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The 2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 14th year head coach Kirk Ferentz and play their home games at Kinnick Stadium. They are a member of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. The team finished 2–6 in conference play, 4–8 overall and failed to become bowl-eligible for the first time since 2000.

DivisionLegends Division
Record4–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Headcoach
Quick facts Iowa Hawkeyes football, Conference ...
2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionLegends Division
Record4–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Davis (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorPhil Parker (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
Seasons
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2012 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Legends Division
No. 25 Nebraska xy 7–1  10–4 
No. 24 Michigan 6–2  8–5 
No. 17 Northwestern 5–3  10–3 
Michigan State 3–5  7–6 
Iowa 2–6  4–8 
Minnesota 2–6  6–7 
Leaders Division
No. 3 Ohio State* x 8–0  12–0 
Penn State* 6–2  8–4 
Wisconsin y$ 4–4  8–6 
Purdue 3–5  6–7 
Indiana 2–6  4–8 
Illinois 0–8  2–10 
Championship: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ohio State and Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll
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As of 2026, this remains Iowa's last losing season.

Schedule

More information Date, Time ...
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12:30 pmvs. Northern Illinois*ESPNUW 18–1752,117[1]
September 82:30 pmIowa State*BTNL 6–970,585[2]
September 152:30 pmNo. 7 (FCS) Northern Iowa*
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
BTNW 27–1670,585[3]
September 2211:00 amCentral Michigan*
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
BTNL 31–3270,585[4]
September 2911:00 amMinnesotadagger
ESPN2W 31–1370,585[5]
October 1311:00 amat Michigan StateESPNW 19–16 2OT70,211[6]
October 207:00 pmPenn State
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
BTNL 14–3870,585[7]
October 2711:00 amat NorthwesternESPN2L 17–2844,121[8]
November 32:30 pmat IndianaBTNL 21–2440,646[9]
November 1011:00 amPurdue
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
BTNL 24–2770,585[10]
November 1711:00 amat No. 23 MichiganESPNL 17–42113,016[11]
November 2311:00 amNo. 17 Nebraska
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
ABC[12]L 7–1369,805[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
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Roster

