1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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The 1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance
September 13 11:30 a.m. Iowa State* TBS W 43–7 67,700
September 20 1:00 p.m. Northern Illinois*
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
 W 57–3 66,930
September 27 1:00 p.m. UTEP* No. 15
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
 W 69–7 67,500
October 4 2:30 p.m. at No. 17 Michigan State No. 11 CBS W 24–21 75,102
October 11 1:00 p.m. Wisconsin No. 10
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
 W 17–6 67,700
October 18 2:30 p.m. at No. 4 Michigan No. 8 CBS L 17–20 105,879
October 25 1:00 p.m. Northwestern No. 11
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
 W 27–20 67,250
November 1 11:30 a.m. No. 17 Ohio State No. 11
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
 TBS L 10–31 67,640
November 8 1:00 p.m. at Illinois No. 16 L 16–20 75,190
November 15 1:00 p.m. Purdue
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
 W 42–14 67,321
November 22 6:00 p.m. at Minnesota TBS W 30–27 65,018
December 30 8:00 p.m. vs. San Diego State* No. 19 ESPN W 39–38 59,473
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense

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Pos. # Name Class
OL 55 Dave Alexander Sr
FB 23 Richard Bass So
RB 13 Rick Bayless Jr
OL 78 Malcolm Christie Jr
TE 49 Craig Clark Jr
TE 84 Marv Cook So
WR 82 Pat Coppinger Jr
FB 25 Marshall Cotton Jr
OT 61 Dave Croston Sr
OL 63 Jeff Croston So
OL 58 Greg Divis Jr
WR 1 Quinn Early Jr
TE 86 Mike Flagg Jr
OL 74 Chris Gambol Sr
RB 22 Grant Goodman So
WR 80 Steve Green Jr
WR 16 Deven Harberts So
RB 28 Kevin Harmon Jr
QB 8 Chuck Hartlieb So
WR 15 Jay Hess Sr
FB 20 David Hudson So
G 70 Bob Kratch So
WR 81 Derrius Loveless Jr
WR 26 Peter Marciano So
WR 47 Jim Mauro Jr
QB 11 Dan McGwire Fr
TE 89 Dave Murphy Sr
TE 85 John Palmer So
QB 14 Tom Poholsky Fr
OL 67 Jim Poynton So
RB 33 Kevin Ringer So
FB 30 John Rudolph Sr
OL 60 Bob Schmitt Jr
C 56 Mark Sindlinger Sr
WR 2 Robert Smith Sr
OL 53 Mark Spranger Sr
QB 12 Mark Vlasic Sr
OL 71 Chuck Waggoner So
TE 88 Tom Ward Jr
WR 2 Travis Watkins Fr
OL 73 Herb Wester Jr
Defense

Pos. # Name Class
DL 68 Tim Anderson Jr
LB 93 Tim Batterson Jr
DE 92 Jeff Beard Jr
DE 48 Tyrone Berrie So
LB 43 Jeff Blake Jr
DB 19 Mike Bolan Sr
DE 5 Mike Burke Jr
DB 3 Kerry Burt Jr
LB 37 George Davis Sr
DL 76 Jeff Drost Sr
DE 83 Mike Ertz So
DE 94 Bruce Gear Sr
DE 96 Robert Grafton Sr
DL 64 Dave Haight So
DL 54 Eric Higgins So
DB 42 Tork Hook So
DB 19 Carl Jackson Jr
DL 77 Myron Keppy Sr
DB 4 Lloyd Kimber Sr
LB 34 Vernon Little So
DE 97 Joe Mott So
DE 71 Chris Pigott So
DE 99 Richard Pryor Sr
LB 32 J.J. Puk Sr
LB 35 Brad Quast Fr
LB 95 Jim Reilly So
LB 38 Shawon Respress So
DE 91 Sean Ridley So
DB 11 Rick Schmidt Sr
DL 72 Joe Schuster Redshirt.svg Sr
DB 44 Keaton Smiley Jr
DB 9 Ken Sims Sr
DB 41 Mark Stoops So
LB 39 Tyrone Taylor Jr
DL 95 Eric Underberg Sr
DL 57 Jon Vrieze Sr
LB 46 Dan Wirth Jr
DB 10 Anthony Wright So
Special teams

Pos. # Name Class
K 6 George Murphy So
K 7 Rob Houghtlin Jr
P 27 Gary Kostrubala Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
AP — — — 15 11 10 8 11 11 16 — — 20 19 16
Coaches 18 20 14 13 11 11 8 12 12 16 RV RV RV RV 15

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Game summaries[edit]

Iowa State[edit]

