The 2022 season's largest margin: Iowa 27, Nevada 0. A 27-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Winning Chapter
Iowa's 2022 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
- Spencer PetrasQB1,725 passing yards
- Kaleb JohnsonRB779 rushing yards
- Leshon WilliamsRB413 rushing yards
- Sam LaPortaTE656 receiving yards
- Luke LacheyTE398 receiving yards
- Nico RagainiWR388 receiving yards
- Jack CampbellLB116 tackles
- Seth BensonLB84 tackles
- Quinn SchulteDB69 tackles
- Deontae CraigDL7.5 sacks
- Lukas Van NessDL6 sacks
- Joe EvansDE6 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 10, Ohio State 54. A 44-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa beat Kentucky 21-0 in the postseason.
"Punt was great"
2022 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.