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0–9. 1957 Rose Bowl; 1959 Rose Bowl; 1982 Peach Bowl; 1982 Rose Bowl; 1983 Gator Bowl; 1984 Freedom Bowl; 1986 Holiday Bowl; 1986 Rose Bowl; 1987 Holiday Bowl
In 1979, Hayden Fry was hired as Iowa's 24th head coach. In 1981, he took the Hawkeyes to their first Rose Bowl since 1958. Iowa won the Big Ten championship three times under Fry, and played in the Rose Bowl in each of those seasons. Following his tenure at Iowa, which ended after the 1998 season, Kirk Ferentz was hired as his successor ...
Iowa has appeared in 37 bowl games, including 35 bowl games since 1981. In bowl games, Iowa has a 18–18–1 record. [14] The team also accepted a bid to the 2020 Music City Bowl, which was subsequently canceled due to an outbreak of COVID-19 on the opposing team. [15]
In 1956, Iowa was 6–1 when they faced Ohio State in Iowa's last Big Ten game of the year. In one of the most hard-hitting and memorable games in Iowa history, Iowa defeated the Woody Hayes-led Buckeyes, 6–0, to clinch Iowa's fourth Big Ten title and the first in 34 years. It also secured Iowa's first Rose Bowl berth.
Hawkeye quarterback Chuck Long was sacked four times. A loophole with the redshirting rule allowed Long to play in his fifth bowl game. He is believed to be the only collegiate player to participate in five bowl games. Iowa placekicker Rob Houghtlin tied a Rose Bowl record with a 52-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.
The Hawkeyes are 18–16–1 in such games, having most recently won against Kentucky in the 2022 Music City Bowl. Iowa won the 2010 Orange Bowl vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 24–14. The Orange Bowl is a BCS bowl game. Iowa's first bowl game was the 1957 Rose Bowl, which ended in a 35–19 win over Oregon State. [23]
The 1982 Peach Bowl, part of the 1982–83 bowl season, took place on December 31, 1982, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The competing teams were the Iowa Hawkeyes, representing the Big Ten Conference, and the Tennessee Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the first ever meeting between the schools ...
The 1991 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1991, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . It featured the seventh ranked Iowa Hawkeyes , and the unranked BYU Cougars .