American college football season
The 1970 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Ray Nagel in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 with a mark of 3–3–1 in conference play, placing fourth in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Iowa Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | at Oregon State* | | L 14–21 | 23,379 | |
September 26 | No. 7 USC* | | L 0–48 | 56,131 | |
October 3 | at Arizona* | | L 10–17 | 37,500 | |
October 10 | Wisconsin | - Iowa Stadium
- Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
| W 24–14 | 53,622 | |
October 17 | Purdue![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Iowa Stadium
- Iowa City, IA
| L 3–24 | 56,973 | |
October 24 | at Michigan State | | L 0–37 | 63,482 | |
October 31 | at Minnesota | | T 14–14 | 51,345 | |
November 7 | Indiana | - Iowa Stadium
- Iowa City, IA
| W 42–13 | 43,217 | |
November 14 | at No. 5 Michigan | | L 0–55 | 66,189 | [1] |
November 21 | Illinois | - Iowa Stadium
- Iowa City, IA
| W 22–16 | 38,700 | |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1970 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
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LB
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53
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Dave Clement
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Sr
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DB
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43
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Craig Clemons
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Jr
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DB
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41
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Tom Hayes
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Sr
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DE
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90
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Larry Horton
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So
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LB
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85
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Kenny Price
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Sr
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DT
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65
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Bill Windauer
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So
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Special teams
Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
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K
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Marcos Melendez
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
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USC at Iowa
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
• No. 7 Trojans |
7 |
27 | 14 | 0 |
48 |
Hawkeyes |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | USC | Jones 1-yard run (Ayala kick) | USC 7–0 |
| 2 | | USC | Davis 3-yard run (Ayala kick) | USC 14–0 |
| 2 | | USC | Jones 8-yard run (kick failed) | USC 20–0 |
| 2 | | USC | Chandler 9-yard pass from Jones (Dickerson pass from Jones) | USC 28–0 |
| 2 | | USC | Rae 4-yard run (run failed) | USC 34–0 |
| 3 | | USC | Harris 1-yard run (Ayala kick) | USC 41–0 |
| 3 | | USC | McNeill 4-yard run (Ayala kick) | USC 48–0 |
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Wisconsin at Iowa
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Badgers |
0 |
0 | 14 | 0 |
14 |
• Hawkeyes |
7 |
7 | 7 | 3 |
24 |
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | | IOWA | Tim Sullivan 2 yard run (Marcos Melendez kick) | IOWA 7–0 |
| Q2 | | IOWA | Levi Mitchell 4 yard run (Melendez kick) | IOWA 14–0 |
| Q3 | | WIS | Neil Graff 16 yard run (pass failed) | IOWA 14–6 |
| Q3 | | WIS | Larry Mialik 28 yard pass from Graff (Graff run) | Tie 14–14 |
| Q3 | | IOWA | Sullivan 3 yard run (Melendez kick) | IOWA 21–14 |
| Q4 | | IOWA | Melendez 31 yard field goal | IOWA 28–14 |
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Iowa sophomore quarterback Kyle Skogman started his first game.[2]
Iowa at Michigan
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Hawkeyes |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
• No. 5 Wolverines |
21 |
14 | 7 | 13 |
55 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | MICH | Billy Taylor 1-yard run (Dana Coin kick) | MICH 7-0 |
| 1 | | MICH | Glenn Doughty 2-yard run (Coin kick) | MICH 14-0 |
| 1 | | MICH | Taylor 2-yard run (Coin kick) | MICH 21-0 |
| 2 | | MICH | Don Moorhead 24-yard run (Coin kick) | MICH 28-0 |
| 2 | | MICH | Fritz Seyferth 3-yard run (Coin kick) | MICH 35-0 |
| 3 | | MICH | Thom Darden recovered fumble in end zone (Coin kick) | MICH 42-0 |
| 4 | | MICH | Lance G. Scheffler 5-yard run (Coin kick) | MICH 49-0 |
| 4 | | MICH | David Zuccarelli 7-yard run (kick failed) | MICH 55-0 |
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National championship seasons in bold |