1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Season
The Hawkeyes non-conference games were against Iowa State, Northern Illinois, and Texas El-Paso.
Schedule
Date |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 13 |
Iowa State* |
|
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa (Cy-Hawk Trophy) |
TBS |
W 43–7 |
67,700 |
September 20 |
Northern Illinois* |
|
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa |
|
W 57–3 |
66,930 |
September 27 |
UTEP* |
No. 15 |
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa |
|
W 69–7 |
67,500 |
October 4 |
at No. 17 Michigan State |
No. 11 |
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan |
CBS |
W 24–21 |
75,102 |
October 11 |
Wisconsin |
No. 10 |
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa |
|
W 17–6 |
67,700 |
October 18 |
at No. 4 Michigan |
No. 8 |
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan |
CBS |
L 17–20 |
105,879 |
October 25 |
Northwestern |
No. 11 |
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa |
|
W 27–20 |
67,250 |
November 1 |
No. 17 Ohio State |
No. 11 |
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa |
TBS |
L 10–31 |
67,640 |
November 8 |
at Illinois |
No. 16 |
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois |
|
L 16–20 |
75,190 |
November 15 |
Purdue |
|
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa |
|
W 42–14 |
67,321 |
November 22 |
at Minnesota |
|
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis (Floyd of Rosedale) |
TBS |
W 30–27 |
65,018 |
December 30 |
vs. San Diego State* |
No. 19 |
Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego (Holiday Bowl) |
ESPN |
W 39–38 |
59,473 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
[1]
Rankings
Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
| Week |
Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
AP |
NR |
NR |
NR |
15 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
11 |
16 |
NR |
NR |
20 |
19 |
16 |
Coaches' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
[2]
Game notes
Iowa State
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Iowa St |
0 |
0 | 0 | 7 |
7 |
• Iowa |
13 |
13 | 10 | 7 |
43 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
---|
|
Q1 |
| IOWA | Houghtlin 32 yard field goal | IOWA 3–0 |
|
Q1 |
| IOWA | Houghtlin 46 yard field goal | IOWA 6–0 |
|
Q1 |
| IOWA | Mauro 43 yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 13–0 |
|
Q2 |
| IOWA | Hudson 1 yard run (pass failed) | IOWA 19–0 |
|
Q2 |
| IOWA | Mauro 17 yard pass from Smith (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 26–0 |
|
Q3 |
| IOWA | Houghtlin 37 yard field goal | IOWA 29–0 |
|
Q3 |
| IOWA | Mauro 47 yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 36–0 |
|
Q4 |
| IOWA | Bayless 32 yard run (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 43–0 |
|
Q4 |
| ISU | Brown 21 yard pass from Sadek (Frank kick) | IOWA 43–7 |
|
- IOWA: Hudson 20 Rush, 120 Yds
- IOWA: Mauro 5 Rec, 149 Yds
[3]
Northern Illinois
[4]
UTEP
[5]
Michigan State
[6]
Wisconsin
Badgers at #10 Hawkeyes
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Wisconsin |
3 |
0 | 3 | 0 |
6 |
• Iowa |
7 |
0 | 3 | 7 |
17 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
---|
|
Q1 |
| IOWA | Bayless 4 yard run (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 7–0 |
|
Q1 |
| WIS | Gregoire 27 yard field goal | IOWA 7–3 |
|
Q3 |
| WIS | Gregoire 34 yard field goal | IOWA 7–6 |
|
Q3 |
| IOWA | Houghtlin 39 yard field goal | IOWA 10–6 |
|
Q4 |
| IOWA | Bayless 2 yard run (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 17–6 |
|
- IOWA: Bass 22 Rush, 107 Yds
[7]
Michigan
#8 Hawkeyes at #4 Wolverines
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Iowa |
7 |
3 | 0 | 7 |
17 |
• Michigan |
3 |
0 | 14 | 3 |
20 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
---|
|
Q1 |
| IOWA | Bass 1-yard run (Rob Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 7–0 |
|
Q1 |
| Mich | Gillette 53-yard field goal | IOWA 7–3 |
|
Q2 |
| IOWA | Rob Houghtlin 29-yard field goal | IOWA 10–3 |
|
Q3 |
| Mich | G. White 25-yard pass from J. Harbaugh (Moons kick) | Tied 10–10 |
|
Q3 |
| Mich | G. White 10-yard run (Moons kick) | Mich 17–10 |
|
Q4 |
| IOWA | R. Smith 15-yard pass from Vlasic | Tied 17–17 |
|
Q4 |
0:00 | Mich | Gillette 34-yard field goal | Mich 20–17 |
|
[8]
Northwestern
[9]
Ohio State
#17 Buckeyes at #11 Hawkeyes
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
• Ohio State |
0 |
21 | 7 | 3 |
31 |
Iowa |
7 |
0 | 3 | 0 |
10 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
---|
|
Q1 |
12:19 | IOWA | Kerry Burt 17-yard interception return (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 7–0 |
|
Q2 |
12:14 | OSU | Cris Carter 72-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Frantz kick) | Tied 7–7 |
|
Q2 |
9:50 | OSU | George Cooper 9-yard run (Frantz kick) | OSU 14–7 |
