1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1957 Big Ten Conference football season.

1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
1957 record7–1–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coachForest Evashevski (6th season)
MVPBob Commings
CaptainBob Commings
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
1957 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 7 0 0  9 1 0
No. 3 Michigan State 5 1 0  8 1 0
No. 6 Iowa 4 1 1  7 1 1
No. 19 Wisconsin 4 3 0  6 3 0
Purdue 4 3 0  5 4 0
Michigan 3 3 1  5 3 1
Illinois 3 4 0  4 5 0
Minnesota 3 5 0  4 5 0
Indiana 0 6 0  1 8 0
Northwestern 0 7 0  0 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 28Utah State*No. 12
W 70–14
October 5Washington State*No. 8
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 20–1347,334
October 12at IndianaNo. 8
W 47–7
October 19No. 13 WisconsinNo. 6
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 21–758,147
October 26at NorthwesternNo. 3
W 6–042,719
November 2at No. 12 MichiganNo. 3NBCT 21–2190,478[1]
November 9MinnesotaNo. 5
W 44–2058,103
November 16at No. 6 Ohio StateNo. 5L 13–1782,935
November 23at No. 9 Notre Dame*No. 8NBCW 21–1358,734
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL/DL   Bob Commings Sr
QB 25 Randy Duncan Jr
E 88 Jim Gibbons Sr
HB 44 Collins Hagler Sr
T 77 Alex Karras Sr
C Bill Lapham Sr
T Frank Rigney Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Rankings

Game summaries

Utah State

Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Washington State

Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1953 W 54–12

Indiana

Overall record Last meeting Result
14–10–4 1956 W 27–0

Wisconsin

Overall record Last meeting Result
11–23 1956 W 13–7

Northwestern

Overall record Last meeting Result
15–8–3 1952 W 39–14

Michigan

Overall record Last meeting Result
2–15–1 1956 L 14–17

Minnesota

Overall record Last meeting Result
15–34–1 1956 W 7–0

Ohio State

Overall record Last meeting Result
7–10–2 1956 W 6–0

Game Statistics

[2]

Notre Dame

1 234Total
No. 8 Hawkeyes 7 707 21
No. 9 Fighting Irish 0 670 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–8–3 1956 W 48–8

[3]

Postseason awards

1958 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Alex KarrasDefensive tackle110Detroit Lions
Frank RigneyTackle443Philadelphia Eagles
Jim GibbonsEnd561Cleveland Browns
Bill LaphamCenter14160Philadelphia Eagles
Bill Van BurenCenter17196Philadelphia Eagles
John BurroughsTackle18208Philadelphia Eagles
Frank BloomquistGuard26306Washington Redskins

[4]

References

  1. Tommy Devine (November 3, 1957). "Iowa Settles for 21-21 Tie with U-M". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E via Newspapers.com.
  2. "OHIO STATE RALLY HALTS IOWA, 17-13". The New York Times. November 17, 1957. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  3. "Irish Say Hawks As Good As Oklahoma" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 27, 1957. p. 5. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1958.htm


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