More information Players, Coaches ...
2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 5 Kyle Anderson  Fr
QB 16 C. J. Beathard Fr
QB 15 Jake Rudock  Fr
QB 19 Cody Sokol Jr
QB 16 James Vandenberg (C) Sr
QB/P 14 John Wienke Sr
RB 32 Damon Bullock So
RB 33 Jordan Canzeri Injured So
RB 33 Adam Cox So
RB 31 Andre Dawson Jr
RB 26 Steve Fiorella  Fr
RB 4 Greg Garmon Fr
RB 92 Jonathan Gimm Sr
RB 3 Barkley Hill Injured Fr
RB 34 Nate Meier Fr
RB 35 Matt Mayers So
RB 41 Jacob Reisen Jr
RB 38 Brad Rogers Jr
RB 45 Mark Weisman So
WR 23 Jordan Cotton Jr
WR 6 Keenan Davis Sr
WR 9 Blake Haluska So
WR 84 Jacob Hillyer So
WR 88 Greg Mabin Fr
WR 11 Kevonte Martin-Manley So
WR 29 Nick Nielsen Sr
WR 8 Don Shumpert Jr
WR 81 Tevaun Smith Fr
WR 83 Steven Staggs Sr
WR 89 Cameron Wilson Fr
TE 85 Zach Derby Sr
TE 87 Jake Duzey  Fr
TE 86 C. J. Fiedorowicz Jr
TE 82 Ray Hamilton So
TE 46 George Kittle Fr
TE 80 Henry Krieger-Coble  Fr
OL 63 Austin Blythe  Fr
OL 59 Conor Boffeli Jr
OL 50 Drew Clark Jr
OL 78 Andrew Donnal So
OL 53 James Ferentz (C) Sr
OL 57 Tommy Gaul So
OL 74 Mitch Keppy Fr
OL 76 Nolan MacMillan Jr
OL 66 Casey McMillan Sr
OL 68 Brandon Scherff So
OL 77 Reid Sealby Fr
OL 58 Eric Simmons So
OL 60 Matt Tobin Sr
OL 70 Brett Van Sloten Jr
OL 65 Jordan Walsh  Fr
OL 73 Ryan Ward Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 79 Dominic Alvis Jr
DL 54 Steve Bigach Sr
DL 97 Darian Cooper  Fr
DL 71 Carl Davis So
DL 56 Faith Ekakitie Fr
DL 99 Joe Gaglione Sr
DL 98 Mike Hardy So
DL 67 Jaleel Johnson Fr
DL 93 Nathan Lyman Jr
DL 94 Riley McMinn  Fr
DL 95 Drew Ott Fr
DL 90 Louis Trinca-Pasat  So
DL 75 Dean Tsopanides  Fr
DL 91 Daumantas Venckus-Cucchiara Fr
LB 52 Quinton Alston So
LB 55 Marcus Collins So
LB 17 Shane DiBona Jr
LB 36 Cole Fisher So
LB 50 Palmer Foster So
LB 31 Anthony Hitchens Jr
LB 20 Christian Kirksey Jr
LB 44 James Morris (C) Jr
LB 42 Macon Plewa  Fr
LB 43 Jim Poggi So
LB 49 Melvin Spears  Fr
LB 51 Laron Taylor Fr
DB 14 Kevin Buford Fr
DB 22 Torrey Campbell So
DB 2 Greg Castillo Sr
DB 13 Tom Donatell Sr
DB 7 Sean Draper Fr
DB 28 Marcus Fleming Fr
DB 12 Anthony Gair Fr
DB 17 Raymond Hammond  Fr
DB 18 Micah Hyde (C) Sr
DB 22 Brian Kroll So
DB 21 Nico Law So
DB 25 Ruben Lile Injured Fr
DB 27 Jordan Lomax Injured So
DB 48 John Lowdermilk So
DB 19 B.J. Lowery Jr
DB 5 Tanner Miller Jr
DB 16 Jamal Overton  Fr
DB 39 Travis Perry  Fr
DB 16 Collin Sleeper Sr
DB 30 Gavin Smith So
DB 40 Jack Swanson Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1 Marshall Koehn  Fr
K 98 Connor Kornbrath Fr
K 96 Mike Meyer Jr
K 8 Trent Mossbrucker Sr
P 15 Jonny Mullings So
LS 69 Ryan Kolka  Fr
LS 61 Casey Kreiter Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Greg Davis – Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks
  • Phil Parker – Defensive Coordinator
  • Erik Campbell– Wide Receivers
  • Lester Erb– Running Backs and Special Teams
  • Brian Ferentz – Offensive Line
  • Eric Johnson – Recruiting Coordinator and Tight Ends
  • Reese Morgan – Defensive Line
  • Darrell Wilson – Defensive Backs and Special Teams
  • LeVar Woods – Linebackers
  • Chris Doyle – Strength and Conditioning
  • Dustyn Baethke – Strength and Conditioning Assistant
  • Chad Kraklio – Strength and Conditioning Assistant
  • Chris Polizzi – Defensive Graduate Assistant
  • David Raih – Offensive Graduate Assistant
  • Doug West – Senior Athletic Trainer
  • Ned Amendola, M.D. – Director, UI Sports Medicine Center
  • Raimond Braithwaite – Strength and Conditioning Assistant
  • Chic Ejiasi – Director of Player Development
  • Matthew Engelbert – Video Coordinator
  • Paul Federici – Director of Football Operations
  • Russ Haynes – Associate Director, Athletic Training Services
  • Bob Rahfeldt – Assistant Video Coordinator
  • Scott Southmayd – Quality Control Director
  • John Streif – Assistant Athletic Trainer

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 8/17/12

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Regular season

Northern Illinois

Iowa at Northern Illinois
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
• Iowa 3 339 18
Northern Illinois 0 1070 17
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  • Date: September 1
  • Location: Soldier Field
    Chicago, IL
  • Game start: 2:30 p.m. CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:22
  • Game attendance: 52,117
  • Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Overcast, Wind 10 mph (16 km/h) NE
  • Referee: Dave Wilvoet
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): Tom Hart, John Congemi

Iowa held on to win to start the season 1-0.

