1970 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1970 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1970 record	3–6–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ray Nagel
MVP	Dave Clement
Captain	2 Ray Manning Dan McDonald
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium

1970 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
#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 college football season. This season marks Ray Nagel's last year as head coach of the Hawkeyes.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	at Oregon State*		Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR		L 14–21	23,379
September 26	#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		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 (Floyd of Rosedale)		T 14–14	51,345
November 7	Indiana		Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 42–13	43,217
November 14	at #5 Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI		L 0–55	66,189
November 21	Illinois		Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 22–16	38,700
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 0 14 0 14 • Iowa 7 7 7 3 24 Date: October 10 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA 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.

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 • Michigan 21 14 7 13 55 Date: November 14 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI 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