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IOWA OFFENSE NORTHWESTERN OFFENSE

WR ....... 7 McNu, 83 Staggs WR ....... 8 Fields, 84 Moulton

LT .........77 Reiff, 78 Donnal LT ..........75 Neer, 78 Jorgensen

LG ........60 Tobin, 68 Scherff LG .........72 Mulroe, 64 Bartels

C .........53 Ferentz, 59 Boffeli C ...........66 Vitabile, 73 Armstrong

RG ........73 Ges, 72 Orne RG ........65 Burke, 79 Deiters

RT ........ 56 Zusevics, 70 Van Sloten RT .........70 Ward, 74 Porcelli

TE .........85 Z. Derby, 39 Herman/ 86 Fiedorowicz TE ......... 9 Dunsmore, 83 Konopka

QB ........16 Vandenberg, 14 Wienke QB ........ 7 Persa, 2 Colter

WR ....... 6 Davis, 11 Marn-Manley TB .........39 Schmidt, 22 Green

RB ........ 34 Coker, 3 White WR .......11 Ebert, 5 Mark

FB.........35 Meyers, 92 Gimm WR ....... 6 Brown, 80 Jensen

WR .......14 Jones, 17 Lawrence

IOWA DEFENSE NORTHWESTERN DEFENSE

DE ........58 Daniel/ 79 Alvis LE .........97 Sco, 42 WaDT ........87 Nardo, 54 Bigach DT.........93 Mafuli, 99 Carter

DT ........93 Daniels, 99 Gaglione DT .........90 DiNardo, 92 Hampton

DE ........91 Binns, 96 Forgy RE .........94 Browne, 88 Q. Williams

OLB ......45 T. Nielsen, 13 Donatell OLB ......45 Ellis, 35 Johnson

MLB .....44 Morris, 52 Alston MLB ......33 Nwabuisi, 46 Proby

WLB .....20 Kirksey, 31 Hitchens OLB ......51 McNaul, Ariguzo

LC ......... 28 Prater, 4 Bernsne LC .........26 Mabin, 47 Weina

SS ......... 4 Bernsne, 10 Sleeper SAF .......10 Peters, 7 Bates

FS ......... 5 Miller, 40 Swanson SAF .......24 Campbell, 27 Carpenter/ 16 Fleming

RC ........18 Hyde, 2 Casllo RC ......... 3 Mahews, 22 Dugar

PT ......... 6 Guthrie PT .........49 B. Williams, 37 Budzien

PK ........ 96 Meyer, 8 Mossbrucker PK .........37 Budzien, 34 Flaherty

TIME & PLACE - - 6:01 p.m. (CDT), Saturday, Oct. 15th, KinnickStadium (70,585), Iowa City, Iowa.

TICKETS - - The game is sold out.

RADIO - - (Originang Network): Learfield Communicaons witha network of over 40 staons. Gary Dolphin and Ed Podolak willcall the acon, along with sideline reporter Rob Brooks. The gamecan also be heard on Sirius (93) satellite radio.

TELEVISION - - The game will be televised to a naonal audi-

ence by the BTN. The announcers are Eric Collins, Chris Mar

nand sideline reporter Dionne Miller.

2011 RECORDS - - Iowa is 3-2 aer victories over TennesseeTech (34-7), Pisburgh (31-27) and Louisiana-Monroe (45-17),and losses at Iowa State (44-41, 3OT) and at Penn State (13-3).Northwestern is 2-3 with wins over Boston College (24-17) andEastern Illinois (42-21) and losses to Army (21-14), Illinois (38-35)and Michigan (42-24).

THE SERIES - - This is the 73rd meeng between the two schoolsin football. Iowa leads the all-me series by a 46-23-3 margin.Northwestern has won the last three and five of the last six in theseries. The Wildcats won last years game (21-17), at Evanston.The Wildcats have won the last three meengs in Iowa City. Iowaslast win in the series came in 2007 (28-17) at Evanston. Iowa leadsthe series, 23-9, in games played at Iowa City.

