The 2020 season's largest margin: Iowa 49, Michigan State 7. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The 2020 Season
Iowa's 2020 season (6-2) 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
- Spencer PetrasQB1,569 passing yards
- Tyler GoodsonRB762 rushing yards
- Mekhi SargentRB432 rushing yards
- Ihmir Smith-MarsetteWR345 receiving yards
- Sam LaPortaTE271 receiving yards
- Brandon SmithWR231 receiving yards
- Nick NiemannLB77 tackles
- Seth BensonLB47 tackles
- Daviyon NixonDT45 tackles
- Chauncey GolstonDL5.5 sacks
- Zach VanValkenburgDL3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 20, Purdue 24. A 4-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Punt was great"
2020 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.