1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

American college football season

1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	2
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	Illinois	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 12–27	57,200
September 20	at Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 7–10	19,283
September 27	No. 12 Penn State*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 10–30	52,780
October 4	No. 3 USC*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 16–27	54,600
October 11	at No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–49	87,826
October 18	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 20–10	32,441
October 25	Minnesota	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 7–31	59,160
November 1	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 24–21	25,530
November 8	Wisconsin	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 45–28	54,650
November 15	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 18–19	45,549
November 22	Michigan State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 23–27	42,300
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL	`72`	Joe Devlin	Sr
OL	`76`	Rod Walters	Sr
FB	`48`	Mark Fetter	Sr
RB		Tom Grine	Jr
FB		Bob Holmes	Sr
RB	`22`	Jim Jensen	Sr
QB	`17`	Butch Caldwell	Jr
QB		Tom McLaughlin	So
		Rod Wellington	Sr

Defense

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

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Nick Quartaro	Jr

Main article: 1976 NFL draft

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