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IOWA OFFENSE NORTHWESTERN OFFENSE

WR .........9 J. Smith, 17 Hillyer WR .......19 Dickerson, 87 Kidd

LT ......... 64 Croston, 73 Ward LT ..........53 Mogus, 72 HanceLG ........79 Welsh, 58 Simmons LG .........57 Frazier, 69 North

C .........63 Blythe, 58 Simmons C ...........63 Park, 59 Butler

RG ........65 Walsh, 69 Render RG ........70 Mertz, 73 DePietro

RT ........78 Daniels, 69 Render RT .........76 Olson, 71 Doles

TE .........80 Krieger Coble, 46 Kile WR .......14 Jones, 81 Roberts

WR ....... 89 VandeBerg, 83 McCarron WR .........5 Shuler, 6 McHugh

WR ....... 17 Hillyer, 83 McCarron QB ........18 Thorson, 10 Oliver/7 Alvi

QB ........16 Beathard, 8 Wiegers SB .........40 Vitale, 9 Dickerson

RB ........ 33 Canzeri, 25 Wadley/32 Mitchell, Jr. RB.........21 Jackson, 13 Long

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

IOWA DEFENSE NORTHWESTERN DEFENSE

DE ........ 34 Meier, 96 Nelson DE.........94 Lowry, 98 WashingtonDT ........67 Johnson, 56 Ekakie DT .........90 Robbins, 1 Chapman

DT ........ 99 Bazata, 61 Terlouw DT.........67 Lancaster, 95 Thompson

DE ........40 Hesse, 49 Spears DE.........13 Gibson, 7 Odenigbo

OLB ......44 Niemann, 41 Bower WLB......51 Prater, 32 Hall

MLB ..... 43 Jewell, 39 Perry MLB ......18 Walker, 53 Queiro

WLB .....36 Fisher, 31 Mends OLB ......55 Smith, 42 Jones

LC .........13 Mabin, 28 Fleming CB .........23 VanHoose, 24 Hartage

SS ......... 19 Taylor, 12 Gair S ...........16 Igwebuike, 26 Brown

FS ........ 27 Lomax, 37 Snyder S .............2 Henry, 41 McGee

RC ........14 King, 7 Draper/15 Jackson CB ...........3 Watkins, 17 McShepard

PT .........16 Kidd, 1 Koehn PT .........96 Niswander, 33 Micucci

PK ..........1 Koehn, 91 Recinos PK ...........8 Mitchell, 38 Omilian

TIME & PLACE - - 11 a.m. (CT), Saturday, Oct. 17, Ryan Field(47,330), Evanston, Illinois.

TICKETS - - Tickets are available through the Northwestern Uni-versity Athlec Ticket Oce at http://bit.ly/1jG6XVb.

RADIO - - (Originang Network): Leareld Communicaons witha network of over 40 staons. Gary Dolphin and Ed Podolak callthe acon, with sideline reporter Rob Brooks. KRUI (89.7 FM),the UI student radio staon, and on Sirius channel 135 and XMchannel 195 on satellite radio.

TELEVISION - - The game will be televised by ABC, with a reverse

mirror on ESPN2. The announcers are Dave Pasch, Brian Grieseand Tom Luginbill.

THE RECORDS - - Iowa is 6-0, 2-0, with wins over Illinois State(31-14), at Iowa State (31-17), Pisburgh (27-24), North Texas(62-16), at Wisconsin (10-6), and Illinois (29-20).

Northwestern (5-1, 1-1) began the season with ve straight winsbefore a 38-0 loss at Michigan last weekend. The Wildcats havedefeated Stanford (16-6), Eastern Illinois (41-0), Duke (19-10), BallState (24-19) and Minnesota (27-0).

THE SERIES - - Iowa holds a 49-24-3 advantage in the series thatbegan with a 12-6 Iowa win in Evanston in 1897. Iowa has wonthree of the last four meengs, including a 48-7 decision a yearago in Kinnick Stadium.

Iowa holds a 23-15-3 advantage in Evanston, but has not playedat Ryan Field since 2012. Iowa has lost on its last two visits toRyan Field, with its last victory in Evanston coming by a 28-17score in 2007.

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 133-106 and he is 121-85 at Iowa. He ranks ninthin the Big Ten Conference in coaching wins.

Pat Fitzgerald is in his 10th season as a head coach, all at North-western, his alma mater. Fitzgerald holds a record of 65-54. Heranks second to Ferentz in longevity among Big Ten head footbalcoaches.

NEXT GAME - - Iowa is idle on Oct. 24 and returns home to hostMaryland on Oct. 31 (TBA). Northwestern travels to Nebraska(11 a.m., TBA).

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

SE ................. 9 Jerminic Smith ^ 6-1 180 Fr. Garland, Texas (South Garland) 17 *** Jacob Hillyer 6-4 212 Sr. Somerset, Texas (Somerset)LT ............... 64 * Cole Croston 6-5 295 Jr. Sergeant Blu, Iowa (Sergeant Blu-Luton) 73 * Ryan Ward 6-5 290 Jr. Homer Glen, Ill. (Providence Catholic)LG .............. 79 * Sean Welsh 6-3 288 So. Springboro, Ohio (Springboro) 58 * Eric Simmons 6-2 295 Sr. Madrid, Iowa (Iowa Western CC)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) 69 Keagan Render 6-4 305 #Fr. Indianola, Iowa (Indianola)RT............... 78 James Daniels ^ 6-4 285 Fr. Warren, Ohio (Harding) 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)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) 25 Akrum Wadley 5-11 185 So. Newark, N.J. (Weequahic)OR 32 Derrick Mitchell, Jr. 6-1 212 So. St. Louis, Mo. (Vashon)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 .............. 40 Parker Hesse 6-3 240 #Fr. Waukon, Iowa (Waukon) 49 Melvin Spears 6-2 268 Sr. Allen, Texas (Allen)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

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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 W, 62-16

10/3 at #18/19 Wisconsin* W, 10-6

10/10 Illinois* W, 29-20

10/17 at #20/21 N’western* 11 a.m./ABC

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

9/5 #21 Stanford W, 16-6

9/12 Eastern Illinois W, 41-0

9/19 at Duke W, 19-10

9/26 Ball State W, 24-19

10/3 Minnesota* W, 27-0

10/10 at #18 Michigan* L, 0-38

10/17 Iowa* 11 a.m./ABC

10/24 at Nebraska* TBA

11/7 Penn State* TBA

11/14 Purdue* TBA

11/21 at Wisconsin* TBA

11/28 at Illinois* TBA

* Big Ten Conference game


GAME #7: #17/17 IOWA at #20/21 NORTHWESTERN

IOWA HAWKEYESRecord: 6-0, 2-0

Ranking: No. 17 (AP)Ranking: No. 17 (USA Today )

Head Coach: Kirk Ferentz

Alma Mater: Conneccut

Overall Record: 132-106 (20 yrs)

