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1958-1959 Iowa Football Year in Review


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SUMMARY VIDEO


Big Ten Champions and National Champions (Football Writers Association)Big Ten Champions and National Champions (Football Writers Association)

Summary: Iowa finished 8-1-1 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten Conference in 1958. The Hawkeyes won the 1958 Big Ten football championship and the 1959 Rose Bowl Game. The Football Writers Association of America named Iowa the 1958 college football national champion by awarding the team the 1958 Grantland Rice Award. It is the only national championship in Iowa football history. The Hawkeyes finished No. 2 in the final AP and UPI polls, which were released before the bowl games, behind LSU.

The final AP Poll ranking is the highest in school history. Iowa also finished No. 2 in the final UPI Poll in 1960. The Hawkeyes led the nation in total offense (405.9 yards per game), were ranked second in passing offense (170.0 yards per game), ninth in rushing offense (235.9 yards per game) and ninth in scoring offense (26.0 points per game).

Quarterback Randy Duncan was named the 1958 Big Ten Most Valuable Player and was selected to the 1958 All-Big Ten first team and the 1958 All-America first team (unanimous). He finished second in the 1958 Heisman Trophy voting behind Pete Dawkins of Army. In 1997 Duncan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. End Curt Merz was selected to the 1958 All-America first team. Halfback Willie Fleming was selected to the 1958 All-Big Ten first team. Thirty-four Iowa Hawkeyes, including Duncan, Merz and Fleming, won letters in 1958.

Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Forest Evashevski

Assistant Coaches: Bob Commings

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RESULTS

Date

Opponent / Score

Hilites

Full Game

Texas Christian
9/27/1958

Iowa  vs  #6 Texas Christian  


W     17 - 0  


Air Force
10/4/1958

#8 Iowa  vs  Air Force  


T     13 - 13



Indiana
10/11/1958

#17 Iowa  vs  Indiana  


W     34 - 13



Wisconsin
10/18/1958

#13 Iowa  @  #4 Wisconsin  


W     20 - 9  


Northwestern
10/25/1958

#7 Iowa  vs  #8 Northwestern  


W     26 - 20  


Michigan
11/1/1958

#2 Iowa  @  Michigan  


W     37 - 14  

Minnesota
11/8/1958

#2 Iowa  @  Minnesota  


W     28 - 6


Ohio State
11/15/1958

#2 Iowa  vs  #16 Ohio State  


L     28 - 38  

Notre Dame
11/22/1958

#6 Iowa  vs  #15 Notre Dame  


W     31 - 21  


California
1/1/1959

#2 Iowa  vs  #16 California  


W     38 - 12  



Total Wins

Total Losses

Total Ties

Win %

8

1

1

85.00%

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1958-1959  IOWA FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF

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1958-1959  IOWA FOOTBALL PLAYER ROSTER

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John Brown

John Brown (RB)

Kansas City, Missouri [???]

John Burroughs

John Burroughs (OL)

Washington, DC [High]

William Cervenak

William Cervenak (DL)

Jersey City, New Jersey [Lincoln]

Richard 'Dick' Clauson

Richard 'Dick' Clauson (TE)

Strawberry Ppint, Iowa [???]

Bill DiCindio

Bill DiCindio (OL)

Dunmore, Pennsylvania [High]

Hugh Drake

Hugh Drake (OL)

Shenadoah, Iowa [High]

Randy Duncan

Randy Duncan (QB)

Des Moines, Iowa [Roosevelt]

Willie Fleming

Willie Fleming (RB)

Detroit, Michigan [Hamtramck]

Kevin Furlong

Kevin Furlong (RB)

Detroit, Michigan [High]

Gary Grouwinkel

Gary Grouwinkel (OL)

Columbus Junction, Iowa [Wapello]

Bob Hain

Bob Hain (OL)

Davenport, Iowa [High]

Maurice Hanson

Maurice Hanson (TE)

Watertown, South Dakota [High]

Alfred 'Al' Hinton

Alfred 'Al' Hinton (OL, DE)

Saginaw, Michigan [High]

Wilburn Hollis

Wilburn Hollis (QB)

Boys Town, Nebraska [High]

Don Horn

Don Horn (RB)

Detroit, Michigan [???]

Lloyd 'Buck' Humphreys

Lloyd 'Buck' Humphreys (C, LB)

Chicago, Illinois [Calumet]

Ray Jauch

Ray Jauch (RB)

Mendota, Illinois [High]

Bob Jeter

Bob Jeter (RB)

Weirton, West Virginia [Weir]

Paul Karras

Paul Karras

Gary, Indiana [Emerson]

Jeff Langston

Jeff Langston (TE)

Iowa City, Iowa [City]

Bill Lapham

Bill Lapham (C)

Des Moines, Iowa [???]

Charles Lee

Charles Lee (OL)

Fair Oaks, California [High]

Mac Lewis

Mac Lewis (OL)

Chicago, Illinois [Morgan Park]

Mark Manders

Mark Manders (OL)

Des Moines, Iowa [???]

Curt Merz

Curt Merz (TE)

Springfield, New Jersey [Jonathan Drayton Regional]

Ernest Mielke

Ernest Mielke (OL)

Chicago, Illinois [???]

Tom Moore

Tom Moore (QB, K)

Rochester, Minnesota [High]

Eugene Mosley

Eugene Mosley (RB)

East St. Louis, Illinois [High]

John Nocera

John Nocera

Youngstown, Ohio [High]

Don Norton

Don Norton (TE)

Anamosa, Iowa [High]

Bob Prescott

Bob Prescott

Sioux City, Iowa [East]

Emery Pudder

Emery Pudder (OL)

Englishtown, New Jersey [High]

John Sawin

John Sawin (OL)

Chicago, Illinois [???]

Bill Scott

Bill Scott

Iowa City, Iowa [High]

Geno Sessi

Geno Sessi (RB)

St. Clairsville, Ohio [High]

Don Shipanick

Don Shipanick (OL)

Chicago, Illinois [???]

Sherwyn Thorson

Sherwyn Thorson (OL)

Fort Dodge, Iowa [High]

Olen Treadway

Olen Treadway (QB)

Muskogee, Oklahoma [High]

Donald Tucker

Donald Tucker (RB, DB)

Chicago, Illinois [Tilden Technical]

Jess Vargo

Jess Vargo (C)

Lorain, Ohio [High]

David Watkins

David Watkins (TE)

Washington, DC [???]

Bill Whisler

Bill Whisler (WR)

Yankton, South Dakota [High]

Jerry Williams

Jerry Williams (OL)

Tacoma, Washington [Lincoln]

Bernie Wyatt

Bernie Wyatt (RB, DB)

Amityville, New York [High]

Robert Yauck

Robert Yauck (OL)

Saginaw, Michigan [???]


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