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1953-1954 Iowa Football Year in Review


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Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Forest Evashevski

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RESULTS

Date

Opponent / Score

Hilites

Full Game

Michigan State
9/26/1953

Iowa  vs  #2 Michigan State College  


L     7 - 21

Attendance: 47,125


Washington State
10/3/1953

Iowa  vs  Washington State  


W     54 - 12

Attendance: 31,500



Michigan
10/10/1953

Iowa  @  #5 Michigan  


L     13 - 14  

Attendance: 51,214

Wyoming
10/17/1953

Iowa  vs  Wyoming  


W     21 - 7



Indiana
10/24/1953

Iowa  vs  Indiana  


W     19 - 13



Wisconsin
10/31/1953

Iowa  @  Wisconsin  


L     6 - 10

Attendance: 52,819



Purdue
11/7/1953

Iowa  @  Purdue  


W     26 - 0



Minnesota
11/14/1953

Iowa  vs  #15 Minnesota  


W     27 - 0  

Attendance: 55,355


Notre Dame
11/21/1953

#20 Iowa  @  #1 Notre Dame  


T     14 - 14  

Attendance: 56,478

Total Wins

Total Losses

Total Ties

Win %

5

3

1

61.11%


Nile (Nile Kinnick)

The Way of Nile C. Kinnick Jr.: Insights, Images, and Stories of Iowa's 1939 Heisman Trophy Winner (Nile Kinnick)

Walked On: Life Lessons From A Two-Sport Non-Scholarship College Athlete (Brian Kent)

Duke Slater: Pioneering Black NFL Player and Judge (Duke Slater)

Unstoppable (Simone Edwards)


1953-1954  IOWA FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF

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Forest Evashevski

Forest Evashevski
Head Coach


1953-1954  IOWA FOOTBALL PLAYER ROSTER

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Charles Boothe

Charles Boothe

George 'Binkey' Broeder

George 'Binkey' Broeder (RB, K)

Maplewood, Missouri [Richmond Heights]

Don Chelf

Don Chelf

West Liberty, Iowa [High]

Jerry Clark

Jerry Clark

Bob Commings

Bob Commings (OL)

Youngstown, Ohio [East]

Cameron Cummins

Cameron Cummins

Don Dobrino

Don Dobrino (RB)

Mt. Olive, Illinois [High]

Bill Fenton

Bill Fenton

James 'Jim' Freeman

James 'Jim' Freeman (TE)

Iowa City, Iowa [City]

Frank Gilliam

Frank Gilliam (DE)

Steubenville, Ohio [High]

John Hall

John Hall (OL, DL, RB, LB)

Chicago, Illinois [Crane]

James Hatch

James Hatch

Jerry Hilgenberg

Jerry Hilgenberg (C, DL, LB, QB)

Wilton, Iowa [Wilton Junction]

Andrew Hough

Andrew Hough

Donald Inman

Donald Inman

Calvin Jones

Calvin Jones (OL)

Steubenville, Ohio [High]

Paul Kemp

Paul Kemp

George Kress

George Kress

Dubuque, Iowa [Loras Academy]

Bud Lawson

Bud Lawson

Lyle Leinbaugh

Lyle Leinbaugh

Edwin Lindsey

Edwin Lindsey

Eldean Matheson

Eldean Matheson

Louis 'Lou' Matykiewicz

Louis 'Lou' Matykiewicz (QB, LB, TE)

Calumet Park, Illinois [High]

Terrance Moran

Terrance Moran

Mitchell 'Mitch' Ogiego

Mitchell 'Mitch' Ogiego (QB)

Gary, Indiana [Froebel]

Robert A. Phillips

Robert A. Phillips

Ken Ploen

Ken Ploen (QB, DB)

Clinton, Iowa [High]

Garet 'Jerry' Reichow

Garet 'Jerry' Reichow

Decorah, Iowa [High]

George 'Dusty' Rice

George 'Dusty' Rice (RB)

Oelwein, Iowa [High]

Earl Smith

Earl Smith (RB)

Gary, Indiana [Roosevelt]

Robert Stearnes

Robert Stearnes

Rodger Swedberg

Rodger Swedberg (OL)

Sycamore, Illinois [High]

Eddie Vincent

Eddie Vincent (RB)

Steubenville, Ohio [High]

Roger Wiegmann

Roger Wiegmann

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