1971 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1971 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–10 (1–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Frank Lauterbur (1st season)
MVP	Craig Clemons
Captain	2 Geoff Mickelson Craig Clemons
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium

1971 Big Ten Conference football standings

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

The 1971 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Frank Lauterbur's first year as head coach of the Hawkeyes, and the last season for Iowa's home football venue to be called "Iowa Stadium". It would be renamed "Nile Kinnick Stadium" as of the 9/23/72 home opener, named for Iowa's only Heisman Trophy winner, Nile Kinnick.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	at No. 11 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio		L 21–52	75,596
September 18	at Oregon State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 19–33	24,092
September 25	No. 12 Penn State*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	ABC	L 14–44	44,303
October 2	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana		L 13–45	63,485
October 9	Northwestern	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		L 3–28	52,102
October 16	Minnesota	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale)		L 14–19	51,488
October 23	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan		L 3–34	60,383
October 30	Wisconsin	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 20–16	43,155
November 6	at No. 3 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan		L 7–63	72,467
November 13	Indiana	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		L 7–14	42,102
November 20	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		L 0–31	40,703
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1971 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 10 Levi Mitchell Sr RB 29 Steve Penney Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 43 Craig Clemons (C) Sr DE 87 Dan Dickel So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Frank Lauterbur Coordinators/assistant coaches Jack Harbaugh Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt