Final at Ryan Field, EvanstonTV: ESPN2Attendance 42,104
At kickoff
48°F, clear, wind 14 mph from the east, gusts to 21 mphWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Palwaukee Municipal Airport (KPWK), 19 km from the stadium, eight minutes before kickoff
Officials
Referee Larry Smith; umpire Robert Colosimo; head linesman Kole Knueppel; line judge Jeff Szink; side judge Gaylon Williams; field judge Timothy Maguire; back judge Dennis Morris; center judge Mike StumbergGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse
From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.
Team stats
Iowa
Northwestern
302
Total yards
202
179
Passing yards
138
123
Rushing yards
64
6.9
Yards per pass
4.3
3.1
Yards per rush
1.8
12
First downs
13
6–17
Third downs
6–17
1–2
Fourth downs
0–4
0
Turnovers
1
4–50
Penalties
2–21
33:31
Possession
26:29
10
Sacks (by defense)
2
Efficiency
Iowa
Northwestern
33%
Success rate
24%
−0.08
EPA per play
−0.41
1.33
Explosiveness
1.23
−0.15
Rushing EPA
−0.51
0.08
Passing EPA
−0.32
40%
Passing-down success
27%
−0.29
First-down EPA
−0.37
0.03
Second-down EPA
−0.05
0.33
Third-down EPA
−0.09
23%
Havoc by its defense
36%
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 and the line, going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Iowa 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The line
Iowa −8, over/under 36.5.
The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.
Before kickoff, the win chances were Iowa 71%, Northwestern 29%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.
Every drive
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Northwestern drives left to right, Iowa right to left.
Q1 IowaPunt, 3 plays, 4 yards
Q1 NorthwesternInterception, 3 plays, 5 yards
Q1 IowaMissed FG, 4 plays, −7 yards
Q1 NorthwesternTurnover on downs, 7 plays, 22 yards
Q1 IowaTouchdown, 3 plays, 50 yards
Q1 NorthwesternPunt, 6 plays, 14 yards
Q1 IowaPunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
Q1 NorthwesternPunt, 3 plays, 3 yards
Q1 IowaField goal, 15 plays, 57 yards
Q2 NorthwesternPunt, 9 plays, 37 yards
Q2 IowaPunt, 5 plays, 49 yards
Q2 NorthwesternPunt, 3 plays, 5 yards
Q2 IowaPunt, 3 plays, 9 yards
Q2 NorthwesternEnd of half, 1 play, −1 yard
Q3 NorthwesternTurnover on downs, 8 plays, 34 yards
Q3 IowaTouchdown, 13 plays, 59 yards
Q3 NorthwesternTurnover on downs, 8 plays, 37 yards
Q3 IowaPunt, 3 plays, 3 yards
Q3 NorthwesternPunt, 3 plays, 4 yards
Q4 IowaField goal, 9 plays, 61 yards
Q4 NorthwesternTurnover on downs, 9 plays, 41 yards
Q4 IowaPunt, 4 plays, −14 yards
Q4 NorthwesternPunt, 7 plays, 16 yards
Q4 IowaTurnover on downs, 4 plays, −5 yards
Play by play
1st quarter9 drives, then Iowa 7, Northwestern 0
Iowa Punt, 3 plays
15:00
1st & 10 at own 35
Trey Finison kickoff for 61 yds , Ihmir Smith-Marsette return for 26 yds to the Iowa 30
15:00
1st & 10 at own 30
Nate Stanley pass complete to Nico Ragaini for 4 yds to the Iowa 34
15:00
2nd & 6 at own 34
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Mekhi Sargent
15:00
4th & 6 at own 34
Michael Sleep-Dalton punt for 47 yds, fair catch by Riley Lees at the Nwest 19
Northwestern Interception, 3 plays
14:03
1st & 10 at own 19
Isaiah Bowser run for 5 yds to the Nwest 24
14:03
2nd & 5 at own 24
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Kyric McGowan, broken up by Michael Ojemudia
14:03
3rd & 5 at own 24
Aidan Smith pass intercepted Chauncey Golston return for 3 yds to the Nwest 21
Iowa Missed FG, 4 plays
14:03
1st & 10 at opp 21
