Here's a new one I just threw together. #19 Iowa's 1997 win over IU.
Iowa 62, Indiana 0
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#19 Iowa in 1997. Wow. Ended up being a very disappointing season. And then of course 1998 completely fell apart.
Man, I was there also, very loud. Brings back some great memories.
Loved how Hayden had no issues steam rolling teams like that. Our OL was so dominate that many of those runs Hayden himself could have ran for a score.
Yeah- whith all that talent shame on them.. should of been much better that season
‘97 was one of the most disappointing seasons I can remember (the finish obviously).
The cheerleader in still of that video is Katie Charipar. I went to high school with her. Her grandfather was a baseball coach at Iowa for many years. So, now you know!
1997 season: I remember that game against Ohio State, where Andy Katzenmoyer was in our backfield, seemingly, every play, and Bob Elliott had no answer.
Couldn't find a field goal kicker to beat Northwestern and Wisconsin.
It fell apart fast, as in 1998, Iowa had zero answer for Antwaan Randle El, and lost to Indiana, after winning 62-0, the season before.
Couldn't find a field goal kicker to beat Northwestern and Wisconsin.
It fell apart fast, as in 1998, Iowa had zero answer for Antwaan Randle El, and lost to Indiana, after winning 62-0, the season before.
Iowa with a celebration penalty when they score on the last play. Too funny. I love it.
I'd forgotten about that pass play. Dwight has to be the only Hawkeye with a pass, run, reception, punt return and kick return for TDs.
I saw an interview with Tavian where he said that the ‘97 team should have competed for the national title. They were that talented. But, as is usually the case when Iowa derails, injuries killed us.
Wow the game has changed shoulder pads are smaller, no more back pedaling from the QB.shuttle pass is rarely used...
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Right on the shoulder pads, wrong on the shuffle pass. CJ Beathard used it beautifully last week, and it went for a 49ers touchdown.
Hayden’s QBs took crazy drops. 7 or more steps sometimes. Looks very strange to watch nowadays.
There have been several years over the last 40 years where we had the line play to compete for a national title but not enough elite skill players. 1997 was a rare year where we had the skill players but not the line play.
Dwight never returned a kick for a TD at Iowa, had a couple close ones but never scored. I think our only kick return TDs in the 90s were an onside kick return TD by Ernest Crank against Northwestern (and to be honest they were shaving points that game so even that may not have been very legit) and Kahlil Hill's first game vs CMU in 1998 when he took both a kickoff and punt back.
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