COACHING RECORDS - - Kirk Ferentz is in his 16th year as a col-lege head coach and his 13th year as Iowas head coach. His careerrecord is 104-83 and he is 92-62 at Iowa. He is 4-6 vs Northwestern.

Ferentz is 39-18 in non-conference games at Iowa. Pat Fitzgeraldis in his sixth year as a head coach, all at Northwestern. He has acareer record of 36-32. He is 4-1 vs Iowa.

NEXT WEEK - - Indiana at Iowa -- Homecoming (11:01 a.m, BTN).Penn State at Northwestern (6:01 p.m., BTN).

Date of Release: Oct. 10, 2011Iowa Athletic Communications: 319-335-9411Northwestern at Iowa - - Kinnick Stadium




Offense

Pos. ..........No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School)

SE ................. 7 ** Marvin McNu, Jr. 6-4 215 Sr. St. Louis, MO (Hazelwood Central)83 Steven Staggs 6-3 195 Jr. Oskaloosa, IA (Oskaloosa)

LT ............... 77 ** Riley Reiff 6-6 300 Jr.. Parkston, SD (Parkston)78 Andrew Donnal 6-7 302 #Fr. Monclova, OH (Anthony Wayne)

LG .............. 60 Ma Tobin 6-6 290 Jr. Dyersville, IA (Beckman)68 Brandon Scherff 6-5 310 #Fr. Denison, IA (Denison)

C ................ 53 * James Ferentz 6-2 284 Jr. Iowa City, IA (City)59 Conor Boffeli 6-5 290 So. West Des Moines, IA (Valley)

RG .............. 73 * Adam Ges 6-4 280 Sr. Frankfort, IL (Lincoln Way East)72 Woody Orne 6-5 295 Sr. Fairfield, IA (South Dakota State)

RT............... 56 ** Markus Zusevics 6-5 300 Sr. Arlington Heights, IL (Prospect)70 * Bre Van Sloten 6-7 292 So. Decorah, IA (Decorah)

TE ............... 85 * Zach Derby 6-3 240 Jr. Iowa City, IA (City)39 *** Brad Herman ^ 6-5 255 Sr. Metamora, IL (Metamora)

or 86 * C.J. Fiedorowicz^ 6-7 265 So. Johnsburg, IL (Johnsburg)

QB .............. 16 ** James Vandenberg 6-3 212 Jr. Keokuk, IA (Keokuk)14 John Wienke 6-5 220 Jr. Tuscola, IL (Tuscola)

WR ............... 6 ** Keenan Davis ^ 6-3 215 Jr. Cedar Rapids, IA (Washington)11 Kevonte Marn-Manley 6-0 205 #Fr. Ponac, MI (Brother Rice)

RB .............. 34 * Marcus Coker ^ 6-0 230 So. Beltsville, MD (Dematha Catholic)3 ** Jason White 5-10 205 Jr. Davenport, IA (North)

FB ............... 35 Ma Meyers 6-2 220 #Fr. Plainfield, IL (North)92 * Jonathan Gimm 6-3 240 Jr. Houston, TX (Wesield)

PK .............. 96 * Mike Meyer ^ 6-2 180 So. Dubuque, IA (Wahlert)8 * Trent Mossbrucker 6-0 204 Jr. Mooresville, IN (HS)

DefensePos. ..........No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School)

DE .............. 58 *** Lebron Daniel 6-2 256 Sr. Cleveland, OH (Glenville)or 79 Dominic Alvis 6-4 255 So. Logan, IA (Logan-Magnolia)

DT .............. 87 Thomas Nardo 6-3 277 Sr. Lancaster, PA (Catholic)54 Steve Bigach 6-3 282 Jr. Cleveland, OH (St. Ignaus)

DT .............. 93 ** Mike Daniels 6-1 280 Sr. Blackwood, NJ (Highland Regional)99 Joe Gaglione 6-4 255 Jr. Novelty, OH (Lake Catholic)

