1982 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1982 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1982 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hawkeyes, led by head coach Hayden Fry, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa finished the season 8–4 (6–2 Big Ten), capped by a Peach Bowl victory over Tennessee.

1982 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 28–22 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Hayden Fry (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Snyder (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Brashier (4th season)
MVP	Bobby Stoops
Captain	Mark Bortz Norm Granger Mike Hufford Brett Miller Bobby Stoops
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Michigan $	8	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Iowa	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Indiana	4	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	8	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at No. 3 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ESPN	L 7–42	76,013
September 18	Iowa State*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		L 7–19	59,605
September 25	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 17–14	41,353
October 2	Northwestern	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 45–7	59,750
October 9	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ABC	W 24–20	46,212
October 16	Michigan	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 7–29	59,989
October 23	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)		W 21–16	63,872
October 30	Illinois	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	CBS	W 14–13	59,922
November 6	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		L 7–16	67,002
November 13	Wisconsin	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		W 28–14	58,500
November 20	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 24–18	50,103
December 31	vs. Tennessee*	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	CBS	W 28–22	50,134	[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1982 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 78 John Alt Jr OL 69 Mike Bennett Fr WR 27 Bill Broghamer Jr RB 33 Owen Gill So FB 26 Norm Granger (C) Jr QB Tom Grogan Jr OT Mike Haight Fr G 68 Tim Hanna Jr WR 40 Bill Happel Fr RB 31 Ronnie Harmon Fr WR 87 Scott Helverson Fr C 53 Joel Hilgenberg Jr TE 86 Mike Hufford (C) Jr G 65 Tom Humphrey Fr OT 55 Joe Levelis Jr QB 16 Chuck Long  Fr OT 79 Brett Miller (C) Sr WR 5 Dave Moritz Jr TE 88 Lon Olejniczak Jr RB 22 Eddie Phillips Jr G 66 Jon Roehlk Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 63 Mark Bortz (C) Sr LB 47 Zane Corbin So CB 29 Nate Creer Fr LB 34 Jonathan Hayes Fr DL 91 Michael Hooks  So DL 64 Paul Hufford So DB 14 Keith Hunter So DT 77 George Little So DE 92 Tony Wancket So DB 21 Devon Mitchell Fr DB 45 Jay Norvell Fr DL 50 Hap Peterson Fr LB 36 Larry Station Fr LB 32 James Erb Sr DB 41 Bob Stoops (C) Sr DB Mike Stoops So DE Dave Strobel So DL 51 Bill Weires Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Tom Nichol So P 7 Reggie Roby Sr	Head coach Hayden Fry Coordinators/assistant coaches Bill Snyder – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Bill Brashier – Defensive Coordinator Kirk Ferentz – Offensive line Carl Jackson – Running backs Del Miller – Offensive assistant Dan McCarney – Defensive line Barry Alvarez – Linebackers Don Patterson – Defensive Backs Bernie Wyatt – Defensive Ends/Recruiting Coordinator Bill Dervich – Strength and Conditioning Bruce Kittle – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

At Nebraska

Iowa at #3 Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 0 0 0 7 7 • Cornhuskers 14 14 0 14 42 Date: September 11, 1982 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 2:40 Game attendance: 76,013 Referee: McClintock TV announcers (ESPN): Jim Simpson and Bud Wilkinson Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 9:03 NEB Wilkening 3-yard run (Seibel kick) NEB 7–0 Q1 1:30 NEB Fryar 41-yard pass from Gill (Seibel kick) NEB 14–0 Q2 8:50 NEB Craig 6-yard run (Seibel kick) NEB 21–0 Q2 0:30 NEB Prauener fumble recovery in end zone (Seibel kick) NEB 28–0 Q4 7:53 IOWA Grogan 5-yard run (Nichol kick) NEB 28–7 Q4 6:06 NEB Brown 9-yard pass from Gill (Seibel kick) NEB 35–7 Q4 5:00 NEB Smith 80-yard run (Seibel kick) NEB 42–7

See also: 1982 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry

Iowa State

Iowa State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Cyclones 0 3 3 13 19 Hawkeyes 7 0 0 0 7 Date: September 18 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game start: 1:10 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 2:27 Game attendance: 59,605 Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), Clear and sunny, Wind NW 12 mph (19 km/h) Referee: Jerry Hendrickson Source: Box Score Archived 2019-08-10 at the Wayback Machine

