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IOWA OFFENSE PURDUE OFFENSE

WR .........4 T. Smith, 9 J. Smith WR .........5 Young/20 Phillips

LT .........52 Myers, 69 Render LT ..........75 Hedelin, 74 PaersonLG ........79 Welsh, 78 Daniels LG .........72 King, 53 Barron

C .........63 Blythe, 58 Simmons C ...........57 Kugler, 53 Barron

RG ........65 Walsh, 54 Ferentz RG ........70 Roos, 53 Barron

RT ........64 Croston, 75 Boeger RT .........66 Cermin, 74 PaersonTE .........80 Krieger Coble, 46 Kile/87 Duzey TE .........85 Jurasevich, 88 Herdman

WR .......89 VandeBerg, 83 McCarron WR .......33 Anthrop, 18 Posey

WR .......17 Hillyer, 82 Falconer WR .........7 Yancey, 21 Mahoungou

QB ........16 Beathard, 8 Wiegers QB ........11 Blough, 12 ApplebyRB ........29 Daniels, Jr./33 Canzeri, 25 Wadley, 32 Mitchell RB...........8 Jones, 28 Yancey

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

IOWA DEFENSE PURDUE DEFENSE

DE ........34 Meier, 96 Nelson DT.........54 Replogle, 18 Wilson/97 Rouse IIIDT ........67 Johnson, 56 Ekakie NG ........92 Watson/14 Howard

DT ........99 Bazata, 61 Terlouw DE.........95 Panl, 59 Newton/47 HenleyDE ........40 Hesse, 49 Spears DE.........11 Miles, 13 Robinson

OLB ......44 Niemann, 41 Bower WLB......36 Ezechukwu, 32 PulliamMLB .....43 Jewell, 39 Perry MLB ......16 Hudson/29 Herman

WLB .....36 Fisher, 31 Mends/48 Hockaday SLB .......42 Garcia, 29 Herman

LC .........13 Mabin, 28 Fleming LC ...........9 Brown, 6 Norwood

SS .........19 Taylor, 12 Gair SS ...........3 Clark, 8 CasonFS ........ 27 Lomax, 37 Snyder FS ...........7 Gregory, 1 Roberts

RC ........14 King, 7 Draper/15 Jackson RC .........24 Williams, 2 Hunte

PT .........16 Kidd, 1 Koehn PT .........31 Schopper, 30 MeadowsPK ..........1 Koehn, 91 Recinos PK .........37 Griggs, 30 Meadows

TIME & PLACE - - 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, Kinnick Stadium(70,585), Iowa City, Iowa.

TICKETS - - Tickets are $65 and remain on sale at the UI Athlet-ics Ticket Oce in Carver-Hawkeye Arena or by phone or website(1-800-IA-HAWKS or hawkeyesports.com). There is a youth cketprice of $25.

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 ESPN2. The an-

nouncers are Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht and Paul Carcaterra.

THE RECORDS - - Iowa is 10-0, 6-0, with wins over Illinois State(31-14), at Iowa State (31-17), Pisburgh (27-24), North Texas(62-16), at Wisconsin (10-6), Illinois (29-20), at Northwestern (40-10), Maryland (31-15), at Indiana (35-27) and Minnesota (40-35).

Purdue is 2-8, 1-5, with wins over Indiana State (38-14) andNebraska (55-45). Purdue has lost to Marshall (41-31), VirginiaTech (51-24), Bowling Green (35-28), Michigan State (24-21),Minnesota (41-13), Wisconsin (24-7), Illinois (48-14) and North-western (21-14).

THE SERIES - - Purdue holds a 46-36-3 advantage in the seriesthat began with 16-0 Iowa win in Iowa City in 1910. The Hawkeyeshave won four of the last ve meengs, including a 24-10 victorylast season at Purdue. Purdue’s most recent win in the serieswas a 27-24 decision in Iowa City in 2012. Iowa holds a 20-19-2advantage in games played in Iowa City.

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 137-106 and he is 125-85 at Iowa. He ranks eighthin the Big Ten Conference in coaching victories.

Darrell Hazell is in his third season as Purdue’s head coach andhis h season overall as a college head coach. Hazell is 6-28with the Boilermakers and holds a career mark of 22-38. Hazelposted a two-year record of 16-10 as the head coach at Kent State

NEXT GAME - - Iowa closes the regular season Friday, Nov. 27,at Nebraska (2:30 p.m., ABC). Purdue hosts Indiana on Nov. 28(Noon ET, BTN).

@HawkeyeFootball Game NotesGame #11 vs. Purdue

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



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

SE ................. 4 *** Tevaun Smith ̂ 6-2 205 Sr. Toronto, Canada (Kent School, Conn.) 9 Jerminic Smith ̂ 6-1 180 Fr. Garland, Texas (South Garland)LT ............... 52 * Boone Myers 6-5 300 So. Webster City, Iowa (Webster City) 69 Keagan Render 6-4 305 #Fr. Indianola, Iowa (Indianola)LG .............. 79 * Sean Welsh 6-3 288 So. Springboro, Ohio (Springboro) 78 James Daniels ^ 6-4 285 Fr. Warren, Ohio (Harding)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) 54 Steve Ferentz 6-2 278 Jr. Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa City)RT...............64 * Cole Croston 6-5 295 Jr. Sergeant Blu, Iowa (Sergeant Blu-Luton) 75 * Ike Boeger 6-6 300 So. Cedar Falls, Iowa (Cedar Falls)TE ............... 80 *** Henry Krieger Coble 6-4 250 Sr. Mount Pleasant, Iowa (Mount Pleasant) 46 ** George Kile 6-4 235 Jr. Norman, Okla. (Norman)OR 87 *** Jake Duzey 6-4 248 Sr. Troy, Mich. (Athens)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) 82 Adrian Falconer ̂ 6-1 180 Fr. Leesburg, Fla. (Leesburg)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 .............. 29 LeShun Daniels, Jr. 6-0 225 Jr. Warren, Ohio (Harding)OR 33 *** Jordan Canzeri 5-9 192 Sr. Troy, New York (Troy) 25 Akrum Wadley 5-11 185 So. Newark, N.J. (Weequahic) 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)OR 48 Jack Hockaday ^ 6-1 215 Fr. Forsyth, Ill. (Maroa-Forsyth)LC ............... 13 * Greg Mabin 6-2 200 Jr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Calvery Chrisan Academy) 28 ** Maurice Fleming 6-0 205 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Curie Metropolitan)SS ............... 19 * Miles Taylor ^ 6-0 195 So. Silver Spring, Md. (Gonzaga College) 12 ** Anthony Gair 6-2 210 Jr. Plano, Texas (Prestonwood Chrisan)

FS ............... 27 *** Jordan Lomax 5-10 205 Sr. Upper Marlboro, Md. (DeMatha Catholic)37 Brandon Snyder 6-1 210 #Fr. Larchwood, Iowa (West Lyon)

RC .............. 14 ** Desmond King ^ 5-11 200 Jr. Detroit, Mich. (East English Village) 7 *** Sean Draper ^ 6-0 190 Sr. Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)OR 15 Josh Jackson 6-1 185 Fr. Corinth, Texas (Lake Dallas)PT ............... 16 Dillon Kidd 6-2 215 Sr. Deereld Beach, Fla. (El Camino CC) 1 * Marshall Koehn 6-0 200 Sr. Solon, Iowa (Solon)