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Ihmir Smith-Marsette
14:03
2nd & 10 at opp 21
Mekhi Sargent run for 4 yds to the Nwest 17
14:03
3rd & 6 at opp 17
Nate Stanley sacked by Joe Gaziano for a loss of 11 yards to the Nwest 28
11:59
4th & 17 at opp 28
Keith Duncan 46 yd FG MISSED
Northwestern Turnover on downs, 7 plays
11:59
1st & 10 at own 28
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Kyric McGowan
11:59
2nd & 10 at own 28
Kyric McGowan run for 2 yds to the Nwest 30
11:59
3rd & 8 at own 30
Aidan Smith pass complete to JJ Jefferson for 14 yds to the Nwest 44 for a 1ST down
11:59
1st & 10 at own 44
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to JJ Jefferson
11:59
2nd & 10 at own 44
Isaiah Bowser run for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 43
11:59
3rd & 11 at own 43
Aidan Smith run for 9 yds to the Iowa 48
11:59
4th & 2 at opp 48
John Moten IV run for a loss of 2 yards to the 50 yard line
Iowa Touchdown, 3 plays
9:32
1st & 10 at the 50
Mekhi Sargent run for no gain to the 50 yard line
9:32
2nd & 10 at the 50
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Nico Ragaini, broken up by Cameron Ruiz
8:38
3rd & 10 at the 50
Nate Stanley pass complete to Tyrone Tracy Jr. for 50 yds for a TD, (Keith Duncan KICK)Iowa 7, Northwestern 0
Northwestern Punt, 6 plays
8:38
1st & 0 at own 35
Caleb Shudak kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
8:38
1st & 10 at own 25
Isaiah Bowser run for 6 yds to the Nwest 31
8:38
2nd & 4 at own 31
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Kyric McGowan
8:38
3rd & 4 at own 31
Aidan Smith pass complete to JJ Jefferson for 9 yds to the Nwest 40 for a 1ST down
8:38
1st & 10 at own 40
Isaiah Bowser run for no gain to the Nwest 40
8:38
2nd & 10 at own 40
Kyric McGowan run for 1 yd to the Nwest 41
8:38
3rd & 9 at own 41
Aidan Smith sacked by Joe Evans and A.J. Epenesa for a loss of 2 yards to the Nwest 39
8:38
4th & 11 at own 39
Andrew David punt for 40 yds
Iowa Punt, 3 plays
6:34
1st & 10 at own 21
Nate Stanley pass complete to Ihmir Smith-Marsette for 6 yds to the Iowa 27
6:34
2nd & 4 at own 27
Toren Young run for 1 yd to the Iowa 28
6:34
3rd & 3 at own 28
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Sam LaPorta
6:34
4th & 3 at own 28
Michael Sleep-Dalton punt for 38 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the Nwest 34
Northwestern Punt, 3 plays
5:01
1st & 10 at own 34
Isaiah Bowser run for 3 yds to the Nwest 37
5:01
2nd & 7 at own 37
Aidan Smith run for no gain to the Nwest 37
5:01
3rd & 7 at own 37
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman
5:01
4th & 7 at own 37
Andrew David punt for 42 yds, downed at the Iowa 21
Iowa Field goal, 15 plays
3:52
1st & 10 at own 21
Toren Young run for 4 yds to the Iowa 25
3:52
2nd & 6 at own 25
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Nico Ragaini, broken up by Greg Newsome II
3:10
3rd & 6 at own 25
Timeout IOWA, clock 03:10
3:10
3rd & 6 at own 25
Nate Stanley pass complete to Ihmir Smith-Marsette for 8 yds to the Iowa 33 for a 1ST down
3:10
1st & 10 at own 33
Mekhi Sargent run for 1 yd to the Iowa 34
3:10
2nd & 9 at own 34
Nate Stanley pass complete to Ihmir Smith-Marsette for 6 yds to the Iowa 40
3:10
3rd & 3 at own 40
Stanley,Nate pass incomplete to Tracy,Tyrone (Newsome II, G.), PENALTY NU pass interference (Newsome II, G.) 6 yards to the IOWA46, 1ST DOWN IOWA, NO PLAY.
3:10
1st & 10 at own 46
Tyler Goodson run for 2 yds to the Iowa 48
3:10
2nd & 8 at own 48
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Tyrone Tracy Jr.
