Nice article! I agree with your rankings.

Derserves more rec’s so more people see this. Nice job, sir

Thanks for sharing.

I had forgotten about Hartlieb’s 7 TDs against Northwestern…Sigh.

So, thanks for reminding people of them.

I don’t remember watching Chuck Long, and I’d like to see the Big Ten Network start putting some of those games on, rather than make us keep watching Rose Bowls from the last three years.

in just the Fry/Ferentz eras:

1. Long
2. Hartlieb
3. Tate
4. Rodgers
5. Banks
6. Stanzi

if we were measuring overall patriotism.

But there are only 2 other guys that have done what he’s done at Iowa, win a BCS bowl. And nobody has won 3 bowl games for us but Stanzi. I’m not going to daydream and play mix and match with players 30 or 50 years apart in age.

1…What is somewhat disappointing about Iowa football is that no QB has ever enjoyed any success at the next level. Since the Hayden era, only two QBs have ever started an NFL game – Long and Mark Vlassic. Vlassic should probably be a near miss on this list. His problem was that he was behind Long for all but one year on the depth chart, otherwise he would have put up some pretty good numbers. Frankly, the one year he did play he played well enough to edge McCann off this list.

2…I’ve always contended that Brad Banks was a one year wonder partly because Ferentz made a mistake in not finding a way to get him on the field the prior year, in lieu of McCann. You could tell he had talent in the couple spot appearances he made in the cupcake games.

3…I also think Gordy Bohannen from the 81 Rose Bowl should be on this list, also ahead of McCann. Didn’t they beat Nebraska, Michigan & UCLA all in the same year?

As for Stanzi, he is clear number 3 to me after Long & Hartlieb.

I think it’s be worth mentioning Heisman runner-up in both Banks and Long’s “notable accolades” list — the invite is a pretty big deal, even though they didn’t take home the award.

But am I missing something here?
In 1939, Iowa finished the year ranked ninth in the AP Poll with a 6-1-1 record. Kinnick threw for 638 yards and 11 touchdowns on only 31 passes and ran for 374 yards. He was involved in 16 of the 19 touchdowns (11 passing, 5 rushing) that Iowa scored and was involved in 107 of the 130 points that Iowa scored that year. He played 402 of a possible 420 minutes that season. All told, Kinnick set 14 school records, six of which still stand over 65 years later.I mean, that’s pretty damn impressive quarterbacking in an era where there were 3-5 passes a game.

Finally, it is really hard to compare QBs from different eras. Imagine how much harder it was to pick out your receivers when everything was in black-and-white.

pretty stoked about the fact that Banks, Tate, and Ricky are all part of one decade of Kirk reign as headcoach?