hawkeyesports.com Iowa vs. Georgia Tech - - 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl
Date of Release: Dec. 8, 2009
IN THE RANKINGS
Iowa is ranked 10th in the Associated Press rankings and 11th in the
USA Today
coaches’ poll. The Hawkeyes are 10th in the BCS Standings and 11th in the Har-ris Poll.Georgia Tech is ninth in the BCS and AP rankings and 10th in the coaches poll.Iowa ranked as high as sixth in the coaches poll and eighth in the AP earlier thisseason, the highest for the Hawkeyes since they were third in both the AP rankingand the coaches poll in December, 2002.Around the Big Ten, Ohio State is eighth in both polls, Penn State is 11/9 andWisconsin is 24/22. In addition, Arizona is 22/23 and Northwestern is listed amongteams receiving votes.In pre-season rankings, Iowa was ranked 10th by College Football Insider, 15thby
The Kickoff Magazine
, 20th by
Phil Steele’s College Football Preview
, 21st inUSA Today coaches poll, 22nd by the Associated Press, 23rd by
Athlon Sports
and24th by
Sports Illustrated
.Iowa is ranked 19th in the latest Sagarin Ratings and Georgia Tech is ninth.
IOWA JOINS ANOTHER TOP 20
Iowa has earned 69 wins since the start of the 2002 season, which ties as the 16thhighest total in Division I football. The list includes the following: Boise State(93); USC (90); Texas (90); Ohio State (86); Oklahoma (85); LSU (81); Georgia(81); Virginia Tech (79); TCU (79); Florida (79); West Virginia (76); Utah (73);Boston College (72); Auburn (71); Wisconsin (71);
IOWA (69);
Texas Tech (69);Miami, FL (69), California (67) and Penn State (66).
BEST DECADE FOR IOWA FOOTBALL
Iowa’s football record in the 2000 decade stands at 79-45 (.637), a record that ranksamong the best decades in Iowa football history. Iowa posted a record of 77-40-4(.652) during the 1980’s and the Hawkeyes were 62-53-2 (.538) in the 1990’s.Part of the Hawkeye success is due to the stability in the program, as Iowa hashad just two head coaches since 1979. Hayden Fry took over prior to the 1979season and coached through the 1998 season, posting a record of 143-89-6. Cur-rent Coach Kirk Ferentz replaced Fry and is now in his 11th season. Ferentz alsoserved as Iowa’s offensive line coach from 1981-89 under Fry.
HAWKEYE HISTORY
Iowa has played 1,128 games since beginning football in 1889. Iowa’s overall re-cord is 578-510-39 (.530). That includes a 365-199-16 (.643) record in home games,a 213-312-23 (.410) record in games away from Iowa City, a 285-344-25 (.455)mark in Big Ten games and a 248-163-15 (.600) record in Kinnick Stadium.
IOWA’S BOWL HISTORY
Iowa will be playing in its 24th bowl game. The Hawkeyes hold a 12-10-1 (.543)all-time bowl record. Iowa is competing in its eighth bowl game in nine years,including its sixth January bowl game since the 2002 season. Iowa is one of seventeams in the nation to appear in six January bowl games in the last eight years. OhioState Southern Cal and Florida have played in seven, while Iowa, LSU, Georgiaand Oklahoma have played in six. Iowa is 4-3 in bowl games since 2001.Iowa defeated Texas Tech (19-16) in the 2001 Alamo Bowl. The Hawkeyes usedthe 2001 Alamo Bowl win as a springboard to four consecutive January bowl games;Iowa lost to USC (38-17) in the 2003 Orange Bowl, defeated Florida (37-17) inthe 2004 Outback Bowl and LSU (30-25) in the 2005 Capital One Bowl, and lostto Florida (31-24) in the 2006 Outback Bowl. Iowa returned to the Alamo Bowlin 2006, falling (26-24) to Texas. Iowa appeared in its
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fth January bowl gameunder Coach Kirk Ferentz at the conclusion of the 2008 season, defeating SouthCarolina 31-10 in the 2009 Outback Bowl.The Hawkeyes have competed in the Rose (
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ve times), Alamo (four), Holiday(three), Peach (two), Sun (two), Outback (three) and the Orange, Capital One,Gator and Freedom Bowls once.
Big Ten Standings
Team Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.
Ohio State 7-1 .875 10-2 .833
IOWA 6-2 .750 10-2 .833
Penn State 6-2 .750 10-2 .833Wisconsin 5-3 .625 9-3 .750Northwestern 5-3 .625 8-4 .667Michigan State 4-4 .500 6-6 .500Purdue 4-4 .500 5-7 .417Minnesota 3-5 .375 6-6 .500Illinois 2-6 .250 3-9 .250Michigan 1-7 .125 5-7 .417Indiana 1-7 .125 4-8 .333
Iowa Non-Conference Opponents
Team Record-Next Game
Northern Iowa 7-4, season completedIowa State 6-6, Insight BowlArizona 8-4, Holiday BowlArkansas State 4-8, season completed
Hawkeyes in the Polls
Date A C H B Result
Pre. 22 21 - - - - - - W, 17-169/8 rv rv - - - - - - W, 35-39/14 rv rv - - - - - - W, 27-179/21 rv rv - - - - - - W, 21-109/28 13 17 14 - - - W, 24-2110/5 12 14 11 - - - W, 30-2810/12 11 12 11 - - - W, 20-1010/19 7 8 7 6 W, 15-1310/26 7 8 7 4 W, 42-2411/2 8 6 7 4 L, 10-1711/9 15 13 12 10 L, 24-27 (OT)11/16 15 15 14 13 W, 12-011/23 13 13 13 11 - - -11/30 9 10 10 9 - - -12/07 10 11 11 10 - - -
A=Associated Press; C=Coaches; H=Harris; B=BCS
Hawkeye Birthdays!
The following Iowa student athletes/coaches have birthdaysin December:
1: Riley Reiff, Colin Sandeman3: Chigozie Ejiasi8: Nick Nielsen9: Adam Gettis, Brandon Wegher12: Joe Conklin18: David Cato21: Nolan MacMillan23: Jeff Brinson, Jewel Hampton29: Brad Herman31: Micah Hyde
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