Record at Iowa: 121-85 (17 yrs)

NORTHWESTERN

WILDCATSRecord: 5-1, 1-1

Ranking: No. 20 (AP)

Ranking: No. 21 (USA Today )

Head Coach: Pat Fitzgerald

Alma Mater: Northwestern

Overall Record: 70-54 (9 yrs)Record at N’western: 70-54 (9 yrs)

THE SETTINGDate: Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015

Lc: Evanston, IllinoisStadium: Ryan Field (47,330)

Surface: Natural Grass

Kck : 11 a.m. (CT)

Series: Iowa leads, 49-24-3

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

TV: ABC (ESPN2 outer markets)

Dave Pasch, play-by-play

Brian Griese, analyst

Tom Luginbill, reporter

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)

Live Stats: hawkeyesports.com

Twr: @TheIowaHawkeyes / @IowaFBLive

Satellite Radio: Sirius Channel 135; XM Channel 195

IOWA RESULTS/SCHEDULE

6-0, 2-0 BIG TEN

N’WESTERN RESULTS/SCHEDULE

51, 11 big Ten

IOWA COACHES

GAME DAY LOCATION

Offs

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

Dfs

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

Iowa is looking for a 3-0 conference start for the third me under Kirk Ferentz. Iowa

opened 3-0 in the Big Ten in 2009 (5-0) and 2002 (8-0).

The Hawkeyes are seeking to improve to 7-0 for the rst me since 2009, the second

me under Kirk Ferentz, and the h me in school history.

Iowa leads the Big Ten with 11 scrimmage plays of 40-plus yards. The Hawkeyes had 12scrimmage plays of 40-plus yards all of last season.

Senior RB Jordan Canzeri es for the Big Ten lead and ranks seventh naonally with 10

touchdowns. He entered his senior season with four career touchdowns in 29 career

games.

Junior QB C.J. Beathard is undefeated in seven career starts. He is 3-0 on the road and

3-0 in the Big Ten. No Iowa quarterback has ever won his rst eight career starts.

Three Hawkeyes have 100-yard receiving performances in 2015, more than any other

Big Ten team (Jerminic Smith 118, Tevaun Smith 115, and Ma VandeBerg 114).

Junior DB Desmond King leads the Big Ten and is ed for fourth naonally with ve intercep-

ons. The last Hawkeye to lead the conference in intercepons was Tyler Sash in 2009 (6).

Iowa is ranked 17th in the AP Poll. It is the Hawkeyes’ highest appearance in the AP Poll

being ranked 13th on Nov. 7, 2010.

Iowa has scored 44 points o turnovers, aer scoring 35 points o turnovers all of last

season. Iowa has a Big Ten-best eight intercepons.

Saturday is the 1,200th game in Iowa program history. Iowa has played 1,199 games

since beginning football in 1889. Iowa’s overall record is 619-541-39 (.533).

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Lc: Iowa City, IowaFounded: 1847Enrollment: 31,065President: Bruce HarreldDrcr Ahlc: Gary BartaConference: Big Ten (West Division)Nickname: HawkeyesMascot: HerkyColors: Black and Gold (PMS 116)First Year of Football: 1889All-Time Record: 619-541-39All-Time Bowl Record: 14-13-1nl Chmp: 1921, ‘56, ‘58, ‘60

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Mailing Address:

S300 Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Iowa City, IA 52242-1020

Stadium: Kinnick StadiumOpened: 1929Capacity: 70,585

Playing Surface: Field Turf All-Time Record: 273-177-15

bc O: MulpleBasic Defense: 4-3Lrm Rur:

38 (20 oense, 15 defense, 3 specialists)

Lrm L:

20 (10 oense, 9 defense, 1 specialist)Starters Returning/Lost: 14/10

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IOWA/NORTHWESTERN NOTES

• Iowa (17/17) and Northwestern (20/21) are meeng as ranked teams for the rst me

since 1996, when #18 Northwestern defeated #23 Iowa, 40-13, at Kinnick Stadium.

Northwestern shared the Big Ten tle in 1996 behind the play of Nagurski and Bednarik

award winner Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern’s current head coach.

• Iowa has won three of the last four meengs, but has not won in Evanston since 2007

(28-17).

• Iowa averages 31.7 points per game, the second best scoring oense in the Big Ten.

Northwestern allows only 12.2 points per game, third best in the conference.

• Northwestern ranks second in the league in rushing oense (213 ypg), while Iowa

ranks second in the league in rush defense (78 ypg).

• Iowa and Northwestern are ed for second in the league in red zone defense. Both

teams have allowed nine scores on 13 trips to the red zone (69.2 percent). Iowa has

allowed six touchdowns, while Northwestern has surrendered four.

• Northwestern is the least penalized team in the Big Ten.

• Iowa and Northwestern ranks fourth and h, respecvely, in turnover margin. The

Hawkeyes are plus-ve with a Big Ten-best eight intercepons. Northwestern is plus-three.

• Northwestern has no Iowa naves on its roster. Iowa’s roster includes 14 Illinois na-

ves, more than any other outside state.

CANZERI NAMED B1G OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

RB Jordan Canzeri was named Big Ten Conference Oensive Player of the Week for his

performance in Iowa’s 29-20 win over Illinois. The Big Ten honor is the rst for Canzeri,

and the fourth for Iowa this season. QB C.J. Beathard earned the oensive award following

Iowa’s win at Iowa State, PK Marshall Koehn was the special teams winner following Iowa’s

last-second victory over Pisburgh, and DB Desmond King earned co-defensive honors

for his play in Iowa’s win at Wisconsin.

Canzeri led Iowa’s oense in the win over Illinois with 256 rushing yards on 43 aempts.

He also had two recepons for 15 yards. He scored twice, including a 17-yard recepon

in the second quarter and a 75-yard run in the third period.

Canzeri was at his best in the fourth quarter against Illinois, rushing on 11 consecuve

plays for 59 yards. Iowa used 6:53 of the quarter to set up a Marshall Koehn eld goal aer

Illinois pulled within 23-20. Following a fumble recovery, Canzeri added three addional

rushing aempts before Koehn sealed the victory with his third eld goal of the game. Canzeri established an Iowa record for rushing aempts in a game, passing the previous

mark of 42, which was held by Sedrick Shaw (at Michigan State, 1995). The 256 rushing

yards ranks third best for a single game at Iowa.

Canzeri leads Iowa’s rushing aack through six games with 132 aempts for 697

yards and nine touchdowns. His 10 total touchdowns lead the Big Ten and rank seventh

naonally. He is 20th in the naon in rushing yards per game (116.2), rushing for over

100 yards in four of six games.

