The 2024 season's largest margin: Iowa 40, Illinois State 0. A 40-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2024 — The Winning Chapter
Iowa's 2024 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
- Cade McNamaraQB1,017 passing yards
- Brendan SullivanQB474 passing yards
- Kaleb JohnsonRB1,537 rushing yards
- Kamari MoultonRB473 rushing yards
- Jaziun PattersonRB309 rushing yards
- Jacob GillWR411 receiving yards
- Luke LacheyTE231 receiving yards
- Jay HigginsLB124 tackles
- Nick JacksonLB91 tackles
- Quinn SchulteDB62 tackles
- Ethan HurkettDL6.5 sacks
- Aaron GravesDL6 sacks
- Max LlewellynDL5.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2024.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa 7, Ohio State 35. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa fell to Missouri 24-27 in the postseason.
"Punt was great"
2024 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.