Big Ten
The 2021 season's largest margin: Iowa 51, Maryland 14. A 37-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Iowa·Big Ten
2021 — The Ten-Win Year
Iowa's 2021 season (10-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Lost the Citrus Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Spencer PetrasQB1,880 passing yards
- Alex PadillaQB636 passing yards
- Tyler GoodsonRB1,151 rushing yards
- Gavin WilliamsRB305 rushing yards
- Ivory Kelly-MartinRB202 rushing yards
- Sam LaPortaTE670 receiving yards
- Keagan JohnsonWR352 receiving yards
- Nico RagainiWR331 receiving yards
- Jack CampbellLB140 tackles
- Seth BensonLB105 tackles
- Jack KoernerDB88 tackles
- Lukas Van NessDL7 sacks
- Joe EvansDE7 sacks
- Zach VanValkenburgDL5.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 3, Michigan 42. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa fell to Kentucky 17-20 in the postseason.
"Punt was great"
2021 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.