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1953 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1953 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1953 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by second-year head coach Forest Evashevski, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Iowa Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

1953 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
Record5–3–1 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWilliam Fenton
CaptainAndrew Houg
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Michigan State + 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Illinois + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
No. 15 Wisconsin 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Ohio State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 9 Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Purdue 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Indiana 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26No. 2 Michigan State
L 7–2147,125
October 3Washington State*
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 54–1231,500
October 10at No. 5 Michigan
L 13–1449,551
October 17Wyoming*
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 21–7
October 24Indiana 
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
NBCW 19–1350,129
October 31at Wisconsin
L 6–1052,819
November 7at Purdue
W 26–035,000
November 14No. 15 Minnesota
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
W 27–055,355
November 21at No. 1 Notre Dame*No. 20
T 14–1456,478
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster edit

1953 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL/DL   Bob Commings So
E 30 Bill Fenton
E 37 Frank Gilliam So
C/LB 52 Jerry Hilgenberg Sr
OT 62 Calvin Jones So
QB 23 Lou Matykiewicz Jr
QB 25 Jerry Reichow So
HB 41 Eddie Vincent So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 77 Don Chelf Sr
OT   Dick Klein Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Rankings edit

Main article: 1953 NCAA football rankings

Game summaries edit

Minnesota edit

See also: 1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

[1]

At Notre Dame edit

See also: 1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

[2]

Awards and honors edit

See also: 1953 All-Big Ten Conference football team and 1953 College Football All-America Team

1954 NFL Draft edit

Main article: 1954 NFL Draft
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Jerry Hilgenberg Center 4 48 Cleveland Browns
Don Chelf Tackle 12 136 Baltimore Colts
Jim Head Back 14 168 Cleveland Browns
George Rice Back 16 185 New York Giants

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References edit

  1. ^ "IOWA 27, GOPHERS 0!". Des Moines Register via newspapers.com. November 15, 1953. p. 21. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "IRISH RALLY TO TIE IOWA". Des Moines Register. November 22, 1953. p. 25. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "1954 NFL Draft". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2019.


 

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