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IOWA OFFENSE NORTH TEXAS OFFENSE

WR .........4 T. Smith, 9 J. Smith WR .........3 Gorey, 2 Rutherford

LT .........52 Myers, 64 Croston LT ..........71 Murray, 66 BanoguLG ........79 Welsh, 54 Ferentz LG .........64 Rice, 60 Fortenberry

C .........63 Blythe, 58 Simmons C ...........50 Kirby, 54 Barr/73 Gunter

RG ........65 Walsh, 78 Daniels RG ........65 Thompson, 77 Woodworth

RT ........75 Boeger, 69 Render RT .........67 Miles, 72 RenroTE .........80 Krieger Coble, 46 Kile/92 Outsey TE .........18 Smith, 14 Loving

WR .......89 VandeBerg, 83 McCarron WR .......11 Thompson, 1 Smiley

WR .......17 Hillyer, 83 McCarron WR .........9 Harris, 4 Kidsy

QB ........16 Beathard, 8 Wiegers QB ..........5 McNulty, 8 GreerRB ........33 Canzeri, 29 Daniels, Jr. RB.........22 Jimmerson, 29 Ivery/26 Wilson

FB.........42 Plewa, 38 Cox

IOWA DEFENSE NORTH TEXAS DEFENSE

DE ........34 Meier, 96 Nelson DE.........30 Roberts, 42 Polk/7 CombsDT ........67 Johnson, 56 Ekakie DT .........91 Orr, 49 Young

DT ........99 Bazata, 61 Terlouw DT.........48 Wallace, 15 Tauaalo

DE ........95 O, 40 Hesse DE.........56 Dilonga, 90 Johnson/99 Flusche

OLB ......44 Niemann, 41 Bower OLB ......32 Sco/17 FinneyMLB .....43 Jewell, 39 Perry MLB ......27 Bean, 43 Wallace

WLB .....36 Fisher, 31 Mends OLB ......37 Garner/3 Minor

LC .........13 Mabin, 28 Fleming CB .........24 Whiield, 41 Preston

SS .........19 Taylor, 12 Gair SS .........21 Gray, 19 SchilleciFS ........ 27 Lomax, 37 Snyder FS .........34 McClain, 5 Dash

RC ........14 King, 7 Draper/15 Jackson CB .........16 Davis, 8 Marshall

PT .........16 Kidd, 1 Koehn PT .........84 Keena, 40 MacekPK ..........1 Koehn, 91 Recinos PK .........30 Moore, 84 Keena

TIME & PLACE - - 2:32 p.m. (CT), Saturday, Sept. 26, KinnickStadium (70,585), Iowa City, Iowa.

TICKETS - - Tickets remain on sale at the UI Athlecs Ticket Ocein Carver-Hawkeye Arena or by phone or website (1-800-IA-HAWKSor hawkeyesports.com) . Tickets are $65 for adults and there isa youth cket price of $25.

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TELEVISION - - The game will be televised by ESPNU. The an-nouncers are Anish Shro and Ahmad Brooks. Iowa is 7-0 all-meon ESPNU.

THE RECORDS - - Iowa is 3-0, with wins over Illinois State (31-14), at Iowa State (31-17) and Pisburgh (27-24). The Hawkeyeswere 7-6 last season, earning a trip to the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl.Iowa was 4-4 in Big Ten play and 3-2 in nonconference gameslast season.

North Texas is 0-2 aer a 31-13 loss at SMU and a 38-24 homeloss to Rice. The Mean Green posted a 4-8 record in 2014, includinga 2-6 mark in Conference USA West. North Texas was 9-4 in 2013.

THE SERIES - - This is the rst football game between the twoschools.

COACHING RECORDS - - Kirk Ferentz is in his 20th year as acollege head coach and his 17th year as Iowa’s head coach. Hiscareer record is 130-106 and he is 118-85 at Iowa. He is the 12thBig Ten Conference coach to win 100 games.

Dan McCarney is in his 17th season as a college head coach andhis h season at North Texas. McCarney holds a record of 22-29

with the Mean Green and his career mark is 78-114. McCarney isan Iowa City nave, an Iowa graduate (1975) and was an oensivelineman for the Hawkeyes (1971-74). He was an Iowa assistantcoach (1977-89) and the head coach at Iowa State (1995-2006,56-85 record).

NEXT GAME - - Iowa begins Big Ten Conference acon at Wis-consin (11 a.m., TBA). North Texas travels to Southern Mississippi

@HawkeyeFootball Game NotesGame #4 vs. North Texas

28 Bowl Games 11 Big Ten Championships 22 Consensus All-Americans 14 CFB Hall of Fame Inductees



OffensePos. ..........No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School)

SE ................. 4 *** Tevaun Smith ^ 6-2 205 Sr. Toronto, Ontario (Kent School, Conn.) 9 Jerminic Smith ̂ 6-1 180 Fr. Garland, Texas (South Garland)LT ............... 52 * Boone Myers 6-5 300 So. Webster City, Iowa (Webster City) 64 * Cole Croston 6-5 295 Jr. Sergeant Blu, Iowa (Sergeant Blu-Luton)LG .............. 79 * Sean Welsh 6-3 288 So. Springboro, Ohio (Springboro) 54 Steve Ferentz 6-2 278 Jr. Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa City)C ................ 63 *** Ausn Blythe 6-3 290 Sr. Williamsburg, Iowa (Williamsburg) 58 * Eric Simmons 6-2 295 Sr. Madrid, Iowa (Iowa Western CC)RG .............. 65 *** Jordan Walsh 6-4 290 Sr. Glendale Heights, Ill. (Glenbard West) 78 James Daniels ^ 6-4 285 Fr. Warren, Ohio (Harding)RT...............75 * Ike Boeger 6-6 300 So. Cedar Falls, Iowa (Cedar Falls) 69 Keagan Render 6-4 305 #Fr. Indianola, Iowa (Indianola)TE ............... 80 *** Henry Krieger Coble 6-4 250 Sr. Mount Pleasant, Iowa (Mount Pleasant) 46 ** George Kile 6-4 235 Jr. Norman, Okla. (Norman)OR 92 Jarmeer Outsey 6-3 235 #Fr. Somerset, N.J. (Franklin)WR ............. 89 ** Ma VandeBerg ^ 6-1 185 Jr. Brandon, S.D. (Brandon Valley)

83 ** Riley McCarron 5-9 186 Jr. Dubuque, Iowa (Wahlert)WR ............. 17 *** Jacob Hillyer 6-4 212 Sr. Somerset, Texas (Somerset) 83 ** Riley McCarron 5-9 186 Jr. Dubuque, Iowa (Wahlert)QB .............. 16 ** C.J. Beathard 6-2 209 Jr. Franklin, Tenn. (Bale Ground Academy) 8 Tyler Wiegers 6-4 222 #Fr. Lake Orion, Mich. (Detroit Country Day)RB .............. 33 *** Jordan Canzeri 5-9 192 Sr. Troy, N.Y. (Troy) 29 LeShun Daniels, Jr. ̂ 6-0 225 Jr. Warren, Ohio (Harding)FB ............... 42 ** Macon Plewa 6-2 244 Sr. Franklin, Wis. (Franklin) 38 * Adam Cox 5-11 234 Sr. Chana, Ill. (Sllman Valley)PK ................ 1 * Marshall Koehn 6-0 200 Sr. Solon, Iowa (Solon) 91 Miguel Recinos 6-1 180 #Fr. Mason City, Iowa (Mason City)

DefensePos. ..........No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School)LE ............... 34 ** Nate Meier ^ 6-2 252 Sr. Tabor, Iowa (Fremont-Mills) 96 Ma Nelson 6-8 270 #Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Xavier)

LT ............... 67 * Jaleel Johnson 6-4 310 Jr. Lombard, Ill. (Monni Catholic) 56 Faith Ekakie 6-3 290 Jr. Brampton, Ontario (Lake Forest Acad.)RT............... 99 Nathan Bazata 6-2 284 So. Howells, Neb. (Howells-Dodge) 61 Kyle Terlouw 6-4 288 Jr. Sully, Iowa (Iowa Central CC)RE .............. 95 ** Drew O ^ 6-4 272 Sr. Trumbull, Neb. (Giltner) 40 Parker Hesse 6-3 240 #Fr. Waukon, Iowa (Waukon)OLB ............ 44 * Ben Niemann ^ 6-3 225 So. Sycamore, Ill. (Sycamore) 41 * Bo Bower 6-1 228 So. West Branch, Iowa (West Branch)MLB ........... 43 * Josey Jewell 6-2 230 So. Decorah, Iowa (Decorah) 39 *** Travis Perry 6-3 234 Sr. Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale)WLB ........... 36 *** Cole Fisher 6-2 236 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard North) 31 Aaron Mends 6-0 212 #Fr. Kansas City, Mo. (Winnetonka)LC ............... 13 * Greg Mabin 6-2 200 Jr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Calvery Chrisan Academy) 28 ** Maurice Fleming 6-0 205 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Curie Metropolitan)SS ............... 19 * Miles Taylor ^ 6-0 195 So. Silver Spring, Md. (Gonzaga College) 12 ** Anthony Gair 6-2 210 Jr. Plano, Texas (Prestonwood Chrisan)

FS ............... 27 *** Jordan Lomax 5-10 205 Sr. Upper Marlboro, Md. (DeMatha Catholic)37 Brandon Snyder 6-1 210 #Fr. Larchwood, Iowa (West Lyon)RC .............. 14 ** Desmond King ^ 5-11 200 Jr. Detroit, Mich. (East English Village) 7 *** Sean Draper ^ 6-0 190 Sr. Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)OR 15 Josh Jackson 6-1 185 Fr. Corinth, Texas (Lake Dallas)PT ............... 16 Dillon Kidd 6-2 215 Sr. Deereld Beach, Fla. (El Camino CC) 1 * Marshall Koehn 6-0 200 Sr. Solon, Iowa (Solon)

Punt Returns: 14 Desmond King Kickof Returns: 14 Desmond King 83 Riley McCarron 83 Riley McCarron

Deep Snaps: 97 Tyler Kluver Holder: 16 Dillon Kidd 96 Ma Nelson 8 Tyler Wiegers

* - - Leers won ^ - - Redshirt year sll available # - - Indicates redshirt freshman


28 Bowl Games 11 Big Ten Championships 22 Consensus All-Americans 14 CFB Hall of Fame Inductees


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9/5 Illinois State W, 31-14

9/12 at Iowa State W, 31-179/19 Pisburgh W, 27-24

9/26 North Texas 2:32 p.m./ESPNU

10/3 at Wisconsin* 11 a.m.

10/10 Illinois (Homecoming)* 11 a.m.

10/17 at Northwestern* 11 a.m.

10/31 Maryland* TBA

11/7 at Indiana* TBA

11/14 Minnesota* 7 p.m.

