1938 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1938 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–6–1 (1–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Irl Tubbs (2nd season)
MVP	Erwin Prasse
Captain	Jack Eicherly
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium

1938 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Minnesota $	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Michigan	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Purdue	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Northwestern	2	–	1	–	2			4	–	2	–	2
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Illinois	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Iowa	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
Chicago	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1938 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Irl Tubbs' second and final season as head coach of the Hawkeyes.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	at UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 3–27
October 8	Wisconsin	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 13–31
October 15	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 27–14
October 22	Colgate*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 0–14
October 29	Purdue	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	T 0–0
November 5	at No. 12 Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 0–28	42,000
November 12	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IA	L 3–7
November 19	Nebraska*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 0–14
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game