1978 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1978 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1978 record	2–9 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob Commings (5th season)
MVP	Brad Reid
Captain	4 Jon Lazar Tom Rusk Tim Gutshall Dave Becker
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium

1978 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Michigan State +	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Purdue	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Illinois	0	–	6	–	2	1	–	8	–	2
Northwestern	0	–	8	–	1	0	–	10	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Bob Commings' fifth and final season as the head coach of the Hawkeyes.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 16	Northwestern	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 20–3	56,840
September 23	No. 20 Iowa State*	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	L 0–31	60,075
September 30	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 3–23	46,851
October 7	Utah*	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 9–13	51,170
October 14	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)	L 20–22	51,381
October 21	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 7–31	87,326
October 28	No. 17 Purdue	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 7–34	57,640
November 4	No. 8 Michigan	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 0–34	49,120
November 11	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 14–34	33,167
November 18	Wisconsin	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 38–24	44,444
November 25	at No. 14 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 7–42	57,007
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Tom Rusk	LB	9	227	New York Giants

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	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" Marching band
People	Head coaches Honorees NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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