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Illinois State at Iowa

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Iowa beat Illinois State 31–⁠14. It was their first meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayIllinois State10–⁠3 in 2015
14
HomeIowa12–⁠2 in 2015
31

Final at Kinnick Stadium, Iowa CityTV: BTNAttendance 59,450

At kickoff
85°F, clear, wind 8 mph from the southeastWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Iowa City Municipal Airport (KIOW), 2 km from the stadium, eight minutes before kickoff
Officials
Referee Todd Geerlings; umpire Jeff Carr; head linesman Kelly Saalfeld; line judge John Quinn; side judge Bobby Sagers; field judge Ed Rohan; back judge Jack Lyman; center judge Brent DurbinGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Illinois State0001414
Iowa7107731

Standouts

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Player stats

Illinois State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Jake Kolbe11/1514720
Tre Roberson5/124900
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Marshaun Coprich133207
Dan Pawlak0600
Brady Tibbits1404
George Moreira1303
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Anthony Warrum358122
Christian Gibbs152052
Marshaun Coprich433013
Anthony Fowler117017

Iowa

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
C.J. Beathard15/2421110
Tyler Wiegers1/11000
RushingCarYdsTDLong
LeShun Daniels Jr.26123027
Jordan Canzeri52819
C.J. Beathard82626
Akrum Wadley317013
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Jordan Canzeri490051
Matt VandeBerg659117
Jacob Hillyer238020
Tevaun Smith324015

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

Team stats

Illinois StateIowa
231Total yards431
196Passing yards221
35Rushing yards210
7.3Yards per pass8.8
1.3Yards per rush4.8
14First downs22
7–⁠14Third downs6–⁠12
0–⁠1Fourth downs2–⁠3
0Turnovers1
2–⁠10Penalties5–⁠51
27:32Possession32:28

Efficiency

Illinois StateIowa
33%Success rate54%
0.00EPA per play0.24
1.42Explosiveness1.05
−0.04Rushing EPA0.07
0.03Passing EPA0.50
30%Passing-down success39%
−0.14First-down EPA0.06
−0.22Second-down EPA0.40
0.79Third-down EPA0.48

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Iowa 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Every drive

Iowa end zoneIllinois State end zoneQ1 IowaTouchdown, 13 playsQ1 Illinois StatePunt, 8 playsQ1 IowaTouchdown, 12 playsQ2 Illinois StatePunt, 3 playsQ2 IowaTurnover on downs, 6 playsQ2 Illinois StatePunt, 3 playsQ2 IowaPunt, 3 playsQ2 Illinois StateMissed FG, 12 playsQ2 IowaField goal, 5 playsQ3 Illinois StatePunt, 6 playsQ3 IowaPunt, 3 playsQ3 Illinois StatePunt, 3 playsQ3 IowaTouchdown, 13 playsQ3 Illinois StateTurnover on downs, 8 playsQ4 IowaTouchdown, 10 playsQ4 Illinois StateTouchdown, 5 playsQ4 IowaFumble, 4 playsQ4 Illinois StateTouchdown, 8 playsQ4 IowaEnd of game, 1 play
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Iowa drives left to right, Illinois State right to left.
  1. Q1 IowaTouchdown, 13 plays, 81 yards
  2. Q1 Illinois StatePunt, 8 plays, 33 yards
  3. Q1 IowaTouchdown, 12 plays, 99 yards
  4. Q2 Illinois StatePunt, 3 plays, −7 yards
  5. Q2 IowaTurnover on downs, 6 plays, 19 yards
  6. Q2 Illinois StatePunt, 3 plays, −6 yards
  7. Q2 IowaPunt, 3 plays, 4 yards
  8. Q2 Illinois StateMissed FG, 12 plays, 47 yards
  9. Q2 IowaField goal, 5 plays, 45 yards
  10. Q3 Illinois StatePunt, 6 plays, 18 yards
  11. Q3 IowaPunt, 3 plays, 5 yards
  12. Q3 Illinois StatePunt, 3 plays, 1 yard
  13. Q3 IowaTouchdown, 13 plays, 57 yards
  14. Q3 Illinois StateTurnover on downs, 8 plays, 41 yards
  15. Q4 IowaTouchdown, 10 plays, 66 yards
  16. Q4 Illinois StateTouchdown, 5 plays, 73 yards
  17. Q4 IowaFumble, 4 plays, 27 yards
  18. Q4 Illinois StateTouchdown, 8 plays, 52 yards
  19. Q4 IowaEnd of game, 1 play, 8 yards