DE .............. 91 *** Broderick Binns 6-2 261 Sr. St. Paul, MN (Cren-Derham Hall)96 Joe Forgy 6-4 260 Sr. Iowa Falls, IA (Ellsworth CC)

OLB ............ 45 *** Tyler Nielsen 6-4 235 Sr. Humboldt, IA (Humboldt)13 * Tom Donatell 6-2 205 Sr. Atlanta, GA (Peachtree Ridge)

MLB ........... 44 * James Morris ^ 6-2 227 So. Solon, IA (Solon)52 Quinton Alston ^ 6-1 220 Fr. Sicklerville, NJ (Timber Creek Reg.)

WLB ........... 20 * Chrisan Kirksey ^ 6-2 215 So. St. Louis, MO (Hazelwood East)31 * Anthony Hitchens ^ 6-1 224 So. Lorain, OH (Clearview)

LC ............... 28 *** Shaun Prater 5-11 185 Sr. Omaha, NE (Central)4 *** Jordan Bernsne 5-11 205 Sr. Des Moines, IA (Lincoln)

SS ................. 4 *** Jordan Bernsne 5-11 205 Sr. Des Moines, IA (Lincoln)

10 Collin Sleeper 6-2 200 Jr. Solon, IA (Solon)FS ................ 5 * Tanner Miller ^ 6-2 201 So. Kalona, IA (Mid-Prairie)

40 ** Jack Swanson 5-11 200 Jr. Naples, FL (Naples)RC .............. 18 ** Micah Hyde ^ 6-1 190 Jr. Fostoria, OH (Fostoria)

2 ** Greg Casllo 5-11 182 Jr. Mount Laurel, NJ (St. Josephs Prep, PA)PT ................. 6 Eric Guthrie 6-6 245 Sr. Nevada, IA (Nevada)

Punt Returns: 18 Micah Hyde KickoffReturns: 6 Keenan Davis7 Marvin McNu 4 Jordan Bernsne

33 Jordan Canzeri

Deep Snaps: 61 Casey Kreiter Holder: 14 John Wienke

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



IOWA HOSTS NORTHWESTERNIowa (3-2, 0-1) is home for the first of two straight games in Kinnick Stadium

hosting Northwestern (2-3, 0-2) in its only night game of the season. Game time

is 6:01 p.m. in Kinnick Stadium (70,585). The game is sold out. The Hawkeyehave defeated Tennessee Tech (34-7), Pittsburgh (31-27) and Louisiana-Monroe(45-17), all in Kinnick Stadium. Iowa was defeated, 44-41 in three overtimes, aIowa State and last week dropped a 13-3 decision at Penn State.

Northwestern has recorded wins over Boston College (24-14) and Eastern Illinois(42-21), while dropping decisions to Army (21-14), Illinois (38-35) and Michigan(42-24).

BLACK AND GOLD SPIRIT NIGHT, CARD STUNTSaturdays game against Northwestern is the UIs annual Black and Gold Spiri

Game. To stripe Kinnick Stadium, fans in even sections are asked to wear goldand fans in odd sections of the stadium are asked to wear black. UI students areencouraged to wear black. These instructions are the same used for last yearsSpirit Game against Penn State.

The UI is also working with the Iowa Farm Bureau to stage ANF Day at Kin-nick. Included among the activities for this salute to Americas farmers is a cardstunt involving all 70,000 fans in attendance. Two card stunts are scheduled, oneduring the national anthem and another immediately afterward. The UI is askingfans to arrive early at their seats in time to participate in the event.

ON THE TUBEBTN (HD) will televise the contest to a national cable audience. Eric Collins

Chris Martin and Dionne Miller will call the action.

RADIO BROADCASTIowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles

the play-by-play, with color commentator Ed Podolak and sideline reporter Rob

Brooks. The Hawkeye Radio Network includes more than 40 stations throughouthe state.

The game can also be heard on Sirius channel 93.

