2016 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

2016 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Outback Bowl, L 3–30 vs. Florida
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West Division
2016 record	8–5 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kirk Ferentz (18th year)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (5th year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Phil Parker (5th year as DC; 18th overall year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium (Capacity: 70,585)
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 7 Penn State xy$		8	–	1					11	–	3
No. 6 Ohio State x^		8	–	1					11	–	2
No. 10 Michigan		7	–	2					10	–	3
Indiana		4	–	5					6	–	7
Maryland		3	–	6					6	–	7
Michigan State		1	–	8					3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9					2	–	10
West Division
No. 9 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2					11	–	3
Iowa		6	–	3					8	–	5
Nebraska		6	–	3					9	–	4
Minnesota		5	–	4					9	–	4
Northwestern		5	–	4					7	–	6
Illinois		2	–	7					3	–	9
Purdue		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Miami (OH) at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total RedHawks 0 7 7 7 21 • No. 17 Hawkeyes 21 7 7 10 45 Date: September 3 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 68,390 Game weather: 75°F, Partly Cloudy, Wind S 5-10 Referee: Mark Kluczynski TV announcers (ESPNU): Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 9:07 Iowa LeShun Daniels Jr. 1-yard run (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 7–0 1 7:14 Iowa Akrum Wadley 11-yard run (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 14–0 1 5:41 Iowa LeShun Daniels Jr. 43-yard run (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 21–0 2 13:42 Miami (OH) Alonzo Smith 3-yard run (Nick Dowd kick) Iowa 21–7 2 7:15 Iowa Akrum Wadley 5-yard run (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 28–7 3 11:37 Iowa Jerminic Smith 12-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 35-7 3 4:41 Miami (OH) James Gardner 29-yard pass from Billy Bahl (Nick Dowd kick) Iowa 35-14 4 9:43 Miami (OH) James Gardner 8-yard pass from Billy Bahl (Nick Dowd kick) Iowa 35-21 4 6:04 Iowa Keith Duncan 22-yard field goal Iowa 38-21 4 3:08 Iowa Derrick Mitchell Jr. 5-yard run (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 45-21

Scoring summary
1	9:07	Iowa	LeShun Daniels Jr. 1-yard run (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 7–0
1	7:14	Iowa	Akrum Wadley 11-yard run (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 14–0
1	5:41	Iowa	LeShun Daniels Jr. 43-yard run (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 21–0
2	13:42	Miami (OH)	Alonzo Smith 3-yard run (Nick Dowd kick)	Iowa 21–7
2	7:15	Iowa	Akrum Wadley 5-yard run (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 28–7
3	11:37	Iowa	Jerminic Smith 12-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 35-7
3	4:41	Miami (OH)	James Gardner 29-yard pass from Billy Bahl (Nick Dowd kick)	Iowa 35-14
4	9:43	Miami (OH)	James Gardner 8-yard pass from Billy Bahl (Nick Dowd kick)	Iowa 35-21
4	6:04	Iowa	Keith Duncan 22-yard field goal	Iowa 38-21
4	3:08	Iowa	Derrick Mitchell Jr. 5-yard run (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 45-21

Iowa State at Iowa
Cy-Hawk Trophy

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 3 0 0 0 3 • No. 16 Hawkeyes 14 14 14 0 42 Date: September 10 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 6:42 PM CDT Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 72°F, Sunny, Wind NW 12 Referee: Mike Defee TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen, Chuck Long, Lisa Byington Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 8:42 Iowa George Kittle 9-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 7–0 1 5:42 Iowa Akrum Wadley 26-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 14–0 1 0:32 ISU Cole Netten 31-yard field goal Iowa 14–3 2 10:15 Iowa Matt VandeBerg 12-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 21–3 2 2:17 Iowa C.J. Beathard 1-yard run (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 28–3 3 3:18 Iowa Akrum Wadley 3-yard run (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 35-3 3 1:33 Iowa LeShun Daniels 43-yard run (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 42-3

Scoring summary
1	8:42	Iowa	George Kittle 9-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 7–0
1	5:42	Iowa	Akrum Wadley 26-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 14–0
1	0:32	ISU	Cole Netten 31-yard field goal	Iowa 14–3
2	10:15	Iowa	Matt VandeBerg 12-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 21–3
2	2:17	Iowa	C.J. Beathard 1-yard run (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 28–3
3	3:18	Iowa	Akrum Wadley 3-yard run (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 35-3
3	1:33	Iowa	LeShun Daniels 43-yard run (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 42-3

North Dakota State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 1 (FCS) Bison 7 0 7 9 23 No. 13 Hawkeyes 0 14 7 0 21 Date: September 17 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:01 AM CDT Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 71°F, Sunny, Wind W 10 Referee: Rod Snodgrass TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 2:26 NDSU MJ Stumpf 21-yard interception return (Cam Pedersen kick) NDSU 7–0 2 13:03 Iowa Riley McCarron 30-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick) Tied 7–7 2 8:05 Iowa Matt VandeBerg 14-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 14–7 3 8:06 NDSU King Frazier 1-yard run (Cam Pedersen kick) Tied 14–14 3 2:12 Iowa Matt VandeBerg 9-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 21–14 4 3:41 NDSU Chase Morlock 7-yard pass from Easton Stick (Stick pass failed) Iowa 21-20 4 0:00 NDSU Cam Pedersen 37-yard field goal NDSU 23-21

Scoring summary
1	2:26	NDSU	MJ Stumpf 21-yard interception return (Cam Pedersen kick)	NDSU 7–0
2	13:03	Iowa	Riley McCarron 30-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick)	Tied 7–7
2	8:05	Iowa	Matt VandeBerg 14-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 14–7
3	8:06	NDSU	King Frazier 1-yard run (Cam Pedersen kick)	Tied 14–14
3	2:12	Iowa	Matt VandeBerg 9-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 21–14
4	3:41	NDSU	Chase Morlock 7-yard pass from Easton Stick (Stick pass failed)	Iowa 21-20
4	0:00	NDSU	Cam Pedersen 37-yard field goal	NDSU 23-21

Iowa at Rutgers

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 0 7 0 7 14 Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 7 7 Date: September 24 Location: High Point Solutions Stadium Piscataway, NJ Game start: 12:01 PM EDT Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 44,061 Game weather: 64°, Partly Sunny, Wind N 10 Referee: John O'Neill TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 2 0:34 Iowa George Kittle 36-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 7–0 4 12:45 Rutgers Andre Patton 14-yard pass from Chris Laviano (David Bonagura kick) Tied 7–7 4 8:35 Iowa Akrum Wadley 26-yard run (Keith Duncan kick) Iowa 14-7

Scoring summary
2	0:34	Iowa	George Kittle 36-yard pass from C.J. Beathard (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 7–0
4	12:45	Rutgers	Andre Patton 14-yard pass from Chris Laviano (David Bonagura kick)	Tied 7–7
4	8:35	Iowa	Akrum Wadley 26-yard run (Keith Duncan kick)	Iowa 14-7

The 2016 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hawkeyes, led by 18th-year head coach Kirk Ferentz, were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

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Iowa announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Hawkeyes will host Big Ten foes Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Wisconsin, and will travel to Illinois, Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue, and Rutgers.

The team will host all three of the non–conference games which are against the Iowa State Cyclones from the Big 12 Conference, Miami RedHawks from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), and the North Dakota State Bison from the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

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