The 2023 season's largest margin: Iowa 41, Western Michigan 10. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Ten-Win Year
Iowa's 2023 season (10-4) 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
- Deacon HillQB1,152 passing yards
- Cade McNamaraQB505 passing yards
- Leshon WilliamsRB821 rushing yards
- Kaleb JohnsonRB463 rushing yards
- Jaziun PattersonRB206 rushing yards
- Erick AllTE299 receiving yards
- Nico RagainiWR255 receiving yards
- Kaleb BrownWR215 receiving yards
- Jay HigginsLB171 tackles
- Nick JacksonLB110 tackles
- Sebastian CastroDB67 tackles
- Joe EvansDE9 sacks
- Yahya BlackDL3.5 sacks
- Max LlewellynDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 0, Tennessee 35. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa fell to Tennessee 0-35 in the postseason.
"Punt was great"
2023 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.