1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Nine Conference
Record	4–5 (3–3 Big Nine)
Head coach	Eddie Anderson (8th season)
MVP	Jack Dittmer
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium

1949 Big Nine Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Ohio State +	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	2
No. 7 Michigan +	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Purdue	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. This was Eddie Anderson's eighth and final season as head coach for the Hawkeyes.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	UCLA*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 25–41	43,546
October 1	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 21–7	32,000
October 8	Illinois		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 14–20	45,066
October 15	Indiana		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 35–9
October 22	No. 13 Northwestern		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 28–21
October 29	Oregon*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 34–31
November 5	at Minnesota	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 7–55	62,089
November 12	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 13–35	45,000
November 19	at No. 1 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 7–28	56,790
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1949 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—	—