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

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

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

@HawkeyeFootball Game NotesGame #11 vs. Purdue

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



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* W, 40-10

10/31 Maryland* W, 31-15

11/7 at Indiana* W, 35-27

11/14 Minnesota* W, 40-35

11/21 Purdue* 11 a.m./ESPN2

11/27 at Nebraska* 2:30 p.m./ABC

* Big Ten Conference game

9/6 at Marshall L, 31-41

9/12 Indiana State W, 38-14

9/19 Virginia Tech L, 24-51

9/26 Bowling Green L, 28-35

10/3 at Michigan State* L, 21-24

10/10 Minnesota * L, 13-41

10/17 at Wisconsin * L, 7-24

10/31 Nebraska * W, 55-45

11/7 Illinois * L, 14-48

11/14 at Northwestern * L, 14-21

11/21 at Iowa * 11 a.m./ESPN2

11/28 Indiana * 11 a.m./BTN

* Big Ten Conference game

@HawkeyeFootball Game NotesGame #11 vs Purdue

GAME #11: #6 IOWA vs. PURDUE

IOWA HAWKEYESRecord: 10-0, 6-0

Ranking: No. 6 (AP)Ranking: No. 6 (USA Today )CFP: No. 5 (Nov. 10)Head Coach: Kirk FerentzAlma Mater: ConneccutOverall Record: 137-106 (20 yrs)Record at Iowa: 125-85 (17 yrs)

PURDUE

BOILERMAKERSRecord: 2-8, 1-5

Ranking: NR (AP)Ranking: NR (USA Today )Head Coach: Darrell Hazell

Alma Mater: Muskingum

Overall Record: 22-38 (5 yrs)

Record at Purdue: 6-28 (3 yrs)

THE SETTINGDate: Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015

Lc: Iowa City, Iowa

Stadium: Kinnick Stadium (70,585)

Surface: Field Turf

Kck : 11 a.m.

Series: Purdue leads, 46-36-3

TV: ESPN2 (WATCHESPN)

Beth Mowins, play-by-play

Anthony Becht, analyst

Paul Carcaterra, 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

10-0, 6-0 BIG TEN

PURDUE RESULTS/SCHEDULE

2-8, 1-5 BIG TEN

IOWA COACHES

GAME DAY LOCATION

Offense

Greg Davis (booth) Oensive Coordinator/QB’s

Brian Ferentz (eld) Run Game Coordinator/OL

Chris White (eld) RB’s/Special Teams

Bobby Kennedy (eld) Wide Receivers

Broderick Binns (booth) GA/DefenseTyler Anderson (booth) GA/Defense

Defense

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

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

Reese Morgan (eld) Defensive Line

Jim Reid (booth) Linebackers

LeVar Woods (eld) TE’s/Special Teams

A.J. Haase (booth) GA/Oense

Iowa can clinch a tie for the West Division championship Saturday with a win over

Purdue in Kinnick Stadium, and earn the division title outright with wins in their

final two games, or one win and one Wisconsin loss.

The Hawkeyes are 10-0 for the rst me in school history. Iowa won a school-record 11

games in 2002 and 2009. The Hawkeyes also won 10 games in 1985, 1987, 1991, 2003,

and 2004.

Iowa is in the FBS top 10 in me of possession (6), turnover margin (7), giveaways (7)rush defense (9), and takeaways (10).

Iowa has two road wins over ranked opponents (Wisconsin and Northwestern) for the

rst me since 2002 (at No. 12 Penn State, 42-35; at No. 8 Michigan, 34-9). Alabama

(3) is the only other school with two road wins over ranked opponents this season.

Iowa ranks second in the Big Ten and seventh nationally with a plus-11 turnover

margin. Iowa has scored 70 points off turnovers and leads the Big Ten with 13

interceptions.

The Hawkeyes are No. 1 in the Big Ten in me of possession (33:33), and have ve

touchdown drives this season of 90-plus yards.

Junior QB C.J. Beathard is 11-0 as Iowa’s starng quarterback. He is the only quarterbackin school history to win his rst 11 career starts. He is 5-0 on the road, 6-0 at home, and

7-0 in the Big Ten. His rst career start came in Iowa’s 24-10 win at Purdue last season.

Junior DB Desmond King leads the country with eight intercepons. His eight intercepons

e the single-season school record (Lou King, 1981; Nile Kinnick, 1939) and e for 11th in

Big Ten single-season annals.

Jordan Canzeri (256), Akrum Wadley (204), and LeShun Daniels (195) have each rushed for at

least 195 yards in a single game this season, making Iowa the rst FBS team since LSU in 1997 to

have at least three dierent players rush for 195-plus yards in a single game in the same season.

Iowa is 6-0 in Kinnick Stadium and enters Saturday’s game looking for a perfect hom

record for the rst me since 2004 (6-0). Iowa has enjoyed 11 perfect seasons in Kinnic

Stadium, but only the 2003 team won seven homes games.

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Lc: Iowa City, IowaFounded: 1847

Enrollment: 31,065

President: Bruce HarreldDrcr Ahlc: Gary Barta

Conference: Big Ten (West Division)Nickname: HawkeyesMascot: HerkyColors: Black and Gold (PMS 116)First Year of Football: 1889All-Time Record: 623-541-39All-Time Bowl Record: 14-13-1Nl Chmp: 1921, ‘56, ‘58, ‘60

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Assistant: James Allan

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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: 275-177-15

Bc O: Mulple

Basic Defense: 4-3

Lrm Rurg:

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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21 SENIORS PLAY FINAL HOME GAME

Senior members of the Iowa football program include OL Ausn Blythe, RB Jorda

Canzeri, DL Darian Cooper, FB Adam Cox, DB Sean Draper, TE Jake Duzey, LB Cole Fishe

WR Jacob Hillyer, P Dillon Kidd, K Marshall Koehn, TE Henry Krieger Coble, DB Jorda

Lomax, DE Nate Meier, DE Drew O, LB Travis Perry, FB Macon Plewa, OL Eric Simmon

WR Tevaun Smith, DE Melvin Spears, WR Andrew Stone, and OL Jordan Walsh.

Since the start of the 2012 season the Hawkeyes have won 29 games. Iowa has qualie

for its third bowl game in the last four seasons. All senior members of the Iowa football program will be recognized during pregam

ceremonies.

IOWA CAN EARN DIVISION TITLE

Iowa can clinch a e for the West Division championship Saturday with a win ove

Purdue in Kinnick Stadium, and earn the division tle outright with wins in their nal tw

games, or one win and one Wisconsin loss. The Badgers host Northwestern Saturday befor

traveling to Minnesota. By virtue of a head-to-head win over Wisconsin earlier this season

an Iowa victory over Purdue would qualify the Hawkeyes for the Big Ten championshi

game in Indianapolis on Saturday, Dec. 5.

THREE PHASES OF @HawkeyeFootball

Iowa has its best start in program history (10-0), due to excelling in all three phases o

the game.

OFFENSE:

• Iowa has scored 30 points or more in four straight Big Ten games for the rst me

school history.

• Iowa has a balanced oense. Its 4,214 total yards are divided by 2,117 yards rushing

and 2,097 yards passing. Iowa has 30 rushing touchdowns, rst in the Big Ten and

naonally.

• Iowa ranks second in the Big Ten with 14 scrimmage plays of 40-plus yards. The Hawkeye

had 12 scrimmage plays of 40-plus yards all of last season, and 13 such plays in 201

and 2013 combined.

DEFENSE:

• Iowa has allowed six rushing touchdowns; No. 1 in the conference and fourth naonall• Iowa leads the Big Ten in intercepons (13) and ranks second in takeaways (20) an

turnover margin (+11).

• Liming big plays: Iowa has allowed 12 scrimmage plays of 30-plus yards. Only Michiga

(9) has allowed fewer among Big Ten teams.

SPECIAL TEAMS:

• Marshall Koehn’s 57-yard game-winning eld goal vs. Pi is the second longest in schoo

history and the second longest in FBS this season.

• Iowa’s two-man punt team of Dillon Kidd (43.1) and Marshall Koehn (46.2) rank fourt

in the Big Ten averaging 42.4 yards per punt.

• Desmond King averages 12.7 yards per punt return and 25.1 yards on KO returns, bot

rank No. 3 in the Big Ten.

IOWA SEEKS KINNICK SWEEP Iowa is 6-0 in Kinnick Stadium and enters Saturday’s game looking for a perfect hom

record for the rst me since 2004 (6-0). Iowa has enjoyed 11 perfect seasons in Kinnic

Stadium, but only the 2003 team won seven homes games. The Hawkeyes have been 6-

at four mes under Kirk Ferentz, including 2002, 2008, 2009 and 2011.

