1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Participating as members of the Big Ten Conference, the Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium and were led by coach Hayden Fry. The Hawkeyes finished with an overall record of 8–4 (4–4 Big Ten), and earned a victory over Washington in the Sun Bowl.

1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 3818 vs. Washington
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 25
1995 record84 (44 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDon Patterson (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Brashier (17th season)
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
(Capacity: 70,397)
1995 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Northwestern $ 8 0 0  10 2 0
No. 6 Ohio State 7 1 0  11 2 0
No. 13 Penn State 5 3 0  9 3 0
No. 17 Michigan 5 3 0  9 4 0
Michigan State 4 3 1  6 5 1
No. 25 Iowa 4 4 0  8 4 0
Illinois 3 4 1  5 5 1
Wisconsin 3 4 1  4 5 2
Purdue 2 5 1  4 6 1
Minnesota 1 7 0  3 8 0
Indiana 0 8 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 91:00 pmNorthern Iowa*W 34–1370,397
September 1611:00 amat Iowa State*ABCW 27–1049,714
September 301:00 pmNew Mexico State*
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 59–2163,721
October 711:00 amat Michigan StateCreativeW 21–773,732
October 1411:00 amIndianaNo. 23
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
ESPN2W 22–1369,520
October 212:30 pmNo. 19 Penn StateNo. 18
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
ABCL 27–4170,397
October 2811:30 amat No. 4 Ohio StateNo. 25ESPNL 35–5693,314
November 411:30 amIllinois
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
ESPNL 7–2670,397
November 1111:00 amat No. 5 NorthwesternCreativeL 20–3149,256
November 1811:30 amat WisconsinESPN2W 33–2078,907
November 251:00 pmMinnesota
W 45–365,794
December 291:30 pmvs. No. 20 Washington*CBSW 38–1849,116
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 22 Tavian Banks So
FB 85 Michael Burger  Fr
WR 4 Ricchard Carter So
WR 6 Tim Dwight So
TE 80 Zeron Flemister  Fr
WR 18 Damon Gibson So
OL 79 Mike Goff So
WR 1 Willie Guy Sr
TE 81 Chris Knipper So
WR 10 Demo Odems Jr
RB 5 Sedrick Shaw Jr
QB 12 Matt Sherman So
TE 84 Scott Slutzker Sr
OL 73 Ross Verba Jr
C 70 Casey Wiegmann Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 23 Plez Atkins So
SS 15 Kerry Cooks So
DL 94 Jared DeVries Fr
LB 45 Bobby Diaco Sr
DE 9 Bill Ennis-Inge Jr
CB 26 Ed Gibson So
DE 28 Jason House So
DB 8 Tom Knight Jr
DB 3 Damien Robinson Jr
LB 56 Vernon Rollins Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 38 Zach Bromert Fr
P 46 Nick Gallery Jr
K 20 Brion Hurley Jr
K 17 Todd Romano Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP RV RV RV RV RV 23 18 25 RV NR 25 
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV 22 17 23 RV RV 22

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Game summaries

Northern Iowa

Northern Iowa at #19 Iowa
1 234Total
Panthers 3 037 13
Hawkeyes 7 2106 34


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Iowa State

Iowa at Iowa State
Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 6 669 27
Cyclones 7 300 10


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New Mexico State

New Mexico State at Iowa
1 234Total
Aggies 0 0147 21
Hawkeyes 14 28143 59


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Michigan State

Iowa at Michigan State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 687 21
Spartans 0 700 7


Led by tailback Sedrick Shaw (42 carries, 250 yards, TD), the Hawkeyes rolled up 524 yards of total offense (311 rushing) to earn a road victory over the Spartans in the 1995 Big Ten opener.

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Indiana

Indiana at #23 Iowa
1 234Total
Hoosiers 0 1003 13
Hawkeyes 7 078 22


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Penn State

#19 Penn State at #18 Iowa
1 234Total
Nittany Lions 10 7717 41
Hawkeyes 7 767 27


The Hawkeyes led 27-24 after a 19-yard touchdown run from Sedrick Shaw early in the 4th quarter, but Penn State rallied to score the final 17 points of the game.

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Ohio State

#25 Iowa at #4 Ohio State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 7721 35
Buckeyes 28 2800 56


The Buckeyes, led by future NFL Pro Bowl selections Eddie George, Terry Glenn, and Shawn Springs, rolled to a 56-0 lead in the first half before cruising to the 21-point victory.

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Illinois

Illinois at Iowa
1 234Total
Fighting Illini 3 7610 26
Hawkeyes 0 700 7


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Northwestern

Iowa at #5 Northwestern
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 2000 20
Wildcats 3 1477 31


ESPN's College GameDay was in Evanston for this matchup between the Hawkeyes and the #5 Wildcats. After leading 20-17 at halftime, Iowa couldn't muster a second half score. Northwestern had a magical season, capped by the school's first trip to the Rose Bowl in 46 years.

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Wisconsin

Iowa at Wisconsin
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 7 1709 33
Badgers 0 776 20


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Minnesota

Minnesota at Iowa
1 234Total
Golden Gophers 0 030 3
Hawkeyes 7 10721 45
  • Date: November 25
  • Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Game start: 1:05 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 2:55
  • Game attendance: 65,794
  • Game weather: 45° F, Sunny, Wind W 10 mph
  • Referee: Jim Kemerling


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Sun Bowl

Iowa vs. #20 Washington
Sun Bowl
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 10 11107 38
Huskies 0 0612 18


The young Hawkeyes bullied the Pac-10 co-Champion and 20th-ranked Huskies, leading 21–0 at half and 38–6 early in the 4th quarter before cruising to a 20-point victory. Sedrick Shaw and Tavian Banks each ran for over 100 yards, as Iowa outgained Washington 229–90 on the ground. Iowa kickers combined for 5 field goals to stretch the lead in the first half.

Iowa ended the season on a 3-game winning streak, earning a #25 ranking in the final AP poll and a #22 ranking in the final Coaches' poll.

This was the Hawkeyes' first win over a ranked opponent since the 1991 season, and Iowa's first bowl victory since the 1987 Holiday Bowl.[15]

Coaching in his final game, longtime Defensive Coordinator Bill Brashier referred to this Sun Bowl victory as his most memorable.[16]

Awards and honors

Team players in the 1996 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Scott SlutzkerTight end382Indianapolis Colts

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References

  1. "1995 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  2. "Iowa 1995 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  3. "Northern Iowa vs. Iowa". USA Today. September 9, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  4. "Iowa vs. Iowa State". USA Today. September 16, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  5. "New Mexico State vs. Iowa". USA Today. September 30, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  6. "Iowa vs. Michigan State". USA Today. October 7, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  7. "Indiana vs. Iowa". USA Today. October 14, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  8. "Penn St. vs. Iowa". USA Today. October 21, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  9. "Iowa vs. Ohio St". USA Today. October 28, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  10. "COLLEGE FOOTBALL : Ohio State Displays Mercy Toward Iowa : Big Ten: Ahead by 49 points at halftime, Buckeye Coach John Cooper removes his starters for second half". Los Angeles Times. October 29, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  11. "Illinois vs. Iowa". USA Today. November 4, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  12. "Iowa vs. Northwestern". USA Today. November 11, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  13. "Iowa vs. Wisconsin". USA Today. November 18, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  14. "Minnesota vs. Iowa". USA Today. November 25, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  15. "Iowa vs. Washington". USA Today. December 29, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  16. "MASTERMIND OF GREAT UI DEFENSES ELECTED TO HALL". University of Iowa Athletic Department. September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  17. "1996 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
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