1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1957 Big Ten Conference football season.

1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 6
1957 record	7–1–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Forest Evashevski (6th season)
MVP	Bob Commings
Captain	Bob Commings
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium

1957 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Michigan State	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Iowa	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
No. 19 Wisconsin	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Purdue	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Utah State*	No. 12	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 70–14
October 5	Washington State*	No. 8	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 20–13	47,334
October 12	at Indiana	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		W 47–7
October 19	No. 13 Wisconsin	No. 6	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 21–7	58,147
October 26	at Northwestern	No. 3	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois		W 6–0	42,719
November 2	at No. 12 Michigan	No. 3	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	NBC	T 21–21	90,478	[1]
November 9	Minnesota	No. 5	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale)		W 44–20	58,103
November 16	at No. 6 Ohio State	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio		L 13–17	82,935
November 23	at No. 9 Notre Dame*	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	W 21–13	58,734
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL/DL   Bob Commings Sr QB 25 Randy Duncan Jr E 88 Jim Gibbons Sr HB 44 Collins Hagler Sr T 77 Alex Karras Sr C Bill Lapham Sr T Frank Rigney Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Forest Evashevski Coordinators/assistant coaches Bump Elliott (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Game summaries

Utah State

Washington State

Indiana

Wisconsin

Northwestern

Michigan

Minnesota

Ohio State

Game Statistics

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Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 8 Hawkeyes 7 7 0 7 21 No. 9 Fighting Irish 0 6 7 0 13 Date: November 23 Location: Notre Dame Stadium

Scoring summary Q1 5:39 IOWA John Nocera 36-yard run (Prescott kick) IOWA 7–0 Q2 IOWA Randy Duncan 24-yard interception return (Prescott kick) IOWA 14–0 Q2 ND Monty Stickles 45-yard pass from George Izo (kick blocked) IOWA 14–6 Q3 ND Ron Toth 15-yard run (Stickles kick) IOWA 14–13 Q4 IOWA Don Norton 16-yard pass from Duncan (Prescott kick) IOWA 21–13

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Postseason awards

• Alex Karras - Outland Trophy, Consensus First-team All-American, 2nd in Heisman Trophy voting

1958 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Alex Karras	Defensive tackle	1	10	Detroit Lions
Frank Rigney	Tackle	4	43	Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Gibbons	End	5	61	Cleveland Browns
Bill Lapham	Center	14	160	Philadelphia Eagles
Bill Van Buren	Center	17	196	Philadelphia Eagles
John Burroughs	Tackle	18	208	Philadelphia Eagles
Frank Bloomquist	Guard	26	306	Washington Redskins

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References

1. Tommy Devine (November 3, 1957). "Iowa Settles for 21-21 Tie with U-M". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
2. "OHIO STATE RALLY HALTS IOWA, 17-13". The New York Times. November 17, 1957. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
3. "Irish Say Hawks As Good As Oklahoma" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 27, 1957. p. 5. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
4. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1958.htm