2012 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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Season Snapshot 2012 at a glance

2012 Iowa Football

4-8

Overall

2-6

Big Ten

Kirk Ferentz

Head coach

By the Numbers

Yards per game

310

average total offense per game

Yards allowed per game

382

what the defense gave up on average

Power rating

-2.6

Simple Rating System — #76 nationally

Memorable Games

Highest score

vs Central Michigan on Sep 22

Best defensive game

held them to 9

vs Iowa State (6-9)

Closest game

1-point win

vs Northern Illinois (18-17)

Biggest win

by 18

vs Minnesota (31-13)

Rankings & Streaks

Longest win streak

consecutive wins during the season

Home record

2-5

at Carver / Kinnick / home court

Road record

2-3

true road games (excludes neutral sites)

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

FEATURED GAME

Beat Minnesota

31 vs 13

home vs Minnesota · Sep 29, 2012

Kept the Floyd of Rosedale — won by 18

Signature Wins

ROAD WIN

Beat Michigan State

19 vs 16

at Michigan State · Oct 13, 2012

Quality road victory

ROAD WIN

Beat Northern Illinois

18 vs 17

at Northern Illinois · Sep 1, 2012

Quality road victory

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

VS HEROES GAME

Faced Nebraska

7 vs 13

home vs Nebraska · Nov 23, 2012

Trophy game came up just short

VS CY-HAWK

Faced Iowa State

6 vs 9

home vs Iowa State · Sep 8, 2012

Trophy game came up just short

HEARTBREAKER

Lost by 1 to Central Michigan

31 vs 32

home vs Central Michigan · Sep 22, 2012

Lost by just 1 in the final minutes

Compare This Team

See how the 2012 Hawkeyes stack up against another Iowa season.

2012 Schedule 12 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Sep 1	Away Northern Illinois	18–17	W
Sep 8	Home Iowa State	6–9	L
Sep 15	Home Northern Iowa	27–16	W
Sep 22	Home Central Michigan	31–32	L
Sep 29	Home Minnesota	31–13	W
Oct 13	Away Michigan State	19–16	W
Oct 20	Home Penn State	14–38	L
Oct 27	Away Northwestern	17–28	L
Nov 3	Away Indiana	21–24	L
Nov 10	Home Purdue	24–27	L
Nov 17	Away (23) Michigan	17–42	L
Nov 23	Home (17) Nebraska	7–13	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

19.3 vs 22.9

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

-3.6 points per game

Total yards

310.4 vs 381.6

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

-71.2 difference per game

Pass yards

187.4 vs 219.5

Yards from passing per game — Iowa versus opponents.

-32.1 difference per game

Rush yards

123.0 vs 162.1

Yards on the ground per game — Iowa versus opponents.

-39.1 difference per game

First downs

17.4 vs 19.8

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

-2.4 difference per game

Turnovers

0.9 vs 1.9

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

James Vandenberg

2,249 passing yards, 7 touchdowns, 8 interceptions (12 games).

Lead rusher

Mark Weisman

815 rushing yards, 8 touchdowns over 10 games.

Lead receiver

Kevonte Martin-Manley

52 catches, 571 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns.

Top tackler

Anthony Hitchens

124 total tackles, 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions.

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Offense

Defense

Diff

Pass Cmp

18.6

18.7

-0.1

Pass Att

32.4

29.4

+3.0

Pass Cmp %

57.3

63.5

-6.2

Pass Yds

187.4

219.5

-32.1

Pass TD

0.6

1.3

-0.7

Rush Att

33.7

39.4

-5.7

Rush Yds

123.0

162.1

-39.1

Rush Y/A

3.7

4.1

-0.4

Rush TD

1.3

0.0

Plays

66.1

68.8

-2.7

Total Yds

310.4

381.6

-71.2

Yds/Play

4.7

5.5

-0.8

1st Downs

17.4

19.8

-2.4

Penalties

4.6

5.3

-0.7

Penalty Yds

40.9

48.8

-7.9

Fumbles

0.3

1.1

-0.8

Interceptions

0.7

0.8

-0.1

Turnovers

0.9

1.9

-1.0

Splits

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Home	7.0	2.0	5.0	191.7	124.0	315.7	1.1
Road	5.0	2.0	3.0	181.4	121.6	303.0	0.6

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Home	7.0	2.0	5.0	228.1	147.7	375.9	2.3
Road	5.0	2.0	3.0	207.4	182.2	389.6	1.4

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Loss	8.0	0.0	8.0	195.8	103.9	299.6	1.3
Win	4.0	4.0	0.0	170.8	161.3	332.0	0.3

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Loss	8.0	0.0	8.0	244.9	181.6	426.5	2.0
Win	4.0	4.0	0.0	168.8	123.0	291.8	1.8

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
November	4.0	0.0	4.0	178.0	101.5	279.5	1.0
October	3.0	1.0	2.0	179.0	88.3	267.3	1.3
September	5.0	3.0	2.0	200.0	161.0	361.0	0.6

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
November	4.0	0.0	4.0	265.5	169.3	434.8	2.0
October	3.0	1.0	2.0	184.0	237.7	421.7	1.7
September	5.0	3.0	2.0	204.0	111.0	315.0	2.0

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Friday	1.0	0.0	1.0	92.0	108.0	200.0	2.0
Saturday	11.0	4.0	7.0	196.1	124.4	320.5	0.8

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Friday	1.0	0.0	1.0	63.0	200.0	263.0	2.0
Saturday	11.0	4.0	7.0	233.7	158.6	392.4	1.9

Offense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Big 12	1.0	0.0	1.0	236.0	68.0	304.0	2.0
Big Ten	8.0	2.0	6.0	180.1	106.6	286.8	1.0
MAC	2.0	1.0	1.0	172.0	177.0	349.0	0.5
Non-Major	1.0	1.0	0.0	228.0	201.0	429.0	0.0

Defense

Value	G	W	L	Pass Yds	Rush Yds	Total Yds	TO
Big 12	1.0	0.0	1.0	241.0	101.0	342.0	4.0
Big Ten	8.0	2.0	6.0	226.4	186.5	412.9	2.1
MAC	2.0	1.0	1.0	168.5	129.0	297.5	0.5
Non-Major	1.0	1.0	0.0	245.0	94.0	339.0	1.0

Player Stats

Passing

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
James VandenbergQB	12	223	389	57.3	2,249	7	8	5.8	5.2	10.1	187.4	107.7

Rushing & Receiving

Player	G	Rushing					Receiving					Scrimmage
		Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Y/G	Plays	Yds	TD
Mark WeismanRB	10	159	815	5.1	8	81.5	15	90	6.0	1	9.0	174	905	9
Damon BullockRB	6	135	513	3.8	3	85.5	18	167	9.3	0	27.8	153	680	3
Kevonte Martin-ManleyWR	12	1	15	15.0	0	1.3	52	571	11.0	2	47.6	53	586	2
Keenan DavisWR	12	0	0	—	0	0.0	47	571	12.1	1	47.6	47	571	1
C.J. FiedorowiczTE	12	0	0	—	0	0.0	45	433	9.6	1	36.1	45	433	1
Greg GarmonRB	10	38	122	3.2	0	12.2	8	57	7.1	0	5.7	46	179	0
Jordan CottonWR	12	1	2	2.0	0	0.2	12	172	14.3	1	14.3	13	174	1
Zach DerbyTE	12	0	0	—	0	0.0	6	48	8.0	0	4.0	6	48	0
Tevaun SmithWR	2	0	0	—	0	0.0	3	31	10.3	0	15.5	3	31	0
Henry Krieger-CobleTE	9	0	0	—	0	0.0	4	30	7.5	1	3.3	4	30	1
Don ShumpertWR	10	0	0	—	0	0.0	6	29	4.8	0	2.9	6	29	0
Ray HamiltonTE	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	2	20	10.0	0	1.8	2	20	0
James VandenbergQB	12	63	16	0.3	4	1.3	0	0	—	0	0.0	63	16	4
Jake DuzeyTE	11	0	0	—	0	0.0	3	16	5.3	0	1.5	3	16	0
Jacob HillyerWR	12	0	0	—	0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	1.3	1	15	0
Brad RogersRB	8	2	4	2.0	0	0.5	1	-1	-1.0	0	-0.1	3	3	0

