1982 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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At Nebraska • Source: Iowa State • Source: Box Score At Arizona Northwestern • Source: At Indiana Michigan At Minnesota • Source: Box Score Chuck Long scored on a pair of short touchdown runs and Eddie Phillips rushed for 198 yards and another score. Illinois • Source: The Hawkeyes earned their first home win over the Fighting Illini since the 1974 season. At Purdue • Source: Wisconsin • Source: The Hawkeyes recorded a school-record seven interceptions against the Badgers. Owen Gill ran for 157 yards and two touchdowns, and Chuck Long added two 1-yard touchdown runs. At Michigan State This game gained attention when Iowa safety Ron Hawley knocked over the wooden goalposts while defending a play during the second quarter. The metal goalposts had been replaced with wooden ones before the game as Michigan State officials feared they would be torn down by students at the game's end. Play was delayed for several minutes and remained broken when Michigan State was about to attempt a field goal, resulting in the grounds crew holding the posts manually during the kick. Vs. Tennessee (Peach Bowl) Iowa earned its first bowl victory since 1959. ==Roster==

The 1982 Hawkeyes tallied 2,101 rushing yards and 1,873 passing yards. On defense, they gave up 1,441 rushing yards and 2,572 passing yards. The Iowa defense intercepted seven passes against Wisconsin. The figure remains an Iowa single-season record. The team's individual statistical leaders included: • Sophomore quarterback Chuck Long completed 148 of 227 passes for 1,678 yards. Long passed for a season-high 304 yards and three touchdowns in the Peach Bowl. • Eddie Phillips was the leading rusher with 806 yards on 166 carries. Phillips tallied a season-high 198 rushing yards against Minnesota on October 23, 1982. • Dave Moritz was the leading receiver with 41 catches for 605 yards. He tallied a season-high eight receptions for 168 yards against Tennessee in the Peach Bowl. • Kicker Tom Nichol was the leading scorer with 43 points on four field goals and 31 extra points. Home attendance at Kinnick Stadium totaled 297,766, an average of 59,553. ==Awards and honors==

Senior defensive back Bob Stoops, a four-year starter from Youngstown, Ohio, and later a Hall of Fame coach at Oklahoma, tallied four interceptions and 65 tackles (24 solo, 41 assists), and was selected as the team's most valuable player. At the award banquet, Stoops said: "It's really been an honor to play at Iowa. It's been such an honor that I don't even feel like I should be receiving an award." Punter Reggie Roby and offensive tackle Mark Bortz received second-team All-America honors from the UPI. Roby led nation with a 48.1-yard punt average. Three Iowa players received first-team honors on the 1982 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Stoops (AP-1); senior defensive tackle Mark Bortz (AP-1, UPI-1); and senior punter Reggie Roby (AP-1, UPI-1). The team had five co-captains: Stoops, Bortz, Norm Granger, Mike Hufford, and Brett Miller. ==1983 NFL draft==