11/21 Purdue* TBA

11/27 at Nebraska* TBA

* Big Ten Conference game

9/12 at SMU L, 31-13

9/19 Rice L, 24-38

9/26 at Iowa 2:32 p.m./ESPNU

10/3 at Southern Miss* 6 p.m.

10/10 Portland State* 4 p.m.

10/15 Western Kentucky* 6:30 p.m.

10/24 at Marshall* 2:30 p.m.

10/31 UTSA* 6 p.m.

11/7 at Louisiana Tech* 2:30 p.m.

11/14 at Tennessee TBA11/21 at MTSU* 11 a.m.

11/28 UTEP* TBA

* Conference USA game


GAME #4: IOWA VS. NORTH TEXAS

IOWA HAWKEYESRecord: 3-0

Ranking: RV (AP)Ranking: RV (USA Today )

Head Coach: Kirk Ferentz

Alma Mater: Conneccut

Overall Record: 130-106 (19 yrs)

Record at Iowa: 118-85 (16 yrs)

NORTH TEXASMEAN GREENRecord: 0-2

Ranking: NR (AP)

Ranking: NR (USA Today )

Head Coach: Dan McCarney

Alma Mater: Iowa

Overall Record: 78-114 (17 yrs)Record at N. Texas: 22-29 (5 yrs)

THE SETTINGDate: Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015

L: Iowa City, IowaStadium: Kinnick Stadium (70,585)

Surface: Field Turf

Kk : 2:32 p.m. (CT)

Series: First Meeng

Tickets: hawkeyesports.com; 1-800-IA-HAWKS

TV: ESPNU

Anish Shro, play-by-play

Ahmad Brooks, color analyst

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network & KRUI Radio

Gary Dolphin, play-by-play

Ed Podolak, color analyst

Rob Brooks, sideline reporter

Live Audio: hawkeyesports.com (Hawkeye All-Access)

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Satellite Radio: Sirius Channel 136; XM Channel 204

IOWA RESULTS/SCHEDULE

3-0, 0-0 BIG TEN

NORTH TEXAS RESULTS/SCHEDULE

02, 00 cONFERENcE USA

IOWA COACHES

GAME DAY LOCATION

Offense

Greg Davis (booth) Oensive Coordinator/QB’s

Brian Ferentz (eld) Run Game Coordinator/OL

Chris White (eld) RB’s/Special Teams

Bobby Kennedy (eld) Wide Receivers

Broderick Binns (booth) GA/Defense

Tyler Anderson (booth) GA/Defense

Defense

Phil Parker (eld) Def. Coordinator/DB’s

Seth Wallace (led) Recruit. Coord./CB’s

Reese Morgan (eld) Defensive Line

Jim Reid (booth) Linebackers

LeVar Woods (eld) TE’s/Special Teams

A.J. Haase (booth) GA/Oense

Junior QB C.J. Beathard is undefeated in four career starts. Numbers include 74-of-126

(58.7) passing for 929 yards, ve touchdowns, and two intercepons, and 171 yards rush-

ing with three rushing touchdowns.

The Hawkeyes are trying to improve to 4-0 for the rst me since 2009, and the fourth

me under Kirk Ferentz.

Senior WR Tevaun Smith needs 16 yards to become the 37th player in program history to

Head coach Kirk Ferentz has 118 wins as a member of the Big Ten Conference, one shy of

tying Barry Alvarez (119) for ninth in conference history.

Junior WR Ma VandeBerg has more catches through the rst three games of the season

(22) than any player in the Kirk Ferentz era (since 1999). His 22 catches lead the league.

Iowa’s defense leads the Big Ten and ranks h in the country is rushing yards per game

(51.0)

North Texas head coach Dan McCarney is one of ve UI graduates leading FBS programs,

most in the naon.

Iowa is one of only four schools in the country yet to allow a rushing touchdown.

Iowa is 10-1 in the month of September over the last three seasons. Kirk Ferentz is 46-22

all-me in September, 26-6 since 2008.

The Hawkeyes are one of only ve schools with two wins against teams from a Power 5

conference. The others include Northwestern, Georgia, LSU, and Toledo.

The Hawkeyes have played 59 consecuve games without a missed or blocked PAT, the

longest streak of any school in the naon.

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IOWA/NORTH TEXAS NOTES

• Iowa leads the Big Ten allowing just 51 yards rushing per game. North Texas

averages 143.5 rushing yards per game, the 11th most in Conference USA.

• Iowa is one of only four teams not to allow a rushing touchdown. North Texas

has only two rushing touchdowns in two games.

• Former Iowa head coach Hayden Fry compiled a 40-23-3 record from 1973-78

at North Texas.• North Texas head coach Dan McCarney and North Texas quarterback Andrew

McNulty are Iowa City, Iowa, naves. McNulty was North Texas’ leading passer

in 2014.

• North Texas head coach Dan McCarney is the second Iowa City nave in the last

three seasons to coach in Kinnick Stadium (Terry Allen, Missouri State, 2013).

McCarney, a Hawkeye assistant from 1977-89, will make his seventh appear-

ance on the opposing sideline at Kinnick. He was 3-3 as a visitor as Iowa State’s

head coach.

McCARNEY ONE OF 5 UI GRADS LEADING FBS PROGRAMS

The University of Iowa has produced more acve FBS head coaches than any

other school. Bret Bielema (Arkansas), Bob Diaco (UCONN), Dan McCarney (North

Texas), Bob Stoops (Oklahoma), and Mark Stoops (Kentucky) all earned undergradu-

ate degrees from the University of Iowa. Bielema, Diaco, Bob Stoops, and Mark

Stoops played for former UI head coach Hayden Fry. McCarney played on teams

coached by Frank Lauterbur and Bob Commings. All ve head coaches served as

assistants under Fry.

McCarney played on the oensive line from 1972-74. He was named team

captain his senior season, and eventually joined Fry’s sta in 1977. He was an

assistant coach at Iowa from 1977-89.

Bielema played on the defensive line from 1989-92. He was team captain his

senior season, played in the 1991 Rose Bowl, and served as an assistant coach on

the Iowa sta from 1993-2001.

Diaco played linebacker from 1992-95 and was a graduate assistant on the sta

from 1996-97. The Hawkeyes advanced to the Alamo Bowl in 1996 and the Sun

Bowl in 1997.

Bob Stoops was a defensive back from 1979-82. He was named team MVP in

1982, and played in the 1982 Rose Bowl and 1982 Peach Bowl. He served on the

Iowa sta from 1983-87.

Mark Stoops was a defensive back from 1987-89. He played in the 1987 Holiday

Bowl and 1988 Peach Bowl, and served as a graduate assistant coach from 1989-

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FERENTZ CLOSING IN ON ALVAREZ

Head coach Kirk Ferentz has 118 wins as a member of the Big Ten Conference,

one shy of tying Barry Alvarez (119) for ninth in conference history. Alvarez won

119 games in parts of 18 seasons at Wisconsin.

Ferentz has 68 Big Ten wins, the 10th most in conference history. He trails John

Cooper (Ohio State) by two wins for ninth all-me.

Only eight coaches rank in the top 10 in both categories: overall wins as a

member of the Big Ten, and conference wins. The others include Woody Hayes

(OSU), Amos Alonzo Stagg (CHI), Bo Schembechler (MICH), Hayden Fry (IOWA),

Robert Zuppke (ILL), Lloyd Carr (MICH), and Alvarez (WIS).

Ferentz also has six bowl wins as a member of the Big Ten, tying Fry and Carr

for No. 2 all-me. Only Alvarez has more (9).


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West DivisionTeam Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.IOWA 0-0 ----- 3-0 1.000Northwestern 0-0 ----- 3-0 1.000Illinois 0-0 ----- 2-1 .667Wisconsin 0-0 ----- 2-1 .667

Minnesota 0-0 ----- 2-1 .667Purdue 0-0 ----- 1-2 .333Nebraska 0-0 ----- 1-2 .333

East DivisionTeam Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.Penn State 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667Indiana 0-0 ----- 3-0 1.000Michigan St. 0-0 ----- 3-0 1.000Ohio State 0-0 ----- 3-0 1.000Maryland 0-0 ----- 2-1 .667Michigan 0-0 ----- 2-1 .667Rutgers 0-1 .000 1-2 .333

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BIG TEN STANDINGS

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN

NATIONAL RANKINGS

AP PollSept. 201. Ohio State

2. Michigan State

3. Ole Miss

4. TCU

5. Baylor

6. Notre Dame

7. Georgia

8. LSU

9. UCLA

10. Florida State

11. Clemson

12. Alabama

13. Oregon14. Texas A&M

15. Oklahoma

16. Arizona

17. Northwestern18. Utah

19. USC

20. Georgia Tech

21. Stanford

22. Wisconsin23. BYU

24. Oklahoma State

25. Missouri

USA Today PollSept. 20

1. Ohio State

2. TCU

3. Michigan State

4. Baylor

5. Ole Miss

6. Georgia

7. Florida State

8. Notre Dame

9. LSU

10. Clemson

11. UCLA

12. Alabama

13. Oregon14. Oklahoma

15. Texas A&M

16. Arizona

17. Utah

18. USC

19. Northwestern20. Georgia Tech

21. Wisconsin22. Oklahoma St.

23. Missouri

24. Stanford

25. Auburn

Bold denotes Iowa 2015 opponents

THE KICK

Marshall Koehn kicked a 57-yard eld goal as me expired to defeat Pi, 27-24,

on Sept. 19. The game-winning eld goal was the second longest in school history

and ed the Kinnick Stadium record (Arizona’s Lee Pistor in 1977).

Aer Pi ed the game, 24-24, with 0:52 le in the fourth quarter, Iowa DB

Desmond King picked up a squib kick at the 3-yard line and returned it 27

yards to the Iowa 30. QB C.J. Beathard picked up two rushing rst downs to move

the ball into Pi territory, and aer a pair of sideline routes to WR Tevaun Smith

fell incomplete, Beathard scrambled for eight yards to the Pi 39-yard line. Iowa

then used its nal meout to stop the clock with two seconds le.

On fourth-and-2, Pi called a meout to freeze Koehn. Koehn let a kick sail

anyway, but it landed far short of the goal post. On the ensuing aempt, Dillon

Kidd placed a snap from Tyler Kluver on the Pi 47-yard line, and Koehn split the

uprights, giving Iowa its rst walk-o eld goal since 1986 (Holiday Bowl).

KOEHN EARNS BIG TEN HONOR

K Marshall Koehn was named Big Ten Conference Special Teams Player of the

Week for his performance in Iowa’s 27-24 win over Pisburgh Saturday night.

The Big Ten honor is the rst for Koehn (6-foot, 200-pounds), a senior from

Solon, Iowa (Solon HS). He is the second Hawkeye to earn a weekly conference

honor this season (QB C.J. Beathard vs. Iowa State). He is the rst Iowa kicker to

earn the special teams award since Mike Meyer was recognized following a 19-16

double overme win at Michigan State in 2012.

