1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
| 1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1976 record | 5–6 (3–5 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Bob Commings (3rd season) |
| MVP | Butch Caldwell, Tom Grine |
| Captain | Butch Caldwell, Tom Grine |
| Home stadium | Kinnick Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Michigan + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Ohio State + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Iowa in the 1976 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Bob Commings, the Hawkeyes compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Big Ten.[1]
Quarterback Butch Caldwell and tight end Tom Grine were selected as the team's most valuable players.[2] Caldwell led the team with 616 passing yards and 1,005 yards of total offense. Jon Lazar led the team in rushing with 392 yards.[3] Tom Rusk was selected by the conference coaches as a second-team linebacker on the UPI's 1976 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 11 | at Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 6–24 | 49,515 | |||||
| September 18 | Syracuse* | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 41–3 | 54,129 | |||||
| September 25 | at No. 11 Penn State* | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 7–6 | 61,268 | |||||
| October 2 | at No. 13 USC* | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | L 0–55 | 55,518 | |||||
| October 9 | No. 10 Ohio State | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 14–34 | 59,170 | |||||
| October 16 | Indiana |
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 7–14 | 57,465 | |||||
| October 23 | at Minnesota | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale) | W 22–12 | 53,222 | |||||
| October 30 | Northwestern | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 13–10 | 51,800 | |||||
| November 6 | at Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | L 21–38 | 79,120 | |||||
| November 13 | Purdue | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 0–21 | 44,763 | |||||
| November 20 | at Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | W 30–17 | 48,412 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Season summary
Penn State
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Penn State missed a 25-yard field goal with 47 seconds left.[6]
Wisconsin
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 19–33–1 | 1975 | W 45–28 |
References
- ↑ "1976 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ↑ Roy Damer (December 25, 1975). "Lytle named Big 10 MVP: Purdue's Dierking is runnerup". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
- ↑ "1976 Iowa Hawkeyes Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ↑ "Illini place two on All-Big 10". The Pantagraph. November 24, 1976. p. A11.
- ↑ "1976 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Sep 26. Retrieved 2018-Sep-23.