Question for you guys who know all the stats

[artradley]

I'd be curious to see Iowa's bowl games over the last fifteen years, with the following info:

• Opponent
• Location
• Opponent's ranking going into the game
• Iowa'a ranking going into the game

Anyone?

 

[Dauminator]

I'll try. The rankings are BCS rankings, CFP in 2015:

2001 Alamo

• Texas Tech
• San Antonio, TX
• no rank
• no rank

2003 Orange

• USC
• Miami Gardens, FL
• #4
  
• #5

2004 Outback

• Florida
• Tampa, FL
• #15
• #13

2005 Capital One

• LSU
• Orlando, FL
• #12
• #11

2006 Outback

• Florida
• Tampa, FL
• #17
  
• no rank

2006 Alamo

• Texas
• San Antonio, TX
• #19
• no rank

2009 Outback

• South Carolina
• Tamp, FL
• no rank
  
• no rank

2010 Orange

• Georgia Tech
• Miami Gardens, FL
• #9
• #10

2010 Insight

• Missouri
• Tempe, AZ
• #12
• no rank

2011 Insight

• Oklahoma
• Tempe, AZ
• #14
• no rank

2014 Outback

• LSU
• Tampa, FL
• #16
• no rank

2015 HawkSlayer

• Tennessee
• Jacksonville, FL
• no rank
  
• no rank

** Edit: sorry, had the rankings reversed

 

[DutchyFunStar]

Date Bowl W/L Opponent PF PA
January 1, 1957 Rose Bowl W Oregon State 35 19
January 1, 1959 Rose Bowl W California 38 12
January 1, 1982 Rose Bowl L Washington 0 28
Decem 31, 1982 Peach Bowl W Tennessee 28 22
Decemb 30, 1983 Gator Bowl L Florida 6 14
Decemb 16, 1984 Freedom Bowl W Texas 55 17
January 1, 1986 Rose Bowl L UCLA 28 45
Decemb 30, 1986 Holiday Bowl W San Diego State 39 38
Decemb 30, 1987 Holiday Bowl W Wyoming 20 19
Decemb 31, 1988 Peach Bowl L North Carolina State 23 28
January 1, 1991 Rose Bowl L Washington 34 46
Decemr 30, 1991 Holiday Bowl T BYU 13 13
Decemb 31, 1993 Alamo Bowl L California 3 37
Decemb 29, 1995 Sun Bowl W Washington 38 18
Decemb 29, 1996 Alamo Bowl W Texas Tech 27 0
Decemb 31, 1997 Sun Bowl L Arizona State 7 17
Decemb 29, 2001 Alamo Bowl W Texas Tech 19 16
January 2, 2003 Orange Bowl L Southern California 17 38
January 1, 2004 Outback Bowl W Florida 37 17
January 1, 2005 Capital One Bowl W LSU 30 25
January 2, 2006 Outback Bowl L Florida 24 31
Decem 29, 2006 Alamo Bowl L Texas 24 26
January 1, 2009 Outback Bowl W South Carolina 31 10
January 5, 2010 Orange Bowl W Georgia Tech 24 14
Decemb 28, 2010 Insight Bowl W Missouri 27 24
Decemb 30, 2011 Insight Bowl L Oklahoma 14 31
January 1, 2014 Outback Bowl L LSU 14 21
January 2, 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl L Tennessee 28 45

Total 28 Bowl Games 14–13–1 683 671

 

[Ray Kinsella]

I don't have our opponents' BCS rankings. Texas Tech, South Carolina, and Tennessee were the only unranked bowl opponents.

Opponent Bowl City State Opp_AP Iowa_AP Iowa_BCS
Texas Tech Alamo San Antonio TX
Southern California Orange Miami FL 5 3 5
Florida Outback Tampa FL 17 13 13
Louisiana State Capital One Orlando FL 12 11 12
Florida Outback Tampa FL 16 25
Texas Alamo San Antonio TX 18
South Carolina Outback Tampa FL
Georgia Tech Orange Miami FL 9 10 10
Missouri Insight Tempe AZ 14
Oklahoma Insight Tempe AZ 19
Louisiana State Outback Tampa FL 14
Tennessee Taxslayer Jacksonville FL

 

[artradley]

Thanks!

 

[all2matt]

i think '14, '11, '10, '06, '06 ranking looks were flipped as the other team was ranked not IOWA but the rest is perfect I believe