Koehn delivered the winning margin against Pisburgh as he booted a 57-yard

eld goal as me expired. The kick ed the Kinnick Stadium record for longest

eld goal (Lee Pistor, Arizona, 1977) and ranks as the second longest in Iowa his -

tory (58 yards, Tim Douglas at Illinois, 1998). With a 52-yard kick in the 24-20 win

at Pisburgh in 2014, Koehn now has two of the nine longest eld goals in Iowa

history. It was the rst walk-o eld goal for Iowa football since Rob Houghtlin

connected from 41 yards to win the 1986 Holiday Bowl.

THE DRIVE

Iowa put together a 99-yard scoring drive on its second possession of the season.

It was the Hawkeyes’ rst 99-yard touchdown drive since 2002. Iowa passed six

mes and rushed six mes while converng ve rst downs on the drive. QB C.J.

Beathard was 4-of-6 passing for 63 yards. He also carried once for two yards. RB

LeShun Daniels, Jr., carried four mes for 18 yards, and RB Jordan Canzeri took his

rst carry of the season ve yards into the end zone. Canzeri also had a 21-yard

recepon.

Iowa has put together four drives covering nine or more plays and 80 or more

yards four mes this season tying for the most in the country through three games

(Texas A&M, Bowling Green, and Florida State).

Saturday, Sept. 26

North Texas at IOWA, 2:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

Kansas at Rutgers, 11 a.m. (BTN)

BYU at Michigan, 11 a.m. (ABC)

Central Michigan at Michigan St., 11 a.m. (BTN)

Southern Miss. at Nebraska, 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Bowling Green at Purdue, 11 a.m. (BTN)

Indiana at Wake Forest, 11:30 a.m. (ESPN3)

Maryland at West Virginia, 2 p.m.

Ohio at Minnesota, 2:30 p.m. (BTN)

Western Michigan at Ohio State, 2:30 p.m. (ABC)

San Diego State at Penn State, 2:30 p.m. (BTN)

Middle Tennessee at Illinois, 3 p.m. (ESPNN)

Ball State at Northwestern, 7 p.m. (BTN)


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IOWA VS. CONFERENCE USA

Iowa is 4-1 all-me against members of Conference USA. The Hawkeyes de-

feated UTEP, 69-7, in 1986, and are 3-1 all-me against Tulsa. The last meeng

was a 54-16 Iowa win in 1997.

THE FOURTH QUARTER

QB C.J. Beathard and the Hawkeyes’ rush defense have dominated the fourthquarter in 2015. Iowa’s rush defense, the top rush defense in the conference, has

yielded four yards rushing in the fourth quarter this season.

Beathard is 14-of-17 passing for 206 yards and one touchdown. He has also

rushed six mes for 35 yards and one touchdown in the fourth quarter this sea-

son. He has engineered game-winning drives in the fourth quarter in each of the

last two weeks. He was 4-of-4 for 46 yards and a touchdown against Iowa State,

and he rushed for 27 yards on three carries to set up K Marshall Koehn’s 57-yard

game winning eld goal against Pi.

In his last four games, including the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl, Beathard’s fourth

quarter numbers include 21-of-24 passing for 301 yards and three touchdowns,

and eight carries for 73 yards and one touchdown.

FORE!

The Hawkeyes are trying to improve to 4-0 for the rst me since 2009, and

the fourth me under Kirk Ferentz. Iowa nished 11-2 the last me it started the

season 4-0. The 2009 Hawkeyes won their rst nine games, nished 11-2 over-

all, and won the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl. The 2006 Hawkeyes started 4-0 and

parcipated in the Alamo Bowl. The 2003 Hawkeyes started 4-0 and went on to

nish 10-3 with a win over Florida at the 2004 Outback Bowl. Iowa is 3-0 for the

sixth me since 2001.

RUSH DEFENSE… NO TOUCHDOWNS FOR YOU

Iowa is the only Big Ten school, and one of four schools naonally, to not al-

low a rushing touchdown (Boston College, Utah, Navy). The Hawkeyes yield anaverage of 51.0 rushing yards per game, best in the Big Ten and h naonally.

Iowa has limited opponents to 1.87 yards per carry (82 aempts, 153 yards), the

best in the conference and No. 6 in the country.

2-FOR-2 AGAINST POWER 5

Iowa has two wins against Power 5 schools: Iowa State, 31-17, and Pi, 27-24.

The Hawkeyes are one of only ve schools with two wins against teams from a

Power 5 conference. The other include Northwestern, Georgia, LSU, and Toledo.

FLIRTING WITH 100

Junior QB C.J. Beathard gained 111 yards but lost 34 yards rushing against Iowa

State on Sept. 12. His net gain of 77 yards threatened his career-high of 82 setat the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl. The last Iowa quarterback to rush for 100 yards in a

single game was Butch Caldwell, who ran for 109 yards on 12 aempts against

Michigan State on Nov. 24, 1973 in Iowa City.

FIRST TIME STARTERS

The Hawkeyes have used nine rst me starters. RB LeShun Daniels, Jr., LT Boone

Myers, DT Nathan Bazata, DT Jaleel Johnson, LB Cole Fisher, LB Ben Niemann, and

SS Miles Taylor all started the season opener. TE Jameer Outsey made his rst

career start against Iowa State, and DE Parker Hesse started for the rst me in

the win over Pi.

Head Coach Kirk Ferentz ______________ FAIR-intsNathan Bazata ____________________BUDGET-uhC. J. Beathard _____________________ BETH-urdAusn Blythe _________________________ BLYTHIke Boeger _________________________ Bu-girJordan Canzeri ___________________ can-ZEAR-eeLeShun Daniels, Jr. _________________ Luh-SEANJake Duzey _________________________DEW-zeeFaith Ekakie_________________ ee-KACK-uh-teeAdrian Falconer ____________________ FALCON-irSteve Ferentz _______________________ FAIR-intsDaniel Gaey _______________________ GAFF-eeAngelo Garbu _____________________ GAR-butJake Gervase ________________________JIR-voss

Brant Gressel _______________________GRES-uhlParker Hesse ________________________HESS-eeJacob Hillyer ________________________ HILL-yirJusn Jinning ________________________ GIN-ingMarcel Joly ___________________________JOLLYConnor Keane _________________________ KEENTyler Kluver ________________________ CLUE-virMarshall Koehn ________________________KANEHenry Krieger Coble ___________ KRAG-ir CO-bullDrake Kulick ________________________ KOO-lickJordan Lomax _____________________ LOW-maxGreg Mabin ________________________ MAY-binNate Meier __________________________ MYERBen Niemann _____________________KNEE-munEmmaneul Ogwo ___________________ OUG-wooMichael Ojemudia __________ oh-jay-MOO-dee-uhJameer Outsey _____________ juh-MEER OUT-see

Peter Pekar _________________________ PEE-karMacon Plewa ________________________PLEV-uhColten Rasteer __________________ RASS-tet-irMiguel Recinos ___________ muh-GEL ray-SEE-nosBrady Rei ____________________________ REEFJerminic Smith __________________ jir-muh-NEEKTavaun Smith ______________________ tae-VOHNJackson Subbert _____________________SUE-birtKyle Terlouw ______________________TUR-loughOmar Trui _________________________ TRUE-itNate Vejvoda ____________________ vuh-VO-duhAkrum Wadley ______________________ ACK-rumBre Waechter ______________________ WAX-rTyler Wiegers ______________________ WEE-girsJon Wisnieski ____________________Wiz-NEW-ski

IOWA N. TEXAS

Record 3-0 0-2Scoring Average 29.7 18.5Scoring Defense 18.3 34.5Rushing Yards 191.7 143.5Passing Yards 231.3 215.5Total Oense 423.0 359.0Rushing Defense 51.0 231.0Passing Defense 223.3 272.0Total Defense 274.3 503.0Punt Return Average 12.0 5.33KO Return Average 19.2 24.6

Turnover Margin 0 -2

THE SERIES: BY THE NUMBERS

2015 STATISTICAL COMPARISON

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE


Series Record: First Meeng

Current Streak: ---

Last Iowa Win: ---

Largest Margin in UI Victory: ---

Highest Scoring Game: ---

Lowest Scoring Game: ---


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REMOVE THE REDSHIRT

Three true freshmen played in the 2015 season opener: OL

James Daniels, WR Jerminic Smith, and WR Adrian Falconer.

Daniels is the rst true freshman to play oensive line since

Bryan Bulaga in 2007. Daniels joined the Iowa program last

spring and parcipated in spring pracce.

QB C.J. BEATHARD (SO., 6-2, 209)

Career Games Played/Starts: 17/4

Junior QB C.J. Beathard set career bests in compleons (27),

aempts (40), and yards (258) to lead Iowa to a 27-24 win over

Pi and improve to 4-0 as Iowa’s starng quarterback. He joins

Nathan Chandler (2003) as the only quarterbacks to win each

of their rst four career starts under Kirk Ferentz. His starng

record includes a 2-0 mark on the road (Purdue 2014, Iowa

State 2015) and a 2-0 mark at home (Illinois State, Pi).

Beathard earned Co-Big Ten Oensive Player of the Week

honors aer helping lead Iowa to a 14-point triumph at IowaState. Beathard totaled 292 yards (215 passing and 77 rush-

ing) against the Cyclones. Beathard was the rst quarterback

in the Kirk Ferentz era (1999-2015) to amass more than 400

yards passing (426) and 100 yards rushing (103) through the

rst two games of a season.

Beathard in 3-2-1:

• Leads all Big Ten quarterbacks with 142 yards rushing and

three rushing touchdowns.

• Undefeated in four career starts. Numbers include 74-of-

126 (58.7) for 929 yards passing, ve touchdowns, and two

intercepons. He has also rushed for 171 yards and three

touchdowns in four career starts.• Won his rst four career starts. The last Iowa quarterback to

win his rst ve career starts was Ma Sherman. Sherman

won his rst seven starts, including the nal two games of

1994 and the rst ve games in 1995.

RB LeSHUN DANIELS, JR. (JR., 6-0, 225)


Junior RB LeShun Daniels rushed nine mes for 17 yards

against Pi on Sept. 19, one week aer leaving the Iowa State

game in the second quarter due to injury. Daniels started Iowa’s

rst two games, but did not start against Pi, that starng job

went to RB Jordan Canzeri.Daniels in 3-2-1:

• Set career highs in carries (26), rushing yards (123), and

longest rush (27) in his rst career start against Illinois State

on Sept. 5. It was his rst career 100-yard game.

• Entered the season with 184 rushing yards in 12 games. Has

196 yards through three games in 2015.

• He was Iowa’s eighth dierent opening day starng running

back since 2007.

