The 2016 season's largest margin: Iowa 42, Iowa State 3. A 39-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Iowa's 2016 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- C.J. BeathardQB1,929 passing yards
- Akrum WadleyRB1,081 rushing yards
- LeShun Daniels Jr.RB1,058 rushing yards
- Riley McCarronWR517 receiving yards
- George KittleTE314 receiving yards
- Jerminic SmithWR314 receiving yards
- Josey Jewell?124 tackles
- Bo BowerLB91 tackles
- Brandon SnyderDB85 tackles
- Jaleel JohnsonDL7.5 sacks
- Anthony NelsonDE6 sacks
- Matt NelsonDE5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 14, Penn State 41. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa fell to Florida 3-30 in the postseason.
"Punt was great"
2016 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.