NUMBER OF THE WEEK: 195

Three dierent Hawkeyes (Jordan Canzeri, 256, Akrum Wadley, 204; LeShun Daniel

195) have rushed for at least 195 yards in a single game this season, making Iowa the rs

FBS team since LSU in 1997 to have at least three dierent players rush for 195-plus yard

in a single game in the same season.



West DivisionTeam Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.IOWA 6-0 1.000 10-0 1.000Wisconsin 5-1 .833 8-2 .800

Northwestern 4-2 .667 8-2 .800

Nebraska 3-4 .429 5-6 .455

Illinois 2-4 .333 5-5 .500Minnesota 1-5 .167 4-6 .400

Purdue 1-5 .167 2-8 .200

East DivisionTeam Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.Ohio State 6-0 1.000 10-0 1.000

Michigan State 5-1 .833 9-1 .900

Michigan 5-1 .833 8-2 .800

Penn State 4-2 .667 7-3 .700

Rutgers 1-6 .143 3-7 .300

Maryland 0-6 .000 2-8 .200

Indiana 0-6 .000 4-6 .400

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BIG TEN STANDINGS

NATIONAL RANKINGS

AP PollNov. 15

1. Clemson

2. Ohio State

3. Alabama

4. Oklahoma State

5. Notre Dame

6. IOWA7. Oklahoma

8. Florida

9. Michigan State

10. Baylor

11. TCU

12. North Carolina

13. Houston

14. Michigan

15. Stanford

16. Florida State

17. LSU

18. Utah

19. Navy

20. Northwestern

21. Wisconsin

22. USC

23. Oregon

24. Washington St

25. Ole Miss

USA Today PollNov. 15

1. Clemson

2. Ohio State

3. Alabama

4. Oklahoma State

5. Notre Dame

6. IOWA7. Oklahoma

8. Florida

9. Michigan State

10. Baylor

11. TCU

12. North Carolina

13. Michigan

14. Houston

15. Stanford

16. Florida State

17. LSU

18. Utah

19. Navy

20. Wisconsin

21. Northwestern

22. Oregon

23. Washington State

24. USC

25. Ole Miss

IOWA/PURDUE NOTES• The Hawkeyes have won seven of the last nine and 19 of the last 26 meengs.

• Iowa has the No. 3 rush defense in the conference (104.6 ypg). Purdue’s rush oens

ranks 14th in the Big Ten (128.9 ypg).

• Iowa leads the Big Ten with 30 rushing touchdowns. The Boilermakers have allowe

22 rushing touchdowns, No. 13 in the conference.

• Iowa averages 33.6 points per game, No. 3 in the Big Ten. Purdue allows 34.4 pointper game, No. 12 in the Big Ten.

• QB C.J. Beathard won his rst career start last year at Purdue. The Hawkeyes won th

contest 24-10.

• The Hawkeyes (13) and Boilermakers (12) rank 1-2 in the Big Ten in intercepons (12

The Boilermakers have thrown 14 intercepons, the third highest total in the league

Iowa has thrown ve intercepons, ed for the fewest in FBS.

LAST MEETING: Iowa 24, Purdue 10 – Sept. 27, 2014 West Lafayee, Indiana

Iowa scored the game’s nal 24 points in a 24-10 Big Ten triumph over the Boilermaker

at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayee.

Iowa fell behind 10-0 aer a 39-yard intercepon return and a 42-yard eld goa

However, the Hawkeyes answered before halime with 10 points via a 2-yard RB Mar

Weisman rushing score and a 28-yard eld goal by K Marshall Koehn. Iowa’s oense totaled 420 yards. QB C.J. Beathard completed 17-of-37 passes for 24

yards with one touchdown in his rst career start, while Weisman led the ground aac

with 76 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.

The Hawkeyes dominated the second half,

outscoring the Boilermakers 14-0. WR Kevonte

Martin-Manley caught the game-winning

touchdown, his rst score of the season, on a

23-yard pass with 45 seconds le in the third

quarter. Weisman tallied his second rushing score

of the day, this me from ve yards out, to put

the game out of reach.

Eight dierent receivers caught at least one

pass, with Marn-Manley leading the way withve recepons for 74 yards and scoring the game-

winning touchdown.

The Hawkeye defense limited Purdue to nine rst downs, 156 total yards -- 72 of whic

were in the air -- forced two turnovers, six three-and-outs, and recorded six tackles fo

loss, including four sacks. The 72 yards passing are the sixth-fewest by a team during th

Kirk Ferentz era. Also, the nine rst downs e for the seventh-fewest by an Iowa opponen

since 1999.

SS John Lowdermilk picked o Purdue QB Danny Etling twice in the fourth period t

go along with a team-best seven tackles.

SCHEDULE STRENGTH

Among the ve remaining unbeaten FBS teams, only Clemson has a higher strength o

schedule rang than Iowa (Sagarin Rangs). Iowa has won two road games over ranke

opponents (#18 Wisconsin; #20 Northwestern), joining Alabama (3) as the only program

in the naon with mulple road wins over ranked foes.

Date AP CP S16 CFP

Pre. - - - - - - - - - - - -

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9/13 RV RV - - - - - -9/20 RV RV - - - - - -

9/27 RV RV - - - - - -

10/4 22 23 - - - - - -

10/11 17 17 - - - - - -

10/18 12 13 13 - - -

10/25 10 11 11 - - -

11/1 10 11 12 9

11/8 8 8 9 5

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11/22 - - - - - - - - - - - -

11/29 - - - - - - - - - - - -

AP=Associated Press; CP=Coaches;

S16=Super 16; CFP=College Footballl Poll

HAWKEYES IN THE POLLS

IOWA PURDUE

Score 24 10

First Downs 22 9

Rushes-Yds. 51-175 30-84

Passing Yds. 245 72

Passes (C-A-I) 17-37-1 13-32-2

Tl O 88-420 62-156

Punts-Avg. 7-39.7 9-42.3

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0

Pl-Yrd 3-14 3-19

Time of Possession 34:30 25:30



Head Coach Kirk Ferentz ______________ FAIR-intsNathan Bazata ____________________ BUDGET-uhC. J. Beathard _____________________ BETH-urdAusn Blythe _________________________ BLYTHIke Boeger _________________________ Bu-girJordan Canzeri ___________________ can-ZEAR-eeLeShun Daniels, Jr. _________________ Luh-SEANJake Duzey _________________________ DEW-zeeFaith Ekakie _________________ ee-KACK-uh-teeAdrian Falconer ____________________ FALCON-irSteve Ferentz _______________________ FAIR-intsDaniel Gaey _______________________ GAFF-eeAngelo Garbu _____________________ GAR-butJake Gervase ________________________ JIR-vossBrant Gressel _______________________ GRES-uhlParker Hesse ________________________HESS-eeJacob Hillyer ________________________ HILL-yirJusn Jinning ________________________ GIN-ingMarcel Joly ___________________________JOLLYConnor Keane _________________________KEENTyler Kluver ________________________ CLUE-virMarshall Koehn ________________________KANEHenry Krieger Coble ___________ KRAG-ir CO-bullDrake Kulick ________________________ KOO-lickJordan Lomax _____________________ LOW-maxGreg Mabin ________________________ MAY-binNate Meier __________________________ MYERBen Niemann _____________________KNEE-munEmmaneul Ogwo ___________________ OUG-wooMichael Ojemudia __________ oh-jay-MOO-dee-uh

Jameer Outsey _____________ juh-MEER OUT-seePeter Pekar _________________________ PEE-karMacon Plewa ________________________PLEV-uhColten Rasteer __________________ RASS-tet-irMiguel Recinos ___________ muh-GEL ray-SEE-nosBrady Rei ____________________________ REEFJerminic Smith __________________ jir-muh-NEEKTavaun Smith ______________________ tae-VOHNJackson Subbert _____________________SUE-birtKyle Terlouw ______________________ TUR-lauwOmar Trui _________________________ TRUE-itNate Vejvoda ____________________ vuh-VO-duhAkrum Wadley ______________________ ACK-rumBre Waechter ______________________ WAX-rTyler Wiegers ______________________ WEE-girsJon Wisnieski ____________________ Wiz-NEW-ski