THE FOURTH QUARTER

QB C.J. Beathard and the Hawkeyes’ rush defense have dominated the fourth quarter

in 2015. Iowa’s rush defense, the No. 2 defense in the conference, has yielded 81 total

rushing yards in the fourth quarter this season. That includes a 55-yard eort from North

Texas against Iowa reserves.Beathard is 16-of-22 passing for 211 yards and one touchdown. He has also rushed

nine mes for 28 yards and one touchdown in the fourth quarter this season. He has

engineered game-winning drives in the fourth quarter two mes this season (Iowa State

and Pi). 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 Iowa’s last seven games, including the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl, Beathard’s fourth quarter

numbers include 23-of-29 passing for 306 yards and three touchdowns, and 11 carries for

66 yards and one touchdown. Beathard did not play in the fourth quarter against North

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Wst DvsoTeam Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.IOWA 2-0 1.000 6-0 1.000Northwestern 1-1 .500 5-1 .833Illinois 1-1 .500 4-2 .667Minnesota 1-1 .500 4-2 .667

Wisconsin 1-1 .500 4-2 .667Purdue 0-2 .000 1-5 .167Nebraska 0-2 .000 2-4 .333

east DvsoTeam Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.Ohio State 2-0 1.000 6-0 1.000Penn State 2-0 1.000 5-1 .833Michigan St 2-0 1.000 6-0 1.000Michigan 2-0 1.000 5-1 .833Indiana 0-2 .000 4-2 .667Rutgers 0-2 .000 2-3 .400Maryland 0-2 .000 2-4 .333

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BIG TEN STANDINGS

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN

NATIONAL RANKINGS

AP PollOct. 11

1. Ohio State

2. Baylor

3. TCU

4. Utah

5. Clemson

6. LSU

7. Michigan State

8. Florida

9. Texas A&M

10. Alabama

11. Florida State

12. Michigan

13. Ole Miss14. Notre Dame

15. Stanford

16. Oklahoma State

17. IOWA18. UCLA

19. Oklahoma

20. Northwestern21. Boise State

22. Toledo

23. California

24. Houston

25. Duke

USA Today PollOct. 11

1. Ohio State

2. Baylor

3. TCU

4. Michigan State

5. LSU

6. Clemson

7. Utah

8. Florida State

9. Alabama

10. Texas A&M

11. Florida

12. Ole Miss

13. Notre Dame14. Michigan

15. Oklahoma State

16. Stanford

17. IOWA18. UCLA

19. Oklahoma

20. Boise State

21. Northwestern22. Memphis

23. California

24. Duke

25. Toledo

Bold denotes Iowa 2015 opponents

Saturday, Oct. 17

IOWA at Northwestern, 11 a.m. (ABC)

Purdue at Wisconsin, 11 a.m. (BTN)

Rutgers at Indiana, 2:30 p.m. (BTN)

Michigan State at Michigan, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Nebraska at Minnesota, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Penn State at Ohio State, 7 p.m. (ABC)

THE SERIES

Iowa holds a 49-24-3 advantage in the series that began with a 12-6 Iowa victory in

1897. The Hawkeyes are 23-15-1 all-me in games played in Evanston.

Iowa won 21 consecuve games over Northwestern prior to a 31-20 Wildcat win in

1995 in Evanston. The Wildcats hold a 10-8 advantage since snapping that Hawkeye win

streak. Here are the series results:

10/16/1897 W 12-6 11/01/75 W 24-21

11/23/00 T 5-5 *10/30/76 W 13-10

10/08/10 L 5-10 *9/10/77 W 24-0

*11/25/11 W 6-0 *9/16/78 W 20-3

10/29/13 L 14-25 10/13/79 W 58-6

11/07/14 W 27-0 *10/18/80 W 25-3

*10/16/15 W 9-6 10/03/81 W 64-0

11/11/16 L 13-20 *10/02/82 W 45-7

11/17/17 L 14-25 *10/08/83 W 61-21

*11/16/18 W 23-7 10/06/84 W 31-3

11/08/19 W 14-7 10/26/85 W 49-10

*11/06/20 W 20-0 *10/25/86 W 27-20

11/19/21 W 14-0 11/07/87 W 52-24*11/25/22 W 37-3 *11/05/88 W 35-10

11/24/23 W 17-14 10/28/89 W 35-22

*11/20/26 L 6-13 *10/27/90 W 56-14

11/29/27 L 0-12 11/16/91 W 24-10

*11/21/31 L 0-19 *11/14/92 W 56-14

11/19/32 L 6-44 11/13/93 W 23-19

10/07/33 W 7-0 *11/12/94 W 49-13

10/06/34 W 20-7 11/11/95 L 20-31

11/23/35 T 0-0 *11/09/96 L 13-40

10/03/36 L 7-18 11/15/97 L 14-15

11/25/39 T 7-7 *10/10/98 W 26-24

*10/22/49 W 28-21 10/16/99 L 21-23

11/14/52 W 39-14 *11/11/00 W 27-1710/26/57 W 6-0 11/10/01 W 59-16

*10/25/58 W 26-20 *11/9/02 W 62-10

*10/03/59 L 10-14 11/5/05 L 27-28

10/01/60 W 42-10 *11/4/06 L 7-21

10/23/65 L 0-9 11/3/07 W 28-17

*10/22/66 L 15-24 *9/27/08 L 17-22

11/11/67 L 24-39 *11/7/09 L 10-17

*11/09/68 W 68-34 11/13/10 L 17-21

*10/09/71 L 3-28 *10/15/11 W 41-31

10/14/72 W 23-12 10/27/12 L 28-17

10/13/73 L 15-31 *10/26/13 W 17-10 (OT)

*10/12/74 W 35-10 *11/1/14 W 48-7

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Head Coach Kirk Ferentz ______________ FAIR-ints

Nathan Bazata ____________________BUDGET-uh

C. J. Beathard _____________________ BETH-urd

Ausn Blythe _________________________ BLYTH

Ike Boeger _________________________ Bu-gir

Jordan Canzeri ___________________ can-ZEAR-ee

LeShun Daniels, Jr. _________________ Luh-SEAN

Jake Duzey _________________________DEW-zee

Faith Ekakie _________________ ee-KACK-uh-tee

Adrian Falconer ____________________ FALCON-ir

Steve Ferentz _______________________ FAIR-ints

Daniel Gaey _______________________ GAFF-ee

Angelo Garbu _____________________ GAR-but

Jake Gervase ________________________JIR-voss

Brant Gressel _______________________GRES-uhlParker Hesse ________________________HESS-ee

Jacob Hillyer ________________________ HILL-yir

Jusn Jinning ________________________ GIN-ing

Marcel Joly ___________________________JOLLY

Connor Keane _________________________KEEN

Tyler Kluver ________________________ CLUE-vir

Marshall Koehn ________________________KANE

Henry Krieger Coble ___________ KRAG-ir CO-bull

Drake Kulick ________________________ KOO-lick

Jordan Lomax _____________________ LOW-max

Greg Mabin ________________________ MAY-bin

Nate Meier __________________________ MYER

Ben Niemann _____________________KNEE-mun

Emmaneul Ogwo ___________________ OUG-woo

Michael Ojemudia __________ oh-jay-MOO-dee-uh

Jameer Outsey _____________ juh-MEER OUT-see

Peter Pekar _________________________ PEE-karMacon Plewa ________________________PLEV-uh

