LSU vs. Iowa

Saturday, January 1, 2005, Capital One Bowl

No. 12 Iowa beat No. 13 LSU 30–⁠25. It was their first meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 1–⁠0 as played.

Neutral site13LSU9–⁠3 in 2004
25
Neutral site12Iowa10–⁠2 in 2004
30

FinalTV: ABCAttendance 70,229Referee: Hal Dowden (Big XII)

MVP Drew Tate (Iowa QB)Wikipedia

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
LSU01201325
Iowa7731330

Standouts

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Player stats

LSU

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Marcus Randall10/158901
JaMarcus Russell12/1512820
Matt Flynn1/41100
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Alley Broussard13109174
Joseph Addai112706
JaMarcus Russell1404
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Dwayne Bowe8122024
Skyler Green659222
Joseph Addai41407
Buster Davis21207
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Melvin Oliver1270
LaRon Landry100

Iowa

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Drew Tate20/3228722
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Marques Simmons133517
Aaron Mickens51409
Sam Brownlee41309
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Ed Hinkel1093019
Clinton Solomon481157
Warren Holloway472156
Scott Chandler241021
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Jovon Johnson170

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

LSUIowa
346Total yards334
262Passing yards317
118Rushing yards47
6.5Yards per pass9.0
3.3Yards per rush1.6
19First downs16
7–⁠17Third downs5–⁠13
1–⁠2Fourth downs0–⁠0
1Turnovers2
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
20:52Possession15:47

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

LSU 57% to win. Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Iowa leads 1–⁠0; as played, 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
2013LSU 21, Iowa 14Outback Bowl
2004Iowa 30, LSU 25Capital One Bowl

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