HAWKEYE HISTORYIowa has played 1,147 games since beginning football in 1889. Iowas overal

record is 590-518-39 (.531). That includes a 373-201-16 (.646) record in homegames, a 217-317-23 (.410) record in games away from Iowa City, a 289-349-25(.455) mark in Big Ten games and a 256-165-15 (.604) record in Kinnick Stadium


Iowa Hawkeyes (3-2, 0-1)

Schedule/Results

9/3 Tennessee Tech W, 34-79/10 at Iowa State L, 41-44 (3OT)

9/17 Pittsburgh W, 31-27

9/24 Louisiana-Monroe W, 45-17

10/8 at Penn State* L, 3-13

10/15 Northw estern* 6:01 p.m., BTN

10/22 Indiana* 11 a.m., BTN

10/29 at Minnesota* TBA

11/5 Michigan* TBA

11/12 Michigan State* TBA

11/19 at Purdue* TBA

11/25 at Nebraska* 11 a.m., ABC

* - - Big Ten Conference game

Northwestern (2-3, 0-2)

Schedule/Results

9/3 at Boston College W, 24-17

9/10 Eastern Illinois W, 42-21

9/17 at Army L, 14-21

10/1 at Illinois* L, 35-38

10/8 Michigan* L, 24-42

10/15 at Iowa* 6:01 p.m., BTN10/22 Penn State* 6 p.m., BTN

10/29 at Indiana* 11 a.m., TBA

11/05 at Nebraska* TBA

11/12 Rice TBA

11/19 Minnesota TBA

11/25 Michigan State TBA

* - - Big Ten Conference game

Date:Oct. 15, 2011 Time:6:01 p.m. Site:Iowa City, Iowa

Stadium:Kinnick Stadium Capacity:70,585 Surface:Natural grass

TV:BTN (HD); Announcers:Eric Collins, Chris Martin and Dionne Miller

Hawkeye Radio Network:Gary Dolphin-Play-By-Play; Ed Podolak-Analyst; Rob Brooks-Sideline

Internet:Iowa radio broadcast available on hawkeyesports.com (subscription service)

Sirius Channel: 93

Series History:Iowa leads, 46-23-3 Live Stats:hawkeyesports.comNorthwestern2-3, 0-2

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Iowa3-2, 0-1

Game Six



BIG TEN TOUR ON IOWA CAMPUSThe Big TensHonoring Legends. Building Leaders. Mobile Tour will visit the

12 conference campuses in 12 weeks, leading up to the Big Ten Football Cham-pionship Game on Dec. 3 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Mobile Tourwill visit Iowa City Thursday through Saturday this week as the Hawkeyes hostNorthwestern. The Stagg-Paterno Championship trophy is a featured element othe mobile tour.

The purpose of the tour is to entertain and educate fans about the new era of BigTen football - - two divisions, the championship weekend in Indianapolis, 18 newtrophies and the path to the Rose Bowl or BCS National Championship GameFans will have the opportunity to see and have their pictures taken with the trophy

The Mobile Tour will be located in the Krause Family Plaza Saturday. The plazaopens at noon.

Follow the tour online at www.bigten.org/blog/mobile-tour or on Twitter @B1GMobileTour. Video will be posted at www.YouTube.com/B1GMobileTour.

OPENING CONFERENCE PLAYIowa has opened Big Ten conference play on the road in 10 of 13 seasons under

Coach Kirk Ferentz, posting a 3-7 record. Overall, Iowa is 5-8 under Ferentz inthe first conference game of the year and 8-4 in its first Big Ten home game.

