Which Iowa football victories still make your heart leap with joy?

[NevadaHawk]

There are many but I'll start this off with the win over an undefeated PSU back in, (I think 2008). The Nittany Lions were thinking national championship but that FG on the last play of the game spoiled it for JoPa and his team. Which game is your favorite win?

 

[JayIrwin95]

USC. Before it stopped being fun to be a fan

 

[JayIrwin95]

Also Ohio State, and win again Nebraska but especially 56-14. (I was there). And ruining ISU's national stage last year (I was there)

But my favorite game of all time is Indiana when Stanzi threw like 5 picks and Iowa still dominated. If Sash doesn't get that INT pinball it's a different game.

 

[anon_b29nm7v7dwp6r]

Wisconsin in 04 - scoreboard watching, realizing what was at stake and then Celebrating a Big Ten title in Kinnick under the lights was pretty special.
OSU 04 & 17 - beatdowns of OSU in Kinnick will always have a special place in my heart.
Michigan in 16 - I didn’t give Iowa a chance in this game...never been so happy to be wrong.

Honorable Mentions: PSU in 08 & 09, ASU in 2003, Any of the multiple ISU or nebraska beatdowns

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

I was too young for some of these, but I know about them. Others I saw in person or on TV.

* 1956 -- #7 Iowa defeats #6 Ohio State 6-0 to break the longest winning streak in Big Ten history (OSU had won 17 straight)
* 1957 and 1959 Rose Bowls over Oregon State and Cal
* 1981 -- Iowa upsets #6 Nebraska 10-7 to open the season, and delirious Iowa fans chant "Rose Bowl! Rose Bowl! Rose Bowl" as the final seconds tick away . . . and, as it turns out, they were prophets. [Iowa had lost to Nebraska 57-0 in Lincoln one year earlier.]
* 1981 -- Iowa upsets #7 UCLA 20-7, and the greatest Hawkeye season in 20 years is rolling.
* 1981 -- Iowa crushes MSU 36-7 while Ohio State is upsetting Michigan to send Iowa to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1959. Because it came after 20 years of losing seasons, it may be the biggest Iowa win I've ever seen--or ever will see.
* 1982 Peach Bowl -- Iowa beats Tennessee 28-22 in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, on Dec. 31, Iowa's second bowl game in one calendar year (1982 Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 was the other.)
* 1984 -- Iowa destroys Texas, which had been ranked #1 at midseason, 55-17 in the Freedom Bowl in a driving rain in Anaheim
* 1985 -- #1 Iowa defeats #2 Michigan
* 2005 -- Iowa beats defending national champion LSU and Nick Saban on Tate to Holloway final play in Cap 1 Bowl
* 2009 -- "7 got 6" on the final play to beat MSU and keep Iowa undefeated (9-0). This also may have been the most physical football game I've ever seen.
* 2017 -- Iowa 55, Ohio State 24, in one of the most dominating performances in Iowa football history.

There are many, many others, but I'll let the rest of you fill in the ones I've left out.

 

[KuwaitHawk]

I will go with ‘85 Michigan ( I was there in the crowd of 125,000) and Cap 1 Bowl over LSU.
Add ‘81 over kNebby and MSU.

 

[BigOHawk]

2002 Purdue
2008 PSU
2009 Sparty, 7 got 6
2010 Sparty, total domination after a devastating loss the week before to Wisky IIRC
2010 Orange Bowl
2016 Mich
2017 OSU

 

[Burbank84]

Michigan 2002 -- Michigan waved the white flag of surrender in the 4th quarter at home in a 34-9 loss to the Hawks

Nebraska 1981 -- Breakthrough win for Hayden Fry 10-7 over Tom Osborne's Cornhuskers. Iowa was a 20-point underdog in that season opener.

 

[HungryHawk]

Lots of good ones here. '08 @ Minnesota was a fun one that doesn't get mentioned as much.

 

[Hammer93]

Every win over the Fuskers. Not close.

 

[NevadaHawk]

I will go with ‘85 Michigan ( I was there in the crowd of 125,000) and Cap 1 Bowl over LSU.
Add ‘81 over kNebby and MSU.