3:10
3rd & 8 at own 48
Mekhi Sargent run for 13 yds to the Nwest 39 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:00
1st & 10 at opp 39
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Nico Ragaini
Q2 15:00
2nd & 10 at opp 39
Mekhi Sargent run for 8 yds to the Nwest 31
Q2 15:00
3rd & 2 at opp 31
Nate Stanley run for 3 yds to the Nwest 28 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:00
1st & 10 at opp 28
Mekhi Sargent run for no gain to the Nwest 28
Q2 15:00
2nd & 10 at opp 28
Nate Stanley pass complete to Mekhi Sargent for 6 yds to the Nwest 22
Q2 15:00
3rd & 4 at opp 22
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Mekhi Sargent, broken up by Joe Gaziano
Q2 12:25
4th & 4 at opp 22
Keith Duncan 40 yd FG GOODIowa 10, Northwestern 0
2nd quarter5 drives, then Iowa 10, Northwestern 0
Northwestern Punt, 9 plays
12:25
1st & 0 at own 35
Caleb Shudak kickoff for 65 yds , Riley Lees return for 21 yds to the Nwest 21
12:20
1st & 10 at own 21
Drake Anderson run for 2 yds to the Nwest 23
12:20
2nd & 8 at own 23
Drake Anderson run for 3 yds to the Nwest 26
12:20
3rd & 5 at own 26
Aidan Smith run for 6 yds to the Nwest 32 for a 1ST down
12:20
1st & 10 at own 32
Smith, Aidan pass incomplete to Lees, Riley, PENALTY IOWA personal foul (Epenesa,A.J.) 15 yards to the NU47, 1ST DOWN NU, NO PLAY.
12:20
1st & 10 at own 47
Aidan Smith pass complete to Jace James for 4 yds to the Iowa 49
12:20
2nd & 6 at opp 49
Kyric McGowan run for 2 yds to the Iowa 47
12:20
3rd & 4 at opp 47
Aidan Smith pass complete to Isaiah Bowser for 6 yds to the Iowa 41 for a 1ST down
12:20
1st & 10 at opp 41
Isaiah Bowser run for 4 yds to the Iowa 37
12:20
2nd & 6 at opp 37
Isaiah Bowser run for 2 yds to the Iowa 35
12:20
3rd & 4 at opp 35
Aidan Smith sacked by Cedrick Lattimore for a loss of 7 yards to the Iowa 42
12:20
4th & 11 at opp 42
Daniel Kubiuk punt for 40 yds, downed at the Iowa 2
Iowa Punt, 5 plays
7:43
1st & 10 at own 2
Toren Young run for 4 yds to the Iowa 6
7:43
2nd & 6 at own 6
Nate Stanley pass complete to Sam LaPorta for 41 yds to the Iowa 47 for a 1ST down
7:43
1st & 10 at own 47
Toren Young run for 4 yds to the Nwest 49
7:43
2nd & 6 at opp 49
Toren Young run for 3 yds to the Nwest 46
7:43
3rd & 3 at opp 46
Nate Stanley pass complete to Sam LaPorta for 2 yds to the Nwest 44
7:43
4th & 1 at opp 44
IOWA Penalty, delay of game (-5 Yards) to the Nwest 49
7:43
4th & 6 at opp 49
Michael Sleep-Dalton punt for 33 yds, fair catch by Riley Lees at the Nwest 16
Northwestern Punt, 3 plays
4:25
1st & 10 at own 16
Isaiah Bowser run for 3 yds to the Nwest 19
4:25
2nd & 7 at own 19
Aidan Smith run for a loss of 3 yards to the Nwest 16
4:25
3rd & 10 at own 16
Aidan Smith pass complete to Isaiah Bowser for 5 yds to the Nwest 21
4:25
4th & 5 at own 21
Andrew David punt for 33 yds, fair catch by Geno Stone at the Iowa 46
Iowa Punt, 3 plays
2:37
1st & 10 at own 46
Mekhi Sargent run for 5 yds to the Nwest 49
2:37
2nd & 5 at opp 49
Mekhi Sargent run for 3 yds to the Nwest 46
2:37
3rd & 2 at opp 46
Mekhi Sargent run for 1 yd to the Nwest 45
0:45
4th & 1 at opp 45
Timeout IOWA, clock 00:45
0:45
4th & 1 at opp 45
Michael Sleep-Dalton punt for 45 yds for a touchback
Northwestern End of half, 1 play
0:38
1st & 10 at own 20
TEAM run for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 19
3rd quarter5 drives, then Iowa 17, Northwestern 0
Northwestern Turnover on downs, 8 plays
15:00
2nd & 11 at own 35
Caleb Shudak kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:00
1st & 10 at own 25
Isaiah Bowser run for 2 yds to the Nwest 27
15:00
2nd & 8 at own 27
