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1976-1977 Iowa Football Year in Review
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The Hawkeyes had an up and down season, with huge road wins at Penn State, Minnesota and Michigan State, and tough losses against Indiana and Wisconsin. Iowa's schedule came with consecutive games against Penn State, USC, and Ohio State, which would be a tough stretch in any year.

Iowa was plagued with injuries at quarterback, running back and wide receiver. They also lost their center Jim Hilgenberg in the first game of the season. As a team, they completed 36% of their passes for 972 yards on the season. Quarterback Butch Caldwell led the team with 7 touchdowns on the season, 3 passing and 4 rushing. Wide receiver Bill Schultz had 3 receiving touchdowns, and led the team with 288 receiving yards. Jon Lazar was the leading rusher with 392 yards rushing. The defense was led by linebacker Tom Rusk who was named second team all conference at linebacker. Jim Caldwell and Rod Sears led the Hawkeye secondary.

Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Bob Commings

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Players:  James Arkeilpane, Dave Becker, Doug Benschoter, Bob Blaha, Mike Brady, Shanty Burks, James 'Butch' Caldwell, Jim Caldwell, Mark Callaghan, Jesse Cook, Gary Crull, Rich Cunningham, Charles Danzy, Bruce Davis, Bill Dolan, Gary Evans, Kerry Feuerbach, Tom Grine, Tim Gutshall, Phil Hegg, Jim Hilgenberg, Bobby Hill, Dave Holsclaw, Gene Holtorf, Joe Hufford, Mike Jackson, John Jaye, Herman Krieher, Bobby Lawson, Jon Lazar, Aaron Leonard, Mark Mahmens, Rick Marsh, Dan Matter, Mike Mayer, Tom McLaughlin, Jim McNulty, Jim Molini, Dean Moore, Rod Morton, Dennis Mosley, Mario Pace, Sam Palladino, Doug Piro, Nick Quartaro, Brad Reid, Tom Renn, Jerry Runta, Tom Rusk, Mike Sambo, Dave Schick, Bill Schultz, Dan Schultz, Rod Sears, Cedric Shaw, Ernest 'Ernie' Sheeler, John Smith, Chuck Sodergren, Roger Stech, Mike Steverson, Jim Swift, John Thomas, Rich Thompson, Barry Tomasetti, Demetrius Tyson, Steve Vazquez, Steve Wagner, Lynn Walding, Nate Washington, Leven Weiss, Joe Willis, Nate Winston, Steve Wojan
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 11/20/1976

Iowa  @  Michigan State   Michigan State

W    30 - 17 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

QB Butch Caldwell returned from injury to complete 7 of 12 passes for 111 yards. The balanced rushing attack was led by Jon Lazar with 90 yards (including 2 TDs, one on a fake punt "boomeroosky" 40-ya...more

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 11/13/1976

Iowa  vs  Purdue   Purdue

L    0 - 21 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

Iowa honored the 20 year anniversary of the 1956 Rose Bowl team, which coach Bob Commings was a part of. The Hawkeyes fumbled 6 times on the day and were unable to muster any points offensively. Iow...more

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 11/6/1976

Iowa  @  Wisconsin   Wisconsin

L    21 - 38 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

The Hawkeyes took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, led by some great passing by quarterback Butch Caldwell. Wisconsin, however answered with 23 points in the second and third quarters. Iowa cut the s...more

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 10/30/1976

Iowa  vs  Northwestern   Northwestern

W    13 - 10 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

Rod Sears, who played despite having a temp of 102 degrees, knocked down a Wildcat pass from the Iowa 12-yard line with 45 seconds left to preserve the win. Sears did not participate in pre-game warm ...more

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 10/23/1976

Iowa  @  Minnesota   Minnesota

W    22 - 12 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

The Hawkeyes got behind 12-0 to the 5-1 Minnesota Gophers at halftime. Iowa had given up an easy touchdown after an interception, a field goal following a fumble, and later had a blocked punt in the e...more

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 10/16/1976

Iowa  vs  Indiana   Indiana

L    7 - 14 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

The Hawkeyes scored on a 74 yard touchdown run by freshman Dennis Mosley in the first quarter, but would only move the ball to Indiana territory twice the rest of the day, never crossing the Indiana 4...more

 

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 10/9/1976

Iowa  vs  #10 Ohio State   Ohio State

L    14 - 34 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

Ohio State jumped out to a 21-0 advantage in the first quarter and Iowa could never answer until the fourth quarter, when the Hawkeyes were able to score two touchdowns to make the game respectable. I...more

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 10/2/1976

Iowa  @  #13 USC   USC

L    0 - 55 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

USC reserve tailback Charles White ran for 120 yards on 15 carries, including a 61 yard touchdown run to make the score 55-0. The Hawkeyes could only manage to gain 88 yards rushing and lost 11 yar...more

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 9/25/1976

Iowa  @  #11 Penn State   Penn State

W    7 - 6 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

The Hawks get a huge win on the road as they upset #11 Penn State. The Nittany Lions scored a 4th quarter TD, but failed on a 2-point conversion after Rod Sears broke up a pass in the end zone. They h...more

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 9/18/1976

Iowa  vs  Syracuse   Syracuse

W    41 - 3 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

After punting miscues last week cost the Hawkeyes a game against Illinois. This week the offense scored on it's first seven possessions and didn't punt once all day. The Iowa offense racked up 413 yar...more

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 9/11/1976

Iowa  @  Illinois   Illinois

L    6 - 24 

Head Coach: Bob Commings

Iowa lost 218 pound senior center Jim Hilgenberg early in the first quarter to an ankle injury. Then lost starting quarterback Butch Caldwell on the last play of the first half to a hip injury. Iowa w...more

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