The GOAT.
In Celebration of ***21 days*** until Iowa Football......
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Best in the Ferentz era.
Best ever in an Iowa uniform? Small sample, but what a year it was.
Media day tomorrow so lots of photos and interviews incoming.
With 22 days left, we start by celebrating the undefeated 1922 Iowa Hawkeyes, who went 7-0 and won the Big Ten title for the second consecutive season. Several polls tabbed Iowa as national champions, though Iowa has never officially claimed any of them.
Gordon Locke was the anchor of this year's team, racking up 1st Team All-American honors, wrapping up a career that would eventually earn him a spot in the CFB Hall of Fame.
*Locke running the ball, with Duke Slater looking to tear someone's head off
The highlight of the season, though, had to be Iowa's 6-0 road upset of then-eastern power Yale. It was the first loss by the Bulldogs, then referred to as the Elis, to a "western" team in program history, and they would not lose to another such team again until 1938, when they lost to Michigan.
*Fans appear by the thousands to an event hosted by the Des Moines Register to get updates on the 1922 Iowa-Yale contest.
Gordon Locke was the anchor of this year's team, racking up 1st Team All-American honors, wrapping up a career that would eventually earn him a spot in the CFB Hall of Fame.
*Locke running the ball, with Duke Slater looking to tear someone's head off
The highlight of the season, though, had to be Iowa's 6-0 road upset of then-eastern power Yale. It was the first loss by the Bulldogs, then referred to as the Elis, to a "western" team in program history, and they would not lose to another such team again until 1938, when they lost to Michigan.
*Fans appear by the thousands to an event hosted by the Des Moines Register to get updates on the 1922 Iowa-Yale contest.
Makes you wonder how those Ivy League schools with their money and influence never grew into monsters in sports.With 22 days left, we start by celebrating the undefeated 1922 Iowa Hawkeyes, who went 7-0 and won the Big Ten title for the second consecutive season. Several polls tabbed Iowa as national champions, though Iowa has never officially claimed any of them.
Gordon Locke was the anchor of this year's team, racking up 1st Team All-American honors, wrapping up a career that would eventually earn him a spot in the CFB Hall of Fame.
*Locke running the ball, with Duke Slater looking to tear someone's head off
The highlight of the season, though, had to be Iowa's 6-0 road upset of then-eastern power Yale. It was the first loss by the Bulldogs, then referred to as the Elis, to a "western" team in program history, and they would not lose to another such team again until 1938, when they lost to Michigan.
*Fans appear by the thousands to an event hosted by the Des Moines Register to get updates on the 1922 Iowa-Yale contest.
They were monsters at the outset. Yale claims 27 national titles in football, with the last in 1927. They just aren't interested in devoting their resources to compete athletically with big schools. The Ivies still play football, though, unlike charter B1G member Chicago.
#22 Tavian Banks - he still holds some Hawkeye records, including most yards rushing in a game (314).
Always remember Dick Trotter giving score updates on WMT and he would include the Ivy schools in his score report. Nostalgia for the time before the internet.
One other thing, the Ivies have never given athletic scholarships. That competitive disadvantage is somewhat mitigated by need-based financial aid. Coaches will try lobbying financial aid officers to increase aid packages for recruits.
Actually the better question is how did they allow themselves to fall out of power in sports...........
pretty sure a couple days later fans were complaining about the horrible offense and scheme and how a 63-61 loss would've been so much more fun than a 6-0 win.With 22 days left, we start by celebrating the undefeated 1922 Iowa Hawkeyes, who went 7-0 and won the Big Ten title for the second consecutive season. Several polls tabbed Iowa as national champions, though Iowa has never officially claimed any of them.
Gordon Locke was the anchor of this year's team, racking up 1st Team All-American honors, wrapping up a career that would eventually earn him a spot in the CFB Hall of Fame.
*Locke running the ball, with Duke Slater looking to tear someone's head off
The highlight of the season, though, had to be Iowa's 6-0 road upset of then-eastern power Yale. It was the first loss by the Bulldogs, then referred to as the Elis, to a "western" team in program history, and they would not lose to another such team again until 1938, when they lost to Michigan.
*Fans appear by the thousands to an event hosted by the Des Moines Register to get updates on the 1922 Iowa-Yale contest.
Wrong. The Univ of Chicago plays football, but at a lower level.
3 weeks to go!
The great Albert Young.
The great Albert Young.
