<P> Forest Evashevski was hired as Iowa's head coach in 1952 . He lured Calvin Jones to Iowa, where Jones became the first Hawkeye--and the first African - American--to win the Outland Trophy in 1955 . From 1956 to 1960, Evashevski led Iowa to four finishes in the top five of the national rankings, three Big Ten Conference titles, two Rose Bowl victories (in 1957 and 1959), and the 1958 FWAA national championship . After the 1960 season, Evashevski left coaching to become Iowa's athletic director . </P> <P> The forgotten season </P> <P> In 1960 the Hawkeyes held on to the #1 ranking for much of the season . The Hawkeyes defeated #8 Ohio State, #15 Michigan State, and #10 Purdue . Iowa lost to rival #3 Minnesota . The game was the only loss of the year for the 1960 Hawkeyes and they shared the Big Ten title with Minnesota . However, at that time, the Big Ten did not allow their teams to go to any bowl except for the Rose Bowl . As such, Minnesota was picked over Iowa to go to Pasadena and Iowa was left out, despite a #2 ranking in the Coaches' Poll and a #3 ranking in the AP . Minnesota went on to win the National Championship . This season is known as the "Forgotten Season", for despite ending the season with a #2 / 3 ranking and a share of the Big Ten title, the Hawks were left out of January play . </P> <P> Evashevski's departure from the sidelines began a two - decade downturn in Iowa's fortunes . Jerry Burns coached from 1961 though 1965 . He had a 16--27--2 record . His first team finished 5--4, which would be Iowa's last winning record for 20 years . Ray Nagel followed from 1966--1970 with a 16--32--2 record . Consecutive 5--5 records in 1968 and 1969 would be the Hawks' only non-losing records from 1961 to 1980 . Frank Lauterbur followed, coaching from 1971--1973 with a 4--28--1 record, with a 0--11 record in 1973 . Bob Commings coached the Hawkeyes from 1974--1978 . His record was 18 wins and 37 losses . </P>

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