Scoring summary Q1 7:18 IOWA Wancket 26-yard interception return (Nichol kick) IOWA 7–0 Q2 12:31 ISU Giffords 26-yard field goal IOWA 7–3 Q3 5:06 ISU Giffords 32-yard field goal IOWA 7–6 Q4 12:49 ISU Giffords 25-yard field goal ISU 9–7 Q4 11:06 ISU Giffords 24-yard field goal ISU 12–7 Q4 7:33 ISU Leaks 46-yard pass from Archer (Giffords kick) ISU 19–7

See also: 1982 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Cy-Hawk Trophy

At Arizona

Iowa at Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 0 7 7 3 17 Wildcats 0 14 0 0 14 Date: September 26 Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ Game start: 7:35 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:35 Game attendance: 41,353 Game weather: 90 °F (32 °C), Partly cloudy, Wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h)

Scoring summary Q2 11:12 ARIZ Keel 6-yard pass from Tom Tunnicliffe (Zendejas kick) ARIZ 7–0 Q2 8:54 IOWA Love-Jordan 9-yard pass from Chuck Long (Nichol kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 1:55 ARIZ Griffin-3 yard run (Zendejas kick) ARIZ 14–7 Q3 7:34 IOWA Moritz 14 yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) Tie 14–14 Q4 2:20 IOWA Nichol 20 yard field goal IOWA 17–14

See also: 1982 Arizona Wildcats football team

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Northwestern

Northwestern at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7 • Hawkeyes 14 14 10 7 45 Date: October 2 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 59,750 Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Gill 52-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 7–0 Q1 IOWA Moritz 36-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–0 Q2 IOWA Gill 12-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 21–0 Q2 NW Schwab 1-yard run (Salvino kick) IOWA 21–7 Q2 IOWA Phillips 27-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 28–7 Q3 IOWA Nichol 49-yard field goal IOWA 31–7 Q3 IOWA Granger 11-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 38–7 Q4 IOWA Robertson 4-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 45–7

See also: 1982 Northwestern Wildcats football team

At Indiana

Iowa at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 7 7 3 24 Hoosiers 3 14 3 0 20 Date: October 9 Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN Game attendance: 46,212 Television network: CBS

See also: 1982 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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Michigan

Michigan at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolverines 0 12 3 14 29 Hawkeyes 0 0 0 7 7 Date: October 16 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 59,989

See also: 1982 Michigan Wolverines football team

At Minnesota

Iowa at Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 0 7 7 7 21 Golden Gophers 3 3 3 7 16 Date: October 23 Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis Game start: 7:08 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:02 Game attendance: 63,872 Game weather: Indoors Source: Box Score Archived 2019-08-10 at the Wayback Machine

Scoring summary Q1 4:19 MINN Gallery 25-yard field goal MINN 3–0 Q2 3:49 IOWA Chuck Long 2-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 7–3 Q2 0:35 MINN Gallery 35-yard field goal IOWA 7–6 Q3 11:44 IOWA Long 2-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–6 Q3 7:28 MINN Gallery 45-yard field goal IOWA 14–9 Q4 12:02 IOWA Eddie Phillips 14-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 21–9 Q4 2:19 MINN Reid 2-yard run (Gallery kick) IOWA 21–16

See also: 1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Floyd of Rosedale

Chuck Long scored on a pair of short touchdown runs and Eddie Phillips rushed for 198 yards and another score.^[5]

Illinois

Illinois at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Illini 10 0 0 3 13 • Hawkeyes 7 0 7 0 14 Date: October 30 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 59,922 Television network: CBS Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 ILL Williams 47-yard pass from Eason (Bass kick) ILL 7–0 Q1 IOWA E. Phillips 2-yard run (Nichol kick) Tied 7–7 Q1 ILL Bass 52-yard field goal ILL 10–7 Q3 IOWA R. Harmon 8-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–10 Q4 ILL Bass 45-yard field goal IOWA 14–13

See also: 1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The Hawkeyes earned their first home win over the Fighting Illini since the 1974 season.

