per game

Total yards

336.3 vs 276.5

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

+59.8 difference per game

Pass yards

222.1 vs 152.9

Yards from passing per game — Iowa versus opponents.

+69.2 difference per game

Rush yards

114.2 vs 123.6

Yards on the ground per game — Iowa versus opponents.

-9.4 difference per game

First downs

17.8 vs 15.0

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

+2.8 difference per game

Turnovers

2.2 vs 2.3

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

-0.1 difference per game

Top Performers

Quarterback

Ricky Stanzi

2,417 passing yards, 17 touchdowns, 15 interceptions (11 games).

Lead rusher

Adam Robinson

834 rushing yards, 5 touchdowns over 11 games.

Lead receiver

Derrell Johnson-Koulianos

45 catches, 750 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns.

Top tackler

Pat Angerer

145 total tackles, 1.0 sacks, 1 interceptions.

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Offense

Defense

Diff

Pass Cmp

16.4

14.6

+1.8

Pass Att

30.2

29.5

+0.7

Pass Cmp %

54.3

49.6

+4.7

Pass Yds

222.1

152.9

+69.2

Pass TD

1.5

0.7

+0.8

Rush Att

34.9

35.5

-0.6

Rush Yds

114.2

123.6

-9.4

Rush Y/A

3.3

3.5

-0.2

Rush TD

1.0

0.7

+0.3

Plays

65.1

64.9

+0.2

Total Yds

336.3

276.5

+59.8

Yds/Play

5.2

4.3

+0.9

1st Downs

17.8

15.0

+2.8

Penalties

4.4

5.5

-1.1

Penalty Yds

34.4

47.6

-13.2

Fumbles

0.6

0.7

-0.1

Interceptions

1.5

1.6

-0.1

Turnovers

2.2

2.3

-0.1

Splits

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Home	7.0	6.0	1.0	242.4	98.4	340.9	2.6
Neutral	1.0	1.0	0.0	231.0	172.0	403.0	2.0
Road	5.0	4.0	1.0	191.8	124.8	316.6	1.6

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Home	7.0	6.0	1.0	172.0	109.1	281.1	2.3
Neutral	1.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	143.0	155.0	1.0
Road	5.0	4.0	1.0	154.4	140.0	294.4	2.6

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Loss	2.0	0.0	2.0	224.5	66.0	290.5	3.5
Win	11.0	11.0	0.0	221.6	123.0	344.6	1.9

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Loss	2.0	0.0	2.0	101.0	179.5	280.5	0.5
Win	11.0	11.0	0.0	162.4	113.5	275.8	2.6

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
January	1.0	1.0	0.0	231.0	172.0	403.0	2.0
November	3.0	1.0	2.0	188.7	62.0	250.7	3.0
October	5.0	5.0	0.0	254.6	110.6	365.2	2.0
September	4.0	4.0	0.0	204.3	143.5	347.8	1.8

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
January	1.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	143.0	155.0	1.0
November	3.0	1.0	2.0	118.3	135.7	254.0	1.3
October	5.0	5.0	0.0	187.0	105.2	292.2	2.6
September	4.0	4.0	0.0	171.5	132.8	304.3	3.0

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Saturday	12.0	10.0	2.0	221.3	109.4	330.8	2.2
Tuesday	1.0	1.0	0.0	231.0	172.0	403.0	2.0

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Saturday	12.0	10.0	2.0	164.7	122.0	286.7	2.4
Tuesday	1.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	143.0	155.0	1.0

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
ACC	1.0	1.0	0.0	231.0	172.0	403.0	2.0
Big 12	1.0	1.0	0.0	235.0	191.0	426.0	2.0
Big Ten	8.0	6.0	2.0	209.8	97.3	307.0	2.4
Non-Major	1.0	1.0	0.0	242.0	87.0	329.0	2.0
Pac-10	1.0	1.0	0.0	205.0	133.0	338.0	1.0
Sun Belt	1.0	1.0	0.0	296.0	124.0	420.0	2.0