ON THIS DATEIowa has posted a 7-7-2 record when playing on Oct. 15. Here are the results:

1898 *Lost to Drake, 5-18 1955 *Tied Purdue, 20-201904 Lost at Chicago, 0-39 1960 *Def. Wisconsin, 28-211910 Lost at Missouri, 0-5 1966 Lost at Minnesota, 0-171921 *Def. Illinois, 14-2 1977 *Lost to Ohio State, 6-271927 *Def. Wabash, 38-0 1983 *Def. Purdue, 31-141932 Lost at Indiana, 0-12 1988 *Tied Michigan, 17-171938 Won at Chicago, 27-14 1998 Lost at Illinois, 7-471949 *Def. Indiana, 35-9 2005 *Def. Indiana, 38-21

* - - at Iowa City

IOWA UNDER THE LIGHTSIowas only night game of the season is Saturday when the Hawkeyes host

Northwestern.Iowa was 2-1 in night games a year ago, winning at home against Penn State

(24-3) and defeating Missouri (27-24) in the Insight Bowl, while losing at Arizona(34-27). Iowa is 8-1 in night games over the last four seasons.

Northwestern is playing the second of three straight night games, having lost toMichigan 42-24 last weekend in Evanston and hosting Penn State Oct. 22.

Iowas games against Indiana and at Nebraska will start at 11 a.m. Game timesfor four additional Hawkeyes games have not yet been announced.

Northwestern at Iowa - - Kinnick Stadium Date of Release: Oct. 10, 2011

Iowa Athletic CommunicationsMailing Address

S-300, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, One Elliott Drive,

Iowa City, IA 52242-1020

Phone ....................................................319-335-9411

FAX ....................................................... 319-335-9417

E-Mail athletic [email protected]

Football ContactsDirector ..................................................... Steve Roe

E-Mail [email protected]

Special Assistant ....................................Phi l Haddy


Assi stant ........................................Matthew Weitzel

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Assi stant .................................................Aaron Blau


Weekly Football Press ConferenceIowa Head Coach Kirk Ferentz holds his weekly press

conferences every Tuesday throughout the season.

The press conferences are held in the auditorium of

the Hayden Fry Football Complex. Coach Ferentz ad-

dresses the media at 12:30 p.m. and requested players

are available following the press conference.

Media need to submit their Tuesday player interview

requests to Phil Haddy, via e-mail, by 10 a.m. CT each

Sunday. True freshmen are not available for interviews.

Media can access video highlights of Ferentzs weekly

press conference, plus player clips and highlights via

satellite. The time is from 3:30 to 3:45 p.m. (CT).

The satellite feed is available on Galaxy

19C-Tr 04 (U/L 6005 (V), D/L 3780 (H), 36

Mhz, C-Band Digital). Sym Rate 21.0, FEC

3/4, Data Rate 29.029, DVBS, QPSK, 4:2:0.The highlights are in HD.

All press conferences can be viewed on the official

world wide web site of the Iowa Athletic Department at

hawkeyesports.com (subscription service). Each press

conference is archived.

Weekly TeleconferenceThe Big Ten coaches teleconferences are held

each Tuesday. The teleconference begins at 11 a.m.

(CT) and each coach is available for 10 minutes.

Media wishing to participate in the teleconference

can contact the Big Ten Office at 847-696-1010 to

obtain the call-in information. All times listed below

are central time:

11:00 Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern11:10 Brady Hoke, Michigan11:20 Bo Pelini, Nebraska11:30 Mark Dantonio, Mich. State11:40 Kirk Ferentz, Iowa11:50 Jerry Kill, MinnesotaNoon Ron Zook, Illinois12:10 Danny Hope, Purdue12:20 Joe Paterno, Penn State12:30 Bret Bielema, Wisconsin12:40 Luke Fickell, Ohio State12:50 Kevin Wilson, Indiana

HAWKEYE GAMEDAY LIVEThe UI Department of Athletics will be introducing a new-and-improved Hawkeye Gameday

Live page each Saturday for Hawkeye fans in 2011. The page will feature game information suchas notes, rosters, TV and radio information, etc.; live stats and blog, and twitter and facebookfeeds. Its the one-stop-shop for the ultimate Hawkeye fan who wants to check stats of theirfavorite player and participate in the conversation during the football game. Check the front pageofhawkeyesports.com each Saturday for access to Hawkeye Gameday Live.

Also, Hawkeye fans are encouraged to tweet their photos on gameday to@TheIowaHawkeyes.