Kirk Ferentz (pronounced FAIR-rintz,

rhymes with parents) is in his 17th season

as head football coach at Iowa and the dean

of Big Ten Conference football coaches. His

latest contract extension runs through the2020 season.

• Named Big Ten Conference Coach of the

Year in 2002, 2004 and 2009, joining

Hayden Fry, Bo Schembechler and Joe

Paterno as the only three-me recipients.

• Guided Iowa to Big Ten tles in 2002 and

2004.

• Ferentz ranks ninth with 118 overall wins as a member of the Big

Ten Conference. He has 68 Big Ten wins, ninth all-me.

• Named the 2002 Associated Press and Walter Camp Naonal

Coach of the Year and AFCA Regional Coach of the Year.

• Iowa has made two BCS bowl appearances, including a 24-14 win

in the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl.

• Iowa has played in seven January bowl games with four Januarybowl victories (2004 Outback Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2009

Outback Bowl and 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl).

• Iowa has posted a 109-64 (.630) overall mark and a 63-46 (.578)

Big Ten record since 2001. Ferentz has placed in the top one-half

of the conference nine mes, including Big Ten tles in 2002 and

2004, and a second-place nish in 2009.

• At Iowa, Ferentz holds an overall record of 118-85 (.581) and a

68-60 (.531) mark in Big Ten games. In his 19th season as a college

head coach, he holds a career mark of 130-106 (.551). He had an

overall record of 12-21 at Maine from 1990-92.

• The only Division I head coach to coach three sons at the same

college. Brian, in his fourth season as Iowa’s oensive line coach,

was a Hawkeye leerman from 2003-05. James was a three-year

starter on the Hawkeye oensive line before graduang in May,2013. Steven is an oensive lineman in his fourth season.

FERENTZ cOAcHING REcORD AT IOWA (17 YEARS)

YEAR OVERALL (PCT) BIG TEN (PCT) BOWL

2015 3-0 1.000 0-0 - - - - - -

2014 7-6 .538 4-4 .500 TaxSlayer

2013 8-5 .615 5-3 .625 Outback

2012 4-8 .333 2-6 .250 - - -

2011 7-6 .538 4-4 .500 Insight

2010 8-5 .615 4-4 .500 Insight

2009 11-2 .846 6-2 .750 Orange

2008 9-4 .692 5-3 .625 Outback

2007 6-6 .500 4-4 .500 - - -2006 6-7 .462 2-6 .250 Alamo

2005 7-5 .583 5-3 .625 Outback

2004 10-2 .833 7-1 .875 Capital One

2003 10-3 .769 5-3 .625 Outback

2002 11-2 .846 8-0 1.000 Orange

2001 7-5 .583 4-4 .500 Alamo

2000 3-9 .250 3-5 .375 - - -

1999 1-10 .091 0-8 .000 - - -

Overall 118-85 .581 68-60 .531


HEAD cOAcH KIRK FERENTZ


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OL AUSTIN BLYTHE (SR., 6-3, 290)

Career Games Played/Started: 39/38

Senior C Ausn Blythe is the veteran on an oensive line that includes three

sophomores. He has started 39 games for Iowa, more than any other acve

Hawkeye, since debung as Iowa’s starng RG as a redshirt freshman in the 2012

season opener.Blythe in 3-2-1:

• 33 consecuve starts on the oensive line.

• Iowa’s opening day starng center for three straight years.

• Rimington and Outland Trophy Watch Lists.

RB JORDAN cANZERI (SR., 5-9, 192)


Senior RB Jordan Canzeri made his third career start against Pi on Sept. 19 and

set a career high with seven recepons for 30 yards. He also had a team-high 12

carries for 49 yards and two touchdowns, marking his rst career mul-touchdown

game. He has rushed for a touchdown in each of Iowa’s three games this season.

Canzeri in 3-2-1:• Ties for the Big Ten lead with four rushing touchdowns. Entered his senior

season with two career rushing touchdowns in 29 career games.

• Ranks ninth in the Big Ten in all-purpose yards (201 rushing, 139 receiving).

Including the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl, Canzeri has 488 all-purpose yards over the

last four games (321 rushing, 152 receiving, 15 kicko returns).

• Second on the team with 12 recepons. Six straight games with at least one

recepon.

FS JORDAN LOMAX (SR., 5-10, 205)


Senior FS Jordan Lomax ranks second on the team with 20 tackles. He had 10

stops in a 27-24 win over Pi last week. He has started 15 of Iowa’s last 16 games.Lomax in 3-2-1:

• 10 tackles against Pi was one shy of matching his career high (11), set at

Maryland in 2014.

• 92 tackles in 2014 ranked third on the team.

• Saw acon in 11 games as a true freshman before redshirng in 2012 with

shoulder injury.

DE DREW OTT (SR., 6-4, 272)

Career Games Played/Started: 44/27

Senior DE Drew O saw limited acon against Pi, one week aer leaving the

Iowa State game with three minutes le in the rst quarter. He did not start against

Pi, snapping his streak of 15 consecuve starts at defensive end, but did play. Orecorded two sacks for a loss of 20 yards and forced one fumble in Iowa’s season

opener. His two sacks against Illinois State are the rst me a Hawkeye collected

mulple sacks in a season-opener since Mitch King had a pair in 2007. O led the

team and ed for third in the Big Ten with 8.0 sacks in 2014. He had two tackles,

one sack (7 yards), and two quarterback hurries against Pi in 2014.

O 3-2-1:

• Has started 27 of the last 29 games at defensive end.

• One of 11 players on Big Ten Players to Watch List.

• Picked up a deected punt against Nebraska in 2014 and returned it 12 yards

for his rst career touchdown.


HAWKEYE FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS

100 Ferentz became the 12th coach to

win 100 games at a Big Ten school

(at MSU, 19-16 2OT, 10/13/12)

62 Calvin Jones’ rered number, one

of two in school history

60 NFL Dra picks under Kirk Ferentz

33 Hawkeyes who have played

in the Super Bowl

30 Former Hawkeyes acve in the NFL

28 Bowl games (14-13-1)

26 All-America honors under Ferentz

24 Heisman Trophy winner (1939)

Nile Kinnick’s rered number

24 Players have combined to earn

Academic All-America honors

on 44 occasions under Ferentz

23 Consensus All-Americans

(eight under Kirk Ferentz)

22 Times nished a season ranked

14 Bowl wins, CFB Hall of Famers14 First or second round NFL

dra picks under Kirk Ferentz

11 Big Ten Championships

9 Former players recognized on Kinnick

Stadium Wall of Honor

6 Bowl wins under Kirk Ferentz

6 Players under Ferentz who

have won naonal awards

4 Four mes nished the year ranked

in top 10 over the past 12 seasons

3 Kirk Ferentz has been named B1G

Coach of the Year

2 Twice won 11 games under

Kirk Ferentz (2002 & 2009)1 Only one Iowa coach ranks above

Kirk Ferentz in career wins,

Hayden Fry (143)

0 Did not lose a B1G game in

2002, one of only ve B1G teams

ON THE AVERAGE

DOWN PLAYS AVG.

First Down 94 6.6

Second Down 69 6.2

Third Down 41 4.7

Fourth Down 4 8.0

IOWA BY QUARTERS

QUARTER IOWA OPPONENTS

First 13 3

Second 31 21

Third 14 10

Fourth 31 21

OT 0 0

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS

T/O Gained Pts Scored

Iowa 3 10

Opponents 3 14


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Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz holds his weekly

press conferences every Tuesday throughout the

season.

The press conferences are held in the All-American

Room of the Hansen Football Performance Center.

Coach Ferentz addresses the media at 1:15 p.m.(CT). Player interviews are 11 a.m. each Tuesday in

the front foyer of the HFPC.

Media need to submit their player interview re-

quests to Steve Roe, via e-mail, by 9 a.m. each Sunday.

True freshmen are not available for interviews.

Media can access video highlights of Ferentz’s

weekly press conference via the UI Drop Box. Contact

the Iowa Athlec Communicaons oce for login

informaon.

All press conferences can be viewed on the ocial

world wide web site of the Iowa Athlec Department

at hawkeyesports.com (subscripon service). Each

press conference is archived.

CB DESMOND KING (JR., 5-11, 190)


Junior CB Desmond King, regarded as one of the top corners in the conference,

has made a habit of making big plays on returns this season. King returned a punt

37 yards (career long) to set up Iowa’s go-ahead touchdown drive against Iowa

State on Sept. 12, and picked up a mued squib kick and returned it 27 yards toset up K Marshall Koehn’s 57-yard game winning eld goal against Pi on Sept.

19.

King in 3-2-1:

• Tied for the Big Ten lead with three intercepons. The last Hawkeye to lead the

league in intercepon was Tyler Sash in 2009 (6).

• Had intercepons on Pi’s rst two possessions. They were his second and

third intercepons of the season, and the h and sixth of his career. He is the

rst Hawkeye with two intercepons in a game since John Lowdermilk in the

fourth period at Purdue in 2014.

• Has started 28 consecuve games since entering the starng lineup in Week 2

of his true freshman season.

WR TEVAUN SMITH (SR., 6-2, 205)


Senior WR Tevaun Smith hauled in a 51-yard recepon in the rst quarter

against Pi to surpass 1,000 career receiving yards. Smith has 1,067 receiving

yards, ranking 36th in program history.

Smith in 3-2-1:

• Has at least one recepon in 16 straight games.

• Eight catches and 120 receiving yards both rank third on the team. He led Iowa

with 596 yards receiving in 2014.

• His 51-yard catch against Pi es for the longest recepon by a Hawkeye this

season (Canzeri). He had a team-high eight plays of 30-plus yards from scrim-

mage in 2014, including two touchdowns (37, 31) and a 35-yard rush.

WR MATT VANDEBERG (JR., 6-1, 185)


Junior WR Ma VandeBerg has more catches through the rst three games of

the season (22) than any player in the Kirk Ferentz era (since 1999). Kevin Kasper

had 21 recepons through the rst three games of 2000, and Kevonte Marn-

Manley, the school’s all-me leader in recepons, had 19 catches through three

games in 2013 and 2014.

VandeBerg in 3-2-1:

• Leads the Big Ten with 22 recepons and ranks seventh in receiving yards per

game (72.7).

• Set career highs with nine recepons and 114 receiving yards in Iowa’s 31-17win at Iowa State on Sept. 12.

• Entered the season with 22 career recepons (23 games). He has 22 through

three games in 2015.


WEEKLY FOOTBALL PRESS cONFERENcE

HAWKEYE INJURY UPDATES

The Big Ten coaches teleconferences are heldeach Tuesday. The teleconference begins at 11 a.m.

(CT) and each coach is available for eight minutes. To

parcipate on the teleconference, media members

should dial 1-866-392-7674. Contact the Big Ten

oce at 847-696-1010 for the weekly passcode.

