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1978-1979 Iowa Wrestling Year in Review


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Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Dan Gable

Assistant Coaches: J (Jay) Robinson

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RESULTS

Date

Opponent / Score

Hilites

Full Game

Northern Iowa
11/25/1978

#1 Iowa  @  Northern Iowa  


W     32 - 6



Cleveland State
12/1/1978

#1 Iowa  @  Cleveland State  


W     42 - 6



Syracuse
12/2/1978

#1 Iowa  vs  #13 Syracuse  


W     41 - 3



Lehigh
12/4/1978

#1 Iowa  @  Lehigh  


W     29 - 10



Drake
12/8/1978

#1 Iowa  vs  Drake  


W     52 - 0



Illinois
12/9/1978

#1 Iowa  vs  Illinois  


W     50 - 3



12/30/1978

Midlands Championships



Tournament Champion 1st Place Finish
Individual Champions = 2    



Iowa State
1/6/1979

#1 Iowa  vs  Iowa State  


W     24 - 14



Oklahoma State
1/12/1979

#1 Iowa  vs  Oklahoma State  


W     33 - 7



Wisconsin
1/19/1979

#1 Iowa  vs  #3 Wisconsin  


W     28 - 14



Minnesota
1/20/1979

#1 Iowa  vs  #9 Minnesota  


W     31 - 11



Northwestern
1/26/1979

#1 Iowa  vs  Northwestern  


W     50 - 0



Oregon State
1/27/1979

#1 Iowa  vs  Oregon State  


W     24 - 13



Cal-Poly
1/28/1979

#1 Iowa  vs  #8 Cal-Poly  


W     36 - 3



Michigan
2/2/1979

#1 Iowa  @  Michigan  


W     32 - 12



Michigan State
2/3/1979

#1 Iowa  @  #16 Michigan State  


W     28 - 9



Cal State Bakersfield
2/9/1979

#1 Iowa  vs  Cal State Bakersfield  


W     30 - 14



Arizona State
2/10/1979

#1 Iowa  vs  Arizona State  


W     30 - 6



Total Wins

Total Losses

Total Ties

Win %

17

0

0

100.00%

Tournaments

Team Tournaments

Team Tournament Wins

Individual Tournament Champions

1

1

1

2


Kings of the mat: The story of the rise of wrestling at the University of Iowa (Dan Gable)

Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials DVD (Dan Gable)

Evy and the Hawkeyes: The Glory Years (Forest Evashevski)

Ins and Outs of Baseball (Otto Vogel)

Beyond Xs and Os: What I Learned About Friendship and Success from a College Football Legend (Hayden Fry)

1978-1979  IOWA WRESTLING COACHING STAFF

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Dan Gable

Dan Gable
Head Coach


J (Jay) Robinson

J (Jay) Robinson
Assistant


1978-1979  IOWA WRESTLING PLAYER ROSTER

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Ed Banach

Ed Banach

Port Jervis, New York [High]

Lou Banach

Lou Banach

Port Jervis, New York [High]

Bruce Kinseth

Bruce Kinseth

Randy Lewis

Randy Lewis

Rapid City, South Dakota [High]

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