American college football season
The 1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Iowa in the 1976 Big Ten Conference football season . In their third year under head coach Bob Commings , the Hawkeyes compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Big Ten.[1]
Quarterback Butch Caldwell and tight end Tom Grine were selected as the team's most valuable players.[2] Caldwell led the team with 616 passing yards and 1,005 yards of total offense . Jon Lazar led the team in rushing with 392 yards.[3] Tom Rusk was selected by the conference coaches as a second-team linebacker on the UPI 's 1976 All-Big Ten Conference football team .[4]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance September 11 at Illinois L 6–2449,515 September 18 Syracuse * W 41–354,129 September 25 at No. 11 Penn State * W 7–661,268 October 2 at No. 13 USC * L 0–5555,518 October 9 No. 10 Ohio State Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA L 14–3459,170 October 16 Indiana Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA L 7–1457,465 October 23 at Minnesota W 22–1253,222 October 30 Northwestern Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA W 13–1051,800 November 6 at Wisconsin L 21–3879,120 November 13 Purdue Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA L 0–2144,763 November 20 at Michigan State W 30–1748,412 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 17 Butch Caldwell (C) Sr QB Tom McLaughlin Jr RB 18 Dennis Mosley Fr TE Tom Grine (C) Sr
Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 98 Dan Matter K Nick Quartaro Sr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
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1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 0 0 0 7 No. 11 Nittany Lions 0 0 0 6 6
Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Renn 2 yard run (Quartaro kick) IOWA 7–0 Q4 PSU Suhey 1 yard run (pass failed) IOWA 7–6
Penn State missed a 25-yard field goal with 47 seconds left.[7]
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