All mes listed below are CT:

11:00 a.m. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern

11:08 a.m. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan

11:16 a.m. Paul Chryst, Wisconsin

11:24 a.m. Mike Riley, Nebraska

11:32 a.m. Mark Dantonio, Michigan State

11:40 .m Krk Frz, Iw

11:48 a.m. Jerry Kill, Minnesota

11:56 a.m. Kyle Flood, Rutgers

12:04 p.m. Bill Cubit, Illinois12:12 p.m. Randy Edsall, Maryland

12:20 p.m. Darrell Hazell, Purdue

12:28 p.m. James Franklin, Penn State

12:36 p.m. Urban Meyer, Ohio State

12:44 p.m. – Kevin Wilson, Indiana

WEEKLY TELEcONFERENcES

• Jake Duzey -- out (knee)

• Darian Cooper -- out


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IOWA STATISTICS

Player Category Stats Big Ten NCAA

Marshall Koehn PAT Pct. 100.0 T-1st ---

C.J. Beathard Passing 228.0 4th 48th

C.J. Beathard Total Oense 275.3 3rd 38th

Nate Meier Sacks 4.0 T-3rd T-5th

Drew O Sacks 2.0 T-13th T-57th

Nathan Bazata Kicks/Punts Blocked 1 1st T-4th

Marshall Koehn Field Goal Pct. 100.0 1st ---

Desmond King Kicko Returns 19.20 7th 77th

Desmond King Intercepons 3 T-1st T-2nd

Tm S

KO Coverage 21.60 11th T-78th

Fewest Yards Penalized 50.3 3rd 47th

PAT Kicking 100.0 T-1st ---

Fewest Penales/Game 5.3 3rd 32nd

Passing Defense 223.3 9th 72nd

Fourth Down Conversions 75.0 4th T-27th

Third Down Conversions 48.78 T-1st T-14th

Time of Possession 32:51 4th 22nd

Passing Oense 231.3 6th 68th

QB Sacks Allowed 4 T-8th T-42nd

First Downs Allowed 47 T-4th T-24th

First Downs Gained 66 6th T-57th

Pass Eciency 141.66 5th T-54th

Turnovers Lost 3 T-5th T-30th

Total Defense 274.3 4th 16th

Rushing Defense 51.0 1st T-5th

Total Oense 423.0 3rd T-63rd

Intercepons 3 T-5th T-42nd

Kick/Punts Blocked 1 T-3rd T-11th

Pass Eciency Defense 135.57 10th 88th

Third Down Defense 36.59 12th T-73rd

Rushing Oense 191.67 7th 55th

Scoring Oense 29.7 10th T-75th

Scoring Defense 18.3 8th T-35th

Tackles for Loss Allowed 12.0 T-5th T-25th

Field Goal Pct. 100.0 T-1st ---

KO Returns 19.20 13th 93rd

QB Sacks 11 4th T-6th

Passes Defended 9 14th T-95th

Punng Avg. 46.83 2nd 14th

Red Zone Defense 83.33 T-10th T-69th

Kicko Avg. 54.13 1st 22nd

Tackles for Loss 20 8th T-37th

Turnover Margin 0.00 T-7th T-61st

Fumbles Forced 2 T-7th T-60th

Red Zone Oense 90.91 5th T-33rd

Turnovers Gained 3 T-12th T-90th

Fourth Down Defense 40.00 T-5th T-43rd

Punt Returns 12.00 7th T-44th

Fumbles Lost 1 9th T-59th

Punt Return Defense 25.00 14th T-117th

Fumbles Recovered 0 T-12th T-110th

DE NATE MEIER (SR., 6-2, 252)


Senior Nate Meier leads the Hawkeyes and ranks third in

the Big Ten with four sacks. Meier entered 2015 with three

career sacks. His 19 tackles e for third on the team.

Meier in 3-2-1:

• Leads Iowa in tackles-for-loss (5-23) and sacks (4-21).

• Meier and fellow defensive end Drew O were two of

seven true freshmen to see acon in 2012.

• One of three Hawkeye defensive linemen to play 8-man

football in high school (Drew O, Nathan Bazata).

LB BEN NIEMANN (SO., 6-3, 225)


Sophomore LB Ben Niemann es for 10th in the Big Ten

with 4.5 tackles-for-loss. Niemann has started each of Iowa’s

rst three games (his rst three career starts).

Niemann in 3-2-1:

• Has two sacks this season, tying Drew O and trailing

team-leader Nate Meier (4.5)

• Blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown against

Northwestern in 2014.

• One of three true freshman to see acon in 2014.

TE JAKE DUZEY (SR., 6-4, 248)


Senior TE Jake Duzey suered a knee injury in the na

week of spring pracce and is currently not available for

game acon.

Duzey in 3-2-1:• Three touchdown recepons in 2014 ed for the team

lead (Damond Powell, Ray Hamilton, Tevaun Smith).

• Had 36 recepons in 2014, a single-season career high

and ed for the second most by a Big Ten ght end this

season.

• 85-yard TD recepon at Ohio State in 2013 is ninth longest

scoring recepon in school history.

P DILLON KIDD (SR., 6-2, 215)

Senior P Dillon Kidd shared punng dues in 2014, av-

eraging 38.5 yards per punt. In near full-me duty in 2015

(Marshall Koehn has one of Iowa’s 11 punts) Kidd is averaging49.8 yards per punt.

Kidd in 3-2-1:

• Leads the Big Ten averaging 49.8 yards per punt.

• 64-yard punt against Pi is a career long.

• Has ve punts of 50-plus yards, the fourth highest tota

in the Big Ten.


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K MARSHALL KOEHN (SR., 6-0, 200)

Senior K Marshall Koehn was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week

following his game-winning eld goal against Pi on Sept. 19. Koehn connected

on the second longest eld goal (57 yards) in school history as me expired to

give Iowa a 27-24 win. It was Iowa’s rst walk-o eld goal since the 1986 Holiday

Bowl, and the longest game-winning eld goal in FBS since 2008 (Fresno State’s

Kevin Goessling, 58 yards in 2008 against Utah State). Koehn is 4-for-4 on eld

goal tries this season, all 40-plus yard aempts (40, 49, 43, 57).

Koehn leads the Big Ten averaging 64.1 yards per kicko. He has 11 touchbacks,

the third highest total in the conference. He also has one punt this season for 64

yards. It is the only punt of his career, and it came to rest inside the opponent’s

5-yard line.

Koehn in 3-2-1:

• Hit a career-long 57 yard eld goal as me expired to defeat Pi, 27-24, on Sept.

19. It is the second longest eld goal in school history (Tim Douglas, 1998) and

es a Kinnick Stadium record (Lee Pistor, Arizona, 1977). He has kicked two of

Iowa’s nine longest eld goals in school history -- both coming against Pi (52

at Pi in 2014 and 57 vs. Pi in 2015).

• Has 98 career points. Needs two points to become the 36th player in program

history with 100 career points.

• Has made seven consecuve eld goal aempts, 15 of his last 16 aempts, and

50 consecuve PAT aempts (50/50 in his career).

BAPTISM BY FIRE

Iowa starng tackles LT Boone Myers and RT Ike Boeger entered 2015 with

one combined career start (Boeger started as a second ght end against Wis-

consin in 2014). The sophomores replace a pair of NFL lineman -- 2014 Outland

Trophy winner LT Brandon Scher (Washington Redskins) and RT Andrew Donnal

(St. Louis Rams).

Myers joined the program as a walk-on and was put on scholarship prior to the

2014 season. He saw acon in four games last season. Boeger joined the team

as a ght end but was moved to oensive line in 2013. He saw acon in seven

games as a redshirt freshman in 2014.

FIND THE NFL-ER

Since 1999, Kirk Ferentz’s rst year as UI head coach, the Hawkeyes have had

a future NFL player start on the oensive line in every season.

In each of the last eight years, an eventual NFL rst-round dra pick started

on the oensive line. Brandon Scher, selected by the Washington Redskins h

overall in 2015, was Iowa’s le tackle from 2012-14. Riley Rei, selected 23rd

overall by the Detroit Lions in 2012, started at le tackle from 2010-11. Bryan

Bulaga, selected 23rd overall by the Green Bay Packers in 2010, started at leguard in 2007 before moving to le tackle in 2008-09.

From 2005-06, Balmore Ravens All-Pro Marshal Yanda shared me at tackle

and guard for the Hawkeyes. Mike Elgin, a seventh round selecon of New England,

was Iowa’s starng center in 2004. Pete McMahon, draed by Oakland in 2005,

was Iowa’s right guard in 2003. Oakland’s rst round pick in 2004, Robert Gallery,

was Iowa’s le tackle from 2001-03. Eric Steinbach (Cincinna) started at guard

for Iowa from 2000-02, and Bruce Nelson (Carolina) was a four-year starter from

1999-02. Both players were second round dra picks in 2003.

Listed below are all the plays that have beenreviewed in an Iowa game in 2015.

Game (Rvs) Rwd Ply (crmd/Rrd)

Illinois State No Reviews

Iowa State 3 Reviews (2/1)

Pisburgh 3 Reviews (2/1)North Texas - - -

Wisconsin - - -

Illinois - - -

Northwestern - - -

Maryland - - -

Indiana - - -

Minnesota - - -

Purdue - - -

Nebraska - - -


INSTANT REPLAY

School Games Last ShutoutOhio State 255 Nov. 20, 1993 (28-0 at Michigan)Nebraska 132 Sept. 21, 1996 (26-0 at Arizona State)IOWA 171 Oct. 14, 2000 (31-0 at Illinois)Michigan State 169 Oct. 21, 2000 (14-0 at Michigan)Indiana 162 Oct. 14, 2000 (58-0 at Michigan)Penn State 159 Oct. 6, 2001 (20-0 vs. Michigan)Northwestern 134 Sept. 27, 2003 (20-0 at Ohio State)Minnesota 34 Oct. 1, 2011

(58-0 at Michigan)Maryland 23 Oct. 5, 2013 (63-0 at Florida State)Illinois 20 Oct. 13, 2012 (45-0 at Michigan)Michigan 13 Sept. 6, 2014 (31-0 at Notre Dame)Purdue 7 Nov. 2, 2013 (56-0 vs. Ohio State)Rutgers 7 Nov. 1, 2014 (37-0 vs. Wisconsin)Wisconsin 4 Aug. 24, 1997 (59-0 vs. Ohio State)

IOWA IN OVERTIME

Iowa holds a 6-3 record in overme games. Iowawon its rst overme contest, defeang Penn State26-23 on Nov. 4, 2000, in State College, Pa. TheHawkeyes are 2-2 in single overme, 3-0 in doubleoverme and 1-1 in triple overme. Iowa is 2-1 inoverme in Kinnick Stadium and 4-2 in overmeroad games. Following are Iowa’s overme games:

Date Result OT’s Opponent

11/4/00 W, 26-23 Double at Penn State

9/28/02 W, 42-35 Single at Penn State

10/22/05 L, 23-20 Single vs. Michigan

9/09/06 W, 20-13 Triple at Syracuse

10/27/07 W, 34-27 Double vs. Michigan St.

