The 2015 season's largest margin: Iowa 62, North Texas 16. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2015 — The Top-10 Year
Iowa finished 2015 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- C.J. BeathardQB2,809 passing yards
- Jordan CanzeriRB984 rushing yards
- LeShun Daniels Jr.RB646 rushing yards
- Akrum WadleyRB496 rushing yards
- Matt VandeBergWR703 receiving yards
- Tevaun SmithWR563 receiving yards
- Henry Krieger-CobleTE405 receiving yards
Season leaders, 2015.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 16, Stanford 45. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa fell to Stanford 16-45 in the postseason.
"Punt was great"
2015 is a middle chapter for Iowa — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.