most rushing yards iowa history qb in a single season

Ed Podolak has rushed for the most 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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More Iowa Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

700

Brown

RUSH

284

Moulton

REC

247

Diaz

Team Rankings

PPG

32.8

59th

OPP PPG

8.0

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

215.5

29th

PASS YDS/G

213.5

100th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UCLA	2-0	4-0
2	Indiana	1-0	4-0
3	Iowa	1-0	4-0
4	Nebraska	1-0	4-0
5	Minnesota	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	3:30 PM
Fri 10/9	IOWA	@	WASH	9:00 PM
Sat 10/24	IOWA	@	MINN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	WIS	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	IOWA	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa

4 - 0

Final

Michigan

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250