#HAWKEYES AND TWITTER

Hawkeye fans join the twitter conversation each game by including #Hawkeyes in your gameday

tweets. By including #Hawkeyes in your tweets, in addition to showing your Hawkeye Pride you

will help the #Hawkeyes trend. Also, if you are not already following @TheIowaHawkeyes and

@HawkeyeFootball , visit Twitter.com and follow both feeds.




HAWKEYE EXPRESS STARTS EARLYDue to the late start for the Northwestern game (Oct. 15), the Hawkeye Express

which transports fans attending Iowa home games from the west edge of Coralvilleto Kinnick Stadium, will begin operations four hours prior to kickoff (2 p.m.). Thetrain runs for 90 minutes following games.

The Hawkeye Express recorded an all-time high for the Tennessee Tech at Iowagame to open the season. A total of 5,240 fans rode the train, surpassing the previous high of 4,931 riders for the Ball State at Iowa game last season.

The Hawkeye Express is operated by the Iowa Northern Railroad Company.

MENS BASKETBALL OPEN PRACTICECoach Fran McCafferys mens basketball team will hold an open practice Sat-

urday in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes will work out from 1-4 p.m. andfans are welcome to attend.

The Hawkeyes open the season with an exhibition contest on Sunday, Nov. 6and begin the regular season by hosting Chicago State Friday, Nov. 11 (7 p.m.).

HAWKEYES EARN WEEKLY HONORSSeveral Iowa players have earned weekly honors this season: Junior DB Micah Hyde earned honorable mention honors from the College

Football Performance Award for his play at Penn State. Hyde had his third

interception of the season in the second half, stopping a PSU drive inside theIowa red zone. Hyde was also credited with eight tackles, including one tacklefor loss, and two pass break-ups.

Senior DL Tom Nardo was named Big Ten Conference defensive Player of theWeek for his play in Iowas 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 24. TheBig Ten honor is the first for Nardo. Nardo recorded a career-high 12 tackles(six solo, six assists), including two tackles for loss and a shared QB sack.

Junior QB James Vandenberg earned honorable mention honors from the CollegeFootball Performance Awards for his play vs. Louisiana-Monroe. Vandenbergcompleted 21-32 passes for 270 yards and three touchdowns in Iowas 45-17win. His scoring strikes covered 13, 17 and 23 yards and he scored on a oneyard run.

Senior P Eric Guthrie received honorable mention honors from the CollegeFootball Performance Awards for his play vs. Louisiana-Monroe. Guthrie aver

aged 48 yards on his two punts vs. ULM. He has at least one punt of 50 yardor more in three straight games.

QB James Vandenberg was named Big Ten Conference offensive Player of theWeek for his play in leading Iowa to a 31-27 win over Pittsburgh. The BigTen honor is the first for Vandenberg. He led Iowas second half rally againstPittsburgh, rushing for one touchdown and throwing three touchdown passes inthe final 17 minutes. His totals against Pitt included 31-48 passes for 399 yardsand three touchdowns, with one interception.

QB James Vandenberg was one of eight quarterbacks named by the ManningAward as its Stars of the Week following Iowas win over Pittsburgh. Theaward was established by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004. Vandenberg has alsobeen nominated for the Quarterback Performance of the Year honor, which isalso based on fan voting.

QB James Vandenberg earned honorable mention recognition for quarterbacksfrom the College Football Performance Awards for his play in Iowas win overPittsburgh.

Big Ten Standings

Legends Division

Team Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.Michigan 2-0 1.000 6-0 1.000

Michigan State 1-0 1.000 4-1 .800

Nebraska 1-1 .500 5-1 .833IOWA 0-1 .000 3-2 .600

Northwestern 0-2 .000 2-3 .400Minnesota 0-2 .000 1-5 .167

Leaders Divisi on

Team Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.

