Jan. 7, 2004
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Iowa tops Florida in 2004 Outback Bowl
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The University of Iowa’s concensus all-American Robert Gallery will formally receive the Outland Trophy Thursday at a banquet in Omaha, NE. The Outland Trophy is given annually to collegiate football’s top interior lineman.
Gallery, a 6-foot-7, 320-pound offensive tackle, is a senior from Masonville, IA. Joining Gallery at the prestigious event will be Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz and UI Director of Athletics Bob Bowlsby. A number of assistant coaches from the Iowa staff are also expected to attend.
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Gallery becomes the third Iowa player to have won the coveted Outland Trophy. Calvin Jones (1955) and Alex Karras (1957) were previous winners.
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Gallery becomes the third Iowa player to have won the coveted Outland Trophy. Calvin Jones (1955) and Alex Karras (1957) were previous winners.
Gallery made virtually every first all-America team and was named the Big Ten’s Offensive Lineman of the Year. He is expected to be chosen in the top ten of this year’s NFL draft.
Gallery and his fellow seniors completed their careers as Iowa Hawkeyes with victories in 21 of their final 26 games, Top 10 rankings in each of his final two seasons and with a 37-17 victory over Florida in the 2004 Outback Bowl on Jan. 1 in Tampa. It was Iowa’s first victory in a January bowl game since the 1959 Rose Bowl victory over California.