1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. The team was coached by Forest Evashevski and captained by Don Norton and Ray Jauch. Iowa finished with a 5–4 record, losing more games this season than in the previous three seasons combined (24–3–2).

1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Forest Evashevski (8th season)
MVP	Don Norton
Captain	Don Norton, Ray Jauch
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium

1959 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Wisconsin $	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
No. 13 Illinois	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Northwestern	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Ohio State	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at California*	No. 13	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 42–12	45,000
October 3	No. 2 Northwestern	No. 5	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 10–14	25,132
October 10	Michigan State	No. 10	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	NBC	W 37–8	59,300
October 17	at Wisconsin	No. 9	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		L 16–25	64,256
October 24	at No. 14 Purdue	No. 15	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	L 7–14	47,112
October 31	Kansas State*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 53–0	45,000
November 7	Minnesota		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		W 33–0	57,000
November 14	at Ohio State	No. 16	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 16–7	82,126
November 21	Notre Dame*	No. 16	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 19–20	58,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1959 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 46 Ray Jauch Sr RB Keith Kinderman Fr G/DE 82 Curt Merz Sr WR 89 Don Norton Sr QB 22 Olen Treadway Jr QB Tom Moore Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 11 Bob Jeter Sr B 45 Bernie Wyatt Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Forest Evashevski Coordinators/assistant coaches Jerry Burns Bob Commings Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt