1974 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

American college football season

1974 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Bob Commings' first year as head coach of the Hawkeyes.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	at No. 6 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–24	76,802
September 21	No. 12 UCLA*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 21–10	47,500
September 28	No. 19 Penn State*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 0–27	46,500
October 5	at No. 9 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 3–41	52,095
October 12	Northwestern	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 35–10	51,200
October 19	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 17–23	48,579
October 26	Illinois	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 14–12	49,400
November 2	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 14–38	51,107
November 9	Wisconsin	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 15–28	48,300
November 16	No. 4 Ohio State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 10–35	48,700
November 23	at No. 14 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 21–60	51,002
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1974 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL	`72`	Joe Devlin	Jr
FB	`48`	Mark Fetter	Jr
QB	`17`	Butch Caldwell	Jr
QB	`15`	Rob Fick	Sr
RB		Tom Grine	So
RB	`22`	Jim Jensen	Jr
OL	`60`	Dan McCarney	Sr
QB	`9`	Bobby Ousley
RB	`41`	Rod Wellington

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`20`	Andre Jackson	Jr
DB	`21`	Jim Caldwell	So
DB	`46`	Earl Douthitt	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Joe Heppner
K		Nick Quartaro	So

Iowa at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	0	0	7	7
• No. 6 Wolverines	7	7	10	0	24

Scoring summary

1	Mich	Chuck Heater 2-yard run (Mike Lantry kick)	Michigan 7–0

2	Mich	Mark Elzinga 2-yard run (Mike Lantry kick)	Michigan 14–0

3	Mich	Chapman 10-yard pass from Mark Elzinga	Michigan 21–0
3	Mich	Mike Lantry 30-yard field goal	Michigan 24–0

4	Iowa	Rod Wellington 1-yard field run (kick)	Michigan 24–7

The victory over the 12th ranked Bruins snapped a 12-game losing streak and was only Iowa's second win in its last 19 games.

Main article: 1975 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Earl Douthitt	Defensive back	7	178	Chicago Bears

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