2. Iowa HawkeyesMascot- Herky the Hawk
rivals-Iowa state cyclones,Minnesota Golden
Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Wisconsin
Badgers.
3. Iowa Hawkyes
Football was First played as a club at Iowa in 1872
with intramural games against other colleges
played as early as 1882, but it was not until 1889
that the university of Iowa first officially
recognized a varsity football team. In 1899, Iowa
completed its first undefeated football season,
which led to an invitation to join the western
Conference now known as the Big Ten
Conference.
5. Fun Facts
streak with 3 wins.
11 Straight wins tie the second longest streak
in school history.
longest winning streak in Iowa history was 20
wins in 1921-12932.
6. more fun factslast time Iowa won every home game in a
single season was in 2001.
In 1921, Iowa was selected as National
Champion by Billingsley and Parke Davis.
In 1956, Iowa was selected as National
Champion by Football Research along with
selections by others of Georgia, Oklahoma,
and Tennessee.