The team then went on to win a piece of the conference title in 2009.
Brown finished 9-1 last season on its way to the conference title.
The men's team won or shared the conference title in 1949 to 1942, and 1958 to 1960.
The football team has won 12 conference titles, the most recent being in 2006.
Texas Tech went on to win the conference title in 2009 and 2010.
Still, Iowa had not won a conference title in 21 years.
Last season, they won both the division and conference titles.
In 2009-2010 the football team went 9-0, and won the conference title.
He won nine straight conference titles from 1946 to 1955.
"The fact that we won is still like a dream," he said of the conference title.