Play by play

1st quarter3 drives, then Iowa 7, Illinois State 0
Iowa Touchdown, 13 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Sean Slattery kickoff for 65 yds , Desmond King return for 19 yds to the Iowa 19
15:001st & 10 at own 19C.J. Beathard pass complete to Matt VandeBerg for 5 yds to the Iowa 24
15:002nd & 5 at own 24LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 6 yds to the Iowa 30 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 30LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 2 yds to the Iowa 32
15:002nd & 8 at own 32C.J. Beathard pass complete to Jordan Canzeri for 7 yds to the Iowa 39
15:003rd & 1 at own 39C.J. Beathard run for 2 yds to the Iowa 41 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 41LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 27 yds to the IllSt 32 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 32IOWA Penalty, false start (-5 Yards) to the IllSt 37
15:001st & 15 at opp 37C.J. Beathard pass complete to Tevaun Smith for 15 yds to the IllSt 22 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 22LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 6 yds to the IllSt 16
15:002nd & 4 at opp 16C.J. Beathard pass complete to Matt VandeBerg for 2 yds to the IllSt 14
15:003rd & 2 at opp 14LeShun Daniels Jr. run for no gain to the IllSt 14
8:494th & 2 at opp 14Timeout IOWA, clock 08:49
8:494th & 2 at opp 14C.J. Beathard pass complete to Tevaun Smith for 5 yds to the IllSt 9 for a 1ST down
8:491st & goal at opp 9LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 3 yds to the IllSt 6
7:292nd & goal at opp 6C.J. Beathard run for 6 yds for a TD, (Marshall Koehn KICK)Iowa 7, Illinois State 0
Illinois State Punt, 8 plays
7:291st & 0 at own 35Marshall Koehn kickoff for 63 yds , George Moreira return for 22 yds to the IllSt 24
7:291st & 10 at own 24Tre Roberson run for a loss of 2 yards to the IllSt 22
7:292nd & 12 at own 22Tre Roberson pass complete to Anthony Warrum for 15 yds to the IllSt 37 for a 1ST down
7:291st & 10 at own 37Tre Roberson pass incomplete to Christian Gibbs
7:292nd & 10 at own 37Marshaun Coprich run for 3 yds to the IllSt 40
7:293rd & 7 at own 40Tre Roberson run for 11 yds to the Iowa 49 for a 1ST down
7:291st & 10 at opp 49Tre Roberson pass complete to Michael Clements for 7 yds to the Iowa 42
7:292nd & 3 at opp 42Marshaun Coprich run for a loss of 1 yard to the Iowa 43
7:293rd & 4 at opp 43Tre Roberson pass incomplete to Anthony Warrum, broken up by Greg Mabin
7:294th & 4 at opp 43Tre Roberson punt for 42 yds, downed at the Iowa 1
Iowa Touchdown, 12 plays
3:051st & 10 at own 1C.J. Beathard run for 2 yds to the Iowa 3
3:052nd & 8 at own 3LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 10 yds to the Iowa 13 for a 1ST down
3:051st & 10 at own 13C.J. Beathard pass complete to Jacob Hillyer for 18 yds to the Iowa 31 for a 1ST down
3:051st & 10 at own 31C.J. Beathard pass incomplete to Jacob Hillyer
3:052nd & 10 at own 31C.J. Beathard pass complete to Jordan Canzeri for 21 yds to the IllSt 48 for a 1ST down
3:051st & 10 at opp 48LeShun Daniels Jr. run for no gain to the IllSt 48
Q2 15:002nd & 10 at opp 48C.J. Beathard pass incomplete to Jacob Hillyer, broken up by David Perkins
Q2 15:003rd & 10 at opp 48C.J. Beathard pass complete to Matt VandeBerg for 17 yds to the IllSt 31 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:001st & 10 at opp 31LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 9 yds to the IllSt 22
Q2 15:002nd & 1 at opp 22C.J. Beathard pass complete to Matt VandeBerg for 17 yds to the IllSt 5 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:001st & goal at opp 5LeShun Daniels Jr. run for no gain to the IllSt 5