11/14/09 L, 27-24 Single at Ohio State

9/10/11 L, 44-41 Triple at Iowa State

10/13/12 W, 19-16 Double at Michigan St.

10/26/13 W, 17-10 Single vs. Northwestern

CONSECUTIVE GAMES, NOT SHUTOUT


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PAULSENS ARE A FAMILIAR FACE

Freshmen Landan and Levi Paulsen are the sixth set of twins to play football

at the University of Iowa. The oensive linemen from Woodbury High School in

Northwest Iowa join the company of Leo and Lloyd Jensvold (1929-30), Harold

and Herbert Shoener (1946-47), Kent and Kevin Ellis (1977-80), Aaron and Evan

Kooiker (1992), and Shane and Shaun Prater (2008).

The Paulsens are one of three sets of brothers on Iowa’s 2015 roster, joining

DB Kevin Ward and OL Ryan Ward, and OL James Daniels and RB LeShun Daniels.

GLANCE AT THE SCHEDULE

• The Hawkeyes open Big Ten play at Wisconsin on Oct. 3. This marks the 13th

me in Kirk Ferentz’s 17 years at Iowa that the Hawkeyes open the conference

season on the road.

• For the rst me in program history Iowa plays more than one night game at

Kinnick Stadium. Iowa defeated Pi, 27-24, in a BTN primeme game Sept. 19.

The Hawkeyes host Minnesota on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. (CT) on BTN.

• Iowa is one of four Big Ten teams (Iowa, Michigan, NW, Rutgers) with two power

ve schools on its nonconference schedule (Iowa State, Pi). The Hawkeyes

defeated Iowa State, 31-17, on Sept. 12, and Pi, 27-24, on Sept. 19.• The Hawkeyes defeated Illinois State, 31-14, in the season opener. The Redbirds

lost to North Dakota State in the 2014 FCS tle game. Iowa opens the 2016

season hosng North Dakota State.

• Iowa will face Maryland on Oct. 31 in Iowa City. It marks Maryland’s rst foot-

ball game in Iowa City. It also marks the 16th me in Iowa program history the

Hawkeyes play on Halloween (6-8-1).

• The Hawkeyes do not face Big Ten opponents Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio

State, Penn State, and Rutgers.

• Iowa’s Homecoming game is Oct. 10 against Illinois at 11 a.m. Iowa is 56-42-5

all-me in Homecoming contests, and has won ve of its last Homecoming

games. Illinois is vising Kinnick Stadium for the rst me since 2007.

• Three of Iowa’s nonconference opponents are led by coaches who have beenassistants in the Big Ten, including Illinois State’s Brock Spack (Purdue), Pi’s Pat

Narduzzi (Michigan State), and North Texas’ Dan McCarney (Iowa, Wisconsin).

Iowa State’s Paul Rhoads was a graduate assistant under John Cooper at Ohio

State.

• North Texas head coach Dan McCarney and North Texas quarterback Andrew

McNulty are Iowa City, Iowa, naves. McNulty was North Texas’ leading passer

in 2014.

• North Texas head coach Dan McCarney is the second Iowa City nave in the last

three seasons to coach in Kinnick Stadium (Terry Allen, Missouri State, 2013).

McCarney, a Hawkeye assistant from 1977-89, will make his seventh appear-

ance on the opposing sideline at Kinnick. He was 3-3 as a visitor as Iowa State’s

head coach.• Iowa has four trophy games on its schedule in 2015: Iowa State (Cy-Hawk: W,

31-17), Minnesota (Floyd of Rosedale), Wisconsin (Heartland), and Nebraska

(Heroes).

FERENTZ SECOND IN LONGEVITY

Kirk Ferentz is in his 17th season as Iowa’s head football coach and ranks sec-

ond in longevity among FBS head coaches. Ferentz is rst among Big Ten coaches

and naonally ranks behind Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer (28). Ferentz is ed for

second with Bob Stoops of Oklahoma.


HAWKEYES UNDER FERENTZ

Overall ..........................................................118-85vs. ranked teams .............................................21-34vs. unranked teams ........................................96-51vs. Big Ten teams ............................................68-60vs. Big Ten teams (home)................................39-22vs. Big Ten teams (away).................................29-38

When rushing for 150 yards or more .............70-16When rushing for 200 yards or more ...............44-6When passing for 250 yards or more .............40-20When passing for 300 yards or more ...............10-8When Iowa player rushes for 100 yards .........66-24When opponent has 100-yard rusher ............16-37When opponent has 300-yard passer ............13-12When scoring 30 points or more ......................63-7When scoring 20 points or more ....................87-37When opponent scores 25 points or more .....13-54When holding opponent to 10 pts or less ........45-1When Iowa scores rst ...................................88-28When Iowa leads at halime ..........................92-19When Iowa trails at halime ..........................19-63When game is ed at halime ...........................6-3When Iowa leads aer 3 quarters ..................96-15When Iowa trails aer 3 quarters ...................14-66When game is ed aer 3 quarters ....................7-4Games decided by 11 points or more ............68-30Games decided by 10 points or less ...............40-45Games decided by 7 points or less .................33-42Games decided by 3 points or less .................17-28When Iowa has a posive turnover margin ...68-19When opponent has a posive turnover margin ...20-47When the turnover margin is equal ...............29-18When returning a punt/kicko for a score .........8-6Overme games .................................................6-4When temperature is 50 degrees or above ....84-63When temperature is below 50 degrees ........31-20When temperature is over 90 degrees ............. ..3-3When raining: ...................................................10-7

2015 IOWA LEADERSHIP GROUP

This group helps formulate policies and enters into

team decision-making maers regarding the program.

OL Ausn Blythe, Sr.

RB Jordan Canzeri, Sr.DL Darian Cooper, Sr.FB Adam Cox, Sr.TE Jake Duzey, Sr.WR Jacob Hillyer, Sr.K Marshall Koehn, Sr.DB Jordan Lomax, Sr.DE Nate Meier, Sr.DE Drew O, Sr.LB Travis Perry, Sr.FB Macon Plewa, Sr.WR Tevaun Smith, Sr.QB C.J. Breathard, Jr.RB LeShun Danies, Jr.LB Josey Jewell, So.

Coach, Team Wins Seasons Years

1. Woody Hayes, OSU 153 28 1951-782. Bo Schembechler, MICH 143 21 1969-893. Amos Alonzo Stagg, CHI 115 37 1896-324. Hayden Fry, IOWA 96 20 1979-985. Lloyd Carr, MICH 81 13 1995-076. Robert Zuppke, ILL 76 29 1913-417. Duy Daugherty, MSU 72 19 1954-728. John Cooper 70 13 1988-009. Krk Frz, IOWA 68 16 1999-pr.

10. George Perles, MSU 66 12 1983-94 Murray Warmath, MINN 66 18 1954-7112. Barry Alvarez, WIS 65 16 1990-05

BIG TEN COACHING WINS


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IOWA PROGRAM NOTES

• The Hawkeyes have earned bowl eligibility in 13 of the last 1

seasons.

• Iowa earned Big Ten Conference championships in 2002 an

2004 and placed second in 2009. Iowa (8-0, 2002) is one o

four Big Ten teams to post a perfect mark in conference pla

since 1998 (BCS era).

• Iowa has ranked in the top 10 in the nal Associated Press an

CNN/USA Today coaches polls in four mes since 2002, includ

ing a ranking of seventh in both polls at the conclusion of th

2009 season. Iowa ranked eighth in 2002, 2003 and 2004 an

the Hawkeyes were also 20th in 2008.

• Since 1936 when the rst AP poll was released, Iowa has ap

peared the poll 297 mes, the h highest total in the Big Te

(Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, MSU). Iowa has been th

top-ranked team in the country 11 mes.

• Iowa established a school record with 11 wins in 2002 (11-2

and matched that record in 2009. In 2009, Iowa started 9-and won 10 regular season games for just the fourth me i

school history.

• Iowa won 10 or more games in three consecuve years (2002

04) for the rst me in school history.

• Kirk Ferentz has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year thre

mes (2002, 2004 & 2009) and he was named Naonal Coac

of the Year in 2002. Ferentz joins Michigan’s Bo Schembechle

(four), Iowa’s Hayden Fry (three) and Penn State’s Joe Patern

(three) as the only coaches to be honored in more than tw

seasons.

• Iowa has had naonal award winners in: Robert Gallery (200

Outland, Top Lineman); Brad Banks (2002 Davey O’Brien, ToQuarterback; 2002 Associated Press Naonal Player of th

Year); Dallas Clark (2002 Mackey, Top Tight End); Nate Kaedin

(2002 Groza, Top Kicker); Shonn Greene (2008 Doak Walker, To

Running Back); Brandon Scher (2014 Outland, Top Lineman

• Iowa’s football record in the 2000 decade was 80-45 (.640),

record that ranks as the best decade in Iowa football history

based on total wins. Iowa posted a record of 77-40-4 (.652

during the 1980’s and the Hawkeyes were 62-53-2 (.538) in th

1990’s.

• Part of the Hawkeyes’ long term success is due to the stabilit

in the program. Iowa has had just two head coaches since 1979

Hayden Fry took over prior to the 1979 season and coachethrough the 1998 season, posng a record of 143-89-6. Cu

rent coach Kirk Ferentz replaced Fry, leading the program fo

the 17th season. Ferentz also served as Iowa’s oensive lin

coach from 1981-89 under Fry.


Au Blyh

Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List

Rimington Trophy Preseason Watch List

Preseason second team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Preseason third team All-Big Ten by Athlon SportsPreseason third team All-Big Ten by College Sports

Madness

Jordan Canzeri

Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List

Jake Duzey

Mackey Award Preseason Watch List

Preseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Desmond King

Preseason second team All-Big Ten by College SportsMadness

Preseason third team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Preseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports

Jordan Lomax

Lo IMPACT Trophy preseason Watch List

Allstate AFCA Good Works Team

Preseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports

Preseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Drw O

Named to Big Ten West Division Players to Watch ListBronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List

Preseason second team All-Big Ten by College Sports

Madness

Preseason second team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports

Preseason second team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Tevaun Smith

Preseason third team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Jordan Walsh

Preseason third team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports

HAWKEYES ON PRESEASON LISTS


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59 AND COUNTING

The Hawkeyes have played 59 consecuve games without a missed or blocked

PAT, the longest streak of any school in the naon. Iowa has converted on 179

consecuve PATs during the streak.

HAWKEYE HISTORY

Iowa has played 1,196 games since beginning football in 1889. Iowa’s overall

record is 616-541-39 (.530). That includes a 388-213-16 (.641) record in home

games, a 228-328-23 (.413) record in games away from Iowa City, a 306-366-25

(.457) mark in Big Ten games and a 271-177-15 (.600) record in Kinnick Stadium.

