Big Ten
The 2019 season's largest margin: Iowa 48, Middle Tennessee 3. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2019 — The Ten-Win Year
Iowa's 2019 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Holiday Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Nate StanleyQB2,951 passing yards
- Tyler GoodsonRB638 rushing yards
- Mekhi SargentRB563 rushing yards
- Toren YoungRB432 rushing yards
- Ihmir Smith-MarsetteWR722 receiving yards
- Tyrone Tracy Jr.RB589 receiving yards
- Nico RagainiWR439 receiving yards
- Kristian WelchLB87 tackles
- Jack KoernerDB81 tackles
- Geno StoneDB70 tackles
- A.J. EpenesaDE11.5 sacks
- Joe EvansDE4 sacks
- Daviyon NixonDT3 sacks
Season leaders, 2019.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 3, Michigan 10. A 7-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa beat USC 49-24 in the postseason.
"Punt was great"
2019 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.