Colten Rasteer __________________ RASS-tet-ir

Miguel Recinos ___________ muh-GEL ray-SEE-nos

Brady Rei ____________________________ REEF

Jerminic Smith __________________ jir-muh-NEEK

Tavaun Smith ______________________ tae-VOHN

Jackson Subbert _____________________SUE-birt

Kyle Terlouw ______________________ TUR-lauw

Omar Trui _________________________ TRUE-it

Nate Vejvoda ____________________ vuh-VO-duh

Akrum Wadley ______________________ ACK-rum

Bre Waechter ______________________ WAX-r

Tyler Wiegers ______________________ WEE-girs

Jon Wisnieski ____________________Wiz-NEW-ski

IOWA N’WESTRN

Record 6-0 5-1

Scoring Average 31.7 28.5

Scoring Defense 16.2 19.7

Rushing Yards 201.17 137.50

Passing Yards 208.2 256.5

Total Oense 409.3 394.0

Rushing Defense 78.00 151.33

Passing Defense 232.3 181.2

Total Defense 310.3 332.5

Punt Return Average 15.70 12.65

KO Return Average 22.50 23.50

Turnover Margin +5 +3

THE SERIES: BY THE NUMBERS

STATISTICAL COMPARISON

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE


Series Record: Iowa leads, 49-24-3

at Evanston: Iowa leads, 23-15-3

Current Streak: Iowa, 2

Last Iowa Win: 48-7, 2014 in Iowa City

Largest Margin in UI Victory: 78-6, 1913

Highest Scoring Game: Iowa, 68-34 in 1968

Lowest Scoring Game: Tie, 0-0, 1935

N’WESTERN IOWA

Score 7 48

First Downs 13 24

Rushes-Yds. 43-105 46-221

Passing Yds. 75 262

Passes (C-A-I) 9-24-0 17-25-0

Tl O 67-180 71-483

Punts-Avg. 8-34.5 2-37.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-1

Pl-Yrd 5-53 5-35

Time of Possession 27:03 32:57

LAST MEETING: Iowa 48, Northwestern 7 (Nov. 1, 2014 at Kinnick Stadium)

Mark Weisman scored three touchdowns and Jake Rudock threw for another in a 48-7

Iowa victory over Northwestern in Kinnick Stadium.

Iowa scored on its rst three oensive possessions and returned a blocked punt for

a touchdown to sprint out to a 24-0 advantage in the rst quarter. Weisman started the

scoring with an 8-yard run less than two minutes

into the game. Following a 48-yard Marshall Koehneld goal, Weisman found the end zone again, this

me from 14 yards. Ben Niemann nished the rst-

quarter scoring with a 1-yard return aer blocking

a Northwestern punt.

The Hawkeyes added two more touchdowns

in the second quarter aer Northwestern’s only

score of the contest; Tevaun Smith caught a 31-yard

touchdown pass, followed by another Weisman

8-yard run -- his third of the half.

Aer a scoreless third period, Koehn split the

uprights from 24 yards and redshirt freshman Akrum Wadley scampered ve yards for his

rst career score. Wadley, who was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, nished the

contest with 106 yards rushing on 15 carries.Rudock completed 12-of-19 passes for 239 yards and one touchdown, while C.J. Beathard

completed 5-of-6 passes for 23 yards. Weisman nished with 94 yards and three scores on

20 carries. Ma VandeBerg led the Hawkeye receivers with career bests in recepons (5)

and receiving yards (90).

Iowa’s defense was stellar, allowing only 180 total yards, including 75 yards passing. The

Hawkeyes registered eight tackles-for-loss, including ve sacks, and forced and recovered

a fumble. Louis Trinca-Pasat, who was tabbed Big Ten co-Defensive Player of the Week,

amassed a career-high three sacks -- all in the rst half.

FROM 6-0 to 7-0

Iowa is 6-0 for the seventh me in school history, and is aiming to start the season 7-0

for the h me in program history. Iowa started 9-0 in 2009, its best start in school history.

The Hawkeyes were 7-0 in 1985, 1922, and 1921.

WE’LL GO FIRST

Iowa received the opening kicko in ve of six games this season, and has outscored its

opponents 33-13 in the rst quarter.

In 17 seasons as Iowa’s head coach, Kirk Ferentz and the Hawkeyes received the opening

kicko in 167-of-206 games (100-67). Iowa has started the game on defense in 39-of-206

games under Ferentz (21-18).

A PERFECT HALF DOZEN

The Hawkeyes are 6-0 for the second me under Kirk Ferentz. A win Saturday would be

Iowa’s second 7-0 start in the Ferentz era (2009). The 2009 Hawkeyes won their rst nine

games, nished 11-2 overall, and won the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl.

IN THE RANKINGS

These are Iowa’s most recent wins vs. naonally-ranked opponents:

Home: 24-16 over #13 Michigan, 11/5/11

37-6 over #5 Michigan State, 10/30/10

24-3 over #20 Penn State, 10/02/10

Road: 10-6 over #18 Wisconsin, 10/3/15

38-28 over #24 Michigan, 10/16/10

Neutral: 27-24 over #12 Missouri, Insight Bowl, 12/28/10

24-14 over #9 Georgia Tech, Orange Bowl, 1/5/10

30-25 over #11 LSU, Capital One Bowl, 1/1/05


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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 121 overall wins as a member of the Big

Ten Conference. He has 70 Big Ten wins, ed for 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 112-64 (.636) overall mark and a 65-46 (.586)

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 121-85 (.587) and a

70-60 (.538) mark in Big Ten games. In his 19th season as a college

head coach, he holds a career mark of 133-106 (.556). 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 6-0 1.000 2-0 1.000 - - -

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 121-85 .587 70-60 .538


HEAD COACH KIRK FERENTZ FERENTZ MOVES UP IN VICTORIES Head coach Kirk Ferentz has 121 wins as a member of the Big

Ten Conference, the ninth most in conference history. Ferentz is

one win shy of tying Lloyd Carr for eighth all-me (122). Ferentz

has 70 Big Ten wins, ed for the ninth most in conference history

(John Cooper, Ohio State).

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 Barry 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).

6 WITH 6, 3 WITH 4

The Hawkeyes are one of six schools in the country with six wins

(6-0). The others include Ohio State, TCU, Michigan State, Florida,

and Oklahoma State. Only Iowa, TCU and Florida have four wins

this season against Power 5 schools. The Hawkeyes opened the

conference season with wins at No. 18 Wisconsin and at homeagainst Illinois, and earned two wins against Power 5 schools during

the nonconference schedule: Iowa State, 31-17, and Pi, 27-24.

