iowa hawkeyes most rushing yards in a season by a quaterback

Ed Podolak has rushed for the most yards for Iowa by a quarterback in a season, with 937 yards in 1968.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	937	1968	IOWA	10	154	6.1	93.7	8	188	12		15.7	18.8	1
2	Mark Gronowski M. Gronowski	545	2025	IOWA	13	130	4.2	41.9	16	5	1	1	5.0	0.4	1
3	Wilburn Hollis W. Hollis	477	1960	IOWA	9	107	4.5	53.0	11
4	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	450	1966	IOWA	10	141	3.2	45.0	3
5	Ken Ploen K. Ploen	428	1956	IOWA	9	78	5.5	47.6	5
6	Brad Banks B. Banks	423	2002	IOWA	13	81	5.2	32.5	5
7	Larry Lawrence L. Lawrence	406	1969	IOWA	10	108	3.8	40.6	5
8	Butch Caldwell B. Caldwell	389	1976	IOWA	11	125	3.1	35.4	4
9	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	323	1967	IOWA	10	112	2.9	32.3
10	Butch Caldwell B. Caldwell	312	1973	IOWA	11	91	3.4	28.4	4
11	Gordy Bohannon G. Bohannon	304	1981	IOWA	11	81	3.8	27.6	2
12	Butch Caldwell B. Caldwell	300	1975	IOWA	11	64	4.7	27.3	2
13	C.J. Beathard	237	2015	IOWA	14	100	2.4	16.9	6
14	Jake Rudock J. Rudock	218	2013	IOWA	13	67	3.3	16.8	5	13	0	0		1.0	0
15	Wilburn Hollis W. Hollis	200	1959	IOWA	9	43	4.7	22.2	2
16	Wilburn Hollis W. Hollis	187	1961	IOWA	9	35	5.3	20.8	3
17	Jake Rudock J. Rudock	176	2014	IOWA	12	67	2.6	14.7	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Jim Hartlieb J. Hartlieb	161	1990	IOWA	10	16	10.1	16.1	2
19	Larry Lawrence L. Lawrence	161	1968	IOWA	10	104	1.5	16.1	10
20	Brad Banks B. Banks	160	2001	IOWA	9	39	4.1	17.8	2
21	C.J. Beathard	156	2014	IOWA	8	28	5.6	19.5	0
22	Matt Rodgers M. Rodgers	153	1991	IOWA	9	61	2.5	17.0	4
23	Brendan Sullivan B. Sullivan	150	2024	IOWA	10	47	3.2	15.0	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Nathan Chandler N. Chandler	145	2003	IOWA	13	88	1.6	11.2	6
25	Drew Tate D. Tate	124	2006	IOWA	11	49	2.5	11.3	0

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More Iowa Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

968

Brown

RUSH

541

Moulton

REC

386

Diaz

Team Rankings

PPG

28.0

77th

OPP PPG

14.3

11th

RUSH YDS/G

179.1

54th

PASS YDS/G

207.6

105th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Illinois	2-2	4-3
10	Oregon	2-2	4-3
11	Iowa	2-2	5-2
12	Nebraska	2-2	5-2
13	Michigan	1-3	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	WIS	@	IOWA	12:00 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
Fri 11/27	NEB	@	IOWA	12:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa

5 - 2

Final

Minnesota

5 - 2

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,302

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286