1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. This was Eddie Anderson's eighth and final season as head coach for the Hawkeyes.

1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Ohio State +	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
No. 7 Michigan +	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Purdue	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	UCLA*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 25–41	43,546
October 1	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 21–7	32,000
October 8	Illinois		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 14–20	45,066
October 15	Indiana		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 35–9
October 22	No. 13 Northwestern		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 28–21
October 29	Oregon*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 34–31
November 5	at Minnesota	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 7–55	62,089
November 12	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 13–35	45,000
November 19	at No. 1 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 7–28	56,790
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—	—

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