2010 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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2010 Iowa Football

8-5

Overall

4-4

Big Ten

Bowl

Postseason

Won 27-24 · Insight Bowl

Kirk Ferentz

Head coach

2010 Schedule 13 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Sep 4	Home Eastern Illinois	37–7	W
Sep 11	Home Iowa State	35–7	W
Sep 18	Away (24) Arizona	27–34	L
Sep 25	Home Ball State	45–0	W
Oct 2	Home (22) Penn State	24–3	W
Oct 16	Away Michigan	38–28	W
Oct 23	Home (10) Wisconsin	30–31	L
Oct 30	Home (5) Michigan State	37–6	W
Nov 6	Away Indiana	18–13	W
Nov 13	Away Northwestern	17–21	L
Nov 20	Home (8) Ohio State	17–20	L
Nov 27	Away Minnesota	24–27	L
Dec 28	Neutral (14) Missouri Insight Bowl (Tempe, AZ)	27–24	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

28.9 vs 17.0

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

+11.9 points per game

Total yards

382.9 vs 332.1

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

+50.8 difference per game

Pass yards

234.5 vs 230.5

Yards from passing per game — Iowa versus opponents.

+4.0 difference per game

Rush yards

148.4 vs 101.5

Yards on the ground per game — Iowa versus opponents.

+46.9 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

0.8 vs 1.8

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

-1.0 difference per game

Top Performers

Quarterback

Ricky Stanzi

3,004 passing yards, 25 touchdowns, 6 interceptions (13 games).

Lead rusher

Adam Robinson

941 rushing yards, 10 touchdowns over 10 games.

Lead receiver

Marvin McNutt

53 catches, 861 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns.

Top tackler

Jeremiha Hunter

90 total tackles, 0.0 sacks, 1 interceptions.

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Offense

Defense

Diff

Pass Cmp

17.4

22.9

-5.5

Pass Att

27.5

36.8

-9.3

Pass Cmp %

63.3

62.2

+1.1

Pass Yds

234.5

230.5

+4.0

Pass TD

2.0

0.9

+1.1

Rush Att

34.5

31.3

+3.2

Rush Yds

148.4

101.5

+46.9

Rush Y/A

4.3

3.2

+1.1

Rush TD

1.2

1.0

+0.2

Plays

62.0

68.2

-6.2

Total Yds

382.9

332.1

+50.8

Yds/Play

6.2

4.9

+1.3

1st Downs

20.1

19.2

+0.9

Penalties

4.9

6.5

-1.6

Penalty Yds

37.4

57.9

-20.5

Fumbles

0.4

0.0

Interceptions

0.5

1.5

-1.0

Turnovers

0.8

1.8

-1.0

Splits

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Home	7.0	5.0	2.0	233.7	170.4	404.1	0.6
Neutral	1.0	1.0	0.0	200.0	225.0	425.0	2.0
Road	5.0	2.0	3.0	242.6	102.2	344.8	1.0

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Home	7.0	5.0	2.0	174.1	83.4	257.6	1.7
Neutral	1.0	1.0	0.0	434.0	78.0	512.0	2.0
Road	5.0	2.0	3.0	268.8	131.6	400.4	2.0

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Loss	5.0	0.0	5.0	225.6	84.0	309.6	0.8
Win	8.0	8.0	0.0	240.1	188.6	428.8	0.9

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Loss	5.0	0.0	5.0	237.4	136.0	373.4	1.6
Win	8.0	8.0	0.0	226.3	80.0	306.3	2.0

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
December	1.0	1.0	0.0	200.0	225.0	425.0	2.0
November	4.0	1.0	3.0	220.5	107.0	327.5	1.0
October	4.0	3.0	1.0	230.8	134.3	365.0	0.3
September	4.0	3.0	1.0	261.0	184.8	445.8	1.0

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
December	1.0	1.0	0.0	434.0	78.0	512.0	2.0
November	4.0	1.0	3.0	225.3	141.5	366.8	1.3
October	4.0	3.0	1.0	253.5	103.5	357.0	2.3
September	4.0	3.0	1.0	162.0	65.5	227.5	2.0

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Saturday	12.0	7.0	5.0	237.4	142.0	379.4	0.8
Tuesday	1.0	1.0	0.0	200.0	225.0	425.0	2.0

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Saturday	12.0	7.0	5.0	213.6	103.5	317.1	1.8
Tuesday	1.0	1.0	0.0	434.0	78.0	512.0	2.0

