1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Holiday Bowl Champions
Holiday Bowl, W 39-38 vs. San Diego State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#15
AP	#16
1986 record	9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Hayden Fry
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium

	Conf					Overall
1986 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Michigan §	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
#7 Ohio State §	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#16/15 Iowa	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Purdue	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	9	–	0

§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Season

The Hawkeyes non-conference games were against Iowa State, Northern Illinois, and Texas El-Paso.

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	Iowa State*		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	TBS	W 43-7	67,700
September 20	Northern Illinois*		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 57-3	66,930
September 27	UTEP*	#15	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 69-7	67,500
October 4	at Michigan State	#11	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	CBS	W 24-21	75,102
October 11	Wisconsin	#10	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 17-6	67,700
October 18	at #4 Michigan	#8	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	CBS	L 17-20	105,879
October 25	Northwestern	#11	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 27-20	67,250
November 1	#17 Ohio State	#11	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	TBS	L 10-31	67,640
November 8	at Illinois	#16	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		L 16-20	75,190
November 15	Purdue		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 42-14	67,321
November 22	at Minnesota		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)	TBS	W 30-27	65,018
December 30	vs. San Diego State*	#19	Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 39-38	59,473
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa St	0	0	0	7	7
• Iowa	13	13	10	7	43

Scoring summary

Q1	IOWA	Houghtlin 32 yard field goal	IOWA 3–0

Q1	IOWA	Houghtlin 46 yard field goal	IOWA 6–0

Q1	IOWA	Mauro 43 yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick)	IOWA 13–0

Q2	IOWA	Hudson 1 yard run (pass failed)	IOWA 19–0

Q2	IOWA	Mauro 17 yard pass from Smith (Houghtlin kick)	IOWA 26–0

Q3	IOWA	Houghtlin 37 yard field goal	IOWA 29–0

Q3	IOWA	Mauro 47 yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick)	IOWA 36–0

Q4	IOWA	Bayless 32 yard run (Houghtlin kick)	IOWA 43–0

Q4	ISU	Brown 21 yard pass from Sadek (Frank kick)	IOWA 43–7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	3	0	3	0	6
• Iowa	7	0	3	7	17

Scoring summary

Q1	IOWA	Bayless 4 yard run (Houghtlin kick)	IOWA 7–0

Q1	WIS	Gregoire 27 yard field goal	IOWA 7–3

Q3	WIS	Gregoire 34 yard field goal	IOWA 7–6

Q3	IOWA	Houghtlin 39 yard field goal	IOWA 10–6

Q4	IOWA	Bayless 2 yard run (Houghtlin kick)	IOWA 17–6

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Iowa	0	0	13	17	30
Minnesota	7	10	7	3	27

Scoring summary

Q1	MINN	Goetz 6 yard run (Lohmiller kick)	MINN 7–0

Q2	MINN	D. Thompson 8 yard run (Lohmiller kick)	MINN 14–0

Q2	MINN	Lohmiller 62 yard field goal	MINN 17–0

Q3	IOWA	Houghtlin 49 yard field goal	MINN 17–3

Q3	IOWA	Marciano 89 yard punt return (Houghtlin kick)	MINN 17–10

Q3	MINN	Foggie 23 yard run (Lohmiller kick)	MINN 24–10

Q3	IOWA	Houghtlin 38 yard field goal	MINN 24–13

Q4	IOWA	Flagg 1 yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick)	MINN 24–20

Q4	IOWA	Bayless 1 yard run (Houghtlin kick)	IOWA 27–24

Q4	MINN	Lohmiller 49 yard field goal	Tie 27–27

Q4	IOWA	Houghtlin 37 yard field goal	IOWA 30–27

Iowa Hawkeyes football

Venues	Iowa Field (1890–1928) Kinnick Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa State (Cy-Hawk Trophy) Minnesota (Floyd of Rosedale) Nebraska: The Heroes Game (Heroes Trophy) Wisconsin (Heartland Trophy)

Culture & lore	All-time series results History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" Hawkeye Marching Band

People	Head coaches Honorees NFL draftees

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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