1939 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1939 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record6–1–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPNile Kinnick
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Ohio State $ 5 1 0 6 2 0
No. 9 Iowa 4 1 1 6 1 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 2 0 6 2 0
Purdue 2 1 2 3 3 2
Northwestern 3 2 1 3 4 1
Illinois 3 3 0 3 4 1
Minnesota 2 3 1 3 4 1
Indiana 2 3 0 2 4 2
Wisconsin 0 5 1 1 6 1
Chicago 0 3 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. The team, nicknamed the Ironmen, was coached by Eddie Anderson and was led on the field by halfback Nile Kinnick.

Iowa was ranked at No. 26 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

  1. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.