Illinois 2-0 1.000 6-0 1.000Penn State 2-0 1.000 5-1 .833

Wisconsin 1-0 1.000 5-0 1.000

Purdue 1-0 1.000 3-2 .600Ohio State 0-2 .000 3-3 .500

Indiana 0-2 .000 1-5 .167

This Week in the Big TenNorthwestern at Iowa (6 p.m., BTN)

Indiana at Wisconsin (11 a.m., ESPN2)

Michigan at Michigan State (11 a.m., ESPN)Purdue at Penn State (11 a.m., BTN)

Ohio State at Illinois (2:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN)

Iowa Non-Conference Opponents

Team Record-Next Game

Tennessee Tech 4-1, Tennessee State

Iowa State 3-2, at MissouriPittsburgh 3-3, Utah

ULM 1-4, at Troy

Hawkeyes in the PollsDate A C H BCS ResultPre. RV RV - - - - - - W, 34-7

9/5 RV RV - - - - - - L, 41-44 (3OT)

9/12 - - - - - - - - - - - - W, 31-279/19 - - - - - - - - - - - - W, 45-17

9/26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

10/3 - - - RV - - - - - - L, 3-1310/10 - - - - - - - - - - - -

10/17

10/2411/31

11/7

11/14

11/2111/28

A=Associated Press; C=Coaches; H=Harris; B=BCS

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NORTHWESTERN COACH PAT FITZGERALDPat Fitzgerald is in his sixth season as a collegiate head

coach, all at Northwestern. His record stands at 36-32 (.529)The Wildcats have been bowl eligible the last four seasonsand five of the last six.

Fitzgerald, who was a two-time first team all-Americanlinebacker with the Wildcats (1995-96), began his coachingcareer as a defensive graduate assistant at Maryland (1998)and Colorado (1999). In 2000, Fitzgerald coached linebackersand special teams at Idaho before returning to his alma materin 2001. The native of Orland Park, Ill. coached the Wildcadefensive backs in 2001 before coaching the linebackers fouryears (2002-05). Fitzgerald won the Bronco Nagurski andChuck Bednarik awards, as the nations top defensive playerand was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, in 1995and 1996. He became the first two-time winner of both theNagurski and Bednarik awards.

Fitzgerald earned his first career Big Ten victory againsIowa (21-7) on Nov. 4, 2006 in Iowa City.

COACHING CONNECTIONS

Iowa and Northwestern split four meetings during PaFitzgeralds playing career. Fitzgerald earned all-Americanhonors as a junior and senior in 1995 and 1996.

Mike Hankwith, Northwesterns defensive coordinatorwas on the coaching staff at Arizona when the Wildcatsdefeated Iowa 23-20 in 1973. He has also coached aMichigan, Purdue and Wisconsin within the Big Ten.

Marty Long, Northwesterns defensive line coach, was onthe coaching staff at Arizona when Iowa met the Wildcatsin both 1996 and 1998, splitting the two meetings.

IOWA/NORTHWESTERN NOTES Coach Kirk Ferentz coached game No. 150 as Iowas

head coach in Iowas 34-7 win over Tennessee Tech. TheHawkeyes were also victorious in game No. 50 underFerentz (56-7 over Buffalo, 9/6/03) and in game No. 100(35-0 over Syracuse, 9/8/07).

Iowa and Northwestern are among national leaders in few-est penalties and yards. Iowa isfifth in fewest penalty yards(32.0) and 13th in fewest penalties (4.2). Northwestern i26th in fewest penalties and 34th in fewest yards.

Northwestern ranks eighth in the nation in punt returndefense (1.5), while Iowa is 37th (5.2). The Wildcats alsorank sixth nationally in punt returns (18.0), while Iowa isseventh in net punting (42.4).

Northwestern is tied for fifth in the nation with just fourturnovers, while Iowa is tied for 21st with seven. Threeof Iowas seven turnovers came in the fourth quarter of themost recent loss at Penn State, while two of Northwesternsfour turnovers came in the second half of its most recentloss to Michigan.

The current contracts of Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz andNorthwestern Coach Pat Fitzgerald each run through the2020 season.