6 THE OTHER WAY

Iowa es for the league lead with eight intercepons (Ohio

State). The Hawkeyes returned two intercepons for touchdowns

in Week 4 against North Texas. LB Josey Jewell recorded the rst

intercepon of his career, returning it 34 yards for a touchdown.

LB Bo Bower returned an intercepon 88 yards for a touchdown

in the fourth quarter. It is the seventh longest intercepon return

in school history.

Iowa has at least one intercepon returned for a touchdown in

each of the last eight seasons, and 13 of the last 15 seasons. Thelast me Iowa returned two intercepons for touchdowns was

2013 against Western Michigan (both by B.J. Lowery).

FIRST TIME STARTERS

The Hawkeyes have used 12 rst me starters. RB LeShun

Daniels, Jr., LT Boone Myers, DT Nathan Bazata, DT Jaleel Johnson,

LB Cole Fisher, LB Ben Niemann, SS Miles Taylor, TE Jameer Outsey,

DE Parker Hesse, WR Riley McCarron, LT Cole Croston, and WR

Jerminic Smith.

REMOVE THE REDSHIRT

Three true freshmen have played in 2015, and all saw their

college first action in the season opener: OL James Daniels,WR Jerminic Smith, and WR Adrian Falconer. Smith started at

Wisconsin, becoming the rst Iowa freshman to start at wide

receiver since Ma VandeBerg started two games in 2013. 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.


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9/45


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.


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 a.m Kirk Ferentz, Iowa

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

• Tevaun Smith -- did not play last week

• Boone Myers -- did not play last week

• Drew O -- le game last week

• Ike Boeger -- le game last week

• Jake Duzey -- day-to-day

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

Career Games Played/Starts: 17/2

Junior RB LeShun Daniels started the rst two weeks of the season, but has seen limited

acon since leaving the Iowa State game due to injury. He did not play against Illinois in

Week 6. Daniels rushed for 179 yards through the rst ve-plus quarters of the season,

but has been limited to 47 yards since.

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 226 rushing yards in 2015.

• He was Iowa’s eighth dierent opening day starng running back since 2007.

WR JERMINIC SMITH (FR., 6-1, 180)

Career Games Played/Started: 6/2

True freshman WR Jerminic Smith made his rst career start at Wisconsin in Week

5 but recorded no stascs. He cracked the lineup again against Illinois in Week 6 and

became the rst true freshman under Kirk Ferentz to have a 100-yard receiving. Smith

had four recepons for 118 yards, all in the rst half of the win over Illinois.

Smith in 3-2-1:

• Three of his four recepons have resulted in rst downs.• His 118 receiving yards against Illinois were the most by a Hawkeye since TE Jake Duzey

in 2013 (138 vs. Ohio State). It was the highest receiving yards total by a wide receiver

since Derrell Johnson-Koulianos had 119 receiving yards against Northwestern in 2007.

• Started against Wisconsin and Illinois in place of injured WR Tevaun Smith (no relaon).

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


Junior CB Desmond King recorded his fourth and h intercepons of the season in

Iowa’s Big Ten opener at Wisconsin. He was named Big Ten Conference Co-Defensive

Player of the Week and Jim Thorpe naonal Player of the Week. It was his second mul-

intercepon game of the season (Pi). His second quarter intercepon led to an Iowa

touchdown. Three of his ve intercepons this season have resulted in Iowa scores (2

TDs, 1 FG). King in 3-2-1:

• Leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth naonally with ve intercepons. The last Hawkeye

to lead the league in intercepons was Tyler Sash in 2009 (6).

• First Hawkeye with ve intercepons in a single-season since Bre Greenwood had ve

in 2010. He is the rst Hawkeye to have two mul-intercepon games since Tyler Sash

in 2009. Also the rst Hawkeye with two intercepons in a game since John Lowdermilk

in the fourth period at Purdue in 2014.

• Totaled 180 return yards against North Texas (71 punt and 109 kicko). He became

the fourth Big Ten player in the last 20 seasons with 100-plus kicko return yards and

70-plus punt return yards in a single game.

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

Career Games Played/Starts: 39/19Senior FS Jordan Lomax ranks third on the team with 40 tackles. He had eight stops

and one breakup in Iowa’s Big Ten opening win at Wisconsin, and six stops and a tackle-

for-loss against Illinois.

Lomax in 3-2-1:

• He has started 18 of Iowa’s last 19 games.

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

in 2014.

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

injury.


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IOWA STATISTICS

Player Category Stats Big Ten NCAA

C.J. Beathard Passing 206.5 6th 62nd

C.J. Beathard Total Oense 238.5 3rd 48th

Nate Meier Sacks 5.0 T-6th T-16th

Drew O Sacks 5.0 T-6th T-16th

Nathan Bazata Kicks/Punts Blocked 1 T-1st T-8th

Marshall Koehn Field Goal Pct. 88.9 2nd T-14th

Desmond King Kicko Returns 22.50 6th 60th

Desmond King Intercepons 5 1st T-2nd

Tm Sc

KO Coverage 19.71 6th 44th

Fewest Yards Penalized 309 7th 70th

PAT Kicking 91.7 13th T-109th

Fewest Penales/Game 5.3 T-5th T-34th

Passing Defense 232.3 9th T-77th

Fourth Down Conversions 62.50 T-4th T-39th

Third Down Conversions 43.21 5th 39thTime of Possession 32:34 2nd 20th

Passing Oense 208.2 9th 85th

QB Sacks Allowed 10 T-11th T-55th

First Downs Allowed 110 9th T-70th

First Downs Gained 126 7th T-42nd

Pass Eciency 141.23 3rd 43rd

Turnovers Lost 7 5th T-36th

Total Defense 310.3 7th 23rd

Rushing Defense 78.00 2nd 5th

Total Oense 409.3 5th 62nd

Intercepons 8 T-1st T-21st

Kick/Punts Blocked 1 T-4th T-35th

Pass Eciency Defense 113.60 8th 39th

Third Down Defense 34.44 8th 47th

Rushing Oense 201.17 4th 35th

Scoring Oense 31.7 2nd T-49th

Scoring Defense 16.2 5th 18th

Tackles for Loss Allowed 30.0 T-7th T-49th

Field Goal Pct. 88.9 2nd T-13th

KO Returns 22.50 7th 47th

QB Sacks 19 T-4th T-7th

Passes Defended 31 T-5th T-18th

Punng Avg. 44.38 2nd 21st

Red Zone Defense 69.23 T-2nd T-7th

Kicko Avg. 63.28 4th 30th

Tackles for Loss 35.0 12th T-56th

Turnover Margin 0.83 4th T-20th

Fumbles Forced 5 T-5th T-46th

Red Zone Oense 83.33 T-7th T-69th

Turnovers Gained 12 T-1st T-20th

Fourth Down Defense 40.0 T-6th T-43rd

Punt Returns 15.70 2nd 21st

Fumbles Lost 5 T-10th T-83rd

Punt Return Defense 14.14 13th 110th

Fumbles Recovered 4 T-6th T-44th

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

Career Games Played/Started: 46/29

Senior DE Drew O recorded one sack and two tackles-for-loss

before leaving the Illinois game in Week 6 with an injury.