Q2 12:352nd & goal at opp 5Jordan Canzeri run for 5 yds for a TD, (Marshall Koehn KICK)Iowa 14, Illinois State 0
2nd quarter6 drives, then Iowa 17, Illinois State 0
Illinois State Punt, 3 plays
12:351st & 0 at own 35Marshall Koehn kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
12:351st & 10 at own 25Tre Roberson sacked by Drew Ott for a loss of 11 yards to the IllSt 14
12:352nd & 21 at own 14Tre Roberson pass complete to Marshaun Coprich for 7 yds to the IllSt 21
12:353rd & 14 at own 21Tre Roberson sacked by Drew Ott for a loss of 9 yards to the IllSt 18 Tre Roberson fumbled, recovered by IllSt Dan Pawlak , return for 0 yards , return for 6 yds to the IllSt 18
10:174th & 17 at own 18Timeout ILLINOIS ST, clock 10:17
10:174th & 17 at own 18Reece Attard punt for 40 yds , Desmond King returns for 17 yds to the IllSt 41
Iowa Turnover on downs, 6 plays
10:051st & 10 at opp 41C.J. Beathard run for 4 yds to the IllSt 37
10:052nd & 6 at opp 37Jordan Canzeri run for 7 yds to the IllSt 30 for a 1ST down
10:051st & 10 at opp 30C.J. Beathard pass incomplete to Jordan Canzeri
10:052nd & 10 at opp 30C.J. Beathard pass incomplete to Tevaun Smith
10:053rd & 10 at opp 30C.J. Beathard pass incomplete to Jacob Hillyer, broken up by Alex Donnelly
10:054th & 10 at opp 30Marshall Koehn run for 8 yds to the IllSt 22
Illinois State Punt, 3 plays
8:391st & 10 at own 22Tre Roberson run for no gain to the IllSt 22
8:392nd & 10 at own 22Tre Roberson pass incomplete to Christian Gibbs
8:393rd & 10 at own 22Tre Roberson sacked by Ben Niemann for a loss of 6 yards to the IllSt 16
8:394th & 16 at own 16Reece Attard punt for 35 yds , Desmond King returns for 9 yds to the IllSt 42
Iowa Punt, 3 plays
7:011st & 10 at opp 42LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 2 yds to the IllSt 40
7:012nd & 8 at opp 40LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 2 yds to the IllSt 38
7:013rd & 6 at opp 38C.J. Beathard pass incomplete to Jordan Canzeri
7:014th & 6 at opp 38Dillon Kidd punt for 38 yds for a touchback
Illinois State Missed FG, 12 plays
5:291st & 10 at own 20Marshaun Coprich run for a loss of 1 yard to the IllSt 19
5:292nd & 11 at own 19Marshaun Coprich run for 7 yds to the IllSt 26
5:293rd & 4 at own 26Tre Roberson pass complete to Marshaun Coprich for 7 yds to the IllSt 33 for a 1ST down
5:291st & 10 at own 33Brady Tibbits run for 4 yds to the IllSt 37
5:292nd & 6 at own 37Marshaun Coprich run for 7 yds to the IllSt 44 for a 1ST down
5:291st & 10 at own 44Tre Roberson run for 3 yds to the IllSt 47
5:292nd & 7 at own 47Tre Roberson sacked by Parker Hesse for a loss of 2 yards to the IllSt 45
5:293rd & 9 at own 45[SG], Roberson,Tre pass incomplete to Warrum,Anthony, PENALTY IOWA pass interference (Mabin, Greg) 11 yards to the IOWA44, 1ST DOWN ILS, NO PLAY.
5:291st & 10 at opp 44Tre Roberson pass incomplete to Anthony Warrum
5:292nd & 10 at opp 44[SG], Roberson,Tre pass incomplete to Clements,Mike, PENALTY IOWA pass interference (Lomax, Jordan) 15 yards to the IOWA29, 1ST DOWN ILS, NO PLAY.
5:291st & 10 at opp 29Tre Roberson pass incomplete to Anthony Warrum
5:292nd & 10 at opp 29Tre Roberson pass incomplete to Anthony Warrum, broken up by Maurice Fleming
5:293rd & 10 at opp 29Tre Roberson sacked by Nate Meier for a loss of 9 yards to the Iowa 38
0:444th & 19 at opp 38Timeout IOWA, clock 00:44
0:444th & 19 at opp 38[SG], PENALTY IOWA substitution infraction 5 yards to the IOWA33, NO PLAY.
0:444th & 14 at opp 33Timeout ILLINOIS ST, clock 00:44
0:374th & 14 at opp 33Sean Slattery 50 yd FG BLOCKED blocked by Nathan Bazata
Iowa Field goal, 5 plays
0:371st & 10 at own 33C.J. Beathard pass complete to Jordan Canzeri for 51 yds to the IllSt 16 for a 1ST down