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
ACC	1.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	143.0	155.0	1.0
Big 12	1.0	1.0	0.0	113.0	190.0	303.0	6.0
Big Ten	8.0	6.0	2.0	159.0	120.3	279.3	2.4
Non-Major	1.0	1.0	0.0	270.0	84.0	354.0	1.0
Pac-10	1.0	1.0	0.0	105.0	148.0	253.0	1.0
Sun Belt	1.0	1.0	0.0	216.0	80.0	296.0	2.0

Player Stats

Passing

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
Ricky StanziQB	11	171	304	56.3	2,417	17	15	8.0	6.8	14.1	219.7	131.6
James VandenbergQB	4	42	87	48.3	470	2	5	5.4	3.3	11.2	117.5	89.7
Marvin McNuttWR	13	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0

Rushing & Receiving

Player	G	Rushing					Receiving					Scrimmage
		Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Y/G	Plays	Yds	TD
Adam RobinsonRB	11	181	834	4.6	5	75.8	10	80	8.0	0	7.3	191	914	5
Brandon WegherRB	12	162	641	4.0	8	53.4	13	112	8.6	0	9.3	175	753	8
Derrell Johnson-KoulianosWR	12	0	0	—	0	0.0	45	750	16.7	2	62.5	45	750	2
Marvin McNuttWR	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	34	674	19.8	8	51.8	34	674	8
Trey StrossWR	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	31	414	13.4	1	31.8	31	414	1
Tony MoeakiTE	10	0	0	—	0	0.0	30	387	12.9	4	38.7	30	387	4
Allen ReisnerTE	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	14	143	10.2	1	11.0	14	143	1
Colin SandemanWR	10	0	0	—	0	0.0	14	136	9.7	1	13.6	14	136	1
Paul Chaney Jr.WR	6	5	64	12.8	0	10.7	7	50	7.1	0	8.3	12	114	0
Brett MorseLB	13	5	35	7.0	0	2.7	8	34	4.3	1	2.6	13	69	1
Keenan DavisWR	13	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	55	13.8	1	4.2	5	55	1
Paki O'MearaRB	13	16	35	2.2	0	2.7	1	14	14.0	0	1.1	17	49	0
Don NordmannWR	4	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	35	35.0	0	8.8	1	35	0
Jeff BrinsonRB	4	1	7	7.0	0	1.8	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	7	0
Brad HermanLB	7	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	3	3.0	0	0.4	1	3	0
Daniel MurrayK	13	1	-8	-8.0	0	-0.6	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	-8	0
Ricky StanziQB	11	55	-31	-0.6	0	-2.8	0	0	—	0	0.0	55	-31	0
James VandenbergQB	4	11	-42	-3.8	0	-10.5	0	0	—	0	0.0	11	-42	0