|
Q2 |
5:58 | OSU | Greg Rogan 31-yard fumble return (Frantz kick) | OSU 21–7 |
|
Q3 |
12:23 | IOWA | Rob Houghtlin 20-yard field goal | OSU 21–10 |
|
Q3 |
6:20 | OSU | Everett Ross 38-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Frantz kick) | OSU 28–10 |
|
Q4 |
7:10 | OSU | Matt Frantz 37-yard field goal | OSU 31–10 |
|
[10]
Illinois
[11]
Purdue
[12]
Minnesota
Hawkeyes at Golden Gophers
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
• Iowa |
0 |
0 | 13 | 17 |
30 |
Minnesota |
7 |
10 | 7 | 3 |
27 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
---|
|
Q1 |
| MINN | Goetz 6-yard run (Lohmiller kick) | MINN 7–0 |
|
Q2 |
| MINN | D. Thompson 8-yard run (Lohmiller kick) | MINN 14–0 |
|
Q2 |
| MINN | Lohmiller 62-yard field goal | MINN 17–0 |
|
Q3 |
| IOWA | Houghtlin 49-yard field goal | MINN 17–3 |
|
Q3 |
| IOWA | Marciano 89-yard punt return (Houghtlin kick) | MINN 17–10 |
|
Q3 |
| MINN | Foggie 23-yard run (Lohmiller kick) | MINN 24–10 |
|
Q3 |
| IOWA | Houghtlin 38-yard field goal | MINN 24–13 |
|
Q4 |
| IOWA | Flagg 1-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) | MINN 24–20 |
|
Q4 |
| IOWA | Bayless 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 27–24 |
|
Q4 |
| MINN | Lohmiller 49-yard field goal | Tie 27–27 |
|
Q4 |
| IOWA | Houghtlin 37-yard field goal | IOWA 30–27 |
|
- IOWA: Mauro 6 Rec, 100 Yds
[13]
[14]
San Diego State
#19 Hawkeyes vs. Aztecs
1986 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
• Iowa |
7 |
6 | 8 | 18 |
39 |
San Diego State |
6 |
15 | 7 | 10 |
38 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
---|
|
Q1 |
| IOWA | Bayless 5-yard run (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 7–0 |
|
Q1 |
| SDSU | Hardy 6-yard pass from Santos (kick failed) | IOWA 7–6 |
|
Q2 |
| SDSU | Jackson 44-yard pass from Santos (Hardy run) | SDSU 14–7 |
|
Q2 |
| IOWA | Vlasic 1-yard run (kick failed) | SDSU 14–13 |
|
Q2 |
| SDSU | Gilbreath 28-yard pass from Santos (Rahill kick) | SDSU 21–13 |
|
Q3 |
| SDSU | Gilmore 1-yard run (Rahill kick) | SDSU 28–13 |
|
Q3 |
| IOWA | Hudson 1-yard run (Smith pass from Vlasic) | SDSU 28–21 |
|
Q4 |
| SDSU | Hardy 6-yard run (Rahill kick) | SDSU 35–21 |
|
Q4 |
| IOWA | Cook 29-yard pass from Vlasic (Flagg pass from Vlasic) | SDSU 35–29 |
|
Q4 |
| IOWA | Flagg 4-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) | IOWA 36–35 |
|
Q4 |
| SDSU | Rahill 21-yard field goal | SDSU 38–36 |
|
Q4 |
| IOWA | Houghtlin 41-yard field goal | IOWA 39–38 |
|
[15]
[16]
Awards and honors
Team players in the 1987 NFL Draft
[17]
References
- ↑ "1986 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Iowa 1986 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Big Ten Roundup : Iowa's Vlasic Picks Up Where Long Left Off". Los Angeles Times. September 14, 1986. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Fumble Recoveries Fuel Iowa In Pasting Of Niu". Chicago Tribune. September 21, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Hawkeyes unload on Miners, Cornhuskers crush the Ducks". Galveston Daily News. September 28, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "MIDWEST; IOWA HOLDS OFF MICHIGAN STATE, 24-21". New York Times. October 5, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Iowa beats back upstart Badgers". Cincinnati Enquirer. October 12, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Michigan Beats Iowa Like Iowa Beat Michigan, 20-17". Los Angeles Times. October 19, 1986. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ↑ "NU Loses To Iowa But Wins Its Respect". Chicago Tribune. October 26, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Ohio St. Thunders By Iowa". Chicago Tribune. November 2, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Illinois Remembers To Pay Back Iowa". Chicago Tribune. November 10, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Hawkeyes pummel Purdue". Indianapolis Star. November 16, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Darndest Things Hog The Spotlight In Archrival Trophy Games". Chicago Tribune. November 16, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Big Ten Roundup : Given a Second Chance, Iowa Beats Minnesota". Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ↑ "HOLIDAY BOWL : SDSU vs. IOWA : 7 Days to Go : His Long Wait Was Worth It : Vlasic Had to Watch for Four Years Before Taking Over at Iowa". Los Angeles Times. December 23, 1986. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Game History: The 1986 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl". sandiegobowlgames.com. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ↑ "1987 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
|
---|
|
Venues | |
---|
|
Bowls & rivalries | |
---|
|
Culture & lore | |
---|
|
People | |
---|
|
Seasons | |
---|
|
National championship seasons in bold |