1951 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1951 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1951 Big Ten Conference football season. This season was Leonard Raffensperger's last season as head coach. The team was ranked at No. 69 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.

1951 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–5–2 (0–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leonard Raffensperger (2nd season)
MVP	Bill Reichardt
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium

1951 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Illinois $	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Purdue	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
No. 8 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Michigan	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Iowa	0	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Kansas State*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 16–0	29,700
October 6	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 30–34	25,000
October 13	Pittsburgh*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 34–17
October 20	Michigan	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 0–21	53,050
October 27	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 21–47	67,551
November 3	Minnesota	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	T 20–20	40,000
November 10	at No. 2 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 13–40	56,444
November 17	at No. 8 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 7–34	39,788
November 24	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	T 20–20	40,685
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game