Defense & Fumbles

Player	G	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	PD	FF
Pat AngererLB	13	48	97	145	5.0	1.0	1	38	0	0	2
Jeremiha HunterLB	12	32	55	87	2.5	0.0	1	16	0	0	0
Tyler SashDB	13	41	44	85	5.5	0.0	6	203	1	0	2
A.J. EddsLB	13	25	52	77	4.0	0.0	5	29	0	0	0
Adrian ClaybornDL	13	36	34	70	20.0	11.5	0	0	0	0	4
Karl KlugDL	13	22	43	65	13.0	4.0	0	0	0	5	2
Broderick BinnsDL	13	28	35	63	10.5	6.5	0	0	0	9	1
Amari SpieveyDB	13	42	14	56	1.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
Brett GreenwoodDB	12	33	22	55	0.0	0.0	3	17	0	0	0
Christian BallardDL	13	18	36	54	9.0	5.5	0	0	0	0	0
Shaun PraterDB	10	25	16	41	0.0	0.0	2	4	0	0	0
Troy JohnsonLB	12	8	12	20	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Jeff TarpinianLB	12	9	11	20	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	2	0
Bruce DavisLB	13	9	5	14	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
William LoweDB	13	7	6	13	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	2	1
Joe ConklinDB	7	8	3	11	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Mike DanielsDL	13	1	9	10	1.5	1.5	0	0	0	0	0
Micah HydeDB	13	4	4	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler NielsenLB	13	4	3	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
David CatoDB	12	2	4	6	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris RowellDB	11	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack SwansonDL	13	4	1	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason WhiteDB	11	2	3	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Paki O'MearaRB	13	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg CastilloDB	5	0	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew SchulzeDL	13	1	2	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel MurrayK	13	3	0	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebron DanielDL	13	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Brett MorseLB	13	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick KuchelWR	4	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian VanderveldeOL	12	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon WegherRB	12	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan DonahueP	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle CallowayOL	12	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad HermanLB	7	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Marvin McNuttWR	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey StrossWR	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Rafael EubanksOL	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Travis MeadeOL	11	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Allen ReisnerTE	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Don NordmannWR	4	0	1	1	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
Derrell Johnson-KoulianosWR	12	12	378	31.5	1	0	0	—	0	1,128
Brandon WegherRB	12	9	214	23.8	0	0	0	—	0	967
Paul Chaney Jr.WR	6	8	161	20.1	0	8	41	5.1	0	316
Colin SandemanWR	10	0	0	—	0	12	108	9.0	0	244
Amari SpieveyDB	13	4	73	18.3	0	4	7	1.8	0	80
Adrian ClaybornDL	13	0	0	—	0	1	53	53.0	1	53
Adam RobinsonRB	11	2	38	19.0	0	0	0	—	0	952
Paki O'MearaRB	13	2	33	16.5	0	0	0	—	0	82
Tyler SashDB	13	0	0	—	0	4	16	4.0	0	219
Keenan DavisWR	13	1	11	11.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	66
Mike DanielsDL	13	1	10	10.0	0	0	0	—	0	10
Wade LeppertOL	13	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	G	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	Pts	Pnt	Yds	Y/P
Ryan DonahueP	13	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	61	2,496	40.9
Daniel MurrayK	13	32	33	97.0	19	26	73.1	89	0	0	—

Scoring

Player	G	Rush	Rec	PR	KR	Int	Oth	TD	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
Daniel MurrayK	13	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	32	33	19	26	89	6.8
Brandon WegherRB	12	8	0	0	0	0	—	8	0	0	0	0	48	4.0
Marvin McNuttWR	13	0	8	0	0	0	—	8	0	0	0	0	48	3.7
Adam RobinsonRB	11	5	0	0	0	0	—	5	0	0	0	0	30	2.7
Tony MoeakiTE	10	0	4	0	0	0	—	4	0	0	0	0	24	2.4
Derrell Johnson-KoulianosWR	12	0	2	0	1	0	—	3	0	0	0	0	18	1.5
Allen ReisnerTE	13	0	1	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Keenan DavisWR	13	0	1	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Adrian ClaybornDL	13	0	0	1	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Trey StrossWR	13	0	1	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Brett MorseLB	13	0	1	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Tyler SashDB	13	0	0	0	0	1	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Colin SandemanWR	10	0	1	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.6

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 5	UNI	W 17–16	22	34	242	1	7.1	134.2	31	87	1	65	329	5.1	2	15	2	0	2
Sep 12	@ Iowa State	W 35–3	20	37	235	4	6.4	132.3	35	191	1	72	426	5.9	6	45	0	2	2
Sep 19	Arizona	W 27–17	20	32	205	0	6.4	110.1	42	133	3	74	338	4.6	5	35	0	1	1
Sep 26	@ Penn State	W 21–10	11	26	135	0	5.2	70.5	37	163	1	63	298	4.7	4	35	0	2	2
Oct 3	Arkansas State	W 24–21	18	27	296	3	11.0	180.6	33	124	0	60	420	7.0	4	35	0	2	2
Oct 10	Michigan	W 30–28	20	38	284	2	7.5	127.5	34	83	1	72	367	5.1	5	45	0	1	1
Oct 17	@ Wisconsin	W 20–10	17	23	218	1	9.5	167.9	39	65	1	62	283	4.6	3	15	1	0	1
Oct 24	@ Michigan State	W 15–13	11	27	138	1	5.1	95.9	39	138	0	66	276	4.2	6	38	0	0	0
Oct 31	Indiana	W 42–24	13	26	337	2	13.0	145.8	37	143	3	63	480	7.6	5	40	1	5	6
Nov 7	Northwestern	L 10–17	13	36	216	1	6.0	84.6	27	65	0	63	281	4.5	4	40	2	2	4
Nov 14	@ Ohio State	L 24–27	20	33	233	2	7.1	121.7	24	67	0	57	300	5.3	6	51	0	3	3
Nov 21	Minnesota	W 12–0	11	24	117	0	4.9	78.5	36	54	1	60	171	2.9	3	28	1	1	2
Jan 5	vs Georgia Tech Orange Bowl	W 24–14	17	29	231	2	8.0	141.4	40	172	1	69	403	5.8	4	25	1	1	2

2009 Roster 51 players

Player	Class	Pos	Season summary
Amari Spievey	JR	DB
Brett Greenwood	JR	DB
Chris Rowell	SR	DB
David Cato	SO	DB
Greg Castillo	FR	DB
Jason White	FR	DB
Joe Conklin	SR	DB
Micah Hyde	FR	DB
Shaun Prater	SO	DB
Tyler Sash	SO	DB
William Lowe	SO	DB
Adrian Clayborn	JR	DL
Andrew Schulze	JR	DL
Broderick Binns	SO	DL
Christian Ballard	JR	DL
Jack Swanson	FR	DL
Karl Klug	JR	DL
Lebron Daniel	SO	DL
Mike Daniels	SO	DL
Daniel Murray	JR	K
A.J. Edds	SR	LB
Brad Herman	SO	LB
Brett Morse	JR	LB
Bruce Davis	SO	LB
Jeff Tarpinian	JR	LB
Jeremiha Hunter	JR	LB
Pat Angerer	SR	LB
Troy Johnson	JR	LB
Tyler Nielsen	SO	LB
Julian Vandervelde	JR	OL
Kyle Calloway	SR	OL
Rafael Eubanks	SR	OL
Travis Meade	SR	OL
Wade Leppert	SO	OL
Ryan Donahue	JR	P
James Vandenberg	FR	QB	42 Cmp, 87 Att, 470 Yds, 2 TD
Ricky Stanzi	—	QB	171 Cmp, 304 Att, 2417 Yds, 17 TD
Adam Robinson	FR	RB	181 Att, 834 Yds, 4.6 Avg
Brandon Wegher	FR	RB	162 Att, 641 Yds, 4.0 Avg
Jeff Brinson	FR	RB	1 Att, 7 Yds, 7.0 Avg
Paki O'Meara	JR	RB	16 Att, 35 Yds, 2.2 Avg
Allen Reisner	JR	TE	14 Rec, 143 Yds, 10.2 Avg
Tony Moeaki	SR	TE	30 Rec, 387 Yds, 12.9 Avg
Colin Sandeman	JR	WR	14 Rec, 136 Yds, 9.7 Avg
Derrell Johnson-Koulianos	JR	WR	45 Rec, 750 Yds, 16.7 Avg
Don Nordmann	JR	WR	1 Rec, 35 Yds, 35.0 Avg
Keenan Davis	FR	WR	4 Rec, 55 Yds, 13.8 Avg
Marvin McNutt	SO	WR	34 Rec, 674 Yds, 19.8 Avg
Nick Kuchel	JR	WR
Paul Chaney Jr.	JR	WR	7 Rec, 50 Yds, 7.1 Avg
Trey Stross	SR	WR	31 Rec, 414 Yds, 13.4 Avg

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1956	9-1	#3	Forest Evashevski	Won — Rose Bowl
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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

Football History

Season Snapshot 2009 at a glance

2009 Iowa Football

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat #9 Georgia Tech

Signature Wins

Beat #5 Penn State

Beat Iowa State

Beat Wisconsin

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Lost by 3 to Ohio State

Compare This Team

2009 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

2009 Roster 51 players

2009 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