iowa football rush yards per game over th years

The Iowa Hawkeyes have rushed for an average of 161.3 yards per game when playing >0 seasons all-time.

	TEAM	RUSH YDS/G	SEAS	SEASON	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1	Iowa	230.3	1	1956	9	2,073	452	4.6	19
2	Iowa	241.1	1	1957	9	2,170	453	4.8	24
3	Iowa	235.9	1	1958	9	2,123	444	4.8	21
4	Iowa	239.0	1	1959	9	2,151	440	4.9	21
5	Iowa	253.8	1	1960	9	2,284	439	5.2	25
6	Iowa	167.7	1	1961	9	1,509	402	3.8	20
7	Iowa	173.3	1	1962	9	1,560	410	3.8	9
8	Iowa	130.9	1	1963	8	1,047	333	3.1	4
9	Iowa	81.8	1	1964	9	736	263	2.8	14
10	Iowa	84.8	1	1965	10	848	355	2.4	4
11	Iowa	138.5	1	1966	10	1,385	408	3.4	7
12	Iowa	129.4	1	1967	10	1,294	423	3.1	13
13	Iowa	252.8	1	1968	10	2,528	530	4.8	32
14	Iowa	215.5	1	1969	10	2,155	474	4.5	20
15	Iowa	193.5	1	1970	10	1,935	529	3.7	13
16	Iowa	81.5	1	1971	11	897	413	2.2	7
17	Iowa	148.1	1	1972	11	1,629	537	3.0	12
18	Iowa	145.4	1	1973	11	1,599	492	3.3	12
19	Iowa	180.2	1	1974	11	1,982	574	3.5	13
20	Iowa	218.7	1	1975	11	2,406	559	4.3	18
21	Iowa	194.9	1	1976	11	2,144	562	3.8	15
22	Iowa	142.0	1	1977	11	1,562	540	2.9	14
23	Iowa	124.2	1	1978	11	1,366	522	2.6	11
24	Iowa	193.6	1	1979	11	2,130	526	4.0	21
25	Iowa	135.1	1	1980	11	1,486	451	3.3	6
	Total	161.3	71		798	128,726	32,944	3.9	1,250
	Average	161.3	0.8		8.7	1399.2	358.1	3.9	13.7

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More Iowa Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

832

Brown

RUSH

519

Moulton

REC

329

Diaz

Team Rankings

PPG

31.0

63rd

OPP PPG

14.5

17th

RUSH YDS/G

194.0

42nd

PASS YDS/G

209.2

104th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	USC	3-1	6-1
6	Purdue	2-1	3-3
7	Iowa	2-1	5-1
8	Nebraska	2-1	5-1
9	Minnesota	2-1	4-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	IOWA	@	MINN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	WIS	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	IOWA	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	PUR	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	IOWA	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa

5 - 1

Final

Washington

3 - 3

Fri 9 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333