1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1954 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season.

1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
No. 9 Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Iowa	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Indiana	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Illinois	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 25	No. 7 Michigan State	No. 12	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 14–10	50,000
October 2	Montana*	No. 3	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 48–6
October 9	at Michigan	No. 4	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI		L 13–14	64,283
October 16	at No. 4 Ohio State	No. 13	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 14–20	82,141
October 23	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 27–14	30,789
October 30	No. 8 Wisconsin		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		W 13–7	52,185
November 6	No. 8 Purdue	No. 12	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 25–14	52,900
November 13	at No. 13 Minnesota	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)		L 20–22	65,464
November 20	No. 4 Notre Dame*	No. 19	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 18–34	56,576
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game