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Big 12	2.0	2.0	0.0	202.0	250.0	452.0	1.0
Big Ten	8.0	4.0	4.0	225.6	120.6	346.3	0.6
MAC	1.0	1.0	0.0	306.0	256.0	562.0	1.0
Non-Major	1.0	1.0	0.0	256.0	179.0	435.0	2.0
Pac-10	1.0	0.0	1.0	278.0	29.0	307.0	1.0

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Big 12	2.0	2.0	0.0	315.5	78.0	393.5	2.5
Big Ten	8.0	4.0	4.0	239.4	122.5	361.9	1.8
MAC	1.0	1.0	0.0	56.0	56.0	112.0	2.0
Non-Major	1.0	1.0	0.0	92.0	65.0	157.0	0.0
Pac-10	1.0	0.0	1.0	303.0	63.0	366.0	3.0

Player Stats

Passing

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
Ricky StanziQB	13	221	345	64.1	3,004	25	6	8.7	9.4	13.6	231.1	157.6
James VandenbergQB	3	5	8	62.5	45	1	0	5.6	8.1	9.0	15.0	151.0
John WienkeQB	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
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	10	203	941	4.6	10	94.1	24	290	12.1	1	29.0	227	1,231	11
Marvin McNuttWR	13	1	5	5.0	0	0.4	53	861	16.2	8	66.2	54	866	8
Derrell Johnson-KoulianosWR	12	5	40	8.0	0	3.3	46	745	16.2	10	62.1	51	785	10
Marcus CokerRB	7	114	622	5.5	3	88.9	2	23	11.5	0	3.3	116	645	3
Allen ReisnerTE	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	42	460	11.0	2	35.4	42	460	2
Colin SandemanWR	12	1	3	3.0	0	0.3	21	227	10.8	2	18.9	22	230	2
Brad HermanLB	12	0	0	—	0	0.0	9	154	17.1	0	12.8	9	154	0
Keenan DavisWR	13	0	0	—	0	0.0	11	131	11.9	1	10.1	11	131	1
Jewel HamptonRB	2	27	114	4.2	1	57.0	3	6	2.0	1	3.0	30	120	2
Brad RogersRB	11	11	75	6.8	0	6.8	2	15	7.5	0	1.4	13	90	0
Paul Chaney Jr.WR	12	6	53	8.8	0	4.4	1	15	15.0	0	1.3	7	68	0
Brett MorseLB	12	4	10	2.5	0	0.8	8	54	6.8	1	4.5	12	64	1
Paki O'MearaRB	11	10	56	5.6	0	5.1	0	0	—	0	0.0	10	56	0
Don NordmannWR	12	0	0	—	0	0.0	2	52	26.0	0	4.3	2	52	0
James VandenbergQB	3	6	32	5.3	0	10.7	0	0	—	0	0.0	6	32	0
Zach DerbyTE	9	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	17	17.0	0	1.9	1	17	0
Jason WhiteDB	10	1	14	14.0	0	1.4	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	14	0
Ryan DonahueP	13	1	-4	-4.0	0	-0.3	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	-4	0
Ricky StanziQB	13	48	-6	-0.1	2	-0.5	1	-1	-1.0	0	-0.1	49	-7	2

Defense & Fumbles

Player	G	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	PD	FR	FF
Jeremiha HunterLB	12	29	61	90	0.5	0.0	1	4	0	0	0	0
Micah HydeDB	13	58	24	82	0.0	0.0	4	142	2	7	0	1
Tyler SashDB	13	40	39	79	3.5	0.0	2	42	0	0	0	0
James MorrisLB	13	23	47	70	2.5	1.0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Shaun PraterDB	12	50	18	68	0.5	0.0	4	80	1	6	2	0
Brett GreenwoodDB	13	29	32	61	1.0	0.0	5	23	0	0	0	0
Karl KlugDL	13	29	28	57	13.0	5.5	0	0	0	3	0	1
Troy JohnsonLB	13	24	33	57	2.0	0.0	1	4	0	0	0	0
Adrian ClaybornDLAA	13	19	33	52	7.0	3.5	0	0	0	1	0	1
Jeff TarpinianLB	8	21	26	47	2.5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Christian BallardDL	13	23	20	43	5.0	3.0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Tyler NielsenLB	8	22	20	42	4.5	0.0	1	0	0	4	0	0
Mike DanielsDL	13	17	23	40	11.0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Broderick BinnsDL	12	17	19	36	1.0	0.0	1	20	1	2	0	1
Shane DibonaLB	13	6	7	13	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg CastilloDB	13	5	6	11	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Anthony HitchensDB	10	1	8	9	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
William LoweDB	8	3	5	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanner MillerDB	8	3	4	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lance TillisonLB	12	5	2	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebron DanielDL	13	3	3	6	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Don ShumpertWR	4	3	3	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason WhiteDB	10	3	3	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian KirkseyLB	11	0	6	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike MeyerK	13	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack SwansonDL	13	2	3	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B.J. LoweryDL	7	4	1	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce DavisLB	3	0	5	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan BernsteinDB	8	2	2	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom DonatellDB	13	3	1	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad HermanLB	12	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ross PetersenTE	9	2	2	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick KuchelWR	4	2	2	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don NordmannWR	12	2	2	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve BigachDL	5	1	2	3	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas NardoDL	5	1	2	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick NielsenDB	5	1	2	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominic AlvisDL	3	2	0	2	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C.J. FiedorowiczTE	13	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Allen ReisnerTE	13	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colin SandemanWR	12	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brett MorseLB	12	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus CokerRB	7	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew SchulzeOL	13	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paki O'MearaRB	11	0	1	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
Derrell Johnson-KoulianosWR	12	17	498	29.3	1	0	0	—	0	1,283
Keenan DavisWR	13	9	175	19.4	0	0	0	—	0	306
Colin SandemanWR	12	1	14	14.0	0	15	125	8.3	0	369
Paul Chaney Jr.WR	12	4	118	29.5	0	6	13	2.2	0	199
Paki O'MearaRB	11	0	0	—	0	1	42	42.0	1	98
C.J. FiedorowiczTE	13	1	4	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	4