0:371st & 10 at opp 16C.J. Beathard pass incomplete to Tevaun Smith
0:372nd & 10 at opp 16C.J. Beathard pass incomplete to Jordan Canzeri
0:373rd & 10 at opp 16[SG], Beathard, C.J. pass incomplete to Hillyer, Jacob, PENALTY IOWA personal foul (Welsh, Sean) 15 yards to the ILS31, NO PLAY.
0:373rd & 25 at opp 31C.J. Beathard pass complete to Matt VandeBerg for 9 yds to the IllSt 22
0:014th & 16 at opp 22Timeout IOWA, clock 00:01
0:004th & 16 at opp 22Marshall Koehn 40 yd FG GOODIowa 17, Illinois State 0
3rd quarter5 drives, then Iowa 24, Illinois State 0
Illinois State Punt, 6 plays
15:001st & 0 at own 35Marshall Koehn kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:001st & 10 at own 25Marshaun Coprich run for 2 yds to the IllSt 27
15:002nd & 8 at own 27Marshaun Coprich run for 3 yds to the IllSt 30
15:003rd & 5 at own 30Tre Roberson run for 7 yds to the IllSt 37 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 37Tre Roberson pass incomplete
15:002nd & 10 at own 37Marshaun Coprich run for a loss of 2 yards to the IllSt 35
15:003rd & 12 at own 35ILLINOIS ST Penalty, false start (Dan Pawlak) to the IllSt 30
15:003rd & 17 at own 30Tre Roberson pass complete to Marshaun Coprich for 13 yds to the IllSt 43
15:004th & 4 at own 43Reece Attard punt for 18 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the Iowa 39
Iowa Punt, 3 plays
11:181st & 10 at own 39LeShun Daniels Jr. run for a loss of 1 yard to the Iowa 38
11:182nd & 11 at own 38C.J. Beathard run for 6 yds to the Iowa 44
11:183rd & 5 at own 44C.J. Beathard pass incomplete to Jordan Canzeri
11:184th & 5 at own 44Dillon Kidd punt for 56 yds for a touchback
Illinois State Punt, 3 plays
10:001st & 10 at own 20Tre Roberson run for 4 yds to the IllSt 24
10:002nd & 6 at own 24Marshaun Coprich run for 1 yd to the IllSt 25
10:003rd & 5 at own 25ILLINOIS ST Penalty, false start (Christian Gibbs) to the IllSt 20
10:003rd & 10 at own 20Marshaun Coprich run for 1 yd to the IllSt 21
10:004th & 9 at own 21Reece Attard punt for 36 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the Iowa 43
Iowa Touchdown, 13 plays
7:551st & 10 at own 43LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 7 yds to the 50 yard line
7:552nd & 3 at the 50LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 2 yds to the IllSt 48
7:553rd & 1 at opp 48LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 5 yds to the IllSt 43 for a 1ST down
7:551st & 10 at opp 43LeShun Daniels Jr. run for no gain to the IllSt 43
7:552nd & 10 at opp 43C.J. Beathard pass complete to Jordan Canzeri for 11 yds to the IllSt 32 for a 1ST down
7:551st & 10 at opp 32LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 2 yds to the IllSt 30
7:552nd & 8 at opp 30C.J. Beathard pass complete to Tevaun Smith for 4 yds to the IllSt 26
7:553rd & 4 at opp 26LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 3 yds to the IllSt 23
7:554th & 1 at opp 23C.J. Beathard run for 2 yds to the IllSt 21 for a 1ST down
7:551st & 10 at opp 21Jordan Canzeri run for 6 yds to the IllSt 15
7:552nd & 4 at opp 15LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 3 yds to the IllSt 12
7:553rd & 1 at opp 12C.J. Beathard run for 3 yds to the IllSt 9 for a 1ST down
1:221st & goal at opp 9C.J. Beathard pass complete to Matt VandeBerg for 9 yds for a TD, (Marshall Koehn KICK)Iowa 24, Illinois State 0
Illinois State Turnover on downs, 8 plays
1:221st & 0 at own 35Marshall Koehn kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
1:221st & 10 at own 25Marshaun Coprich run for 7 yds to the IllSt 32
1:222nd & 3 at own 32Tre Roberson run for 2 yds to the IllSt 34