Iowa State at Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Cyclones 0 0 0 7 7
• Hawkeyes 13 13 10 7 43
     

Scoring summary
1 11:23 Iowa Houghtlin 32-yard field goal Iowa 3–0
6:39 Iowa Houghtlin 46-yard field goal Iowa 6–0
0:34 Iowa Mauro 43-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 13–0
2 11:30 Iowa Hudson 1-yard run (pass failed) Iowa 19–0
1:40 Iowa Mauro 17-yard pass from Smith (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 26–0
3 10:38 Iowa Houghtlin 37-yard field goal Iowa 29–0
3:24 Iowa Mauro 47-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 36–0
4 11:29 Iowa Bayless 32-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 43–0
1:09 ISU Brown 21-yard pass from Sadek (Frank kick) Iowa 43–7
  • IOWA: Hudson 20 Rush, 120 Yds
  • IOWA: Mauro 5 Rec, 149 Yds

The victory over Iowa State was Hayden Fry’s 53rd at Iowa, making him the winningest coach in Iowa history.[3] Jim Mauro had three receiving touchdowns and Rob Houghtlin kicked three field goals to lead the Hawks. The Hawkeye defense limited Iowa State to 125 yards of total offense.

Northern Illinois[edit]

Northern Illinois at Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 0 0 3 3
• Hawkeyes 15 21 14 7 57
     

Scoring summary
1 14:33 Iowa Hudson 42-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 7–0
5:27 Iowa Bayless 5-yard run (Flagg pass from Poholsky) Iowa 15–0
2 13:46 Iowa Bayless 87-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 22–0
13:08 Iowa Mauro 39-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 29–0
4:49 Iowa Flagg 20-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 36–0
3 11:36 Iowa Hudson 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 43–0
1:13 Iowa Bass 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 50–0
4 9:27 Iowa Bass 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 57–0
1:18 NIU Nelson 31-yard field goal Iowa 57–3

Three Iowa running backs scored two touchdowns each as the Hawkeyes dominated the Huskies in this quick-moving game. For the second straight week, Iowa’s opponent scored with just over a minute remaining in the game to avoid a shutout. Iowa held Northern Illinois to 159 yards of total offense.[4]

UTEP[edit]

UTEP at #15 Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 0 0 0 7
• No. 15 Hawkeyes 21 20 14 14 69
       

Scoring summary
1 10:09 Iowa Hudson 1-yard run (kick failed) Iowa 6–0
6:46 Iowa Bayless 1-yard run (Hudson pass from Poholsky) Iowa 14–0
5:26 Iowa Smith 34-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 21–0
1:54 UTEP Adkison 9-yard pass from Garza (Jacke kick) Iowa 21–7
2 13:53 Iowa Smith 25-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 28–7
10:09 Iowa Harmon 1-yard run (kick failed) Iowa 34–7
0:34 Iowa Bayless 4-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 41–7
3 8:24 Iowa Harberts 59-yard pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 48–7
5:42 Iowa Harberts 54-yard pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 55–7
4 3:08 Iowa Goodman 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 62–7
0:28 Iowa Ringer 33-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 69–7

Three Hawkeyes scored two touchdowns each and the Iowa defense gave up just 150 yards in this route of UTEP.[5]

Michigan State[edit]

#11 Iowa at #17 Michigan State
1 2 3 4 Total
• Hawkeyes 14 0 7 3 24
Spartans 7 7 0 7 21
Scoring summary
Q1 MSU Ingram 27-yard pass from Yarema (Caudell kick) MSU 7–0
Q1 IOWA Bass 12-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Tied 7–7
Q1 IOWA Flagg 6-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 14–7
Q2 MSU Ingram 22-yard pass from Yarema (Caudell kick) Tied 14–14
Q3 IOWA Mauro 50-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 21–14
Q4 IOWA Houghtlin 42-yard field goal IOWA 24–14
Q4 4:15 MSU Ingram 8-yard pass from Yarema (Caudell kick) IOWA 24–21

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Wisconsin[edit]

Wisconsin at #10 Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Badgers 3 0 3 0 6
• Hawkeyes 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

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Michigan[edit]

#8 Iowa at #4 Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawkeyes 7 3 0 7 17
• Wolverines 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

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Northwestern[edit]

Northwestern at #11 Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 10 7 3 20
• Hawkeyes 10 7 10 0 27
Scoring summary
Q1 IOWA Houghtlin 44-yard field goal IOWA 3–0
Q1 IOWA Hudson 50-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 10–0
Q2 IOWA Early 93-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 17–0
Q2 NW Duvic 32-yard field goal IOWA 17–3
Q2 NW Davenport 89-yard run (Duvic kick) IOWA 17–10
Q3 NW Robertson 34-yard pass from Greenfield (Duvic kick) Tied 17–17
Q3 IOWA Burke fumble recovery in end zone (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 24–17
Q3 IOWA Houghtlin 46-yard field goal IOWA 27–17
Q4 NW Duvic 27-yard field goal IOWA 27–20