IOWA PURDUE

Record 10-0, 6-0 2-8, 1-5Scoring Average 33.6 24.5Scoring Defense 18.4 34.4Rushing Yards 211.7 128.9Passing Yards 209.7 224.3Total Oense 421.4 353.2Rushing Defense 104.6 209.6Passing Defense 209.6 235.8Total Defense 314.2 445.4Punt Return Average 12.7 8.1KO Return Average 23.7 17.65

Turnover Margin 1.1 -0.2

THE SERIES: BY THE NUMBERS

Series Record: Iowa trails, 46-36-3

at Iowa: Iowa leads, 20-19-2

Current Streak: Iowa -- 2

Last Iowa Win: 2014 (24-10 in West Lafayee)

Last Purdue Win: 2012 (27-24 in Iowa City)

Largest Margin in UI Victory: 56-0 (1922)

Largest Margin in Purdue Victory: 58-13 (1980)

STATISTICAL COMPARISON

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE


THE SERIES

Purdue holds a 46-36-3 advantage in the series that began with a 16-0 Iowa win in 1910

The Hawkeyes have won seven of the last nine and 19 of the last 26 meengs. Iowa own

a 20-19-2 advantage in games played in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes have won six of the las

seven meengs in Iowa City, with Purdue winning the most recent contest at Kinnick, 27-24

in 2012.

Iowa and the Boilermakers baled to a 21-21 e at West Lafayee in 1994. That gam

marks the last e game for Iowa before the college football e-breaker system was put i

place. Here are the series results:

*10/22/10 W 16-0 *10/28/67 L 22-41

11/11/11 W 11-0 10/26/68 L 15-44

11/06/15 L 13-19 10/18/69 L 31-35

*10/21/16 W 24-6 *10/17/70 L 3-24

10/21/21 W 13-6 10/02/71 L 13-45

*10/28/22 W 56-0 *10/07/72 L 0-24

*10/13/23 W 7-0 *11/03/73 L 23-48

11/16/29 L 0-7 11/02/74 L 14-38

*10/18/30 L 0-20 11/15/75 L 18-19

11/14/31 L 0-22 *11/13/76 L 0-21*11/12/32 L 0-18 10/22/77 L 21-34

11/18/33 W 14-6 *10/28/78 L 7-34

*11/10/34 L 6-13 *11/03/79 L 14-20

11/16/35 L 6-12 11/08/80 L 13-58

*11/14/36 L 0-13 *11/07/81 W 33-7

11/16/37 L 0-13 11/06/82 L 7-16

*10/29/38 T 0-0 *10/15/83 W 31-14

11/04/39 W 4-0 10/13/84 W 40-3

*11/02/40 L 6-21 11/16/85 W 27-24

10/25/41 L 6-7 *11/15/86 W 42-14

*10/31/42 W 13-7 *10/24/87 W 38-14

10/23/43 L 7-28 10/22/88 W 31-7

*10/21/44 L 7-26 11/18/89 W 24-010/13/45 L 0-40 *11/17/90 W 38-9

*9/28/46 W 16-0 10/25/91 W 31-21

11/01/47 L 0-21 *10/24/92 L 16-27

*10/16/48 L 13-20 *10/30/93 W 26-17

10/01/49 W 21-7 10/29/94 T 21-21

*10/21/50 W 33-21 *11/01/97 W 35-17

10/06/51 L 30-34 10/31/98 L 14-36

10/11/52 L 14-41 10/6/01 L 14-23

11/07/53 W 26-0 *10/5/02 W 31-28

11/6/54 W 25-14 11/8/03 L 14-27

*10/15/55 T 20-20 *11/6/04 W 23-21

10/27/56 W 21-20 10/8/05 W 34-17

10/24/59 L 7-14 *10/7/06 W 47-17

*10/22/60 W 21-14 10/20/07 L 6-31

10/28/61 L 0-9 *11/15/08 W 22-17

*10/27/62 L 3-26 11/19/11 W 31-21

10/26/63 L 0-14 *11/10/12 L 24-27

*10/24/64 L 14-19 11/9/13 W 38-14

*10/09/65 L 14-17 9/27/14 W 24-10

10/08/66 L 0-35

* - - at Iowa City



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 the

2020 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 is eighth with 125 overall wins as a member of the Big Ten

Conference. He has 74 Big Ten wins, which ranks eighth 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 116-64 (.644) overall mark and a 69-46 (.600)

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 125-85 (.595) and a

74-60 (.552) mark in Big Ten games. In his 19th season as a college

head coach, he holds a career mark of 137-106 (.564). 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 10-0 1.000 6-0 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 Outback2007 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 125-85 .595 74-60 .552


HEAD COACH KIRK FERENTZ FIND THE NFL-ER Since 1999, Kirk Ferentz’s rst year as UI head coach, th

Hawkeyes have had a future NFL player start on the oensive lin

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 th

Washington Redskins h overall in 2015, was Iowa’s le tacklfrom 2012-14. Riley Rei, selected 23rd overall by the Detroit Lion

in 2012, started at le tackle from 2010-11. Bryan Bulaga, selecte

23rd overall by the Green Bay Packers in 2010, started at le guar

in 2007 before moving to le tackle in 2008-09.

From 2005-06, Balmore Ravens All-Pro Marshal Yanda share

me at tackle and guard for the Hawkeyes. Mike Elgin, a sevent

round selecon of New England, was Iowa’s starng center in 2004

Pete McMahon, draed by Oakland in 2005, was Iowa’s right guar

in 2003. Oakland’s rst round pick in 2004, Robert Gallery, wa

Iowa’s le tackle from 2001-03. Eric Steinbach (Cincinna) starte

at guard for Iowa from 2000-02, and Bruce Nelson (Carolina) wa

a four-year starter from 1999-02. Both players were second roun

dra picks in 2003.

FERENTZ SECOND IN LONGEVITY

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

and ranks second in longevity among FBS head coaches. Ferent

is rst among Big Ten coaches and naonally ranks behind Virgini

Tech’s Frank Beamer (28), who will rere at the end of the season

Ferentz is ed for second with Bob Stoops of Oklahoma.

OFFENSIVE-TACKLE-BY-COMMITTEE

The Hawkeyes have started four dierent oensive tackles th

season. Three of them -- LT Boone Myers, RT Ike Boeger, LT Col

Croston -- entered the season with one combined career star

(Boeger started as a second ght end against Wisconsin in 2014OL Sean Welsh had 13 career starts at le guard before sliding out t

right tackle at Northwestern.

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

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 scholarsh

prior to the 2014 season. He saw acon in four games last season

Boeger joined the team as a ght end but was moved to oensive lin

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 primari

on special teams prior to this season. He joined the program for th

2015 spring pracce season. Welsh was a high school All-America

in Springboro, Ohio, and was named rst team freshman All-Big Te

by BTN in 2014.

IOWA AMONG TOP 25 IN WINS, 2002-15

Iowa has posted 114 wins since the start of the 2002 seaso

which is the 20th highest total in FBS. The list includes the following

Boise State (155); Ohio State (152); Oklahoma (146); LSU (141

USC (141); Alabama (136); TCU (134); Georgia (135); Orego

(133); Florida State (132); Texas (130); Wisconsin (130); Virgini

Tech (128); Florida (126); Auburn (122); Utah (120); West Virgin

(119); Virginia (114); Nebraska (115); Iowa (114); Miami, FL (111

Texas Tech (110); Michigan (110).




