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1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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]

1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorLarry Coyer (3rd season)
MVPButch Caldwell, Tom Grine
CaptainButch Caldwell, Tom Grine
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11at Illinois
L 6–2449,515
September 18Syracuse*
W 41–354,129
September 25at No. 11 Penn State*
W 7–661,268
October 2at No. 13 USC*
L 0–5555,518
October 9No. 10 Ohio State
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 14–3459,170
October 16Indiana 
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 7–1457,465
October 23at Minnesota
W 22–1253,222
October 30Northwestern
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 13–1051,800
November 6at Wisconsin
L 21–3879,120
November 13Purdue
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 0–2144,763
November 20at Michigan State
W 30–1748,412
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 17 Butch Caldwell (C) Sr
QB Tom McLaughlin Jr
RB 18 Dennis Mosley Fr
TE Tom Grine (C) Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 21 Jim Caldwell Sr
DB Rod Sears
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 98 Dan Matter
K   Nick Quartaro Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Game summaries

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At Illinois

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See also: 1976 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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Syracuse

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See also: 1976 Syracuse Orange football team

At Penn State

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1 234Total
• Hawkeyes 7 000 7
No. 11 Nittany Lions 0 006 6
Scoring summary
Q1IOWARenn 2 yard run (Quartaro kick)IOWA 7–0
Q4PSUSuhey 1 yard run (pass failed)IOWA 7–6
See also: 1976 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Penn State missed a 25-yard field goal with 47 seconds left.[7]

At USC

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Ohio State

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Indiana

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At Minnesota

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Northwestern

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At Wisconsin

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See also: 1976 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry

Purdue

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At Michigan State

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References

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  1. ^ "1976 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Roy Damer (December 25, 1975). "Lytle named Big 10 MVP: Purdue's Dierking is runnerup". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
  3. ^ "1976 Iowa Hawkeyes Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Illini place two on All-Big 10". The Pantagraph. November 24, 1976. p. A11.
  5. ^ "1976 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  6. ^ "Iowa suffers casualties, errors" (PDF). Daily Iowan. September 13, 1976. p. 8. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Sep 26. Retrieved 2018-Sep-23.


 

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