Big Ten
The 2018 season's largest margin: Iowa 63, Illinois 0. A 63-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Iowa·Big Ten
2018 — The Winning Chapter
Iowa's 2018 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Outback Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Nate StanleyQB2,825 passing yards
- Mekhi SargentRB745 rushing yards
- Toren YoungRB632 rushing yards
- Ivory Kelly-MartinRB341 rushing yards
- T.J. HockensonTE750 receiving yards
- Noah FantTE518 receiving yards
- Nick EasleyWR502 receiving yards
- Jake GervaseDB83 tackles
- Amani HookerDB65 tackles
- Jack HockadayLB62 tackles
- A.J. EpenesaDE10.5 sacks
- Anthony NelsonDE9.5 sacks
- Parker HesseDE4 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 17, Wisconsin 28. A 11-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa beat Mississippi State 27-22 in the postseason.
"Punt was great"
2018 is a middle chapter for Iowa — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.