1973 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1973 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	0–11 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Frank Lauterbur (3rd season)
MVP	Brian Rollins
Captain	3 Dan Dickel Brian Rollins Roger Jerrick
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium

1973 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Ohio State +	7	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Michigan +	7	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
Minnesota	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Indiana	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Iowa	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Frank Lauterbur's third and final season as head coach. It was the first season after Iowa Stadium was renamed to Kinnick Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15	at No. 5 Michigan	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 7–31	52,105
September 22	at No. 18 UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	L 18–55	34,456
September 29	No. 6 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, Pennsylvania	L 8–27	59,980
October 6	Arizona*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 20–23	40,365
October 13	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 15–31	25,194
October 20	Minnesota	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale)	L 23–31	55,137
October 27	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	L 0–50	48,864
November 3	Purdue	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 23–48	39,120
November 10	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	L 7–35	55,560
November 17	at No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	L 13–55	87,447
November 24	Michigan State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 6–15	31,119
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1973 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Butch Caldwell RB 22 Jim Jensen So OL Dan McCarney Jr WR Brian Rollins Sr WR Bill Schultz RB Rod Wellington	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 20 Andre Jackson So DB   Jim Caldwell Fr DE 87 Dan Dickel Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Joe Heppner K Harry Kokolus	Head coach Frank Lauterbur Coordinators/assistant coaches Jack Harbaugh Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt