1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 39–38 vs. San Diego State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 16
Record	9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Hayden Fry (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Snyder (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Brashier (8th season)
MVP	Rick Bayless
Captain	Dave Croston George Davis Jeff Drost Ken Sims Mark Vlasic
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium (Capacity: 67,700)
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Iowa	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Purdue	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Hawkeyes were led by eighth-year head coach Hayden Fry and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	11:30 a.m.	Iowa State*		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	TBS	W 43–7	67,700
September 20	1:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois*		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 57–3	66,930
September 27	1:00 p.m.	UTEP*	No. 15	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 69–7	67,500
October 4	2:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Michigan State	No. 11	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	CBS	W 24–21	75,102
October 11	1:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 10	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 17–6	67,700
October 18	2:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Michigan	No. 8	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	CBS	L 17–20	105,879
October 25	1:00 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 11	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 27–20	67,250
November 1	11:30 a.m.	No. 17 Ohio State	No. 11	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	TBS	L 10–31	67,640
November 8	1:00 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		L 16–20	75,190
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Purdue		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 42–14	67,321
November 22	6:00 p.m.	at Minnesota		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis (Floyd of Rosedale)	TBS	W 30–27	65,018
December 30	8:00 p.m.	vs. San Diego State*	No. 19	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 39–38	59,473
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 55 Dave Alexander Sr FB 23 Richard Bass So RB 13 Rick Bayless Jr OL 78 Malcolm Christie Jr TE 49 Craig Clark Jr TE 84 Marv Cook So WR 82 Pat Coppinger Jr FB 25 Marshall Cotton Jr OT 61 Dave Croston Sr OL 63 Jeff Croston So OL 58 Greg Divis Jr WR 1 Quinn Early Jr TE 86 Mike Flagg Jr OL 74 Chris Gambol Sr RB 22 Grant Goodman So WR 80 Steve Green Jr WR 16 Deven Harberts So RB 28 Kevin Harmon Jr QB 8 Chuck Hartlieb So WR 15 Jay Hess Sr FB 20 David Hudson So G 70 Bob Kratch So WR 81 Derrius Loveless Jr WR 26 Peter Marciano So WR 47 Jim Mauro Jr QB 11 Dan McGwire Fr TE 89 Dave Murphy Sr TE 85 John Palmer So QB 14 Tom Poholsky Fr OL 67 Jim Poynton So RB 33 Kevin Ringer So FB 30 John Rudolph Sr OL 60 Bob Schmitt Jr C 56 Mark Sindlinger Sr WR 2 Robert Smith Sr OL 53 Mark Spranger Sr QB 12 Mark Vlasic Sr OL 71 Chuck Waggoner So TE 88 Tom Ward Jr WR 2 Travis Watkins Fr OL 73 Herb Wester Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 68 Tim Anderson Jr LB 93 Tim Batterson Jr DE 92 Jeff Beard Jr DE 48 Tyrone Berrie So LB 43 Jeff Blake Jr DB 19 Mike Bolan Sr DE 5 Mike Burke Jr DB 3 Kerry Burt Jr LB 37 George Davis Sr DL 76 Jeff Drost Sr DE 83 Mike Ertz So DE 94 Bruce Gear Sr DE 96 Robert Grafton Sr DL 64 Dave Haight So DL 54 Eric Higgins So DB 42 Tork Hook So DB 19 Carl Jackson Jr DL 77 Myron Keppy Sr DB 4 Lloyd Kimber Sr LB 34 Vernon Little So DE 97 Joe Mott So DE 71 Chris Pigott So DE 99 Richard Pryor Sr LB 32 J.J. Puk Sr LB 35 Brad Quast Fr LB 95 Jim Reilly So LB 38 Shawon Respress So DE 91 Sean Ridley So DB 11 Rick Schmidt Sr DL 72 Joe Schuster  Sr DB 44 Keaton Smiley Jr DB 9 Ken Sims Sr DB 41 Mark Stoops So LB 39 Tyrone Taylor Jr DL 95 Eric Underberg Sr DL 57 Jon Vrieze Sr LB 46 Dan Wirth Jr DB 10 Anthony Wright So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 6 George Murphy So K 7 Rob Houghtlin Jr P 27 Gary Kostrubala Sr	Head coach Hayden Fry Coordinators/assistant coaches Bill Snyder – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Bill Brashier – Defensive coordinator Kirk Ferentz – Offensive line Carl Jackson – Running backs Del Miller – Offensive assistant Dan McCarney – Defensive line Barry Alvarez – Linebackers Don Patterson – Defensive Backs Bernie Wyatt – Defensive ends/recruiting coordinator Bill Dervich – Strength and conditioning Bob Stoops – Volunteer assistant Mike Stoops – Graduate assistant Jay Norvell – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
AP	—	—	—	15	11	10	8	11	11	16	—	—	20	19	16
Coaches	18	20	14	13	11	11	8	12	12	16	RV	RV	RV	RV	15

