1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

American college football season

1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 6
Record	7–1–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Forest Evashevski (6th season)
MVP	Bob Commings
Captain	Bob Commings
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium
Seasons← 1956 1958 →

1957 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 28	Utah State*	No. 12	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 70–14	43,000
October 5	Washington State*	No. 8	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 20–13	47,334
October 12	at Indiana	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 47–7	23,000
October 19	No. 13 Wisconsin	No. 6	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		W 21–7	58,147
October 26	at Northwestern	No. 3	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IA		W 6–0	42,719
November 2	at No. 12 Michigan	No. 3	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	NBC	T 21–21	90,478
November 9	Minnesota	No. 5	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		W 44–20	58,103
November 16	at No. 6 Ohio State	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 13–17	82,935
November 23	at No. 9 Notre Dame*	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 21–13	58,734
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT	`72`	John Burroughs	Jr
OL/DL	`50`	Bob Commings	Sr
QB	`25`	Randy Duncan	Jr
E	`88`	Jim Gibbons	Sr
HB	`44`	Collins Hagler	Sr
OT	`77`	Alex Karras	Sr
C		Bill Lapham	Sr
OT		Frank Rigney	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Forest Evashevski

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Jerry Burns (assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1957 NCAA University Division football rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
AP	9 (4)	12 (1)	8 (3)	8 (4)	6 (10)	3 (16)	3 (20)	5 (12)	5 (19)	8 (2)	6 (7)	6 (7)
Coaches												5

Game summaries

Utah State

Washington State

Indiana

Wisconsin

Northwestern

Michigan

Minnesota

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Hawkeyes	6	0	7	0	13
• No. 6 Buckeyes	3	7	0	7	17

Date: November 16
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 82,935
Game weather: Clear, 60 °F (16 °C)

Scoring summary

1	OSU	Sutherin 18 yard field goal	OSU 3–0
1	IOWA	Duncan 8 yard pass to Prescott (kick failed)	IOWA 6–3

2	OSU	Kremblas 1 yard run (Sutherin kick)	OSU 10–6

3	IOWA	Duncan 1 yard run (Prescott kick)	IOWA 13–10

4	OSU	White 5 yard run (Sutherin kick)	OSU 17–13

Game Statistics

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 8 Hawkeyes	7	7	0	7	21
No. 9 Fighting Irish	0	6	7	0	13

Date: November 23
Location: Notre Dame Stadium

Scoring summary

1	5:39	IOWA	John Nocera 36-yard run (Prescott kick)	IOWA 7–0

2		IOWA	Randy Duncan 24-yard interception return (Prescott kick)	IOWA 14–0
2		ND	Monty Stickles 45-yard pass from George Izo (kick blocked)	IOWA 14–6

3		ND	Ron Toth 15-yard run (Stickles kick)	IOWA 14–13

4		IOWA	Don Norton 16-yard pass from Duncan (Prescott kick)	IOWA 21–13

Postseason awards

Alex Karras - Outland Trophy, Consensus First-team All-American, 2nd in Heisman Trophy voting

1958 NFL Draft

Main article: 1958 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Alex Karras	Defensive tackle	1	10	Detroit Lions
Frank Rigney	Tackle	4	43	Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Gibbons	End	5	61	Cleveland Browns
Bill Lapham	Center	14	160	Philadelphia Eagles
Bill Van Buren	Center	17	196	Philadelphia Eagles
John Burroughs	Tackle	18	208	Philadelphia Eagles
Frank Bloomquist	Guard	26	306	Washington Redskins

References

Tommy Devine (November 3, 1957). "Iowa Settles for 21-21 Tie with U-M". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
"Iowa 1957 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
"OHIO STATE RALLY HALTS IOWA, 17-13". The New York Times. November 17, 1957. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
"Irish Say Hawks As Good As Oklahoma" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 27, 1957. p. 5. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
"Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2018.

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