Iowa Hawkeyes

1972 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
66	Murphy Anderson M. Anderson	OL	6'2"	227	JR
56	Denny Armington D. Armington	LB	6'0"	190	SO
76	Leonard Bolton L. Bolton		6'5"	215	SO
40	Rick Brooks R. Brooks	DB	6'0"	185	JR
67	Larry Bush L. Bush	DL	6'0"	205	SO
	Butch Caldwell B. Caldwell	QB
44	Tim Cerney T. Cerney	DB	5'11"	177	SO
	Jeff Clayton J. Clayton
77	Ron Conatser R. Conatser		6'2"	235	JR
28	Mike Cooper M. Cooper	K	6'2"	185	SR
23	Charley Cross C. Cross	DB	6'0"	173	SR
72	Craig Darling C. Darling	OL	6'4"	245	SR
87	Dan Dickel D. Dickel	DL	6'3"	215	JR
79	Mike Diliner M. Diliner		6'1"	228	SR
27	Kerry Dolan K. Dolan	K	5'8"	155	SO
42	Earl Douthitt E. Douthitt	DB	6'2"	176	SO
81	Mike Elgin M. Elgin	DL	6'2"	215	SO
18	Bob Elliot B. Elliot	DB	5'10"	175	SO
69	Mark Essy M. Essy	DL	5'10"	197	SO
64	John Farrell J. Farrell	DL	6'2"	210	SR
	Mark Fetter M. Fetter	RB
15	Rob Fick R. Fick	RB	6'2"	197	JR
54	Marvin Glasgow M. Glasgow	OL	6'6"	255	SR
32	James Hall J. Hall	FB	5'11"	201	SO
12	Dave Harris D. Harris	RB	5'11"	175	SR
	Phil Hayman P. Hayman	RB
86	Lynn Heil L. Heil	DL	6'6"	225	SO
57	Doug Holland D. Holland	LB	6'1"	210	SO
31	Frank Holmes F. Holmes	RB	5'11"	225	SR
82	Dave Jackson D. Jackson	WR	6'3"	182	JR
	Jim Jensen J. Jensen	RB
85	Roger Jerrick R. Jerrick	TE	6'3"	202	JR
16	Craig Johnson C. Johnson	RB	6'0"	185	SR
71	Jim Kaiser J. Kaiser	OL	6'2"	225	SR
20	Harry Kokolus H. Kokolus	K	5'10"	180	JR
55	Dan LaFleur D. LaFleur	LB	6'1"	215	SO
	Robert Lawson R. Lawson	RB
61	Rich Lutz R. Lutz	DL	6'0"	221	SR
26	Al Matthews A. Matthews	RB	5'11"	180	SR
60	Dan McCarney D. McCarney	OL	6'2"	210	SO
50	Jock Michelson J. Michelson	OL	6'2"	220	SO
14	Scott Milliken S. Milliken	QB	6'2"	185	SO
	Royce Mix R. Mix	RB
88	Ed Morrissey E. Morrissey	TE	6'3"	189	JR
73	John Muller J. Muller	OL	6'3"	255	SR
37	Doug Nelson D. Nelson	FB	6'1"	195	SO
74	Jerry Nelson J. Nelson	DL	6'0"	225	SR
51	Mark G. Nelson M. G. Nelson	DL	6'0"	192	JR
90	Mark S. Nelson M. S. Nelson	DL	6'4"	215	SO
	Doug Nessan D. Nessan	QB
10	Bobby Ousley B. Ousley	QB	6'1"	186	SO
84	Steve Paulson S. Paulson	WR	6'1"	185	SO
63	Paul Pauluzzi P. Pauluzzi	OL	6'2"	215	SO
70	Warren Peiffer W. Peiffer	OL	6'5"	230	SO
29	Rick Penney R. Penney	DB	5'11"	160	SO
52	Mark Phillips M. Phillips	OL	6'4"	210	SO
21	Jerry Reardon J. Reardon	DB	6'1"	166	SR
59	Doug Rittler D. Rittler	DL	6'3"	218	SO
68	Ernie Roberson E. Roberson	OL	6'1"	240	JR
83	Brian Rollins B. Rollins	WR	6'1"	172	JR
58	Bill Sheeder B. Sheeder	LB	6'1"	220	JR
35	Dave Simms D. Simms	LB	6'2"	220	SR
33	Bob Sims B. Sims	FB	5'11"	215	SR
11	Kyle Skogman K. Skogman	QB	6'0"	192	SR
45	Dan Steinke D. Steinke	DB	6'1"	175	SO
13	Frank Sunderman F. Sunderman	TE	6'3"	220	SR
46	Sidney Thomas S. Thomas	DB	6'1"	190	SO
19	Brad Trickey B. Trickey	QB	5'11"	175	SO
25	Mark Urchek M. Urchek	RB	6'1"	181	SO
75	Jim Waschek J. Waschek	OL	6'3"	225	JR
78	Steve Welk S. Welk		6'6"	235	SO
	Rod Wellington R. Wellington	RB
30	Mike Wendling M. Wendling	DB	5'11"	181	SR
89	Ike White I. White	TE	6'3"	222	SR
65	Bill Windauer B. Windauer		6'3"	245	SR
80	Brandt Yocom B. Yocom	WR	6'1"	188	SO
53	Harry Young H. Young	LB	6'0"	220	JR

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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