Isaiah Bowser run for 4 yds to the Nwest 31
15:00
3rd & 4 at own 31
Aidan Smith pass complete to Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman for 5 yds to the Nwest 36 for a 1ST down
15:00
1st & 10 at own 36
Aidan Smith pass complete to Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman for 17 yds to the Iowa 47 for a 1ST down
15:00
1st & 10 at opp 47
Isaiah Bowser run for 2 yds to the Iowa 45
15:00
2nd & 8 at opp 45
Aidan Smith pass complete to Isaiah Bowser for 2 yds to the Iowa 43
15:00
3rd & 6 at opp 43
Isaiah Bowser run for 2 yds to the Iowa 41
15:00
4th & 4 at opp 41
Aidan Smith run for no gain to the Iowa 41
Iowa Touchdown, 13 plays
11:24
1st & 10 at own 41
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Nico Ragaini
11:24
2nd & 10 at own 41
Tyler Goodson run for 3 yds to the Iowa 44
11:24
3rd & 7 at own 44
Tyler Goodson run for 12 yds to the Nwest 44 for a 1ST down
11:24
1st & 10 at opp 44
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Nico Ragaini
11:24
2nd & 10 at opp 44
Tyler Goodson run for 12 yds to the Nwest 32 for a 1ST down
11:24
1st & 10 at opp 32
Tyler Goodson run for 4 yds to the Nwest 28
11:24
2nd & 6 at opp 28
Tyler Goodson run for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 29
11:24
3rd & 7 at opp 29
Nate Stanley pass complete to Tyler Goodson for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 30
11:24
4th & 8 at opp 30
Nate Stanley pass complete to Shaun Beyer for 11 yds to the Nwest 19 for a 1ST down
11:24
1st & 10 at opp 19
Tyler Goodson run for 9 yds to the Nwest 10
11:24
2nd & 1 at opp 10
Tyler Goodson run for 3 yds to the Nwest 7 for a 1ST down
11:24
1st & goal at opp 7
Tyler Goodson run for 6 yds to the Nwest 1
5:23
2nd & goal at opp 1
Mekhi Sargent run for 1 yd for a TD, (Keith Duncan KICK)Iowa 17, Northwestern 0
Northwestern Turnover on downs, 8 plays
5:23
1st & 0 at own 35
Caleb Shudak kickoff for 55 yds
5:23
1st & 10 at own 35
Aidan Smith pass complete to Malik Washington for 9 yds to the Nwest 44
5:23
2nd & 1 at own 44
Drake Anderson run for 16 yds to the Iowa 40 for a 1ST down
5:23
1st & 10 at opp 40
Drake Anderson run for 3 yds to the Iowa 37
5:23
2nd & 7 at opp 37
Aidan Smith pass complete to Drake Anderson for 8 yds to the Iowa 29 for a 1ST down
5:23
1st & 10 at opp 29
Aidan Smith pass complete to Riley Lees for a loss of 2 yards to the Iowa 31
5:23
2nd & 12 at opp 31
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Charlie Mangieri, broken up by Michael Ojemudia
5:23
3rd & 12 at opp 31
Aidan Smith pass complete to Charlie Mangieri for 3 yds to the Iowa 28
5:23
4th & 9 at opp 28
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Berkeley Holman
Iowa Punt, 3 plays
2:16
1st & 10 at own 28
Mekhi Sargent run for 2 yds to the Iowa 30
2:16
2nd & 8 at own 30
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Ihmir Smith-Marsette, broken up by Blake Gallagher
2:16
3rd & 8 at own 30
Mekhi Sargent run for 1 yd to the Iowa 31
2:16
4th & 7 at own 31
Michael Sleep-Dalton punt for 42 yds , Riley Lees returns for 7 yds to the Nwest 34
Northwestern Punt, 3 plays
0:50
1st & 10 at own 34
Isaiah Bowser run for 2 yds to the Nwest 36
0:50
2nd & 8 at own 36
Isaiah Bowser run for 2 yds to the Nwest 38
Q4 15:00
3rd & 6 at own 38
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Berkeley Holman
Q4 15:00
4th & 6 at own 38
Andrew David punt for 33 yds
4th quarter5 drives, then Iowa 20, Northwestern 0
Iowa Field goal, 9 plays
14:48
1st & 10 at own 29
Nate Stanley run for 9 yds to the Iowa 38
14:48
2nd & 1 at own 38
Toren Young run for no gain to the Iowa 38
14:48
3rd & 1 at own 38
