Iowa·Big Ten

2024 — The Winning Chapter

Iowa's 2024 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Music City Bowl
AP final #21 post-bowls
SP+ +4.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Illi Sta 40-0 L vs Iowa St 19-20 W vs Troy 38-21 W @ Minnes 31-14 L @ Ohio St 7-35 W vs Washin 40-16 L @ Mich St 20-32 W vs Northw 40-14 W vs Wiscon 42-10 L @ UCLA 17-20 W @ Maryland 29-13 W vs Nebraska 13-10 L @ Missouri 24-27 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2024.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2024 season's largest margin: Iowa 40, Illinois State 0. A 40-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Iowa 7, Ohio State 35. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Iowa fell to Missouri 24-27 in the postseason.

"Punt was great"
— Iowa fanbase voice · 2024· synthesized
What it meant

2024 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.