HAWKEYE FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS

100 Ferentz became the 12th coach to

win 100 games at a Big Ten school

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

62 Calvin Jones’ rered number, one

of two in school history

60 NFL Dra picks under Kirk Ferentz33 Hawkeyes who have played

in the Super Bowl

32 Former Hawkeyes acve in the NFL

28 Bowl games (14-13-1)

26 All-America honors under Ferentz

24 Heisman Trophy winner (1939)

Nile Kinnick’s rered number

24 Players have combined to earn

Academic All-America honors

on 44 occasions under Ferentz

23 Consensus All-Americans

(eight under Kirk Ferentz)

22 Times nished a season ranked

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

dra picks under Kirk Ferentz

11 Big Ten Championships

9 Former players recognized on Kinnick

Stadium Wall of Honor

6 Bowl wins under Kirk Ferentz

6 Players under Ferentz who

have won naonal awards

4 Four mes nished the year ranked

in top 10 over the past 12 seasons

3 Kirk Ferentz has been named B1G

Coach of the Year

2 Twice won 11 games under

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

Kirk Ferentz in career wins,

Hayden Fry (143)

0 Did not lose a B1G game in

2002, one of only ve B1G teams

ON THE AVERAGE

DOWN PLAYS AVG.

First Down 323 6.0

Second Down 234 6.3

Third Down 145 5.1

Fourth Down 9 5.3

IOWA BY QUARTERSQUARTER IOWA OPPONENTS

First 57 23

Second 130 65

Third 51 29

Fourth 98 67

OT 0 0

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS

T/O Gained Pts Scored

Iowa 20 70

Opponents 9 30

START FAST, FINISH STRONG, PLAY WITH THE LEAD

The Hawkeyes have outscored their opponents 57-23 in the rst quarter, and 44-0 in

the nal two minutes of the rst half. Iowa has trailed just ve mes this season, never by

more than seven points. The Hawkeyes trailed by seven at Iowa State on two occasions

10-3, 17-10. Iowa trailed 3-0 at Wisconsin, 7-6 against Illinois, and 17-14 at Indiana.

In 600 minutes played, Iowa has trailed for 55:15.

MOVING THE CHAINS

Iowa converted 10 of its 15 third down plays (.667) in last week’s win over Minnesota

For the season, the Hawkeyes are 47 percent (67-of-144), which ranks 17th naonally.

TE Henry Krieger Coble has caught eight straight passes for rst downs dang back to

the Northwestern game on Oct. 17.

WE’LL GO FIRST

Iowa received the opening kicko in eight of 10 games this season, and has outscored

its opponents 57-23 in the rst quarter.

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

opening kicko in 170-of-210 games (103-67). Iowa has started the game on defense in

40-of-210 games under Ferentz (22-18).

THE FOURTH QUARTER

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

in 2015. Iowa’s rush defense, the No. 3 defense in the conference, has yielded 191 tota

rushing yards in the fourth quarter this season (19.1 yards per game).

Beathard is 28-of-42 passing for 405 yards and two touchdowns. He has also rushed

15 mes for 42 yards and two touchdowns 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 goa

against Pi.

In Iowa’s last 11 games, including the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl, Beathard’s fourth quarte

numbers include 35-of-49 passing for 500 yards and four touchdowns, and 17 carries for

80 yards and two touchdowns. Beathard did not play in the fourth quarter against NorthTexas.

6 THE OTHER WAY

Iowa leads the Big Ten and ranks 17th naonally with 13 intercepons. The Hawkeyes

have returned three intercepons for touchdowns (Josey Jewell, 34; Bo Bower, 88;

Desmond King, 88). The 88-yard intercepon returns by Bower and King e for the seventh

longest intercepon returns in school history. Iowa ranks 12th in the country with three

defensive scores this season.

Iowa has at least one intercepon return for a touchdown in each of the last eight

seasons, and 13 of the last 15 seasons.

POWER OF THREE

Three Hawkeyes (Jordan Canzeri, 256, Akrum Wadley, 204; LeShun Daniels, 195) havecombined for eight 100-yard rushing games this season: Canzeri (4x), Wadley (twice), and

Daniels (twice). The last me the Hawkeyes had three dierent players rush for over 100

yards in a game in the same season was 2005: Albert Young (8x), and Shonn Greene and

Damian Sims once each.

The Hawkeyes also have three receivers with 100-yard receiving games: Ma VandeBerg

(1), Tevaun Smith (1), and Jerminic Smith (1). It is the rst me since 1995 three dierent

Hawkeyes recorded 100-yard receiving games: Tim Dwight (2x), Demo Odems (1), Sco

Slutzker (1).



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 inthe 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. Tracy Claeys, Minnesota

11:56 a.m. Kyle Flood, Rutgers

12:04 p.m. Bill Cubit, Illinois12:12 p.m. Mike Locksley, 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

• Drew O -- out for the season (ACL)

DO NOT ENTER

The Hawkeyes lead the Big Ten and rank fourth in the country in rushing touchdown

allowed. Iowa has allowed six rushing scores and yields an average of 104.6 rushing yard

per game, third best in the Big Ten and ninth naonally. Iowa limits its opponents to 3.

yards per carry -- third in the Big Ten and 17th best in the country.

The Hawkeyes allowed just one rushing touchdown through the rst eight weeks, bu

surrendered ve over the last two weeks (2 at Indiana, 3 vs. Minnesota).

MAKING HISTORY

For the rst me in school history, Iowa had a dierent running back rush for 200 yard

in consecuve games (Akrum Wadley at Northwestern and Jordan Canzeri vs. Illinois

Wadley recorded career highs in carries (26), rushing yards (204), and touchdowns (4

against the Wildcats on Oct. 17. Canzeri amassed 256 yards rushing on a school-recor

43 aempts against the Fighng Illini on Oct. 10.

The feat is the rst me an FBS school had two dierent running backs eclipse 20

yards rushing in a game since 1996.

SHINING AT AWARDS SEASON

Iowa has been honored with ve Big Ten weekly awards this season. QB C.J. Beathar

earned the oensive award following Iowa’s win at Iowa State, PK Marshall Koehn was thspecial teams winner following Iowa’s last-second victory over Pisburgh, DB Desmon

King earned co-defensive honors for his play in Iowa’s win at Wisconsin, RB Jordan Canze

earned the oensive honor for his play in a win over Illinois, and RB Akrum Wadley earne

the oensive honor following Iowa’s road win at Northwestern.

Iowa’s three oensive award winners are the most for the program since 2002, whe

QB Brad Banks was recognized three mes and TE Dallas Clark was honored once. Th

last me three dierent oensive players earned weekly conference honors was 199

(Tavian Banks, Tim Dwight, and Rob Thein).

REMOVE THE REDSHIRT

Four true freshmen have played in 2015. OL James Daniels, WR Jerminic Smith, an

WR Adrian Falconer all saw acon in the season opener. LB Jack Hockaday saw his rs

acon Week 7 at Northwestern.Smith started at Wisconsin, becoming the rst Iowa freshman to start at wide receive

since Ma VandeBerg started two games in 2013. Daniels made his rst career start a

Northwestern, becoming the rst true freshman to start on the oensive line since Brya

Bulaga in 2007. Daniels joined the Iowa program last spring and parcipated in sprin

pracce.

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

Career Games Played/Starts: 24/11

Junior QB C.J. Beathard is the only quarterback in school history to win his rst 1

career starts.

Beathard ranks sixth in the Big Ten in total oense with 2,312 yards. He has 2,044 yard

passing and 268 yards rushing.

Beathard in 3-2-1:

• Undefeated in 11 career starts (Purdue, 2014; all 10 games this season). Numbe

include 180-of-304 passing for 2,289 yards, 11 touchdowns, and four intercepon

and 297 yards rushing with six rushing touchdowns.

• Has won his rst 11 career starts, a record that includes a 5-0 mark on the road, a 6-

mark at home, and a 7-0 mark in the Big Ten.

• Earned Co-Big Ten Oensive Player of the Week honors aer helping lead Iowa to

14-point triumph at Iowa State. Beathard totaled 292 yards (215 passing and 77 rush

ing) against the Cyclones.