1:223rd & 1 at own 34Marshaun Coprich run for 5 yds to the IllSt 39 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & 10 at own 39Jake Kolbe pass complete to Anthony Warrum for 21 yds to the Iowa 40 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & 10 at opp 40Jake Kolbe pass complete to Marshaun Coprich for 6 yds to the Iowa 34
Q4 15:002nd & 4 at opp 34Marshaun Coprich run for no gain to the Iowa 34
Q4 15:003rd & 4 at opp 34Jake Kolbe pass incomplete to Anthony Warrum, broken up by Greg Mabin
Q4 15:004th & 4 at opp 34Jake Kolbe pass incomplete to Jake Kolbe
4th quarter5 drives, then Iowa 31, Illinois State 14
Iowa Touchdown, 10 plays
13:141st & 10 at own 34LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 14 yds to the Iowa 48 for a 1ST down
13:141st & 10 at own 48C.J. Beathard pass complete to Jacob Hillyer for 20 yds to the IllSt 32 for a 1ST down
13:141st & 10 at opp 32Jordan Canzeri run for 9 yds to the IllSt 23
13:142nd & 1 at opp 23LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 5 yds to the IllSt 18 for a 1ST down
13:141st & 10 at opp 18LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 5 yds to the IllSt 13
13:142nd & 5 at opp 13LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 3 yds to the IllSt 10
13:143rd & 2 at opp 10LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 4 yds to the IllSt 6 for a 1ST down
13:141st & goal at opp 6Jordan Canzeri run for 1 yd to the IllSt 5
13:142nd & goal at opp 5LeShun Daniels Jr. run for 4 yds to the IllSt 1
7:543rd & goal at opp 1C.J. Beathard run for 1 yd for a TD, (Marshall Koehn KICK)Iowa 31, Illinois State 0
Illinois State Touchdown, 5 plays
7:541st & 0 at own 35Marshall Koehn kickoff for 60 yds , Jamal Towns return for 22 yds to the IllSt 27
7:541st & 10 at own 27Jake Kolbe pass complete to Jamal Towns for 1 yd to the IllSt 28
7:542nd & 9 at own 28Jamal Towns run for 2 yds to the IllSt 30
7:543rd & 7 at own 30Jake Kolbe pass complete to Christian Gibbs for 52 yds to the Iowa 18 for a 1ST down
7:541st & 10 at opp 18Jake Kolbe pass complete to Anthony Fowler for 17 yds to the Iowa 1 for a 1ST down
5:391st & 0 at opp 1Timeout ILLINOIS ST, clock 05:39
5:341st & goal at opp 1Jake Kolbe pass complete to Brady Tibbits for 1 yd for a TD, (Sean Slattery KICK)Iowa 31, Illinois State 7
Iowa Fumble, 4 plays
5:341st & 0 at own 35Sean Slattery kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
5:341st & 10 at own 25Akrum Wadley run for 1 yd to the Iowa 26
5:342nd & 9 at own 26Tyler Wiegers pass complete to Jameer Outsey for 10 yds to the Iowa 36 for a 1ST down
5:341st & 10 at own 36Akrum Wadley run for 13 yds to the Iowa 49 for a 1ST down
5:341st & 10 at own 49Akrum Wadley run for 3 yds to the IllSt 48 Akrum Wadley fumbled, forced by David Kenney, recovered by IllSt Matt Swaine
Illinois State Touchdown, 8 plays
3:421st & 10 at own 48Jake Kolbe pass complete to Michael Clements for 9 yds to the Iowa 43
3:422nd & 1 at opp 43George Moreira run for 3 yds to the Iowa 40 for a 1ST down
3:421st & 10 at opp 40Jake Kolbe pass incomplete
3:422nd & 10 at opp 40Jake Kolbe pass complete to Tylor Petkovich for 7 yds to the Iowa 33
3:423rd & 3 at opp 33Jake Kolbe pass complete to Matt Biegalski for 8 yds to the Iowa 25 for a 1ST down
3:421st & 10 at opp 25Jake Kolbe pass incomplete
3:422nd & 10 at opp 25Jake Kolbe pass complete to Brannon Barry for 3 yds to the Iowa 22
0:493rd & 7 at opp 22Jake Kolbe pass complete to Anthony Warrum for 22 yds for a TD, (Sean Slattery KICK)Iowa 31, Illinois State 14
Iowa End of game, 1 play
0:491st & 0 at own 35Sean Slattery kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
0:491st & 10 at own 25Marcel Joly run for 8 yds to the Iowa 33

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

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