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At Purdue

Iowa at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 0 0 7 0 7 • Boilermakers 3 13 0 0 16 Date: November 6, 1982 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana Game attendance: 67,002 Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary 1 PUR Clark 26-yard field goal PUR 3–0 2 PUR Clark 24-yard field goal PUR 6–0 2 6:27 PUR Clark 29-yard field goal PUR 9–0 2 PUR Griffin 71-yard punt return (Clark kick) PUR 16–0 3 IOWA O'Brien 5-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) PUR 16–7

See also: 1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Wisconsin

Wisconsin at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Badgers 7 0 0 7 14 • Hawkeyes 7 14 7 0 28 Date: November 13 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 58,500 Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 WIS King 80-yard run (Rohde kick) WIS 7–0 Q1 IOWA O. Gill 1-yard run (Nichol kick) Tied 7–7 Q2 IOWA O. Gill 44-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–7 Q2 IOWA Long 1-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 21–7 Q3 IOWA Long 1-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 28–7 Q4 WIS Bass 45-yard field goal IOWA 28–14

See also: 1982 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry

The Hawkeyes recorded a school-record seven interceptions against the Badgers. Owen Gill ran for 157 yards and two touchdowns, and Chuck Long added two 1-yard touchdown runs.

At Michigan State

Iowa at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 10 14 0 0 24 Spartans 0 3 0 15 18 Date: November 20 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI Game start: 1:02 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:04 Game attendance: 50,103 Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), Breezy and warm, chance of rain, Wind SSE 15 mph (24 km/h) Referee: John Nealon

Scoring summary Q1 7:19 IOWA Nichol 43-yard field goal IOWA 3–0 Q1 3:59 IOWA Owen Gill 10-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 10–0 Q2 11:49 IOWA Owen Gill 5-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 17–0 Q2 6:37 MSU Mojsiejenko 39-yard field goal IOWA 17–3 Q2 1:04 IOWA Owen Gill 11-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 24–3 Q4 7:27 MSU Ellis 1-yard run (Mojsiejenko kick) IOWA 24–10 Q4 1:23 MSU Ellis 2-yard run (Schario run) IOWA 24–18

See also: 1982 Michigan State Spartans football team

This game gained widespread attention when Iowa safety Ron Hawley knocked over the wooden goalposts while defending a play during the second quarter. The metal goalposts had been replaced with wooden ones before the game as Michigan State officials feared they would be torn down by students at the game's end. Play was delayed for several minutes and remained broken when Michigan State was about to attempt a field goal, resulting in the grounds crew holding the posts manually during the kick.^[7]

Vs. Tennessee (Peach Bowl)

Iowa vs. Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 0 21 7 0 28 Volunteers 7 0 12 3 22 Date: December 31 Location: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 50,134 Game weather: 41 °F (5 °C), Cloudy and cool, Wind NW 8 mph (13 km/h) Referee: James Garvey TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist and Steve Davis

Scoring summary Q1 0:12 TENN Alan Cockrell 6-yard run (Fuad Reveiz kick) TENN 7–0 Q2 12:59 IOWA Moritz 57-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) Tied 7–7 Q2 6:58 IOWA Harmon 18-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–7 Q2 2:07 IOWA Harmon 8-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 21–7 Q3 11:16 TENN Coleman 10-yard run (kick failed) IOWA 21–13 Q3 8:29 IOWA Phillips 2-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 28–13 Q3 5:34 TENN Willie Gault 19-yard pass from Cockrell (pass failed) IOWA 28–19 Q4 10:05 TENN Reveiz 27-yard field goal IOWA 28–22

Main article: 1982 Peach Bowl

See also: 1982 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Iowa earned its first bowl victory since 1959.^[8]

Postseason Awards

• Reggie Roby - All-American (Punter), Led nation with a 48.1-yard average

See also: 1982 College Football All-America Team and 1982 All-Big Ten Conference football team

Team players in the 1983 NFL Draft

Main article: 1983 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Brett Miller	Tackle	5	129	Atlanta Falcons
Reggie Roby	Punter	6	167	Miami Dolphins
Mark Bortz	Guard	8	219	Chicago Bears

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References

1. "Hawkeyes just Peachy, 28–22!". The Des Moines Register. January 1, 1983. Retrieved August 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "1982 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results". sports-reference.com.
3. Eugene-Register Guard. 1982 Sept 26.
4. Logan, Bob (October 10, 1982). "Clock runs out on Indiana". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
5. Eugene-Register Guard. 1982 Oct 24.
6. "Phillips, Hawks nip Illini". The Indianapolis Star. October 31, 1982. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
7. Richards, Gary (November 21, 1982). "Ron Hawley '81". Newspapers.com. Quad-City Times. p. 20. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
8. "Hawks are waltzin!". The Gazette. January 1, 1983. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
9. "1983 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2018.