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Iowa State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 0 0 0 7 7 • Hawkeyes 13 13 10 7 43 Date: September 13 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 11:40 a.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:30 Game attendance: 67,700 Referee: Sam Maphis Television network: TBS Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary 1 11:23 Iowa Houghtlin 32-yard field goal Iowa 3–0 6:39 Iowa Houghtlin 46-yard field goal Iowa 6–0 0:34 Iowa Mauro 43-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 13–0 2 11:30 Iowa Hudson 1-yard run (pass failed) Iowa 19–0 1:40 Iowa Mauro 17-yard pass from Smith (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 26–0 3 10:38 Iowa Houghtlin 37-yard field goal Iowa 29–0 3:24 Iowa Mauro 47-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 36–0 4 11:29 Iowa Bayless 32-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 43–0 1:09 ISU Brown 21-yard pass from Sadek (Frank kick) Iowa 43–7

• IOWA: Hudson 20 Rush, 120 Yds
• IOWA: Mauro 5 Rec, 149 Yds

The victory over Iowa State was Hayden Fry's 53rd at Iowa, making him the winningest coach in Iowa history.^[3] Jim Mauro had three receiving touchdowns and Rob Houghtlin kicked three field goals to lead the Hawks. The Hawkeye defense limited Iowa State to 125 yards of total offense.

Northern Illinois at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 0 0 0 3 3 • Hawkeyes 15 21 14 7 57 Date: September 20 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 1:05 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 2:45 Game attendance: 66,930 Referee: Jerry Hendrickson Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 14:33 Iowa Hudson 42-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 7–0 5:27 Iowa Bayless 5-yard run (Flagg pass from Poholsky) Iowa 15–0 2 13:46 Iowa Bayless 87-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 22–0 13:08 Iowa Mauro 39-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 29–0 4:49 Iowa Flagg 20-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 36–0 3 11:36 Iowa Hudson 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 43–0 1:13 Iowa Bass 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 50–0 4 9:27 Iowa Bass 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 57–0 1:18 NIU Nelson 31-yard field goal Iowa 57–3

Three Iowa running backs scored two touchdowns each as the Hawkeyes dominated the Huskies in this quick-moving game. For the second straight week, Iowa's opponent scored with just over a minute remaining in the game to avoid a shutout. Iowa held Northern Illinois to 159 yards of total offense.^[4]

UTEP at #15 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Miners 7 0 0 0 7 • No. 15 Hawkeyes 21 20 14 14 69 Date: September 27 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 1:05 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 2:50 Game attendance: 67,500 Referee: Gil Marchman Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 10:09 Iowa Hudson 1-yard run (kick failed) Iowa 6–0 6:46 Iowa Bayless 1-yard run (Hudson pass from Poholsky) Iowa 14–0 5:26 Iowa Smith 34-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 21–0 1:54 UTEP Adkison 9-yard pass from Garza (Jacke kick) Iowa 21–7 2 13:53 Iowa Smith 25-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 28–7 10:09 Iowa Harmon 1-yard run (kick failed) Iowa 34–7 0:34 Iowa Bayless 4-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 41–7 3 8:24 Iowa Harberts 59-yard pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 48–7 5:42 Iowa Harberts 54-yard pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 55–7 4 3:08 Iowa Goodman 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 62–7 0:28 Iowa Ringer 33-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 69–7

