Program · last held it 1996
Iowa
2Reigns
42Days held
4Defenses
Iowa last held the belt September 21, 1996. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Iowa belt badge →
Belt-game record6–9–1
4–2 defending it · 2–7–1 challenging for it · 16 belt games since 1920
Took the belt2
times · 2 reigns in all · first belt game October 16, 1920
All-time rank of 106 programs70th
in days held (42) · 43rd in reigns · 57th in defenses (4) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Iowa’s schedule runs through UCF or anyone who could take the belt from them first. Bowl pairings can change that.
Season outlook
under 1% to hold the belt when the season’s games run out, per the season outlook.
Every belt game 16 games, newest first
September 30, 2006 · Iowa vs. Ohio State 17–38 as challengerlostSeptember 21, 1996 · Iowa at Tulsa 20–27 as holderlost the beltSeptember 14, 1996 · Iowa vs. Iowa State 38–13 as holderdefendedSeptember 7, 1996 · Iowa vs. Arizona 21–20 as challengertook the beltOctober 24, 1981 · Iowa vs. Minnesota 10–12 as holderlost the beltOctober 17, 1981 · Iowa at Michigan 9–7 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1981 · Iowa vs. Indiana 42–28 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1981 · Iowa at Northwestern 64–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1981 · Iowa vs. UCLA 20–7 as challengertook the beltOctober 11, 1975 · Iowa at Ohio State 0–49 as challengerlostNovember 11, 1972 · Iowa vs. Michigan 0–31 as challengerlostSeptember 26, 1970 · Iowa vs. USC 0–48 as challengerlostNovember 16, 1968 · Iowa vs. Ohio State 27–33 as challengerlostOctober 3, 1936 · Iowa at Northwestern 7–18 as challengerlostNovember 23, 1935 · Iowa vs. Northwestern 0–0 as challengertie, holder kept itOctober 16, 1920 · Iowa at Illinois 3–20 as challengerlost
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