2017 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

2017 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Pinstripe Bowl champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record8–5 (4–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Ferentz (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorPhil Parker (6th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 5 Ohio State xy$   8 1     12 2  
No. 15 Michigan State   7 2     10 3  
No. 8 Penn State   7 2     11 2  
Michigan   5 4     8 5  
Rutgers   3 6     4 8  
Indiana   2 7     5 7  
Maryland   2 7     4 8  
West Division
No. 7 Wisconsin xy   9 0     13 1  
No. 17 Northwestern   7 2     10 3  
Iowa   4 5     8 5  
Purdue   4 5     7 6  
Nebraska   3 6     4 8  
Minnesota   2 7     5 7  
Illinois   0 9     2 10  
Championship: Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hawkeyes, led by 19th-year head coach Kirk Ferentz, were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They received an invite to the Pinstripe Bowl where they defeated Boston College.

The Iowa football program was awarded Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award for the Kinnick Wave, a new tradition that began during the season, where, at the end of the first quarter of every home game everyone in the stadium turned and waved to the young patients watching from the Stead Family Children's Hospital, which overlooks Kinnick Stadium.[1] This season marked the first time since 1980 that the Tigerhawk logo was displayed at midfield in Kinnick Stadium.[2][3]

  1. ^ "University of Iowa's 'Kinnick Wave' wins Disney Sports Spirit Award | The Gazette". The Gazette. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Kinnick Stadium Field Design Will Feature Tigerhawk". University of Iowa Athletic Department. June 12, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "LOOK: Iowa puts logo at midfield of Kinnick Stadium after nearly 40 years without one". CBSSports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2018.