1970 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

American college football season

1970 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–6–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ray Nagel (5th season)
MVP	Dave Clement
Captain	Ray Manning, Dan McDonald
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium
Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Purdue	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Ray Nagel in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 with a mark of 3–3–1 in conference play, placing fourth in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Iowa Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Oregon State*	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	L 14–21	23,379
September 26	No. 7 USC*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 0–48	56,131
October 3	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 10–17	37,500
October 10	Wisconsin	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 24–14	53,622
October 17	Purdue	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 3–24	56,973
October 24	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 0–37	63,482
October 31	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	T 14–14	51,345
November 7	Indiana	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 42–13	43,217
November 14	at No. 5 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–55	66,189	^[1]
November 21	Illinois	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 22–16	38,700
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1970 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`17`	Roy Bash	Sr
C	`51`	Al Cassady	Sr
RB	`44`	Dennis Green	Sr
TE	`82`	Ray Manning	Sr
OT	`77`	Jim Miller	Sr
RB	`10`	Levi Mitchell	Jr
RB	`29`	Steve Penney	Jr
WR	`22`	Kerry Reardon	Sr
WR	`47`	Dave Triplett	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`53`	Dave Clement	Sr
DB	`43`	Craig Clemons	Jr
DB	`41`	Tom Hayes	Sr
DE	`90`	Larry Horton	So
LB	`85`	Kenny Price	Sr
DT	`65`	Bill Windauer	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Marcos Melendez

Head coach

Ray Nagel

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

USC

USC at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 7 Trojans	7	27	14	0	48
Hawkeyes	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 26
Location: Iowa Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 56,131

Scoring summary

1	USC	Jones 1-yard run (Ayala kick)	USC 7–0

2	USC	Davis 3-yard run (Ayala kick)	USC 14–0

2	USC	Jones 8-yard run (kick failed)	USC 20–0

2	USC	Chandler 9-yard pass from Jones (Dickerson pass from Jones)	USC 28–0

2	USC	Rae 4-yard run (run failed)	USC 34–0

3	USC	Harris 1-yard run (Ayala kick)	USC 41–0

3	USC	McNeill 4-yard run (Ayala kick)	USC 48–0

Wisconsin

Wisconsin at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers	0	0	14	0	14
• Hawkeyes	7	7	7	3	24

Date: October 10
Location: Iowa Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 53,622

Scoring summary

Q1	IOWA	Tim Sullivan 2 yard run (Marcos Melendez kick)	IOWA 7–0

Q2	IOWA	Levi Mitchell 4 yard run (Melendez kick)	IOWA 14–0

Q3	WIS	Neil Graff 16 yard run (pass failed)	IOWA 14–6

Q3	WIS	Larry Mialik 28 yard pass from Graff (Graff run)	Tie 14–14

Q3	IOWA	Sullivan 3 yard run (Melendez kick)	IOWA 21–14

Q4	IOWA	Melendez 31 yard field goal	IOWA 28–14

Iowa sophomore quarterback Kyle Skogman started his first game.^[2]

At Michigan

Iowa at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	0	0	0	0
• No. 5 Wolverines	21	14	7	13	55

Date: November 14
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game attendance: 66,189

Scoring summary

1	MICH	Billy Taylor 1-yard run (Dana Coin kick)	MICH 7-0

1	MICH	Glenn Doughty 2-yard run (Coin kick)	MICH 14-0

1	MICH	Taylor 2-yard run (Coin kick)	MICH 21-0

2	MICH	Don Moorhead 24-yard run (Coin kick)	MICH 28-0

2	MICH	Fritz Seyferth 3-yard run (Coin kick)	MICH 35-0

3	MICH	Thom Darden recovered fumble in end zone (Coin kick)	MICH 42-0

4	MICH	Lance G. Scheffler 5-yard run (Coin kick)	MICH 49-0

4	MICH	David Zuccarelli 7-yard run (kick failed)	MICH 55-0

^[3]

References

^ Curt Sylvester (November 15, 1970). "Whoosh! M's Well-Oiled Machine Crushes Iowa, 55-0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 5D – via Newspapers.com.
^ Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 11.
^ "Michigan Blasts Iowa, 55-0." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Nov 15.

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