O le the Iowa State game in Week 2 with an injury, saw

limited snaps Week 3 against Pi, yet sll ranks sixth in the Big

Ten with ve sacks and 7.5 TFL. O’s streak of 15 consecuvestarts at defensive end ended Week 3 vs. Pi.

O recorded three tackles in the win at Wisconsin, including

2.5 tackles for loss and a QB sack. He forced a fumble in the

second quarter that led to an Iowa eld goal.

O recorded 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 30 of the last 32 games at defensive end and ised for fourth in the Big Ten with three forced fumbles.

• 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.

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


Senior WR Tevaun Smith missed the rst two Big Ten games

with a knee injury. He is out indenitely. Smith recorded his rst

career 100-yard receiving game in Week 4 against North Texas,

the same game he suered the injury. Smith had four catches for a

career-high 115 yards, including a career-best 81-yard touchdown

recepon, the longest recepon in the Big Ten this season. His1,172 career receiving yards rank 31st in program history.

Smith in 3-2-1:

• His 19.6 yards per catch (12 for 235) would lead the Big Ten.

• Nine of his 12 catches have resulted in a rst down, including

two touchdowns (14, 81).

• Has at least one recepon in 17 straight games played.

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


Junior WR Ma VandeBerg had 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, theschool’s all-me leader in recepons, had 19 catches through

three games in 2013 and 2014.

VandeBerg in 3-2-1:

• Leads Iowa and es for fourth in the Big Ten with 33 recep-

ons.

• Has six or more recepons in four games this season. Career

best entering the season was ve.

• Set career highs with nine recepons and 114 receiving yards

in Iowa’s 31-17 win at Iowa State on Sept. 12.


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Listed below are all the plays that have been

reviewed 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 1 Review (1/0)

Wisconsin 1 Review (1/0)

Illinois 2 Reviews (2/0)

Northwestern - - -

Maryland - - -

Indiana - - -

Minnesota - - -

Purdue - - -

Nebraska - - -


INSTANT REPLAY

School Games Last ShutoutOhio State 258 Nov. 20, 1993 (28-0 at Michigan)Nebraska 235 Sept. 21, 1996 (26-0 at Arizona State)IOWA 174 Oct. 14, 2000 (31-0 at Illinois)Michigan State 172 Oct. 21, 2000 (14-0 at Michigan)Indiana 165 Oct. 14, 2000 (58-0 at Michigan)Penn State 162 Oct. 6, 2001 (20-0 vs. Michigan)Illinois 36 Oct. 13, 2012 (45-0 at Michigan)Purdue 22 Nov. 2, 2013

(56-0 vs. Ohio State)Michigan 16 Sept. 6, 2014 (31-0 at Notre Dame)Rutgers 10 Nov. 1, 2014 (37-0 vs. Wisconsin)Wisconsin 7 Dec. 6, 2014 (59-0 vs. Ohio State)Maryland 1 Oct. 3, 2015 (28-0 vs. Michigan)Minnesota 1 Oct. 3, 2015 (27-0 at Northwestern)Northwestern 0 Oct. 10, 2015 (38-0 at Michgain)

IOWA IN OVERTIME

Iowa holds a 6-3 record in overme games. Iowa

won 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 double

overme and 1-1 in triple overme. Iowa is 2-1 inoverme in Kinnick Stadium and 4-2 in overme

road 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

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


Senior Nate Meier shares the team lead and es for sixth in the Big Ten with ve sacks.

Meier entered 2015 with three career sacks. His 35 tackles rank fourth on the team.

Meier in 3-2-1:

• Has not missed a start since the 2014 season opener (19 consecuve games).

• Meier and fellow defensive end Drew O were two of seven true freshmen to seeacon in 2012.

• One of three Hawkeye defensive linemen to play 8-man football in high school (Drew

O, Nathan Bazata).

LB COLE FISHER (SR., 6-2, 236)


Senior LB Cole Fisher leads Iowa and ranks ninth in the Big Ten with 51 tackles. He has

started every game this season (his rst six career starts).

Fisher in 3-2-1:

• Has been Iowa’s leading tackler in four of six games (Illinois State, Pi, North Texas,

and Wisconsin).

• Recorded a career-high 14 tackles against Wisconsin in Iowa’s Big Ten opener.

• Has 2.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles-for-loss, and one pass break-up. Entered senior season withzero sacks, TFL, or break-ups.

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


Senior TE Jake Duzey returned from injury and played against North Texas and

Wisconsin, but he did not see the eld against Illinois. Duzey suered a knee injury in the

nal week of spring pracce and missed the rst three games of his senior season.

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 schoolhistory.

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

Senior P Dillon Kidd shared punng dues in 2014, averaging 38.5 yards per punt. In

near full-me duty in 2015 (Marshall Koehn has three of Iowa’s 26 punts) Kidd is averaging

46.1 yards on 22 punts.

Kidd in 3-2-1:

• Ranks second in the Big Ten and 11th naonally averaging 46.1 yards per punt.

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

• Has nine punts of 50-plus yards, the fourth highest total in the Big Ten.

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

Senior K Marshall Koehn has 22 touchbacks, the second highest total in the conference,on 34 kickos (63 percent).

Koehn also dabbles in the punt game, rugby-style. He has three punts for an average

of 46.7 yards per punt. Two of his three punts have been downed inside the opponent’s

10-yard line.

He was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week following his game-winning

57-yard eld goal against Pi on Sept. 19.

Koehn in 3-2-1:

• Has made 8-of-9 eld goal aempts. Five-of-8 made eld goals are from 40-plus yards,

while his lone miss was from 27 yards.

• 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


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HAWKEYES UNDER FERENTZ

Overall ..........................................................121-85

vs. ranked teams .............................................22-34vs. unranked teams ........................................98-51vs. Big Ten teams ............................................70-60

vs. Big Ten teams (home)................................40-22vs. Big Ten teams (away).................................30-38

When rushing for 150 yards or more .............73-16When rushing for 200 yards or more ...............46-6

When passing for 250 yards or more .............40-20When passing for 300 yards or more ...............10-8When Iowa player rushes for 100 yards .........69-24

When opponent has 100-yard rusher ............16-37When opponent has 300-yard passer ............13-12

When scoring 30 points or more ......................64-7When scoring 20 points or more ....................88-37

When opponent scores 25 points or more .....13-54When holding opponent to 10 pts or less ........46-1When Iowa scores rst ...................................90-28

When Iowa leads at halime ..........................95-19When Iowa trails at halime ..........................19-63

When game is ed at halime ...........................6-3When Iowa leads aer 3 quarters ..................99-15

When Iowa trails aer 3 quarters ...................14-66When game is ed aer 3 quarters ....................7-4Games decided by 11 points or more ............69-30