HOME GROWN HAWKEYES

Iowa’s roster of 114 players includes 49 players from Iowa. The roster includes

14 players from Illinois; nine from Texas; seven from Maryland; six from Missouri,

ve from Ohio; four from Michigan; three from Florida, Nebraska, and New Jersey;

two from South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Canada; one from Alabama, Minnesota,

New York, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

IOWA WILL RECEIVE

Iowa received the opening kicko in all three games this season. In 17 seasons

as Iowa’s head coach, Kirk Ferentz and the Hawkeyes received the opening kicko

in 165-of-203 games (98-67). Iowa has started the game on defense in 38-of-203

games under Ferentz (20-18).

IOWA AMONG TOP 25 IN WINS, 2002-15

Iowa has posted 107 wins since the start of the 2002 season, ed for the 21st

highest total in Division I football. The list includes the following: Boise State (150);

Ohio State (145); Oklahoma (140); USC (137); LSU (136); Georgia (131); Alabama

(129); TCU (129); Oregon (128); Texas (127); Florida State (127); Virginia Tech

(125); Wisconsin (124); Florida (120); Auburn (119); West Virginia (116); Utah(115); Virginia (112); Nebraska (111); Miami, FL (108); Iowa (107); Texas Tech

(107); Michigan (104).

THIS WEEK IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Sept. 25, 1954

No. 12 Iowa def. No. 7 Michigan State, 14-10

Iowa City, Iowa

College Football Hall of Fame coach Forest Evashevski and Iowa controlled the

rst half during Hall of Fame coach Duy Daugherty’s Michigan State debut, and

the Hawkeyes went into the break ahead 7-0. Daugherty had all the right things

to say to his players at halime, and they came out and scored on Leroy Bolden’s

touchdown run and a Gerry Planus eld goal. Hawkeye halack Eldean Mathesonelded a punt from Don Kauth, and he raced 53 yards to the Spartans’ three-yard

line. On fourth-and-one at the goal line, Iowa quarterback Jerry Reichow plunged

into the end zone behind a line featuring Hall of Fame guard Calvin Jones, giving

his team the win. The Hawkeyes nished the season 5-4 and the Spartans nished

3-6.


IOWA CAREER SCORING

Nm P. TD-PAT-FG Yr

1. Nate Kaeding 373 1-166-67 00-032. Mike Meyer 324 0-141-61 10-133. Rob Houghtlin 290 0-128-54 85-874. Tom Nichol 277 0-142-45 81-845. Kyle Schlicher 260 0-107-51 04-0631. Ed Hinkel 102 17-0-0 02-05 Fred Russell 102 17-0-0 00-03 Lew Montgomery 102 17-0-0 89-92 Robert Smith 102 17-0-0 83-8635. Wilburn Hollis 100 16-2-0 59-61 Marshall Koehn 98 0-51-18 2012-

2015 ANNIVERSARIES

25 YEARS

1990 team posted an 8-4 overall record and 6-2

league mark to e for rst place in the Big Ten an

earn a Rose Bowl appearance

30 YEARS

1985 team registered a 10-2 overall record and 7-1

league mark winning the Big Ten championship and

compete in the Rose Bowl

55 YEARS

1960 team recorded an 8-1 overall record and 5-1

rst place record in the Big Ten.

IOWA CAREER RECEIVING YARDS

Name Yards TDs Years

1. Marvin McNu, Jr. 2,861 28 2008-11

2. D. Johnson-Koulianos 2,616 17 2007-10

3. Tim Dwight 2,271 21 1994-97

4. Danan Hughes 2,216 21 1989-92

5. Ronnie Harmon 2,045 10 1982-85--------------------------------------------------------------------

30. Mike Flagg 1,187 13 1984-87

31. Deven Harberts 1,170 8 1987-88

32. Jon Filloon 1,164 3 1988-91

33. Scot Helverson 1,149 13 1983-86

34. Jim Gibbons 1,099 11 1955-57

35. Barry Crees 1,069 2 1966-68

36. Tevaun Smith 1,057 4 2012-

37. Cloyd Webb 1,029 10 1961-63

IOWA CAREER RUSHING

Nm A-Yrd TD Yr

1. Sedrick Shaw 837-4,156 33 1993-96

2. Ladell Bes 831-3,686 25 1998-01

3. Albert Young 660-3,173 23 2004-07

4. Tavian Banks 505-2,977 33 1994-97

5. Fred Russell 514-2,760 17 2001-13

6. Tony Stewart 532-2,562 17 1987-90

7. Owen Gill 489-2,556 22 1981-84

8. Ronnie Harmon 443-2,271 22 1982-85

9. Eddie Phillips 465-2,177 19 1980-83

10. Dennis Mosley 458-2,133 14 1976-79

11. Shonn Greene 347-2,107 19 ‘05-06, ‘08

12. Marcus Coker 395-2,006 18 2010-11

--------------------------------------------------------------------

27. Eddie Vincent 227-1,373 11 1953-55

28. Larry Ferguson 215-1,297 10 1959-62

29. Jordan Canzeri 248-1,262 4 2011-

30. Jerry Faske 223-1,240 9 1948-50

31. Jon Lazar 304-1,225 7 1975-78


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IOWA FOOTBALL AND THE NFL

• There are 30 Hawkeyes currently acve in the NFL.

• At least one Iowa Hawkeye has been selected in every NFL Dra since 1978.

• Kirk Ferentz has produced seven rst-round dra picks, ed for ninth most amo

acve college coaches.

• Since 2011, Iowa has had 22 players draed in the NFL. Among Big Ten teams, o

Ohio State matches Iowa’s NFL total. Iowa has had ve rst round picks in the lasix NFL dras, tying Wisconsin (5) for the league lead.

• Iowa had 22 players draed from 2010-15, including four rst round picks (

Bryan Bulaga, 2010; DE Adrian Clayborn, 2011; OL Riley Rei, 2012; OL Brand

Scher, 2015).

• Iowa and Alabama were the only two college football programs to have a

round dra selecon following the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.

• Iowa had six players draed in the 2012 NFL Dra, which ed for the most in t

Big Ten and ed for fourth in the country.

• Former Hawkeye Marshal Yanda (Balmore OL) is a four-me Pro-Bowler (201

14) and was named NFL All-Pro in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

• In NFL 2011 regular season stascs, former Hawkeye linebackers Chad Greenw

(Minnesota) and Pat Angerer (Indianapolis) nished third and fourth, respecvein tackles. Greenway was named to the Pro Bowl in 2012 and 2013.

• Three former Hawkeyes were involved in the 2012 Super Bowl. DB Tyler Sash play

for the Super Bowl champion New York Giants, while LB Je Tarpinian was on t

injured reserve roster of the New England Patriots. Former Iowa center Br

Ferentz, now is his fourth year as Iowa’s oensive line coach, was New Englan

ght ends coach.

• Former Iowa DB Sean Considine and OL Marshal Yanda won Super Bowl rings w

the 2012 Balmore Ravens in the 2013 Super Bowl.

• Former Iowa LB James Morris (injured reserve) earned a Super Bowl ring w

the New England Patriots in 2015. Former TE Tony Moeaki played for the Sea

Seahawks in the same game.

• Every Iowa senior starng ght end (11) under Kirk Ferentz has been draed

the NFL or made an NFL team in his rst year as a rookie (including 2015 rook

Ray Hamilton).

• All 11 members of Iowa’s starng defensive unit in 2008 were either draed

signed to NFL free agent contracts following the dras.

• Over the past 13 years, 123-of-137 (90 percent) of Iowa’s senior starters have be

draed in the NFL or signed NFL free agent contracts.

AMONG THE BEST IN THE BIG TEN

Iowa has posted a 6-6 bowl record under head coach Kirk Ferentz. Since the 20

season, only Ohio State has won more bowl games (including the FBS championsh

game), than Iowa. Following is the record for Big Ten teams in bowl games sin

2001:

Team Record Pct. Team Record Pct.

Ohio State 7-6 .538 Wisconsin 5-8 .385

IOWA 6-6 .500 Purdue 3-5 .375

Rutgers 6-3 .667 Michigan 3-8 .273

Penn State 6-5 .545 Illinois 2-3 .400

Maryland 5-4 .555 Northwestern 1-6 .143

Michigan State 5-5 .500 Minnesota 3-7 .300

Nebraska 5-7 .417 Indiana 0-1 .000


Iowa football players have a long

tradion of being well prepared

for professional football follow-

ing their college playing careers.

Since 2010, 22 Hawkeyes have

been selected in the NFL Dra.

Today, 30 Hawkeyes are on acve NFL rosters.

Frmr Hwky, curr NFL Tm

Jonathan Babineaux, Atlanta Falcons

Bryan Bulaga, Green Bay Packers

Sco Chandler, New England Patriots

Adrian Clayborn, Atlanta Falcons

Colin Cole, Carolina Panthers

Mike Daniels, Green Bay Packers

Carl Davis, Balmore Ravens

Andrew Donnal, St. Louis Rams

James Ferentz, Denver Broncos

CJ Fiedorowicz, Houston Texans

Bradley Fletcher, New England Patriots

Adam Ges, New York Giants (PS)

Chad Greenway, Minnesota Vikings

Ray Hamilton, Pisburgh Steelers (IR)

Anthony Hitchens, Dallas Cowboys

Micah Hyde, Green Bay Packers

Chrisan Kirksey, Cleveland Browns

Karl Klug, Tennessee Titans

James Morris, New York Giants (PS)

Brandon Myers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Damond Powell, Arizona Cardinals (NFIL)

Riley Rei, Detroit Lions

Allen Reisner, Balmore Ravens (IR)

Brandon Scher, Washington Redskins

Ricky Stanzi, Detroit Lions (PS)

Ma Tobin, Philadelphia EaglesLouis Trinca-Pasat, St. Louis Rams (PS)

Julian Vandervelde, Philadelphia

Mark Weisman, Cincinna Bengals (IR)

Marshal Yanda, Balmore Ravens

HAWKEYES IN THE NFL

CAPTAINS BY WEEK

Illinois State Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, OIowa State Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Pisburgh Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

North Texas

Wisconsin

Illinois

Northwestern

Maryland

Indiana

Minnesota

Purdue

Nebraska


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OFFENSIVE LINE EARNS RECOGNITION

Iowa’s oensive line earned a “Game Ball” from the Joe

Moore Award for its play in Iowa’s 31-17 win at Iowa State last

Saturday. The Joe Moore Foundaon for Teamwork honors

the most notable performances each week by oensive line

units.

At Iowa State, Iowa’s oense rushed for 260 yards, av-

eraging 5.8 yards per rushing aempt. Iowa controlled the

fourth quarter with 10:55 in possession me, scoring two

touchdowns in the nal 2:14 to earn the road win.

