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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY LENSING, FOEGE, MASCHER, and MYERS
1 3 A Resolution honoring the University of Iowa Football
1 4 Team and Coach Kirk Ferentz.
1 5 WHEREAS, the citizens of Iowa are justifiably proud
1 6 that the University of Iowa Hawkeyes Football Team
1 7 finished its regular season as cochampions of the Big
1 8 Ten Conference and participated in the Orange Bowl of
1 9 the Bowl Championship Series; and
1 10 WHEREAS, the Iowa Football Team finished its season
1 11 with a record of 11 wins and two losses and a perfect
1 12 eight wins and zero losses in the Big Ten Conference;
1 13 and
1 14 WHEREAS, the Iowa Football Team placed a school
1 15 record 11 different players on the two First Team All-
1 16 Big Ten Conference squads, placed five players on
1 17 First All-America Teams, was the highest scoring team
1 18 in the Big Ten Conference, and finished the season
1 19 ranked eighth nationally; and
1 20 WHEREAS, Coach Kirk Ferentz was named the 2002-2003
1 21 Associated Press Coach of the Year, the Walter Camp
1 22 Foundation's Coach of the Year, and the Big Ten
1 23 Conference Coach of the Year, and Ron Aiken was named
1 24 NCAA Division I Assistant Football Coach of the Year;
1 25 and
1 26 WHEREAS, senior quarterback Brad Banks was named
1 27 the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, the
1 28 Associated Press National College Football Player of
1 29 the Year, and finished second in the voting for the
1 30 Heisman Trophy, and Dallas Clark was winner of the
2 1 2002 John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end,
2 2 and Nate Kaeding was winner of the 2002 Lou Groza
2 3 Award as the nation's top placekicker, and Eric
2 4 Steinbach was named the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of
2 5 the Year; and
2 6 WHEREAS, it having been made known to the House of
2 7 Representatives that the University of Iowa Football
2 8 Team deserves recognition for all of its
2 9 accomplishments during the 2002-2003 season; NOW
2 10 THEREFORE,
2 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 12 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
2 13 University of Iowa Football Team, Coach Kirk Ferentz,
2 14 and the coaching staff, on their successful season and
2 15 thanks them for the honor and recognition they have
2 16 brought to the University of Iowa and to the State of
2 17 Iowa; and
2 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
2 19 Chief Clerk of the House shall prepare an official
2 20 copy of this Resolution for presentation to Coach Kirk
2 21 Ferentz and the University of Iowa Football Team.
2 22 LSB 3411HH 80
2 23 kk/sh/8
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