Three Hawkeyes scored two touchdowns each and the Iowa defense gave up just 150 yards in this route of UTEP.^[5]

#11 Iowa at #17 Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 14 0 7 3 24 Spartans 7 7 0 7 21 Date: October 4 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan Game attendance: 75,102 Referee: John Neamon TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger and Ara Parseghian Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 MSU Ingram 27-yard pass from Yarema (Caudell kick) MSU 7–0 Q1 IOWA Bass 12-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Tied 7–7 Q1 IOWA Flagg 6-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 14–7 Q2 MSU Ingram 22-yard pass from Yarema (Caudell kick) Tied 14–14 Q3 IOWA Mauro 50-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 21–14 Q4 IOWA Houghtlin 42-yard field goal IOWA 24–14 Q4 4:15 MSU Ingram 8-yard pass from Yarema (Caudell kick) IOWA 24–21

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Wisconsin at #10 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Badgers 3 0 3 0 6 • Hawkeyes 7 0 3 7 17 Date: October 11 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,700 Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Bayless 4 yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 7–0 Q1 WIS Gregoire 27 yard field goal IOWA 7–3 Q3 WIS Gregoire 34 yard field goal IOWA 7–6 Q3 IOWA Houghtlin 39 yard field goal IOWA 10–6 Q4 IOWA Bayless 2 yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 17–6

• IOWA: Bass 22 Rush, 107 Yds

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#8 Iowa at #4 Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 7 3 0 7 17 • Wolverines 3 0 14 3 20 Date: October 18 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan Game attendance: 105,879 Referee: Tom Quinn TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger, Ara Parseghian, and Pat O'Brien Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Bass 1-yard run (Rob Houghtlin kick) IOWA 7–0 Q1 Mich Gillette 53-yard field goal IOWA 7–3 Q2 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 29-yard field goal IOWA 10–3 Q3 Mich G. White 25-yard pass from J. Harbaugh (Moons kick) Tied 10–10 Q3 Mich G. White 10-yard run (Moons kick) Mich 17–10 Q4 IOWA R. Smith 15-yard pass from Vlasic Tied 17–17 Q4 0:00 Mich Gillette 34-yard field goal Mich 20–17

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Northwestern at #11 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 10 7 3 20 • Hawkeyes 10 7 10 0 27 Date: October 25 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,250 Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Houghtlin 44-yard field goal IOWA 3–0 Q1 IOWA Hudson 50-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 10–0 Q2 IOWA Early 93-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 17–0 Q2 NW Duvic 32-yard field goal IOWA 17–3 Q2 NW Davenport 89-yard run (Duvic kick) IOWA 17–10 Q3 NW Robertson 34-yard pass from Greenfield (Duvic kick) Tied 17–17 Q3 IOWA Burke fumble recovery in end zone (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 24–17 Q3 IOWA Houghtlin 46-yard field goal IOWA 27–17 Q4 NW Duvic 27-yard field goal IOWA 27–20

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#17 Ohio State at #11 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 17 Buckeyes 0 21 7 3 31 No. 11 Hawkeyes 7 0 3 0 10 Date: November 1 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 11:40 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 67,640 Referee: Jim Kemerling TV announcers (TBS): Pete van Wieren and Ron Kramer Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 12:19 Iowa Kerry Burt 17-yard interception return (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 7–0 2 12:14 OSU Cris Carter 72-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Frantz kick) Tied 7–7 9:50 OSU George Cooper 9-yard run (Frantz kick) OSU 14–7 5:58 OSU Greg Rogan 31-yard fumble return (Frantz kick) OSU 21–7 3 12:23 Iowa Rob Houghtlin 20-yard field goal OSU 21–10 6:20 OSU Everett Ross 38-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Frantz kick) OSU 28–10 4 7:10 OSU Matt Frantz 37-yard field goal OSU 31–10