Iowa’s starng oensive line includes center Ausn Blythe,

tackles Boone Myers and Ike Boeger, and guards Sean Welsh

and Jordan Walsh. Blythe and Walsh are seniors, while My-

ers, Boeger and Welsh are sophomores.

The Joe Moore Award is named aer Joe Moore, widely

regarded as one of the best oensive line coaches in college

football history, and is the only major college football award

to honor a unit.

IOWA BOWL NOTES

Iowa has appeared in 28 bowl games with a record of 14-

13-1 (.518). The Hawkeyes have competed in the Rose (ve

mes), Outback (four), Alamo (four), Holiday (three), Orange

(two), Peach (two), Sun (two), Insight (two), Gator/TaxSlayer

(two), and the Capital One, and Freedom bowls once.

Iowa has played 12 bowl games under Kirk Ferentz (6-6).

• Iowa has been bowl eligible 13 of the last 14 seasons under

head coach Kirk Ferentz and his sta.

• Iowa ranks third in Big Ten bowl appearances. Ohio State

has received a conference-best 45 bowl bids, followed by

Michigan (43), Iowa (28) and Wisconsin (26).

• During the BCS bowl era (1998-2013), the Big Ten qualied

27 teams for BCS bowls, more than any other conference.

Eight dierent Big Ten programs played in BCS bowl games,

including two appearances by Iowa (1-1).

• For just the second me in league history, 10 Big Ten Con-

ference teams competed in bowl games in 2014 (2011).

Ohio State won the inaugural College Football Playo,

while Michigan State won the Coon Bowl, another Col-

lege Football Playo bowl.

KIRK FERENTZ RADIO SHOW

Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz is featured on “Hawk Talk with

Kirk Ferentz” each week. The 90-minute radio call-in show is

hosted by Gary Dolphin, the play-by-play voice of the Iowa

Hawkeyes. The show airs each Wednesday evening at 6:30

p.m. from Carlos O’Kelly’s in Iowa City.

Game #4 vs. North Texas @HawkeyeFootball Game Notes

IOWA LEADERSHIP GROUP

The University of Iowa football program has 16 players on

its 2015 Leadership Group, including 13 seniors, two juniors,

and one sophomore. The purpose of the group is to assist

in formulang policies, and being involved in team decision-

making maers regarding the upcoming season. Players are

selected by a team vote. The seniors are OL Ausn Blythe, RB Jordan Canzeri, DL

Darian Cooper, FB Adam Cox, TE Jake Duzey, WR Jacob Hillyer,

PK Marshall Koehn, DB Jordan Lomax, DE Nate Meier, DE

Drew O, LB Travis Perry, FB Macon Plewa and WR Tevaun

Smith. The junior class is represented by QB C.J. Beathard

and RB LeShun Daniels, Jr., and LB Josey Jewell represents

the sophomore class.

ALL IN THE FAMILY

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz has two of his three sons involved

in the Iowa program again in 2015. Brian, a former Hawkeye

leerman and captain (2003-05), is in his fourth season as

Iowa’s oensive line coach. Steven is an oensive lineman

who is in his fourth season as a redshirt junior. James Ferentz

was a three-year starter on the Hawkeye oensive line and a

team captain before graduang in May 2013. He is currently

playing for the NFL’s Denver Broncos. Ferentz is the only FBS

coach ever to coach three sons at the same school.

MORE THAN ONE

Eleven high schools have contributed more than one player

to the current Iowa football roster. Dowling Catholic HS in

West Des Moines, Iowa; and Providence Catholic HS in Homer

Glen, Illinois each graduated three current Hawkeyes. The

schools with two current Hawkeyes include DeMatha Catholic

HS (Washington, D.C.), Harding HS (Warren, Ohio), Regina HS

(Iowa City, Iowa), Solon HS (Solon, Iowa), Waukee HS (Wau-

kee, Iowa), West Branch HS (West Branch, Iowa), West Lyon

HS (Inwood, Iowa), Williamsburg HS (Williamsburg, Iowa),

and Woodbury Central HS (Moville, Iowa).

THE HAWKEYES, SIZE WISE

Redshirt freshman WR Brandon Bishop and freshman

WR Emmanuel Ogwo are the lightest Hawkeye players at

170 pounds. Junior DL Jaleel Johnson is the heaviest at 310

pounds. A total of seven Hawkeye players are listed at 300

pounds or more.

The tallest player at 6-8 is redshirt freshman DE Ma Nel-

son. The shortest player, at 5-8, is sophomore WR Jonathan

Parker.

The average Hawkeye player is 6-2 and weighs 232 pounds.

That is the one inch taller and two pounds heavier than the

average Iowa player in 2013.


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Game #4 vs. North Texas @HawkeyeFootball Game Notes

FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS

Iowa has nine players on its 2015 roster whose father

played for the Hawkeyes. WR Brandon Bishop (Willie in 1986),

QB Drew Cook (Marv in 1985-88), OL Cole Croston (Dave in

1984-86), OL Mitch Keppy (Myron in 1986-87), LS Tyler Klu-

ver (Todd in 1986-87), TE George Kile (Bruce in 1977-80),

WR Anthony Nelson (Je in 1990-92), TE Peter Pekar (Jim in

1980-81), and QB Ryan Schmidt (Rick 1984-85).

PURCHASE TICKETS

Tickets remain for all ve Iowa home games. Tickets can

be ordered online at hawkeyesports.com, by calling 1-800-IA-

HAWKS, or in person at the UI athlecs cket oce located

in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

ALL ABOARD TO KINNICK STADIUM!

The Hawkeye Express, the passenger train that transports

fans from Coralville to Kinnick Stadium, is once again available

for fans traveling to Kinnick Stadium on Iowa Football game

days. The Hawkeye Express enters its 12th season. Adults

can ride the train for $12, round trip, while children (12-and-

under) ride for free. Tickets can be purchased in advance at

the UI Ticket Oce or on game day at the Hawkeye Express

depot located near the boarding ramp. Media credenals

are accepted as well.

Free parking is located in lots near the Comfort Suites and

Coral Ridge Mall. Fans can begin boarding the train three

hours prior to 11 a.m. kickos, and four hours prior to the

start of aernoon and night games. Return trips begin at the

start of the fourth period and run 90 minutes aer the game.

The Hawkeye Express is owned by the Iowa Northern Rail-

way Company and operates on the Iowa Interstate Railroad.

BEATHARD EARNS NATIONAL MANNING AWARD

Junior quarterback C.J. Beathard was selected as the

Manning Award Quarterback of the Week following his play

in Iowa’s 31-17 win at Iowa State. He earned the honor over

seven other Manning Award Stars of the Week in the Allstate

Sugar Bowl’s Facebook contest.

In his third career start, the Franklin, Tennessee, nave

completed 15-of-25 passes for 215 yards and three touch-

downs as the Hawkeyes scored 21 unanswered points in thesecond half to earn the road victory. His 25-yard touchdown

pass to junior WR Riley McCarron in the fourth quarter gave

the Hawkeyes the lead with 2:14 le in the game. Beathard

also carried the ball a career high 10 mes for 77 yards, show-

casing his athlecism on runs of 44 and 57 yards in the rst

half. He was also named the Big Ten Conference Co-Oensive

Player of the Week.

Beathard earned the award over Washington State’s Luke

Falk, who completed 47-of-66 passes for 478 yards and four

touchdowns in a 37-34 win at Rutgers. Third in the vong

was Paxton Lynch from Memphis, who led the Tigers to a

55-23 win at Kansas to snap a 19-game losing streak against

power-ve teams.

Each week during the regular season, eight quarterbacks

are recognized as Manning Quarterbacks of the Week. Sixty-

two players from 58 dierent schools were honored duringthe 2014 season.

BEATHARD EARNS B1G WEEKLY HONOR

Junior quarterback C.J. Beathard was named co-Oensive

Player of the Week by the Big Ten aer leading Iowa to a

31-17 win at Iowa State on Sept. 15. He completed 15-of-

25 aempts for 215 yards and three touchdowns with no

intercepons. He also rushed 10 mes for 77 yards, including

runs of 44 and 57 yards. His scoring strikes covered three,

14, and 25 yards, with the 25-yard score giving Iowa the lead

with 2:14 remaining in the fourth quarter.

The Big Ten weekly honor was the rst for Beathard. He isthe rst Hawkeyes to win the oensive honor since former

WR Marvin McNu, Jr., following a win over Indiana in 2011.

COACH TO CURE MD CELEBRATES EIGHTH SEASON

For the eighth year in a row, football coaches naonwide

will band together for the Coach to Cure MD program, which

will be held during games on Saturday, Sept. 26. The annual

eort has raised more than $1.25 million to bale Duchenne

muscular dystrophy.

On Saturday, September 26, American Football Coaches

Associaon (AFCA) members will wear a Coach to Cure MD

logo patch on the sidelines. College football fans will be

asked to donate to research projects supported by Parent

Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest nonprot

organizaon in the U.S. to focus solely on Duchenne mus-

cular dystrophy.

The Coach to Cure MD patches will also be worn on non-

Saturday games the same weekend, and teams who do not

play will wear the patches during other games throughout

the season. Addionally, more than 60 teams will recognize

a local Duchenne family on the eld before or during the

game.

Football fans can donate to Duchenne muscular dystro-

phy research by either going on-line to CoachtoCureMD.org

or by texng the word CURE to 90999 (a $5 donaon will

automacally be added to your next phone bill).

Last year, more than 10,000 college coaches at more than

600 instuons parcipated in Coach to Cure MD events.

The seven-year fundraising total (2008-14) is now over $1.25

million.



Overall Conference

D O Sc Rc Rc T A

Sept. 5 Illinois State W, 31-14 1-0 0-0 2:55 59,450

Sept. 12 at Iowa State W, 31-17 2-0 0-0 3:15 61,500

Sept. 19 Pisburgh W, 27-24 3-0 0-0 3:05 63,636

Sept. 26 North Texas

Oct. 3 at Wisconsin

Oct. 10 Illinois

Oct. 17 at Northwestern

Oct. 31 Maryland

Nov. 7 at Indiana

Nov. 14 Minnesota

Nov. 21 Purdue

Nov. 27 at Nebraska

* -- Big Ten Conference game

S ScGame #4 -- vs. North Texas

28 Bw G 11 B T Chh 22 C A-Ac 14 CFB H F Idc

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir tot al avg/g

Canzeri, Jordan 3 201 139 0 0 0 340 113.3

VandeBerg, Matt 3 0 218 0 0 0 218 72.7

Daniels, LeShun 3 196 0 0 0 0 196 65.3

King, Desmond 3 0 0 60 96 11 167 55.7

Beathard, C.J. 3 142 0 0 0 0 142 47.3

Smith, Tevaun 3 0 120 0 0 0 120 40.0

Hillyer, Jacob

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Notes04 vs North Texas