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1973-1974 Iowa Football Year in Review


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Summary: It was maybe the worst season in Iowa history, as the Hawkeyes went winless in 11 games. With only 2 games that were within one score. Iowa had not gone winless since 1889, and no Big Ten team had gone 0-11 in 78 years of play.

Head coach Frank Lauterbur was fired before the season was over by athletic director Bump Elliot. Elliott was the father of Bobby Elliott, who was a player on the team.

The Hawkeyes defense failed them all year, giving up 36.5 points per game. The rushing defense was particularly bad giving up 3,883 yards rushing. Teams gained an average of 353 yards per game rushing on Iowa. The offense struggled as well averaging 12.7 points per game. In Iowa's last 5 games they only scored 14 points total in the first 3 quarters of all of those games. Most of their points came in the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach.

Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Frank Lauterbur

Assistant Coaches: Jack Harbaugh, Howard Vernon, Dan McDonald

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RESULTS

Date

Opponent / Score

Hilites

Full Game

Michigan
9/15/1973

Iowa  vs  #5 Michigan  


L     7 - 31


UCLA
9/22/1973

Iowa  @  #18 UCLA  


L     18 - 55  



Penn State
9/29/1973

Iowa  @  #6 Penn State  


L     8 - 27



Arizona
10/6/1973

Iowa  vs  Arizona  


L     20 - 23  



Northwestern
10/13/1973

Iowa  @  Northwestern  


L     15 - 31


Minnesota
10/20/1973

Iowa  vs  Minnesota  


L     23 - 31



Illinois
10/27/1973

Iowa  @  Illinois  


L     0 - 50



Purdue
11/3/1973

Iowa  vs  Purdue  


L     23 - 48



Wisconsin
11/10/1973

Iowa  @  Wisconsin  


L     7 - 35



Ohio State
11/17/1973

Iowa  @  #1 Ohio State  


L     13 - 55  



Michigan State
11/24/1973

Iowa  vs  Michigan State  


L     6 - 15  




Total Wins

Total Losses

Total Ties

Win %

0

11

0

0.00%


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1973-1974  IOWA FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF

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Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon
Offensive Coordinator


Dan McDonald

Dan McDonald
Graduate Assistant



1973-1974  IOWA FOOTBALL PLAYER ROSTER

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Rick Brooks

Rick Brooks

Chicago, Illinois [Hales Franciscan]

Larry Bush

Larry Bush

Davenport, Iowa [High]

Jim Caldwell

Jim Caldwell

Beloit, Wisconsin [Memorial]

Ron Conatser

Ron Conatser

Iowa City, Iowa [City]

Joe Devlin

Joe Devlin

Malvern, Pennsylvania [Great Valley]

Dan Dickel

Dan Dickel (DL)

Kalona, Iowa [Mid-Prairie]

Earl Douthitt

Earl Douthitt

Cleveland, Ohio [John Hay]

Bill Edwards

Bill Edwards

Overland Park, Illinois [High]

Bob Elliott

Bob Elliott (DB)

Iowa City, Iowa [West]

Mark Fetter

Mark Fetter (RB)

Tama, Iowa [South Tama]

Kerry Feuerbach

Kerry Feuerbach

Monticello, Iowa [High]

Rob Fick

Rob Fick (QB)

Oelwein, Iowa [High]

Kim Hardt

Kim Hardt

Charles City, Iowa [High]

Andre Jackson

Andre Jackson (LB)

Dixmoor, Illinois [Thornton Township]

Dave Jackson

Dave Jackson

Waterloo, Iowa [East]

Jim Jensen

Jim Jensen

Davenport, Iowa [Central]

Roger Jerrick

Roger Jerrick (OL)

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin [Campion]

Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson

Denison, Iowa [High]

Harry Kokolus

Harry Kokolus (K)

Chicago, Illinois [Mendel Catholic]

Dan LaFleur

Dan LaFleur (LB)

Jefferson, South Dakota [High]

Bobby Lawson

Bobby Lawson

Toledo, Ohio [Libbey]

Dan McCarney

Dan McCarney (OL)

Iowa City, Iowa [City]

Ed Morrissey

Ed Morrissey

Riverdale, Illinois [Mendel]

Mark Nelson

Mark Nelson

Highland Park, Illinois [Deerfield]

Bobby Ousley

Bobby Ousley

Detroit, Michigan [MacKenzie]

Warren Peiffer

Warren Peiffer (DL)

Keota, Iowa [High]

Dana Potter

Dana Potter

Los Angeles , California [High]

Ernie Roberson

Ernie Roberson

Brooklyn, New York [Jefferson]

Brian Rollins

Brian Rollins

Kansas City, Kansas [Sumner]

Dave Schick

Dave Schick (RB)

Bettendorf, Iowa [High]

Bill Schultz

Bill Schultz

Iowa City, Iowa [City]

Kyle Skogman

Kyle Skogman

Cedar Rapids, Iowa [Washington]

Dan Steinke

Dan Steinke (LB)

Farmington, Michigan [High]

Jim Waschek

Jim Waschek

Cedar Falls, Iowa [High]

Nate Washington

Nate Washington (C)

Cleveland, Ohio [East Tech]

Rod Wellington

Rod Wellington

Chicago, Illinois [Howe Military]

Ike White

Ike White

Memphis, Tennessee [Hamilton]

Nate Winston

Nate Winston (RB)

Gary, Indiana [Emerson]

Brandt Yocom

Brandt Yocom (WR, TE)

Chariton, Iowa [High]

Harry Young

Harry Young

Jersey City, New Jersey [Lincoln]


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