1943 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record1–6–1 (0–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPRobert Liddy
CaptainRobert Liddy, William Barbour
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
1943 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Purdue + 6 0 09 0 0
No. 3 Michigan + 6 0 08 1 0
No. 9 Northwestern 5 1 06 2 0
Indiana 2 3 14 4 2
Minnesota 2 3 05 4 0
Illinois 2 4 03 7 0
Ohio State 1 4 03 6 0
Wisconsin 1 6 01 9 0
Iowa 0 4 11 6 1
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Slip Madigan's first season as head coach for the Hawkeyes.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Iowa ranked 34th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 90.2.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Great Lakes Navy*L 7–21[2]
October 2WisconsinL 5–7
October 9No. 8 Iowa Pre-Flight*
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 0–2510,000[3]
October 16Indiana
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
T 7–7
October 23at No. 4 PurdueL 7–2815,000
November 6Illinoisdagger
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 10–1911,000
November 13at MinnesotaL 14–3320,000
November 20at Nebraska*W 33–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. "Bluejackets' 3 Brilliant Plays Top Iowa, 21-7". Chicago Sunday Tribune. September 26, 1943. p. II-1, II-5 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Jack North (October 10, 1943). "Seahawk Passes Punch Iowa, 25-0". The Des Moines Register. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.


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