Games decided by 10 points or less ...............41-45Games decided by 7 points or less .................34-42

Games decided by 3 points or less .................17-28When Iowa has a posive turnover margin ...71-19

When opponent has a posive turnover margin ...20-47When the turnover margin is equal ...............29-18When returning a punt/kicko for a score .........9-6

Overme games .................................................6-4When temperature is 50 degrees or above ....87-63

When temperature is below 50 degrees ........31-20When temperature is over 90 degrees ............. ..3-3

When 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 1896-32

4. Hayden Fry, IOWA 96 20 1979-985. Joe Paterno, PSU 95 19 1993-11

6. Lloyd Carr, MICH 81 13 1995-077. Robert Zuppke, ILL 76 29 1913-418. Duy Daugherty, MSU 72 19 1954-72

9. John Cooper 70 13 1988-00 Kirk Ferentz, IOWA 70 16 1999-pr.

11. George Perles, MSU 66 12 1983-94 Murray Warmath, MINN 66 18 1954-71

BIG TEN COACHING WINS

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 119 career points. He is the 36th player in program history with 100 career points

and ranks 24th in career scoring.

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).

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.

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 le guard 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.

OFFENSIVE-TACKLE-BY-COMMITTEE

The Hawkeyes have started three oensive tackles that entered the season with one

combined career start. Starng tackles LT Boone Myers and RT Ike Boeger entered 2015with one combined career start (Boeger started as a second ght end against Wisconsin

in 2014), and aer Myers was injured in Week 4, junior LT Cole Croston stepped into the

starng le tackle posion against Wisconsin and Illinois. They are the rst two starts of

Croston’s career. Boeger le the Illinois game last week with an injury and was replaced

at right tackle by true freshman James Daniels.

Iowa’s oensive-tackle-by-commiee is being asked to 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


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Brian Ferentz

CoachingSearch.com Oensive Line Coach of the Week vs. Illinois

C.J. Beathard

Co-Big Ten Oensive Player of the Week vs. Iowa State

Manning Award Quarterback of the Week vs. Iowa State

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 Sports

Preseason third team All-Big Ten by College Sports Madness

Jordan Canzeri

Big Ten Oensive Player of the Week vs. Illinois

College Sports Madness Big Ten Oensive Player of the Week vs.

Illinois


North TexasDoak Walker Award Preseason Watch List


North Texas

Jake Duzey

Mackey Award Preseason Watch List

Preseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Desmond King

Jim Thorpe Player of the Week vs. Wisconsin

Big Ten Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Week vs. Wisconsin

Preseason second team All-Big Ten by College Sports Madness

Preseason third team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Preseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports

Marshall Koehn

Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Pisburgh

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 List

Bronko 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

2015 FOOTBALL HONORS but was moved to oensive line in 2013. He saw acon in seven games

as a redshirt freshman in 2014. Croston joined the team as a walk-on in

2012, and had played primarily on special teams prior to this season.

Daniels was a highly recruited senior at Harding High School in Warren,

Ohio. He joined the program for the 2015 spring pracce season.

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

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

night game at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa defeated Pi, 27-24, in a BTNprimeme game Sept. 19. The Hawkeyes host Minnesota on Nov.

14 at 7 p.m. (CT) on BTN.

• 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 football 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 has four trophy games on its schedule in 2015: Iowa State

(Cy-Hawk: W, 31-17), Wisconsin (Heartland; W, 10-6), Minnesota

(Floyd of Rosedale), and Nebraska (Heroes).

FERENTZ SECOND IN LONGEVITY

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

ranks second 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.

HAWKEYE HISTORY

Iowa has played 1,199 games since beginning football in 1889.

Iowa’s overall record is 619-541-39 (.533). That includes a 390-213-16

(.641) record in home games, a 229-328-23 (.413) record in games

away from Iowa City, a 308-366-25 (.457) mark in Big Ten games and

a 273-177-15 (.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.


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IOWA CAREER SCORING

Name Pts. TD-PAT-FG Years

1. Nate Kaeding 373 1-166-67 00-03

2. Mike Meyer 324 0-141-61 10-133. Rob Houghtlin 290 0-128-54 85-8717. Albert Young 150 25-0-0 2004-07

18. Mike Saunders 144 24-0-0 1988-9119. Nick Bell 132 22-0-0 1988-90

Owen Gill 132 22-0-0 1981-8421. Danan Hughes 128 21-1-0 1989-92

22. George Rice 126 21-0-0 1951-5323. Eddie Phillips 120 20-0-0 1980-8324. Marshall Koehn 119 0-59-20 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--------------------------------------------------------------------

24. Keith Chappelle 1,377 9 1978-80

25. Kerry Reardon 1,361 11 1968-70

26. Dallas Clark 1,281 8 2001-02

27. Bill Schultz 1,272 9 197.-76

28. Sco Slutzker 1,261 5 1992-95

29. Alan Cross 1,259 8 1989-92

30. Mike Flagg 1,187 13 1984-87

31. Tevaun Smith 1,172 5 2012-

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

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

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

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

14. Levi Mitchell 425-1,927 10 1969-71

15. Jordan Canzeri 339-1,786 11 2011-

IOWA PROGRAM NOTES

• The Hawkeyes have earned bowl eligibility in 14 of the last 15 seasons.

• Iowa earned Big Ten Conference championships in 2002 and 2004 and placed second

in 2009. Iowa (8-0, 2002) is one of four Big Ten teams to post a perfect mark in confer-

ence play since 1998 (BCS era).

• Iowa has ranked in the top 10 in the nal Associated Press and CNN/USA Today coaches

polls four mes since 2002, including a ranking of seventh in both polls at the conclu-sion of the 2009 season. Iowa ranked eighth in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the Hawkeyes

were also 20th in 2008.

• Since 1936 when the rst AP poll was released, Iowa has appeared the poll 299 mes,

the h highest total in the Big Ten (Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, MSU). Iowa has

been the 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 9-0 and won 10 regular season games for just the fourth

me in 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 three mes (2002, 2004 & 2009)

and he was named Naonal Coach of the Year in 2002. Ferentz joins Michigan’s Bo

Schembechler (four), Iowa’s Hayden Fry (three) and Penn State’s Joe Paterno (three)as the only coaches to be honored in more than two seasons.

• Iowa has had naonal award winners in: Robert Gallery (2003 Outland, Top Lineman);

Brad Banks (2002 Davey O’Brien, Top Quarterback; 2002 Associated Press Naonal Player

of the Year); Dallas Clark (2002 Mackey, Top Tight End); Nate Kaeding (2002 Groza, Top

Kicker); Shonn Greene (2008 Doak Walker, Top Running Back); Brandon Scher (2014

Outland, Top Lineman).

• Iowa’s football record in the 2000 decade was 80-45 (.640), a 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 the 1990’s.

