Kirk ferentz’s tenure Season by season 1999 2000 His first season was not a memorable one for Record Iowa took a 1-8 record into a November Record Iowa’s 25 coach. The Hawkeyes lost all eight Big 1-10 game at Penn State but used a 26-yard Nate 3-9 Ten games by an average of 20.9 points. The lone Kaeding field goal followed by a Ryan Hansen win was 24-0 score over Northern Illinois. INT to preserve at 26-23 double OT win. points for:14.7 points Against: 31.5 points for: 16.9 points against: 27.5 105th 97th 99th 76th

0-8 B10 3-5 B10 Rankings Rankings AP: NA AP: NA L 17-10 L 41-3 L 25-21 Coaches: NA L 24-14 L 13-7 L 27-24 Coaches: NA 2001 2002 Kyle McCann and shared Record runner-up Brad Banks and John Record duties and the play of all-Big Ten 7-5 Mackey Award winner helped lead 11-2 defenders and Bob Sanders Iowa to an berth and the Hawkeyes’ led Iowa to its first bowl berth since 1997. first unbeaten Big Ten season since 1922. points for: 33.8 points against: 22.0 points for: 37.2 points against: 19.7 22nd 33rd 7th 24th

4-4 B10 8-0 B10 Rankings Rankings AP: NA AP: 8 L 17-14 L 34-28 W 42-24 Coaches: NA L 36-31 W 20-3 W 45-21 Coaches: 8 2003 2004 Finishing the season with three straight wins Record An injury-filled season at RB did not stop Iowa Record over rated opponents Iowa reached double- 10-3 from winning its final seven Big Ten games 10-2 digit victory totals in consecutive seasons for to earn a share of the conference title. Iowa the first time in school history. stunned LSU 30-25 in the Capital One Bowl. points for: 28.7 points against: 16.2 points for: 24.3 points against: 17.6 41st 7th 68th 16th

5-3 B10 7-1 B10 Rankings Rankings AP: 8 AP: 8 W 40-21 W 27-21 W 40-22 Coaches: 8 W 17-10 W 30-7 W 29-27 Coaches: 8 2005 2006 Michigan snapped Iowa’s school-record Record A 4-0 start proved to be fools gold. Iowa was ranked Record 22-game home winning a streak with a 23-20 win 7-5 as high as 12th but lost six of their final seven 6-7 over the Hawkeyes on Oct. 22, but Iowa won two games. Injuries and inconsistent play created one of of its final three games for its fourth bowl berth. the most frustrating seasons of the Ferentz era. points for: 30.0 points Against: 20.0 points for: 23.8 points Against: 20.7 36th 22nd 58th 45th

5-3 B10 2-6 B10 Rankings Rankings AP: NA AP: NA L 23-3 W 20-10 W 52-28 Coaches: NA W 27-17 L 24-21 L 34-24 Coaches: NA 2007 2008 Western Michigan ended Iowa’s run of bowl Record won the Doak Walker award as Record appearances, with a 28-19 win. Eleven true fresh- 6-6 the nation’s top back and Iowa rode a power- 9-4 men and 31 first-year players — the most Ferentz ful ground attack to wins in six of its final had used up to that point — played. seven games. points for: 18.5 points Against: 18.8 points for: 30.3 points Against: 13.0 110th12th 33rd 5th

4-4 B10 5-3 B10 Rankings Rankings AP: NA AP: 20 L 15-13 L 17-13 W 21-16 Coaches: NA W 17-5 W 38-16 W 55-0 Coaches: 20 2009 2010 A share of second-place in the Big Ten led Record Micah Hyde returned an INT 72 yards for a TD Record Iowa to an Orange Bowl berth, where it beat 11-2 as the Hawkeyes completed the season with a 8-5 Georgia Tech 24-14. It was the Hawkeyes’ first 27-24 victory over No. 12 Missouri in the Insight win in a BCS-level bowl since 1958. Bowl. The win ended a three-game losing streak. points for: 23.2 points Against: 15.4 points for: 28.9 points Against: 17.0 86th 8th 50th 7th

6-2 B10 4-4 B10 Rankings Rankings AP: 7 AP: NA W 35-3 W 20-10 W 12-0 Coaches: 7 W 35-7 L 31-30 L 27-24 Coaches: NA 2011 2012 Quarterback James Vandenberg threw for Record Greg Castillo picked off a pass in the second over- Record more than 3,000 yards and the Hawkeyes 7-6 time of a 19-16 win at Michigan State to give Ferentz 4-8 made a second straight appearance in the his 100th win as Iowa’s coach, but after improving to Insight Bowl. 4-2, the Hawks lost their final 6 Big Ten games. points for: 27.5 points Against: 23.9 points for: 19.3 points Against: 22.9 58th 46th 111th 33rd

4-4 B10 2-6 B10 Rankings Rankings AP: NA AP: NA L 44-41 L 20-7 L 22-21 Coaches: NA L 9-6 L 13-7 W 31-13 Coaches: NA

Recruiting class rankings Year Top 100 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2002 0 0 4 7 40th 2003 1 1 0 10 30th 2004 0 0 1 9 31st 2005 5 3 7 8 8th 2006 0 0 4 3 41st 2007 1 0 5 7 37th 2008 0 0 0 13 44th 2009 0 0 2 2 75th 2010 1 0 2 12 45th 2011 2 0 4 17 25th 2012 0 0 3 11 47th 2013 0 0 0 15 51st

Note: Rankings not available for 2000-2001. Sources: Scout.com, Data Warehouse, Steve Batterson, Quad-City Times