1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Big Ten Champions
Rose Bowl Champions
Rose Bowl, W 35-19 vs. Oregon State
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 3
AP No. 3
1956 record 9-1 (5-1 Big Ten)
Head coach Forest Evashevski (5th year)
Home stadium Iowa Stadium
1956 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Iowa $ 5 1 0     9 1 0
#7 Michigan 5 2 0     7 2 0
#12 Minnesota 4 1 2     6 1 2
#9 Michigan State 4 2 0     7 2 0
#15 Ohio State 4 2 0     6 3 0
Northwestern 3 3 1     4 4 1
Purdue 1 4 2     3 4 2
Illinois 1 4 2     2 5 2
Wisconsin 0 4 3     1 5 3
Indiana 1 5 0     3 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1956 college football season. The Hawkeyes were champions of the Big Ten Conference and beat the Oregon State Beavers in the Rose Bowl, a rematch of a regular season game.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 29 at Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN W 270   25,000
October 6 Oregon State* No. 20 Iowa StadiumIowa City, IA W 1413   41,027
October 13 Wisconsin Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 137   53,273
October 20 Hawaii* No. 12 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 340   40,000
October 27 at Purdue No. 12 Ross-Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN W 2120   41,415
November 3 No. 17 Michigan No. 7 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA L 1417   55,896
November 10 at No. 6 Minnesota No. 15 Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN W 70   64,235
November 17 No. 6 Ohio State No. 7 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 60   57,732
November 24 Notre Dame* No. 3 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 488   56,632
January 1 vs. No. 10 Oregon State* No. 3 Rose BowlPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) NBC W 3519   100,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Team players in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Frank GilliamEnd776 Green Bay Packers
Dan Dobrino Back 10 117 Washington Redskins

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References

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