Defense & Fumbles

Player	G	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	PD	FF
Anthony HitchensLB	11	56	68	124	5.5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
James MorrisLB	12	52	61	113	9.0	1.5	1	49	0	0	1
Christian KirkseyLB	12	42	53	95	3.5	2.0	2	86	2	0	1
Micah HydeDB	12	44	34	78	4.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	2
Tanner MillerDB	12	27	42	69	3.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1
Joe GaglioneDL	11	16	35	51	9.0	5.0	0	0	0	0	2
B.J. LoweryDB	10	32	18	50	1.0	0.0	1	-8	0	0	0
Tom DonatellDB	12	19	24	43	0.5	0.0	2	18	0	0	1
Louis Trinca-PasatDL	12	19	21	40	4.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve BigachDL	12	17	21	38	1.5	0.5	0	0	0	0	2
Darian CooperDL	12	16	18	34	3.5	0.0	0	0	0	2	0
Dominic AlvisDL	12	18	13	31	5.0	3.0	0	0	0	3	1
Nico LawDB	12	16	12	28	2.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
Greg CastilloDB	11	16	10	26	0.0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
Carl DavisDL	11	6	8	14	1.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Collin SleeperDB	10	6	4	10	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Casey KreiterOL	11	3	4	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan CottonWR	12	5	1	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean DraperDB	11	5	1	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
John LowdermilkDB	11	3	3	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike HardyDL	10	2	4	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin BufordDB	9	1	4	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Quinton AlstonLB	10	2	3	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick NielsenWR	12	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Don ShumpertWR	10	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike MeyerK	12	3	1	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Riley McMinnDL	6	2	2	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Travis PerryLB	11	2	2	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus CollinsLB	7	0	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew OttDL	5	1	2	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
Jacob HillyerWR	12	1	2	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach DerbyTE	12	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
C.J. FiedorowiczTE	12	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack SwansonDB	9	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Conor BoffeliOL	4	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nate MeierRB	1	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Krieger-CobleTE	9	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Damon BullockRB	6	1	0	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
Jordan CottonWR	12	19	536	28.2	1	0	0	—	0	710
Micah HydeDB	12	0	0	—	0	16	119	7.4	0	128
Greg GarmonRB	10	5	118	23.6	0	0	0	—	0	297
Keenan DavisWR	12	5	93	18.6	0	0	0	—	0	664
Jacob ReisenRB	4	2	15	7.5	0	0	0	—	0	15
Mark WeismanRB	10	1	11	11.0	0	0	0	—	0	916
Jonathan GimmRB	12	1	10	10.0	0	0	0	—	0	10

Kicking & Punting

Player	G	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	Pts	Pnt	Yds	Y/P
Connor KornbrathP	12	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	53	2,010	37.9
John WienkeP	12	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	14	529	37.8
Mike MeyerK	12	25	25	100.0	17	21	81.0	76	0	0	—

Scoring

Player	G	Rush	Rec	KR	Int	FR	Oth	TD	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
Mike MeyerK	12	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	25	25	17	21	76	6.3
Mark WeismanRB	10	8	1	0	0	0	—	9	0	0	0	0	54	5.4
James VandenbergQB	12	4	0	0	0	0	—	4	0	0	0	0	24	2.0
Damon BullockRB	6	3	0	0	0	0	—	3	0	0	0	0	18	3.0
Jordan CottonWR	12	0	1	1	0	0	—	2	0	0	0	0	12	1.0
Christian KirkseyLB	12	0	0	0	2	0	—	2	0	0	0	0	12	1.0
Kevonte Martin-ManleyWR	12	0	2	0	0	0	—	2	0	0	0	0	12	1.0
C.J. FiedorowiczTE	12	0	1	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Henry Krieger-CobleTE	9	0	1	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.7
Micah HydeDB	12	0	0	0	0	1	—	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.5
Keenan DavisWR	12	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 1	@ Northern Illinois	W 18–17	21	33	129	0	3.9	96.5	49	139	1	82	268	3.3	3	30	0	0	0
Sep 8	Iowa State	L 6–9	20	42	236	0	5.6	85.3	28	68	0	70	304	4.3	6	69	0	2	2
Sep 15	UNI	W 27–16	18	28	228	0	8.1	132.7	43	201	3	71	429	6.0	3	40	0	0	0
Sep 22	Central Michigan	L 31–32	16	25	215	1	8.6	149.4	28	215	3	53	430	8.1	9	106	1	0	1
Sep 29	Minnesota	W 31–13	18	31	192	1	6.2	120.7	25	182	2	56	374	6.7	8	56	0	0	0
Oct 13	@ Michigan State	W 19–16	19	36	134	0	3.7	78.5	34	123	1	70	257	3.7	7	50	0	1	1
Oct 20	Penn State	L 14–38	17	36	189	1	5.3	89.4	23	20	0	59	209	3.5	3	30	1	2	3
Oct 27	@ Northwestern	L 17–28	24	38	214	0	5.6	110.5	40	122	2	78	336	4.3	3	15	0	0	0
Nov 3	@ Indiana	L 21–24	21	34	249	1	7.3	127.1	30	96	1	64	345	5.4	7	51	1	1	2
Nov 10	Purdue	L 24–27	19	36	190	1	5.3	106.3	31	74	1	67	264	3.9	2	18	0	0	0
Nov 17	@ Michigan	L 17–42	19	26	181	2	7.0	156.9	34	128	0	60	309	5.2	3	21	0	0	0
Nov 23	Nebraska	L 7–13	11	24	92	0	3.8	61.4	39	108	1	63	200	3.2	1	5	0	2	2

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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

Football History

Season Snapshot 2012 at a glance

2012 Iowa Football

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat Minnesota

Signature Wins

Beat Michigan State

Beat Northern Illinois

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Faced Nebraska

Faced Iowa State

Lost by 1 to Central Michigan

Compare This Team

2012 Schedule 12 games

Team & Player Stats

Per-Game Averages

Top Performers

Team Stats per Game

Splits

Offense

Defense

Offense

Defense

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