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1990 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1990 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Big Ten co-champion
Rose Bowl vs. #8 Washington, L 46–34
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
AP No. 18
1990 record 8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Hayden Fry (12th year)
Offensive coordinator Carl Jackson (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Bill Brashier (12th year)
Home stadium Kinnick Stadium
(Capacity: 70,220)
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 Michigan + 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#16 Michigan State + 6 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 1
#25 Illinois + 6 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
#18 Iowa + 6 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Ohio State 5 – 2 – 1     7 – 4 – 1
Minnesota 5 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Indiana 3 – 4 – 1     6 – 5 – 1
Northwestern 1 – 7 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
Purdue 1 – 7 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
Wisconsin 0 – 8 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
Cincinnati at Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Bearcats 7 3 0 0 10
• Hawkeyes 0 28 21 14 63
Iowa State at Iowa
Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy
1 2 3 4 Total
Cyclones 7 7 7 14 35
• Hawkeyes 7 10 21 7 45
Iowa at #10 Miami
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawkeyes 0 14 7 0 21
• Hurricanes 14 10 7 17 48
Iowa at #18 Michigan State
1 2 3 4 Total
• Hawkeyes 0 9 0 3 12
Spartans 0 0 0 7 7

The 1990 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium and were led by legendary coach Hayden Fry.

After starting 7-1 and rising to #6 in the polls, Iowa finished the season with an 8-4 record (6-2 Big Ten), winning a four-way tie for the Big Ten Conference championship by defeating the three other teams atop the conference standings – Michigan, Michigan State, and Illinois – in their respective head-to-head matchups. The Hawkeyes earned their third trip to Pasadena in ten years, but fell behind early in the 1991 Rose Bowl and lost 46-34 to the Washington Huskies. It would be another 25 years before Iowa would make a return trip to the Rose Bowl.

Kicking off the start of the 1990 Iowa Hawkeye season, the Hawks welcomed in the Cincinnati Bearcats. The Bearcats finished out the '89 season at 1–9–1 as the Hawks finished out at 5–6. In a game that ended up in a blowout, the Hawks cruised to a 63–10 win. Iowa managed to set records as well as they pummeled the Cincinnati defense. After Cincinnati built a 7–0 lead after an interception and a 1-yard touchdown run from Joe Abrams, the Hawks took command for the afternoon. After a scoreless first quarter, quarterback Matt Rodgers led the Hawks to 28 unanswered points, following two touchdowns from Rodgers, and one each from running backs Nick Bell and Tony Stewart. Cincinnati scored its last points of the game with a late field goal and ended the half with Iowa up 28–10. After halftime, Iowa went on cruise control. Iowa went on to score 21 points in the 3rd and 14 in the 4th to win the contest 63–10. Rodgers ended the game going 15–27 on passes with 191 yards. Hawkeye offense racked up 662 yards with 455 yards rushing. The defense was excellent as well. The Bearcats were allowed only 4 first downs and 69 yards rushing.

The Hawkeyes won a high-scoring affair with in-state rival Iowa State, their eighth in a series of fifteen straight wins in the rivalry.


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