Kicking & Punting

Player	G	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	Pts	Pnt	Yds	Y/P
Ryan DonahueP	13	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	54	2,408	44.6
Mike MeyerK	13	31	33	93.9	14	17	82.4	73	0	0	—
Eric GuthrieP	1	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	1	32	32.0
Trent MossbruckerK	4	13	14	92.9	0	0	—	13	0	0	—

Scoring

Player	G	Rush	Rec	PR	KR	Int	Oth	TD	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
Mike MeyerK	13	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	31	33	14	17	73	5.6
Derrell Johnson-KoulianosWR	12	0	10	0	1	0	—	11	0	0	0	0	66	5.5
Adam RobinsonRB	10	10	1	0	0	0	—	11	0	0	0	0	66	6.6
Marvin McNuttWR	13	0	8	0	0	0	—	8	0	0	0	0	48	3.7
Marcus CokerRB	7	3	0	0	0	0	—	3	0	0	0	0	18	2.6
Trent MossbruckerK	4	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	13	14	0	0	13	3.3
Jewel HamptonRB	2	1	1	0	0	0	—	2	0	0	0	0	12	6.0
Micah HydeDB	13	0	0	0	0	2	—	2	0	0	0	0	12	0.9
Colin SandemanWR	12	0	2	0	0	0	—	2	0	0	0	0	12	1.0
Allen ReisnerTE	13	0	2	0	0	0	—	2	0	0	0	0	12	0.9
Ricky StanziQB	13	2	0	0	0	0	—	2	0	0	0	0	12	0.9
Shaun PraterDB	12	0	0	0	0	1	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Paki O'MearaRB	11	0	0	1	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Broderick BinnsDL	12	0	0	0	0	1	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Brett MorseLB	12	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

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 4	Eastern Ill.	W 37–7	21	26	256	1	9.8	176.2	39	179	3	65	435	6.7	1	5	2	0	2
Sep 11	Iowa State	W 35–7	11	20	204	2	10.2	173.7	50	275	3	70	479	6.8	4	25	0	0	0
Sep 18	@ Arizona	L 27–34	18	33	278	3	8.4	149.2	26	29	0	59	307	5.2	6	60	0	1	1
Sep 25	Ball State	W 45–0	21	29	306	4	10.6	206.6	44	256	2	73	562	7.7	9	86	1	0	1
Oct 2	Penn State	W 24–3	16	22	227	1	10.3	165.3	36	122	1	58	349	6.0	5	29	0	1	1
Oct 16	@ Michigan	W 38–28	17	24	248	3	10.3	198.9	36	135	2	60	383	6.4	5	36	0	0	0
Oct 23	Wisconsin	L 30–31	25	37	258	3	7.0	152.9	30	118	1	67	376	5.6	6	41	0	0	0
Oct 30	Michigan State	W 37–6	11	16	190	3	11.9	230.4	42	162	1	58	352	6.1	3	35	0	0	0
Nov 6	@ Indiana	W 18–13	22	33	290	1	8.8	144.4	29	155	0	62	445	7.2	9	65	0	1	1
Nov 13	@ Northwestern	L 17–21	23	43	270	2	6.3	116.9	28	101	0	71	371	5.2	6	39	0	1	1
Nov 20	Ohio State	L 17–20	20	31	195	1	6.3	128.0	25	81	1	56	276	4.9	4	25	0	0	0
Nov 27	@ Minnesota	L 24–27	10	22	127	2	5.8	123.9	27	91	0	49	218	4.4	3	21	2	0	2
Dec 28	vs Missouri Insight Bowl	W 27–24	11	21	200	0	9.5	113.3	37	225	2	58	425	7.3	3	19	0	2	2

