1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season.

1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1959 record54 (33 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDon Norton
Captain
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Wisconsin $ 5 2 0  7 3 0
Michigan State 4 2 0  5 4 0
Purdue 4 2 1  5 2 2
No. 13 Illinois 4 2 1  5 3 1
Northwestern 4 3 0  6 3 0
Iowa 3 3 0  5 4 0
Michigan 3 4 0  4 5 0
Indiana 2 4 1  4 4 1
Ohio State 2 4 1  3 5 1
Minnesota 1 6 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResult
September 26at California*No. 13W 42–12
October 3No. 2 NorthwesternNo. 5L 10–14
October 10Michigan StateNo. 10
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
NBCW 37–8
October 17at WisconsinNo. 9L 16–25
October 24at No. 14 PurdueNo. 15ABCL 7–14
October 31Kansas State*
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 53–0
November 7Minnesota
W 33–0
November 14at Ohio StateNo. 16W 16–7
November 21Notre Dame*No. 16
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 19–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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