1938 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1938 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Iowa as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1938 Big Ten football season. In their second and final year under head coach Irl Tubbs, the Hawkeyes compiled a 1–6–1 record (1–3–1 in conference games), finished in eighth place in the Big Ten, and was outscored by a total of 135 to 46.^[1]

1938 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–6–1 (1–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Irl Tubbs (2nd season)
MVP	Erwin Prasse
Captain	Jack Eicherly
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Minnesota $	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Michigan	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Purdue	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Northwestern	2	–	1	–	2			4	–	2	–	2
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Illinois	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Iowa	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
Chicago	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The team played its home games at Iowa Stadium (later renamed Kinnick Stadium) in Iowa City, Iowa.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	at UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 3–27	40,000
October 8	Wisconsin	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 13–31
October 15	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 27–14	4,000	[2]
October 22	Colgate*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 0–14
October 29	Purdue	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	T 0–0	10,000
November 5	at No. 12 Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 0–28	42,000
November 12	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IA	L 3–7
November 19	Nebraska*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 0–14
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game