Saturday, November 21

Illinois at Minnesota, 11 a.m. (ESPNEWS)

Indiana at Maryland, 11 a.m. (BTN)

Michigan at Penn State, 11 a.m. (ABC)

Purdue at IOWA, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)

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

Northwestern at Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m. (BTN)Rutgers at Army, 11 a.m. (CBS Sports Network)

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN




IOWA STATISTICS

NCAA TOP 10 IN BOLD

Player Category Stats Big Ten NCAA

Dmd Kg Ircp 8 1 T-1

Jordan Canzeri Rushing 91.13 5th 42nd

C.J. Beathard Passing 204.4 8th 60th

Desmond King Punt Returns 12.69 3rd 13th

Josey Jewell Tackles 90 5th T-29th

C.J. Beathard Total Oense 231.2 6th 58th

Nate Meier Sacks 6.5 T-7th T-36th

Drew O Sacks 5.0 14th T-80th

Nathan Bazata Kicks/Punts Blocked 1 T-4th T-19th

Aaron Mends Kicks/Punts Blocked 1 T-4th T-19th

Marshall Koehn Field Goal Pct. 76.5 6th T-52nd

Desmond King Kicko Returns 25.06 3rd 32nd

Tm Sc S Bg T NCAA

Intercepons 13 1st T-17th

T Time of Possession 33:34:00 1st 6th

Kicko Avg. 63.28 1st T-22ndTotal Rushing Oense 211.7 2nd 28th

Turnovers Gained 20 2nd T-16th

Turnover Margin 1.1 2nd T-7th

Third Down Conversions 46.53 2nd 17th

Turnovers Lost 9 T-2nd T-7th

Scoring Oense 33.6 T-2nd T-37th

Rushing Defense 104.6 3rd 9th

Punt Returns 12.69 3rd 21st

KO Returns 23.74 3rd 24th

Fourth Down Conversions 60 3rd T-36th

Red Zone Defense 78.26 4th 30th

Punng Avg. 42.43 4th 44th

Pass Eciency 135.58 4th 49th

Oense 421.4 4th 47thTackles for Loss Allowed 54 T-4th T-35th

Fumbles Forced 8 T-4th T-58th

Passes Defended 54 T-4th T-22nd

Fewest Penales/Game 5.3 T-4th T-30th

Total Red Zone Oense 86.67 5th T-41st

First Downs Gained 221 5th T-47th

Defense 314.2 5th 15th

Field Goal Pct. 76.5 5th T-52nd

QB Sacks 26 5th T-28th

Kick/Punts Blocked 2 T-5th T-34th

Fumbles Recovered 7 T-5th T-45th

Pass Eciency Defense 108.9 6th 15th

Scoring Defense 18.4 6th T-16th

Fumbles Lost 6 T-6th T-49thewest Yards Penalized 514 7th 56th

Passing Defense 209.6 8th 48th

Punt Return Defense 9.75 8th 83rd

QB Sacks Allowed 18 T-8th T-52nd

First Downs Allowed 188 8th T-43rd

Third Down Defense 36.3 9th 49th

Passing Oense 209.7 9th 82nd

KO Coverage 23.64 10th 105th

PAT Kicking 92.9 10th 106th

Fourth Down Defense 53.85 13th T-82nd

Tackles for Loss 50 14th T-105th

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

Career Games Played/Started: 46/45

Senior C Ausn Blythe is the veteran on an oensive line tha

rotates three sophomores and a true freshman. He has starte

45 games for Iowa, more than any other acve Hawkeye, sinc

debung as Iowa’s starng RG as a redshirt freshman in the 201

season opener.

Blythe in 3-2-1:

• 41 consecuve starts on the oensive line.

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

• Rimington and Outland Trophy Watch Lists.

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


Junior RB LeShun Daniels has scored six touchdowns in th

last three weeks. He had one rushing touchdown in 16 previou

games. Daniels started the rst two games of the season befor

exing the starng lineup due to injury. He returned to th

starng lineup Week 10 against Minnesota and rushed for 19

yards and three touchdowns. It was his second career 100yard rushing game, and this second career mul-touchdow

performance (in as many weeks).

Daniels in 3-2-1:

• Rushed for a career-high 195 yards and three touchdowns (

2, 51) against Minnesota.

• Set then-career highs in carries (26), rushing yards (123), an

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

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

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

back since 2007.

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

Career Games Played/Starts: 36/6 Senior RB Jordan Canzeri returned to acon Week 10 ae

missing two weeks due to injury. He le the Northwestern gam

in Week 7 in the rst quarter and did not return.

Canzeri ed a school record with four rushing touchdowns i

Week 4 against North Texas. He has 10 touchdowns this season

nine rushing and one receiving.

Canzeri leads Iowa in rushing yards (729) and ranks fourth i

recepons (18).

Canzeri in 3-2-1:

• Set a single-game school record for aempts (43) and rushe

for 256 yards, the third highest single-game output in schoo

history, against Illinois in Week 6. He was named Big Ten Oen

sive Player of the Week by the Big Ten Conference and Colleg

Sports Madness. The 43 rushes are an FBS single-game high

and the 256 rushing yards rank sixth among all FBS runnin

backs this season.

• Iowa’s leading rusher. Six career 100-yard rushing game

including four this season.

• Fourth on the team with 18 recepons. He has recorded a

least one recepon in 11 straight games played.



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 2 Reviews (2/0)

Maryland 0 Reviews

Indiana 3 Reviews (3/0)

Minnesota 1 Review (0/1)

Purdue - - -

Nebraska - - -


INSTANT REPLAY

School Games Last ShutoutOhio State 262 Nov. 20, 1993 (28-0 at Michigan)Nebraska 240 Sept. 21, 1996 (26-0 at Arizona State)IOWA 178 Oct. 14, 2000 (31-0 at Illinois)Michigan State 176 Oct. 21, 2000 (14-0 at Michigan)Indiana 169 Oct. 14, 2000 (58-0 at Michigan)Penn State 166 Oct. 6, 2001 (20-0 vs. Michigan)Purdue 26 Nov. 2, 2013 (56-0 vs. Ohio State)

Michigan 20 Sept. 6, 2014 (31-0 at Notre Dame)Rutgers 15 Nov. 1, 2014 (37-0 vs. Wisconsin)Wisconsin 11 Dec. 6, 2014 (59-0 vs. Ohio State)Minnesota 5 Oct. 3, 2015 (27-0 at Northwestern)Maryland 5 Oct. 3, 2015 (28-0 vs. Michigan)Northwestern 4 Oct. 10, 2015 (38-0 at Michgain)Illinois 2 Oct. 31, 2015 (39-0 at Penn State)

IOWA IN OVERTIME

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

Date Result OT’s Opponent

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONSECUTIVE GAMES, NOT SHUTOUT

RB AKRUM WADLEY (SO., 5-11, 185)


Sophomore RB Akrum Wadley made his rst career start Week 8 against Maryland

and his second career start in Week 9 at Indiana. He is one of three Hawkeyes to start a

running back this season (LeShun Daniels and Jordan Canzeri). Wadley was named Big Te

Oensive Player of the Week by the conference and College Sports Madness followin

Iowa’s 40-10 win at No. 20 Northwestern in Week 7. He set career highs in carries (26

and rushing yards (204), and ed the school record with four rushing touchdowns againthe Wildcats. Wadley led the rushing aack with 120 yards and a touchdown on 12 carrie

at Indiana.

Wadley in 3-2-1:

• Has six rushing touchdowns from Weeks 7-9, including a school-record four again

Northwestern in Week 7 and a career long 65-yard rush at Indiana in Week 9. He di

not play Week 10 against Minnesota (injury).

• Has two 100-yard rushing games this season, three in his career.

• His 204 rushing yards against Northwestern es for the 14th best single game total

school history.

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

Career Games Played/Started: 8/2 True freshman WR Jerminic Smith made his rst career start at Wisconsin in Week 5 bu

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

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

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

Smith in 3-2-1:

• Has six recepons this season, four have resulted in rst downs.

• His 118 receiving yards against Illinois are the most by a Hawkeye since TE Jake Duze

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

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)

Career Games Played/Starts: 36/35 Junior CB Desmond King tied the single-season school record with his eight

intercepon in Week 9 at Indiana (Nile Kinnick 1939, Lou King 1981). He has at least on

intercepon in six games, including two games with mulple intercepons (Pi, Wisconsin

His seventh intercepon of the season against Maryland in Week 8 was returned 88 yard

for his second career touchdown.

