The Hawkeyes, led by head coach Hayden Fry, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium.
[7] The Hawkeyes held Northwestern to only 49 yards of total offense, a mark that still stands as a single-game school record.
[8] [9] Chuck Long went 17-21 for 369 yards and 4 TD as Iowa won in West Lafayette for the first time since 1956, snapping a 12-game losing skid at Ross–Ade Stadium.
[10] The Hawkeyes' 26–0 shutout of the Wolverines would end up being Bo Schembechler's worst loss in 21 years as head coach at Michigan.
Iowa sat atop the Big Ten standings after beating the Hoosiers, but would not win another conference game in 1984.