Nate Stanley run for 3 yds to the Iowa 41 for a 1ST down
14:48
1st & 10 at own 41
Toren Young run for 2 yds to the Iowa 43
14:48
2nd & 8 at own 43
Nate Stanley pass complete to Tyrone Tracy Jr. for 38 yds to the Nwest 19 for a 1ST down
14:48
1st & 10 at opp 19
Toren Young run for 8 yds to the Nwest 11
14:48
2nd & 2 at opp 11
Toren Young run for 1 yd to the Nwest 10
14:48
3rd & 1 at opp 10
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Tyrone Tracy Jr., broken up by Cameron Ruiz
9:58
4th & 1 at opp 10
Keith Duncan 28 yd FG GOODIowa 20, Northwestern 0
Northwestern Turnover on downs, 9 plays
9:58
1st & 0 at own 35
Caleb Shudak kickoff for 65 yds , Riley Lees return for 15 yds to the Nwest 15
9:53
1st & 10 at own 15
Aidan Smith run for no gain to the Nwest 15
9:53
2nd & 10 at own 15
Aidan Smith pass complete to Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman for 7 yds to the Nwest 22
9:53
1st & 10 at own 27
Aidan Smith pass complete to Charlie Mangieri for 2 yds to the Nwest 29
9:53
2nd & 8 at own 29
Aidan Smith pass complete to Berkeley Holman for 20 yds to the Nwest 49 for a 1ST down
9:53
1st & 10 at own 49
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Berkeley Holman, broken up by Geno Stone
9:53
2nd & 10 at own 49
Drake Anderson run for 7 yds to the Iowa 44
9:53
3rd & 3 at opp 44
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Kyric McGowan
9:53
4th & 3 at opp 44
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Berkeley Holman, broken up by Riley Moss
Iowa Punt, 4 plays
7:09
1st & 10 at own 44
Tyler Goodson run for 8 yds to the NORTHWSTRN 48 IOWA Penalty, personal foul (-15 Yards) to the Iowa 37
7:09
1st & 17 at own 37
Tyler Goodson run for no gain to the Iowa 37
7:09
2nd & 17 at own 37
Nate Stanley pass complete to Tyler Goodson for 8 yds to the Iowa 45
7:09
3rd & 9 at own 45
Nate Stanley pass incomplete to Ihmir Smith-Marsette, broken up by Greg Newsome II IOWA Penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct (-15 Yards) to the Iowa 30
7:09
3rd & 24 at own 30
Michael Sleep-Dalton punt for 46 yds , Riley Lees returns for 5 yds to the Nwest 35 NORTHWESTERN Penalty, illegal block (Joe Bergin) to the Nwest 14
Northwestern Punt, 7 plays
4:54
1st & 10 at own 14
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Malik Washington, broken up by Daviyon Nixon
4:54
2nd & 10 at own 14
Aidan Smith pass complete to Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman for 12 yds to the Nwest 26 for a 1ST down
4:54
1st & 10 at own 26
Aidan Smith sacked by Daviyon Nixon for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 25
4:54
2nd & 11 at own 25
Aidan Smith pass complete to Jace James for 12 yds to the Nwest 37 for a 1ST down
4:54
1st & 10 at own 37
Aidan Smith sacked by Daviyon Nixon for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 36
4:54
2nd & 11 at own 36
Aidan Smith pass incomplete to Drake Anderson
4:54
3rd & 11 at own 36
Aidan Smith sacked by Joe Evans for a loss of 6 yards to the Nwest 30
4:54
4th & 17 at own 30
Andrew David punt for 14 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the Nwest 44
Iowa Turnover on downs, 4 plays
2:21
1st & 10 at opp 44
Mekhi Sargent run for 9 yds to the Nwest 35
2:21
2nd & 1 at opp 35
Mekhi Sargent run for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 36
2:21
3rd & 2 at opp 36
Mekhi Sargent run for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 37
2:21
4th & 3 at opp 37
Team run for a loss of 12 yards to the Nwest 49
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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