King was named Big Ten Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Week and Jim Thorp

naonal Player of the Week aer recording a pair of intercepons at Wisconsin. He is on

of 16 seminalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the best defensive back i

football.

Five of his eight intercepons this season have resulted in Iowa scores (3 TDs, 2 FG)

King in 3-2-1:

• Eight intercepons e for the most in the country (Shawun Lurry, Illinois State). He is th

rst Big Ten player with at least eight intercepons in a single season since WisconsinJim Leonard in 2002 (11). The last Hawkeye to lead the Big Ten in intercepons wa

Tyler Sash in 2009 (6).

• His next intercepon will be his ninth, seng the single-season school record (Lo

King, 1981; Nile Kinnick 1939).

• King is Iowa’ primary kick and punt returner. He averages 12.7 yards per punt retur

and 25.1 yards on KO returns, both rank No. 3 in the Big Ten. He totaled 180 retur

yards against North Texas (71 punt and 109 kicko), becoming the fourth Big Ten playe

in the last 20 seasons with 100-plus kicko return yards and 70-plus punt return yard

in a single game.




HAWKEYES UNDER FERENTZ

Overall ..........................................................125-85vs. ranked teams.............................................23-34vs. unranked teams ......................................101-51vs. Big Ten teams ............................................74-60vs. Big Ten teams (home)................................42-22vs. Big Ten teams (away).................................32-38

When rushing for 150 yards or more .............76-16When rushing for 200 yards or more ...............49-6When passing for 250 yards or more .............40-20When passing for 300 yards or more ...............10-8When Iowa player rushes for 100 yards .........72-24When opponent has 100-yard rusher ............18-37When opponent has 300-yard passer ............13-12When scoring 30 points or more......................68-7When scoring 20 points or more....................92-37When opponent scores 25 points or more.....15-54When holding opponent to 10 pts or less ........47-1When Iowa scores rst ...................................94-28When Iowa leads at halime..........................99-19When Iowa trails at halime ..........................19-63When game is ed at halime ...........................6-3When Iowa leads aer 3 quarters ................103-15When Iowa trails aer 3 quarters...................14-66

When game is ed aer 3 quarters....................7-4Games decided by 11 points or more ............71-30Games decided by 10 points or less ...............42-45Games decided by 7 points or less .................35-42Games decided by 3 points or less .................17-28When Iowa has a posive turnover margin ...74-19When opponent has a posive turnover margin ...20-47When the turnover margin is equal ...............29-18When returning a punt/kicko for a score .........9-6Overme games .................................................6-4When temperature is 50 degrees or above....90-63When temperature is below 50 degrees ........32-20When temperature is over 90 degrees...............3-3When raining:...................................................11-7

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 Years1. Woody Hayes, OSU 153 28 1951-78

2. Bo Schembechler, MICH 143 21 1969-89

3. Amos Alonzo Stagg, CHI 115 37 1896-32

4. Hayden Fry, IOWA 96 20 1979-98

5. Joe Paterno, PSU 95 19 1993-11

6. Lloyd Carr, MICH 81 13 1995-07

7. Robert Zuppke, ILL 76 29 1913-41

8. Kirk Ferentz, IOWA 74 16 1999-pr.

9. Duy Daugherty, MSU 72 19 1954-72

10. John Cooper 70 13 1988-00

BIG TEN COACHING WINS

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


Senior FS Jordan Lomax es for third on the team with 59 tackles. He has one of Iowa

Big Ten best 13 intercepons.

Lomax in 3-2-1:

• He has started 22 of Iowa’s last 23 games.

• 10 tackles against Pi were one shy of matching his career high (11), set at Marylanin 2014.

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

injury.

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

Career Games Played/Started: 46/29

Senior DE Drew O is out for the season aer suering a torn ACL against Illinois i

Week 6. He recorded one sack and two tackles-for-loss before leaving the game with a

injury.

O le the Iowa State game in Week 2 with an injury and saw limited snaps Week

against Pi. O’s streak of 15 consecuve starts at defensive end ended Week 3 vs. Pi

O recorded three tackles in the win at Wisconsin, including 2.5 tackles for loss and

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 seaso

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

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

for third in the Big Ten with 8.0 sacks in 2014. He had two tackles, one sack (7 yards), an

two quarterback hurries against Pi in 2014.

O 3-2-1:

• Had ve sacks and 7.5 TFL before season ending injury in Week 6.

• 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 h

rst career touchdown.

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


Senior WR Tevaun Smith ranks 26th in program history with 1,297 career receivin

yards. Smith needs 65 yards to pass Kerry Reardon (1,361) and move into the top 25.

Smith in 3-2-1:

• His 18.0 yards per catch rank second in the Big Ten and 37th naonally.

• 17 of his 21 catches have resulted in a rst down, including two touchdowns (14, 81

• Recorded his rst career 100-yard receiving game in Week 4 against North Texas. Smit

had four catches for a career-high 115 yards, including a career-best 81-yard touchdow

recepon.

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


Junior WR Ma VandeBerg has a career-high 55 recepons this season. He had 2career recepons entering the season. VandeBerg had more catches through the rst thre

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

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

school’s all-me leader in recepons, had 19 catches through three games in 2013 an

2014.

VandeBerg in 3-2-1:

• Leads Iowa, and ranks sixth in the Big Ten and 45th naonally with 55 recepons.

• Has six or more recepons in six games this season. Single-game career high enterin

the season was ve.

• Set career highs with nine recepons and 114 receiving yards in Iowa’s 31-17 win a

Iowa State on Sept. 12.




Kirk Ferentz

Dodd Trophy Coach of the Year Midseason Watch List

C.J. Beathard

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

Au Blyh

Outland Trophy Preseason Watch ListRimington Trophy Preseason Watch ListPreseason second team All-Big Ten by Phil SteelePreseason third team All-Big Ten by Athlon SportsPreseason third team All-Big Ten by College Sports Madness

Jordan Canzeri

AutoNaon Naonal Oensive Player of the Week vs. IllinoisBig Ten Oensive Player of the Week vs. IllinoisMidseason Watch List for Naonal Performer of the Year TrophyCollege Sports Madness B1G Oensive Player of the Week vs. IllinoisCollege Sports Madness B1G Oensive Player of the Week vs. N. TexasDoak Walker Award Preseason Watch List

College Sports Madness B1G Oensive Player of the Week vs. N. Texas

Jake Duzey

Mackey Award Preseason Watch ListPreseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Desmond KingJim Thorpe Trophy seminalistJim Thorpe Player of the Week vs. WisconsinBig Ten Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Week vs. WisconsinPreseason second team All-Big Ten by College Sports MadnessPreseason third team All-Big Ten by Phil SteelePreseason 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 ListAllstate AFCA Good Works TeamPreseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Athlon SportsPreseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Phil SteeleCoSIDA Academic all-District Team

Nate Meier

Ted Hendricks Award midseason Watch List

Drw ONamed to Big Ten West Division Players to Watch ListBronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch ListPreseason second team All-Big Ten by College Sports MadnessPreseason second team All-Big Ten by Athlon SportsPreseason second team All-Big Ten by Phil SteeleCoSIDA Academic all-District Team

Tevaun Smith

Preseason third team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Akrum Wadley

Big Ten Oensive Player of the Week vs. NorthwesternCollege Sports Madness B1G Oensive Player of the Week vs. N’western

Jordan WalshPreseason third team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports

2015 FOOTBALL HONORS DE NATE MEIER (SR., 6-2, 252)


Senior Nate Meier leads the team, and ranks seventh in the Big Te

and 36th naonally, with 6.5 sacks. Meier entered 2015 with thre

career sacks. His 59 tackles e for third on the team.

Meier in 3-2-1:

• Has not missed a start since the 2014 season opener (23 consecuvgames).

• Meier and fellow defensive end Drew O were two of seven tru

freshmen to see acon in 2012.

