iowa most rushing yards in a season by a quarterback

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

	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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Team Leaders

PASS

129

Brown

RUSH

183

Moulton

REC

84

Diaz

Team Rankings

PPG

40.0

49th

OPP PPG

0.0

1st

RUSH YDS/G

289.0

18th

PASS YDS/G

218.0

84th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Illinois	0-0	1-0
3	Indiana	0-0	1-0
4	Iowa	0-0	1-0
5	Maryland	0-0	1-0
6	Michigan	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	ISU	@	IOWA	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UNI	@	IOWA	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	IOWA	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Fri 10/9	IOWA	@	WASH	9:00 PM

Last Game

Northern Illinois

0 - 1

Final

Iowa

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

428.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000