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Ohio State[edit]

#17 Ohio State at #11 Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
• No. 17 Buckeyes 0 21 7 3 31
No. 11 Hawkeyes 7 0 3 0 10
   

Scoring summary
1 12:19 Iowa Kerry Burt 17-yard interception return (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 7–0
2 12:14 OSU Cris Carter 72-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Frantz kick) Tied 7–7
9:50 OSU George Cooper 9-yard run (Frantz kick) OSU 14–7
5:58 OSU Greg Rogan 31-yard fumble return (Frantz kick) OSU 21–7
3 12:23 Iowa Rob Houghtlin 20-yard field goal OSU 21–10
6:20 OSU Everett Ross 38-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Frantz kick) OSU 28–10
4 7:10 OSU Matt Frantz 37-yard field goal OSU 31–10

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Illinois[edit]

#16 Iowa at Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawkeyes 3 7 0 6 16
• Fighting Illini 0 0 7 13 20
Scoring summary
Q1 IOWA Houghtlin 36-yard field goal IOWA 3–0
Q2 IOWA Hudson 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 10–0
Q3 Illinois Pierce 54-yard pass from Menkhausen (Siambekos kick) IOWA 10–7
Q4 Illinois Menkhausen 1-yard run (Siambekos kick) Illinois 14–10
Q4 Illinois Siambekos 29-yard field goal Illinois 17–10
Q4 Illinois Siambekos 42-yard field goal Illinois 20–10
Q4 IOWA Harmon 3-yard run (pass failed) Illinois 20–16

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Purdue[edit]

Purdue at Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Boilermakers 7 0 0 7 14
• Hawkeyes 14 7 14 7 42
Scoring summary
Q1 Purdue Rod Woodson 100-yard interception return (Briggs kick) Purdue 7–0
Q1 IOWA Early 64-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) Tied 7–7
Q1 IOWA Bayless 31-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 14–7
Q2 IOWA Harmon 4-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 21–7
Q3 IOWA Flagg 15-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 28–7
Q3 IOWA Bayless run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 42–7
Q4 IOWA Watkins 42-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 42–7
Q4 Purdue Schieb 18-yard pass from Downing (Briggs kick) IOWA 42–14

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Minnesota[edit]

Iowa at Minnesota
1 2 3 4 Total
• Hawkeyes 0 0 13 17 30
Golden Gophers 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 0:01 IOWA Houghtlin 37-yard field goal IOWA 30–27
  • IOWA: Mauro 6 Rec, 100 Yds

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Holiday Bowl[edit]

#19 Iowa vs. San Diego State
1986 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
• Hawkeyes 7 6 8 18 39
Aztecs 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

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Awards and honors[edit]

Team players in the 1987 NFL Draft[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “1986 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results”. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  2. ^ “Iowa 1986 AP Football Rankings”. collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  3. ^ “Big Ten Roundup : Iowa’s Vlasic Picks Up Where Long Left Off”. Los Angeles Times. September 14, 1986. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  4. ^ “Fumble Recoveries Fuel Iowa In Pasting Of Niu”. Chicago Tribune. September 21, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  5. ^ “Hawkeyes unload on Miners, Cornhuskers crush the Ducks”. Galveston Daily News. September 28, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  6. ^ “MIDWEST; IOWA HOLDS OFF MICHIGAN STATE, 24-21”. The New York Times. October 5, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  7. ^ “Iowa beats back upstart Badgers”. The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 12, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  8. ^ “Michigan Beats Iowa Like Iowa Beat Michigan, 20-17”. Los Angeles Times. October 19, 1986. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  9. ^ “NU Loses To Iowa But Wins Its Respect”. Chicago Tribune. October 26, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  10. ^ “Ohio St. Thunders By Iowa”. Chicago Tribune. November 2, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  11. ^ “Illinois Remembers To Pay Back Iowa”. Chicago Tribune. November 10, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  12. ^ “Hawkeyes pummel Purdue”. Indianapolis Star. November 16, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  13. ^ “Darndest Things Hog The Spotlight In Archrival Trophy Games”. Chicago Tribune. November 16, 1986. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  14. ^ “Big Ten Roundup : Given a Second Chance, Iowa Beats Minnesota”. Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  15. ^ “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.
  16. ^ “Game History: The 1986 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl”. sandiegobowlgames.com. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  17. ^ “1987 NFL Draft”. pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2015.


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