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#16 Iowa at Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 3 7 0 6 16 • Fighting Illini 0 0 7 13 20 Date: November 8 Location: Memorial Stadium (Champaign), Champaign, Illinois Game attendance: 75,190 Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Houghtlin 36-yard field goal IOWA 3–0 Q2 IOWA Hudson 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 10–0 Q3 Illinois Pierce 54-yard pass from Menkhausen (Siambekos kick) IOWA 10–7 Q4 Illinois Menkhausen 1-yard run (Siambekos kick) Illinois 14–10 Q4 Illinois Siambekos 29-yard field goal Illinois 17–10 Q4 Illinois Siambekos 42-yard field goal Illinois 20–10 Q4 IOWA Harmon 3-yard run (pass failed) Illinois 20–16

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Purdue at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Boilermakers 7 0 0 7 14 • Hawkeyes 14 7 14 7 42 Date: November 15 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,321 Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 Purdue Rod Woodson 100-yard interception return (Briggs kick) Purdue 7–0 Q1 IOWA Early 64-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) Tied 7–7 Q1 IOWA Bayless 31-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 14–7 Q2 IOWA Harmon 4-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 21–7 Q3 IOWA Flagg 15-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 28–7 Q3 IOWA Bayless run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 42–7 Q4 IOWA Watkins 42-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 42–7 Q4 Purdue Schieb 18-yard pass from Downing (Briggs kick) IOWA 42–14

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Iowa at Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 0 0 13 17 30 Golden Gophers 7 10 7 3 27 Date: November 22 Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis Game attendance: 65,018 Television network: TBS Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary Q1 MINN Goetz 6-yard run (Lohmiller kick) MINN 7–0 Q2 MINN D. Thompson 8-yard run (Lohmiller kick) MINN 14–0 Q2 MINN Lohmiller 62-yard field goal MINN 17–0 Q3 IOWA Houghtlin 49-yard field goal MINN 17–3 Q3 IOWA Marciano 89-yard punt return (Houghtlin kick) MINN 17–10 Q3 MINN Foggie 23-yard run (Lohmiller kick) MINN 24–10 Q3 IOWA Houghtlin 38-yard field goal MINN 24–13 Q4 IOWA Flagg 1-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) MINN 24–20 Q4 IOWA Bayless 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 27–24 Q4 MINN Lohmiller 49-yard field goal Tie 27–27 Q4 0:01 IOWA Houghtlin 37-yard field goal IOWA 30–27

• IOWA: Mauro 6 Rec, 100 Yds

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#19 Iowa vs. San Diego State
1986 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 6 8 18 39 Aztecs 6 15 7 10 38 Date: December 30 Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego Game attendance: 59,473 Referee: Gordon Riese TV announcers (ESPN): Jay Randolph and Dave Logan

Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Bayless 5-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 7–0 Q1 SDSU Hardy 6-yard pass from Santos (kick failed) IOWA 7–6 Q2 SDSU Jackson 44-yard pass from Santos (Hardy run) SDSU 14–7 Q2 IOWA Vlasic 1-yard run (kick failed) SDSU 14–13 Q2 SDSU Gilbreath 28-yard pass from Santos (Rahill kick) SDSU 21–13 Q3 SDSU Gilmore 1-yard run (Rahill kick) SDSU 28–13 Q3 IOWA Hudson 1-yard run (Smith pass from Vlasic) SDSU 28–21 Q4 SDSU Hardy 6-yard run (Rahill kick) SDSU 35–21 Q4 IOWA Cook 29-yard pass from Vlasic (Flagg pass from Vlasic) SDSU 35–29 Q4 IOWA Flagg 4-yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 36–35 Q4 SDSU Rahill 21-yard field goal SDSU 38–36 Q4 IOWA Houghtlin 41-yard field goal IOWA 39–38

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Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Chris Gambol	Tackle	3	58	Indianapolis Colts
Dave Croston	Tackle	3	61	Green Bay Packers
Mark Vlasic	Quarterback	4	88	San Diego Chargers
Jeff Drost	Defensive tackle	8	198	Green Bay Packers

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