1978-1979 Season Summary for Iowa Hawkeyes | Wrestling - Summary of Iowa football and basketball games

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949 highlight videos and 714 full game videos gathered from the internet about the past 7,185 Iowa Hawkeye football (since 1889), men's basketball (since 1901), women's basketball (since 1974), women's wrestling (since 2023) and men's wrestling (since 1910) games. We also have profiles for 2032 players and 150 coaches.

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1978-1979 Iowa Wrestling Year in Review

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SUMMARY VIDEO

Big Ten Champions, National Champions
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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
11/25/1978	#1 Iowa @ Northern Iowa W 32 - 6 Attendance: 4,800
11/30/1978	Iowa @ Ohio State W 43 - 0
12/1/1978	#1 Iowa @ Cleveland State W 42 - 6
12/2/1978	#1 Iowa vs #13 Syracuse W 41 - 3
12/4/1978	#1 Iowa @ Lehigh W 29 - 10
12/8/1978	#1 Iowa vs Drake W 52 - 0 Attendance: 3,000
12/9/1978	#1 Iowa vs Illinois W 50 - 3
12/30/1978	Midlands Championships 1st Place Finish Individual Champions = 2
1/6/1979	#1 Iowa vs Iowa State W 24 - 14 Attendance: 12,951
1/12/1979	#1 Iowa vs Oklahoma State W 33 - 7
1/19/1979	#1 Iowa vs #3 Wisconsin W 28 - 14 Attendance: 3,853
1/20/1979	#1 Iowa vs #9 Minnesota W 31 - 11
1/26/1979	#1 Iowa vs Northwestern W 50 - 0
1/27/1979	#1 Iowa vs Oregon State W 24 - 13
1/28/1979	#1 Iowa vs #8 Cal-Poly W 36 - 3
2/2/1979	#1 Iowa @ Michigan W 32 - 12
2/3/1979	#1 Iowa @ #16 Michigan State W 28 - 9
2/9/1979	#1 Iowa vs Cal State Bakersfield W 30 - 14
2/10/1979	#1 Iowa vs Arizona State W 30 - 6
2/17/1979	#1 Iowa @ #2 Iowa State W 29 - 19 Attendance: 12,450
2/25/1979	Big Ten Championships 1st Place Finish Individual Champions = 6 Attendance: 6,215
3/10/1979	NCAA Championships 1st Place Finish Individual Champions = 2 Attendance: 6,215