The Cap 1 Bowl win over LSU ranks right up there as one of my all time favorites.

 

[rfgiowa]

So many great games. I remember in high school watching the 1991 Ohio State after the shooting in Iowa City. The helmets were all black...beating the buckeyes at the shoe was awesome!

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

2002 Minnesota game with the goal post. I was there!

 

[JayIrwin95]

2002 Minnesota game with the goal post. I was there!

I think someone should interview the guy riding atop those goal posts. I want to know every second of that ride haha classic

 

[ottumwan in tx]

LSU with Tate for sure without a doubt

this last one with usc for sure because i think we may not have a season

 

[ottumwan in tx]

I was at a Sun Bowl live, and iowa beat down washington really good, that was fun

 

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[NorthernHawkeye]

I will go with ‘85 Michigan ( I was there in the crowd of 125,000) and Cap 1 Bowl over LSU.
Add ‘81 over kNebby and MSU.

Crowd of 125,000?????

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Can't forget about Nebby

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Or ISU

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

This. Because it was so shocking and such a brutal beat down. On the road and on national TV. And with the iconic Keith Jackson.

 

[mick82]

I was too young for some of these, but I know about them. Others I saw in person or on TV.

* 1956 -- #7 Iowa defeats #6 Ohio State 6-0 to break the longest winning streak in Big Ten history (OSU had won 17 straight)
* 1957 and 1959 Rose Bowls over Oregon State and Cal
* 1981 -- Iowa upsets #6 Nebraska 10-7 to open the season, and delirious Iowa fans chant "Rose Bowl! Rose Bowl! Rose Bowl" as the final seconds tick away . . . and, as it turns out, they were prophets.
* 1981 -- Iowa upsets #7 UCLA 20-7, and the greatest Hawkeye season in 20 years is rolling.
* 1981 -- Iowa crushes MSU 36-7 while Ohio State is upsetting Michigan to send Iowa to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1959. Because it came after 20 years of losing seasons, it may be the biggest Iowa win I've ever seen--or ever will see.
* 1982 Peach Bowl -- Iowa beats Tennessee 28-22 in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, on Dec. 31, Iowa's second bowl game in one calendar year (1982 Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 was the other.)
* 1984 -- Iowa destroys Texas, which had been ranked #1 at midseason, 55-17 in the Freedom Bowl in a driving rain in Anaheim
* 1985 -- #1 Iowa defeats #2 Michigan
* 2005 -- Iowa beats defending national champion LSU and Nick Saban on Tate to Holloway final play
* 2009 -- "7 got 6" on the final play to beat MSU and keep Iowa undefeated (9-0). This also may have been the most physical football game I've ever seen.
* 2017 -- Iowa 55, Ohio State 24, in one of the most dominating performances in Iowa football history.

There are many, many others, but I'll let the rest of you fill in the ones I've left out.

You the man!!!

 

[General Tso]

Crowd of 125,000?????

I did a double take there too. Huh?

 

[Hawks4Life86]

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This is my #1

 

[mlb1399]

The Capital One Bowl game because I was there, with a bunch of my best friends from HS, witnessing Sagan’s demise, Tates greatness and the best last second play in Iowa history.

 

[JayIrwin95]

I did a double take there too. Huh?

I think he meant that later so many people claimed to be there its must have been 125,000

 

[NI hawk]

2002 Minnesota game with the goal post. I was there!

Me too! I was on the field celebrating.

 

[Titanhawk2]

First Kickoff 2020

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

2015 iowa vs nebraska.

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

2015 iowa vs nebraska.

 

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[GrapeNutsLover]

There are many but I'll start this off with the win over an undefeated PSU back in, (I think 2008). The Nittany Lions were thinking national championship but that FG on the last play of the game spoiled it for JoPa and his team. Which game is your favorite win?

"THE KICK IS GOOD! , THE KICK IS GOOD!"

Zs words will never leave my brain. Like most of the hawk faithful, I had my TV on mute and radio on.

Honorable mention is Tate to Holloway, watching the disbelief on LSU sideline.

Many good ones posted but these two made me jump up and down screaming. Good times..

 

[HawkinMN]

2002 Minnesota game with the goal post. I was there!

Same!