The 2017 season's largest margin: Iowa 56, Nebraska 14. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Winning Chapter
Iowa's 2017 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
- Nate StanleyQB2,437 passing yards
- Akrum WadleyRB1,109 rushing yards
- James ButlerRB396 rushing yards
- Nick EasleyWR530 receiving yards
- Noah FantTE494 receiving yards
- Matt VandeBergWR384 receiving yards
- Josey Jewell?132 tackles
- Bo BowerLB90 tackles
- Ben NiemannLB77 tackles
- Anthony NelsonDE7.5 sacks
- A.J. EpenesaDE4.5 sacks
- Parker HesseDE4 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 14, Wisconsin 38. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa beat Boston College 27-20 in the postseason.
"Punt was great"
2017 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.