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Iowa Football: Top 10 Quarterbacks of All Time

By Dylan Burn

Oct 17, 2015; Evanston, IL, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz leads his team to the field before the game against the Northwestern Wildcat at Ryan Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2015; Evanston, IL, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz leads his team to the field before the game against the Northwestern Wildcat at Ryan Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 5, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; A view of an end zone pylon at the Big Ten Conference football championship game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Michigan State Spartans at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 5, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; A view of an end zone pylon at the Big Ten Conference football championship game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Michigan State Spartans at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 6 – Matt Rodgers

We go from the quarterback who led the Hawkeyes in this past years Rose Bowl, to the quarterback who led the Hawkeyes in the Rose Bowl prior.  Matt Rodgers led the Hawks when they lost a 46-34 game to the Washington Huskies in the 1991 Rose Bowl.

Rodgers was a three year starter for the Hawkeyes from 1989-1991.  He led the Hawkeyes to a 23-11-1 mark over the course of those three years, with the lone tie coming in the 1991 Holiday Bowl with the BYU Cougars.  Talk about boring.  A tie? In a bowl game?

Nonetheless, Rodgers made his mark on Hawkeye football.  In his last season, the Hawkeyes finished 10th in the final AP Poll after the tie in the bowl game.  The Hawkeyes have only done that five more times since Rodgers left.  They finished 8th in 02-04, 7th in 09, and 9th this past season.  Rodgers completed nearly 61% of his passes as a Hawkeye and threw for 6,725 yards.  He managed 41 passing touchdowns to go along with 34 interceptions.

In 1991, he led the Big Ten and the NCAA in pass completion percentage, completing 65.4 percent of his passes.  In that same season, he finished second in the Big Ten in passing yards per attempt (8.0) and third in passing touchdowns (14).  Rodgers also finished third in the Big Ten in passing yards with 2,275 during that 1991 season.

Rodgers targeted a host of receivers in his final season as the Hawkeye quarterback.  Four different Iowa receivers caught 30 or more passes.  Danan Hughes led the way with 43 receptions, 757 yards, and 8 touchdowns.  Jon Filloon followed Hughes with 36 catches, 451 yards, and one touchdown catch.  Rodgers didn’t have a lot of big name guys helping him out, but he did a lot with the talent that he had.

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