• Part of the Hawkeyes’ long term success is due to the stability in the program. Iowa has

had just two head coaches since 1979. Hayden Fry took over prior to the 1979 season

and coached through the 1998 season, posng a record of 143-89-6. Current coach

Kirk Ferentz replaced Fry, leading the program for the 17th season. Ferentz also servedas Iowa’s oensive line coach from 1981-89 under Fry.

AMONG THE BEST IN THE BIG TEN

Iowa has posted a 6-6 bowl record under head coach Kirk Ferentz. Since the 2001

season, only Ohio State has won more bowl games (including the FBS championship game),

than Iowa. Following is the record for Big Ten teams in bowl games since 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 .143Michigan State 5-5 .500 Minnesota 3-7 .300

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

IOWA AMONG TOP 25 IN WINS, 2002-15

Iowa has posted 110 wins since the start of the 2002 season, ed for the 20th highest

total in FBS. The list includes the following: Boise State (153); Ohio State (148); Oklahoma

(141); USC (138); LSU (139); Georgia (132); Alabama (132); TCU (132); Oregon (129); Texas

(128); Florida State (129); Virginia Tech (126); Wisconsin (126); Florida (123); Auburn (120);

West Virginia (117); Utah (117); Virginia (112); Nebraska (112); Iowa (110); Miami, FL (108);

Texas Tech (108); Michigan (107).


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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, 32 Hawkeyes are on acve NFL rosters.

Former Hawkeye, Current NFL Team

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)

Charles Godfrey, Atlanta Falcons

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

Tony Moeaki, Atlanta Falcons

James Morris, New York Giants (PS)

Brandon Myers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Shawn Prater, Indianapolis Colts

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 Eagles

Louis Trinca-Pasat, St. Louis Rams (PS)

Julian Vandervelde, Philadelphia

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 Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Wisconsin Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Illinois Beathard, Blythe, Lomas, O

Northwestern

Maryland

Indiana

Minnesota

Purdue

Nebraska

IOWA FOOTBALL AND THE NFL

• There are 32 Hawkeyes currently acve in the NFL.

• Five Iowa graduates are acve oensive tackles in the NFL, more than any other school

(Virginia also has ve).

• 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 among ac-

ve college coaches.• Since 2011, Iowa has had 22 players draed in the NFL. Among Big Ten teams, only

Ohio State matches Iowa’s NFL total. Iowa has had ve rst round picks in the last six

NFL dras, tying Wisconsin (5) for the league lead.

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

Bulaga, 2010; DE Adrian Clayborn, 2011; OL Riley Rei, 2012; OL Brandon Scher, 2015).

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

Ten and ed for fourth in the country.

• Former Hawkeye Marshal Yanda (Balmore OL) is a four-me Pro-Bowler (2011-14)

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

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

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

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

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

reserve roster of the New England Patriots. Former Iowa center Brian Ferentz, now is

his fourth year as Iowa’s oensive line coach, was New England’s ght ends coach.

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

2012 Balmore Ravens in the 2013 Super Bowl.

• Former Iowa LB James Morris (injured reserve) earned a Super Bowl ring with the New

England Patriots in 2015. Former TE Tony Moeaki played for the Seale Seahawks in

the same game.

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

or made an NFL team in his rst year as a rookie (including 2015 rookie Ray Hamilton).

• All 11 members of Iowa’s starng defensive unit in 2008 were either draed or signedto NFL free agent contracts following the dras.

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

draed in the NFL or signed NFL free agent contracts.

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 14 of the last 15 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 Conference teams competed in

bowl games in 2014 (2011). Ohio State won the inaugural College Football Playo,

while Michigan State won the Coon Bowl, another College Football Playo bowl.


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Game #7 at #20/21 Northwestern @HawkeyeFootball Game Notes

IOWA LAST TEAM TO ALLOW RUSHING TOUCHDOWN

Iowa allowed a rushing touchdown for the rst me this season

in Week 6 against Illinois. Boston College and Florida State are the

only other two schools in the country to allow only a single rushing

touchdown. The Hawkeyes yield an average of 78.0 rushing yards

per game, second best in the Big Ten and h naonally.

Iowa limits its opponents to 2.5 yards per carry (185 aempts,468 yards), fourth best in the country.

Iowa has held ve of six opponents to under 100 yards rushing.

Against Illinois in Week 6, the Hawkeye rush defense was led by DT

Jaleel Johnson and DT Nathan Bazata. Johnson made a career-high

six tackles, and Bazata matched his career best with four tackles.

Both players had a quarterback sack.

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.

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 (Waukee, 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 Nelson.

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.

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 Kluver (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 three Iowa home games. Tickets can be

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

or in person at the UI athlecs cket oce located in Carver-

Hawkeye Arena.

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, native

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

as the Hawkeyes scored 21 unanswered points in the second 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, showcasing 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 during the 2014 season.


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Game #7 at #20/21 Northwestern @HawkeyeFootball Game Notes

BEATHARD EARNS 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 scoregiving Iowa the lead with 2:14 remaining in the fourth quarter.

The Big Ten weekly honor was the rst for Beathard. He is the

rst Hawkeyes to win the oensive honor since former WR Marvin

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

KOEHN EARNS BIG TEN HONOR

Senior 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 on Sept. 19.

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

senior from Solon, Iowa (Solon HS). He is one of two Hawkeyes 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 history (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.

KING EARNS TWO WEEKLY HONORS

Junior DB Desmond King was named Big Ten Conference Co-

Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Iowa’s 10-6

win at Wisconsin on Oct. 3. He was also named the Jim Thorpe

naonal Player of the Week.

The Big Ten honor is the second for King. He was also recognized

on Oct. 21, 2013, aer recording 12 in a 34-24 loss at No. 3 Ohio

State.

King led Iowa’s defensive eort in the win at Wisconsin as the

Hawkeye defense held the Badgers to two eld goals in snapping

Wisconsin’s 10-game home winning streak. King’s rst intercepon,

and 15-yard return, led to the only touchdown in the game as Iowa

took a 7-3 advantage. He recorded his second intercepon at the

Iowa 11-yard line to stop Wisconsin’s opening drive of the third

quarter.

King also had ve solo tackles, four assists and two pass break-

ups against the Badgers. On special teams, King had three kick

returns for 65 yards.

HAWKEYES GETTING HELMET STICKERS

Iowa football has been recognized in three of the past four

weeks on ESPN’s College Football Final, with hosts Joe Tessitore and

Joey Galloway. Former Hawkeye defensive back Bre Greenwood

earned a helmet scker aer leading serving as Honorary Captain

and leading the Hawkeyes on the eld prior to the 27-24 win over

Pisburgh. Junior defensive back Desmond King was awarded ascker for his play in Iowa’s win at Wisconsin, and senior running

back Jordan Canzeri was recognized this past Saturday aer rushing

43 mes for 256 yards in a 29-20 win over Illinois.

JOE MOORE AWARD COMES KNOCKING

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

Award following wins at Iowa State and against Pi. 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, averaging

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.

Against Pi, the Hawkeyes

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