2010 Roster 59 players

Player	Class	Pos	Season summary
Anthony Hitchens	FR	DB
Brett Greenwood	SR	DB
Greg Castillo	SO	DB
Jason White	SO	DB
Jordan Bernstein	JR	DB
Micah Hyde	SO	DB
Nick Nielsen	SO	DB
Shaun Prater	JR	DB
Tanner Miller	FR	DB
Tom Donatell	JR	DB
Tyler Sash	JR	DB
William Lowe	JR	DB
Adrian Clayborn	SR	DL
B.J. Lowery	FR	DL
Broderick Binns	JR	DL
Christian Ballard	SR	DL
Dominic Alvis	FR	DL
Jack Swanson	SO	DL
Karl Klug	SR	DL
Lebron Daniel	JR	DL
Mike Daniels	JR	DL
Steve Bigach	SO	DL
Thomas Nardo	JR	DL
Mike Meyer	FR	K
Trent Mossbrucker	SO	K
Brad Herman	JR	LB
Brett Morse	SR	LB
Bruce Davis	JR	LB
Christian Kirksey	FR	LB
James Morris	FR	LB
Jeff Tarpinian	SR	LB
Jeremiha Hunter	SR	LB
Lance Tillison	JR	LB
Shane Dibona	FR	LB
Troy Johnson	SR	LB
Tyler Nielsen	JR	LB
Andrew Schulze	SR	OL
Eric Guthrie	JR	P
Ryan Donahue	SR	P
James Vandenberg	SO	QB	5 Cmp, 8 Att, 45 Yds, 1 TD
John Wienke	SO	QB	0 Cmp, 1 Att, 0 Yds, 0 TD
Ricky Stanzi	—	QB	221 Cmp, 345 Att, 3004 Yds, 25 TD
Adam Robinson	SO	RB	203 Att, 941 Yds, 4.6 Avg
Brad Rogers	FR	RB	11 Att, 75 Yds, 6.8 Avg
Jewel Hampton	SO	RB	27 Att, 114 Yds, 4.2 Avg
Marcus Coker	FR	RB	114 Att, 622 Yds, 5.5 Avg
Paki O'Meara	SR	RB	10 Att, 56 Yds, 5.6 Avg
Allen Reisner	SR	TE	42 Rec, 460 Yds, 11.0 Avg
C.J. Fiedorowicz	FR	TE
Ross Petersen	SR	TE
Zach Derby	SO	TE	1 Rec, 17 Yds, 17.0 Avg
Colin Sandeman	SR	WR	21 Rec, 227 Yds, 10.8 Avg
Derrell Johnson-Koulianos	SR	WR	46 Rec, 745 Yds, 16.2 Avg
Don Nordmann	SR	WR	2 Rec, 52 Yds, 26.0 Avg
Don Shumpert	FR	WR
Keenan Davis	SO	WR	11 Rec, 131 Yds, 11.9 Avg
Marvin McNutt	JR	WR	53 Rec, 861 Yds, 16.2 Avg
Nick Kuchel	SR	WR
Paul Chaney Jr.	SR	WR	1 Rec, 15 Yds, 15.0 Avg

2010 AP Poll Movement

AP Poll

Season

Final Ranking

Season Summary

Highest Rank: #9
Lowest Rank: #24
Weeks in Poll: 13
Total Weeks: 15

Week-by-week rankings

Pre

9/5

9/12

9/19

#18

9/26

#17

10/3

#15

10/10

#15

10/17

#13

10/24

#18

10/31

#15

11/7

#13

11/14

#21

11/21

#24

11/28

12/5

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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

Football History

Season Snapshot 2010 at a glance

2010 Iowa Football

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat #14 Missouri

Signature Wins

Beat #5 Michigan State

Beat #22 Penn State

Beat Iowa State

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Faced Wisconsin

Lost by 3 to Ohio State

Faced Minnesota

Compare This Team

2010 Schedule 13 games

Team & Player Stats

Per-Game Averages

Top Performers

Team Stats per Game

Splits

Offense

Defense

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Defense

Offense

Defense

Offense

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Offense

Defense

Player Stats

Passing

Rushing & Receiving

Defense & Fumbles

Kick & Punt Returns

Kicking & Punting

Scoring

Game Logs

2010 Roster 59 players

2010 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