Iowa State

Iowa State at Iowa
Cy-Hawk Trophy
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
• Iowa State 6 300 9
Iowa 3 003 6
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Northern Iowa

Northern Iowa at Iowa
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
Northern Iowa 7 630 16
• Iowa 7 1073 27
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  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Kinnick Stadium
    Iowa City, IA
  • Game start: 2:42 p.m. CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:16
  • Game attendance: 70,585
  • Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C), Mostly Sunny, Wind 8 mph (13 km/h) S
  • Referee: Todd Ransom
  • TV announcers (BTN): Tom Werme, Danan Hughes, and Damon Benning

FCS foe Northern Iowa was able to play with the Hawkeyes but couldn't put up enough points to pull off the upset.

Central Michigan

Central Michigan at Iowa
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
• Central Michigan 10 1309 32
Iowa 14 0710 31
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  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Kinnick Stadium
    Iowa City, IA
  • Game start: 11:00 CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:30
  • Game attendance: 70,585
  • Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C), Mostly Sunny, Wind 21 mph (34 km/h) WNW
  • Referee: Shawn Smith
  • TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler, Danan Hughes, and Tom Helmer

Minnesota

Minnesota at Iowa
Floyd of Rosedale
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
Minnesota 0 076 13
• Iowa 3 2107 31
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The Hawkeyes had little trouble in this border rivalry game and recaptured the bronze pig.

Michigan State

Iowa at Michigan State
More information Team, OT ...
Team 1 234OT2OTTotal
• Iowa 0 301033 19
Michigan State 7 30330 16
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Iowa benefitted from a lucky interception to escape East Lansing with a double overtime victory.

Penn State

Penn State vs Iowa
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
• Penn State 14 1077 38
Iowa 0 0014 14
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Northwestern

Iowa at Northwestern
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
Iowa 3 077 17
• Northwestern 7 7140 28
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  • Date: October 27
  • Location: Ryan Field
    Evanston, IL
  • Game start: 11:00 a.m. CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:07
  • Game attendance: 44,121
  • Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C), Mostly Sunny, Wind 12 mph (19 km/h) NNW
  • Referee: Mike Cannon
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway, and Lewis Johnson

Indiana

Iowa at Indiana
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
Iowa 14 007 21
• Indiana 3 777 24
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  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Memorial Stadium
    Bloomington, IN
  • Game start: 3:42 p.m. CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:08
  • Game attendance: 40,646
  • Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C), Cloudy, Wind 8 mph (13 km/h) NE (Game delayed 1 hour and 12 minutes)
  • Referee: Alex Kemp
  • TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins, Derek Rackley, and J Leman

Purdue

Purdue at Iowa
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
• Purdue 7 7103 27
Iowa 0 7143 24
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  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Kinnick Stadium
    Iowa City, IA
  • Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:24
  • Game attendance: 70,585
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C), Partly Cloudy, Wind 20 mph (32 km/h) S
  • Referee: Dave Witvoet
  • TV announcers (BTN): Josh Lewin, Chris Martin, and J Leman

Michigan

Iowa at Michigan
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
Iowa 7 307 17
• #23 Michigan 7 21140 42
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  • Date: November 17
  • Location: Michigan Stadium
    Ann Arbor, MI
  • Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:06
  • Game attendance: 113,016
  • Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C), Partly Cloudy, Calm Wind
  • Referee: Dennis Lipski
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, and Jenn Brown

Nebraska

Nebraska at Iowa
Heroes Game
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
• #14 Nebraska 3 0100 13
Iowa 7 000 7
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Players in the 2013 NFL draft

More information Player, Position ...
Player Position Round Pick NFL club Ref
Micah HydeCornerback5159Green Bay Packers[27]
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