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

high school (Drew O, Nathan Bazata).

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


Senior LB Cole Fisher ranks second on the team and ninth in the B

Ten with 82 tackles. He has started every game this season (his rst 1

career starts).

Fisher in 3-2-1:

• Has been Iowa’s leading tackler in ve games (Illinois State, PiNorth Texas, Wisconsin, and Northwestern).

• Recorded a career-high 14 tackles against Wisconsin in Iowa’s B

Ten opener.

• Has 2.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles-for-loss, and three pass break-ups. Entere

senior season with zero sacks, TFL, or break-ups.

LB JOSEY JEWELL (SO., 6-2, 230)


Sophomore LB Josey Jewell recorded a career-high 15 tackle

including 11 solo stops in Week 9 at Indiana. Jewell has started ever

game this season, and 14 straight games since being inserted into th

starng lineup at Illinois in 2014.

Jewell in 3-2-1:

• Leads Iowa and ranks h in the Big Ten with 90 tackles. He has 1

tackles combined the last two weeks.

• Returned his rst career intercepon 34 yards for a touchdown i

Week 4 against North Texas.

• Iowa MVP at 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl.

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

Senior K Marshall Koehn has 36 touchbacks, the second highe

total in the conference.

Koehn also dabbles in the punt game, rugby-style. He has punte

ve mes for an average of 46.2 yards per punt. Two of his ve punt

have been downed inside the opponent’s 10-yard line.He was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week followin

his game-winning 57-yard eld goal against Pi on Sept. 19.

Koehn in 3-2-1:

• Has made 13-of-17 eld goal aempts, and 7-of-9 from 40-plu

yards this season.

• 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 histor

(Tim Douglas, 1998) and es a Kinnick Stadium record (Lee Pisto

Arizona, 1977). He has kicked two of Iowa’s nine longest eld goa

in school history.

• Has 151 career points and ranks 17th in career scoring.




IOWA CAREER SCORING

Name Pts. TD-PAT-FG Years1. Nate Kaeding 373 1-166-67 00-032. Mike Meyer 324 0-141-61 10-133. Rob Houghtlin 290 0-128-54 85-874. Tom Nichol 277 0-142-45 81-8411. Tim Dwight 192 32-0-0 94-97 Ronnie Harmon 192 32-0-0 82-8513. David Hudson 166 27-2-0 85-8814. Marvin McNu 168 28-0-0 08-1115. Ladell Bes 162 27-0-0 98-0116. Daniel Murray 158 0-59-33 07-1017. Marshall Koehn 151 0-76-25 2012-

2015 ANNIVERSARIES

25 YEARS1990 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

--------------------------------------------------------------------20. Keenan Davis 1,470 7 2009-12

21. Sco Chandler 1,467 10 2003-06

22. Robert Smith 1,438 16 1983-86

23. Andy Brodell 1,395 9 2005-08

24. Keith Chappelle 1,377 9 1978-80

25. Kerry Reardon 1,361 11 1968-70

26. Tevaun Smith 1,297 6 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. Mark Weisman 599-2,602 32 2012-14

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

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

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

10. Shonn Greene 376-2,228 22 2005-08

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 353-1,818 11 2011-

FIRST TIME STARTERS

The Hawkeyes have used 14 rst me starters: RB LeShun Daniels, Jr., LT Boone Myer

DT Nathan Bazata, DT Jaleel Johnson, LB Cole Fisher, LB Ben Niemann, SS Miles Taylor, T

Jameer Outsey, DE Parker Hesse, WR Riley McCarron, LT Cole Croston, WR Jerminic Smith

LG James Daniels, and RB Akrum Wadley.

GLANCE AT THE SCHEDULE

• Of the ve unbeaten FBS teams, Iowa has played the second strongest schedule, accord

ing to Je Sagarin’s College Football Rankings. Only Clemson has a stronger strength o

schedule through 11 weeks.

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

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: W, 40-35), and Nebrask

(Heroes).

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 secon

in 2009. Iowa (8-0, 2002) is one of four Big Ten teams to post a perfect mark in confeence play since 1998 (BCS era).

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

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 Hawkeye

were also 20th in 2008.

• Since 1936 when the rst AP poll was released, Iowa has appeared the poll 304 me

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

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 recor

in 2009. In 2009, Iowa started 9-0 and won 10 regular season games for just the fourt

me in school history.

• Iowa won 10 or more games in three consecuve years (2002-04) for the rst me

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 B

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 Playe

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

Kicker); Shonn Greene (2008 Doak Walker, Top Running Back); Brandon Scher (201

Outland, Top Lineman).

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

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 ha

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

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

Ferentz replaced Fry, leading the program for the 17th season. Ferentz also served a

Iowa’s oensive line coach from 1981-89 under Fry.

HAWKEYE HISTORY

Iowa has played 1,203 games since beginning football in 1889. Iowa’s overall record

623-541-39 (.533). That includes a 392-213-16 (.641) record in home games, a 231-328-2

(.413) record in games away from Iowa City, a 312-366-25 (.457) mark in Big Ten game

and a 275-177-15 (.600) record in Kinnick Stadium.




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

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, O

Iowa State Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Pisburgh Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

North Texas Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Wisconsin Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Illinois Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Northwestern Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Maryland Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Indiana Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

Minnesota Beathard, Blythe, Lomax, O

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 schoo

(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 a

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

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

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

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

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 roun

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 B

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 Greenwa

(Minnesota) and Pat Angerer (Indianapolis) nished third and fourth, respecvely, itackles. 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 fo

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

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

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 th

2012 Balmore Ravens in the 2013 Super Bowl.

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

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

the same game.

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

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 signeto NFL free agent contracts following the dras.

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

draed in the NFL or signed NFL free agent contracts.

AMONG THE BEST IN THE BIG TEN

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

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

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 .375Rutgers 6-3 .667 Michigan 3-8 .273

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

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

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

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

HOME GROWN HAWKEYES

Iowa’s roster of 114 players includes 49 players from Iowa. The roster includes 1

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 Sout

Dakota, Wisconsin, and Canada; one from Alabama, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, an

Tennessee.



Game #11 vs Purdue @HawkeyeFootball Game Notes

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 pickedup 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 next 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).

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, includingtwo 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. Seven

Big Ten teams are bowl eligible in 2015.

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

represented by QB C.J. Beathard and RB LeShun Daniels, Jr., an

LB Josey Jewell represents the sophomore class.

ALL IN THE FAMILY

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz has two of his three sons involved in th

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

and captain (2003-05), is in his fourth season as Iowa’s oensive lincoach. Steven is an oensive lineman who is in his fourth seaso

as a redshirt junior. James Ferentz was a three-year starter on th

Hawkeye oensive line and a team captain before graduang i

May 2013. He is currently playing for the NFL’s Denver Bronco

Ferentz is the only FBS coach ever to coach three sons at the sam

school.

PAULSENS ARE A FAMILIAR FACE

Freshmen Landan and Levi Paulsen are the sixth set of twin

to play football at the University of Iowa. The oensive lineme

from Woodbury High School in Northwest Iowa join the compan

of Leo and Lloyd Jensvold (1929-30), Harold and Herbert Shoene

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

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

The Paulsens are one of three sets of brothers on Iowa’s 201

roster, joining DB Kevin Ward and OL Ryan Ward, and OL Jame

Daniels and RB LeShun Daniels.

MORE THAN ONE

Eleven high schools have contributed more than one player t

the current Iowa football roster. Dowling Catholic HS in West De

Moines, Iowa; and Providence Catholic HS in Homer Glen, Illino

each graduated three current Hawkeyes. The schools with tw

current Hawkeyes include DeMatha Catholic HS (Washington, D.C.

Harding HS (Warren, Ohio), Regina HS (Iowa City, Iowa), Solon H(Solon, Iowa), Waukee HS (Waukee, Iowa), West Branch HS (Wes

Branch, Iowa), West Lyon HS (Inwood, Iowa), Williamsburg H

(Williamsburg, Iowa), and Woodbury Central HS (Moville, Iowa

THE HAWKEYES, SIZE WISE

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