1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–4 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Forest Evashevski (3rd season)
MVP	Warren Lawson
Captain	George Broeder
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium

1954 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 9 Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Iowa	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Indiana	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Illinois	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 25	No. 7 Michigan State	No. 12	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 14–10	50,000
October 2	Montana*	No. 3	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 48–6
October 9	at Michigan	No. 4	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI		L 13–14	64,283
October 16	at No. 4 Ohio State	No. 13	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 14–20	82,141
October 23	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 27–14	30,789
October 30	No. 8 Wisconsin		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		W 13–7	52,185
November 6	No. 8 Purdue	No. 12	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 25–14	52,900
November 13	at No. 13 Minnesota	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)		L 20–22	65,464
November 20	No. 4 Notre Dame*	No. 19	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 18–34	56,576
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class E 37 Frank Gilliam Jr G 62 Calvin Jones Jr QB 23 Lou Matykiewicz Sr QB 25 Jerry Reichow Jr HB 41 Eddie Vincent Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class OT   John Hall Sr OT   Dick Klein Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Forest Evashevski Coordinators/assistant coaches Bump Elliott (assistant) Whitey Piro Jerry Burns (Freshman) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Postseason awards

• Cal Jones - Consensus First-team All-American

See also: 1954 College Football All-America Team and 1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team