1980-1981 Season Summary for Iowa Hawkeyes | Wrestling - Summary of Iowa football and basketball games

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1980-1981 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
11/29/1980	#1 Iowa @ #11 Northern Iowa W 40 - 8
12/4/1980	#1 Iowa @ Ohio State W 45 - 3
12/5/1980	#1 Iowa @ Cleveland State W 37 - 8
12/6/1980	#1 Iowa @ Syracuse W 41 - 5
12/8/1980	#1 Iowa @ Lehigh W 41 - 5
12/9/1980	#1 Iowa @ Clarion State W 44 - 6
12/12/1980	#1 Iowa vs Indiana W 35 - 12
12/28/1980	Midlands Championships 1st Place Finish Individual Champions = 3
1/3/1981	#1 Iowa @ #8 Auburn W 42 - 0
1/5/1981	#1 Iowa @ #6 Louisiana State W 41 - 7
1/9/1981	#1 Iowa @ #3 Iowa State L 14 - 25
1/15/1981	#1 Iowa vs #7 Oklahoma State W 35 - 6
1/17/1981	#1 Iowa vs Oregon State W 43 - 0
1/23/1981	#2 Iowa vs #11 Wisconsin W 41 - 2
1/24/1981	Iowa vs Minnesota W 42 - 0
1/27/1981	Iowa vs Cal-Poly W 48 - 0
1/30/1981	Iowa @ Illinois W 35 - 5
1/31/1981	Iowa vs Northwestern W 42 - 12
2/6/1981	Iowa @ Michigan W 40 - 3
2/7/1981	Iowa @ Michigan State W 46 - 0
2/13/1981	#2 Iowa vs #5 Cal State Bakersfield W 34 - 15
2/14/1981	#2 Iowa vs #3 Oklahoma W 30 - 13
2/21/1981	#1 Iowa vs #2 Iowa State W 27 - 6
3/2/1981	Big Ten Championships 1st Place Finish Individual Champions = 7
3/14/1981	NCAA Championships 1st Place Finish Individual Champions = 2