Northwestern has nine players with at least 20 career startswhile Iowa has four (OL Riley Reiff, 28; DB Shaun Prater26, DE Broderick Binns, 22, WR Marvin McNutt, Jr., 22)


Head Coach Kirk Ferentz

Kirk Ferentz (pronounced FAIR-rintz,rhymes with parents) is in his 13thseason as head football coach at theUniversity of Iowa. His latest contract

extension runs through the 2020 season.Ferentz was named the 2009 Dave Mc-

Clain Big Ten Conference Coach of theYear. He was one of 15 semi-finalistsfor the 2009 George Munger Award, pre-sented by the Maxwell Football Club tothe College Coach of the Year. He wasthe 2009 AFCA Region Three Coach of the Year and one of10 finalists for the Liberty Mutual national Coach of the Year.

Ferentz was honored as the 2002 Associated Press and WalterCamp National Coach of the Year and was the AFCA RegionalCoach of the Year in 2002 as well. He was named Big TenConference Coach of the Year in 2002, 2004 and 2009. Ferentz

guided Iowa to Big Ten titles in 2002 and 2004.Iowa has made two BCS bowl appearances, including a 24-

14 win in the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl. Iowa has played insix January bowl games and has four January bowl victories(2004 Outback Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2009 OutbackBowl and 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl). Iowa has posted an88-43 (.672) overall mark and a 50-31 (.617) Big Ten recordthe last 10-plus seasons. Ferentz has guided Iowa to ninefirstdivision finishes, including a second-place finish in 2009.Iowa was bowl eligible in 2010 for the 10th straight season.

The Hawkeyes are 6-3 in bowl games under Ferentz. His sixbowl wins tie as third most among all-time Big Ten coachesand he has led Iowa to three straight bowl victories.

At Iowa, Ferentz holds an overall record of 92-62 (.597) anda 53-44 (.546) mark in Big Ten games. In his 16th season as acollege head coach, he holds a career mark of 104-83 (.556).

Fifty-nine of Iowas 154 games under Ferentz have beendecided by seven points or less (27-32) and 46 were playedagainst opponents who were ranked in the top 25 at the time(20-26).

Ferentz joined the Iowa staff after serving as assistant headcoach and offensive line coach of the NFLs Baltimore Ravens.He was part of the Baltimore (Cleveland Browns prior to themove) staff for six years.

Ferentz was named head coach of the Maine Bears in 1990and held that position for three years. Ferentz was a memberof Hayden Frys Iowa staff for nine years as offensive linecoach (1981-89). He coordinated Iowas running game duringhis first coaching stint at Iowa. Iowa appeared in eight bowlgames while Ferentz was an Iowa assistant.

Ferentz was born in Royal Oak, Mich., and attended highschool in Pittsburgh, Pa. He earned his bachelors degree inEnglish Education from Connecticut in 1978, where he wasa football captain. Kirk received the Distinguished AlumnusAward from the Neag School of Education at the Universityof Connecticut in May, 2009. He was inducted into the Up-per St. Clair High School Hall of Fame in September, 2002and the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall ofFame in May, 2003.



The Iowa roster includes 14 players from the state of Illinois, including, FB AdamCox (Chana); TE C.J. Fiedorowicz (Johnsburg); OL Adam Gettis (Frankfort)LB Dakota Getz (Macon); TE Brad Herman (Metamora); RB Mikail McCall(Dolton); DL Riley McMinn (Rochester); FB Matt Meyers (Plainfield); LBTerrance Pryor (South Holland); DL Louis Trinca-Pasat (Chicago); OL JordanWalsh (Glendale Heights); FB Mark Weisman (Buffalo Grove), QB John Wienke(Tuscola) and OL Markus Zusevics (Arlington Heights).

There are no Iowans on the Northwestern roster. Coach Norm Parker (Oct. 9), Eric Guthrie (12th) and Jordan Lomax (13th)

celebrate birthdays this week.

THE SERIESIowa holds a 46-23-3 advantage in the series that began with a 12-6 Iowa vic-

tory in 1897. Northwestern has won the last three games and five of the last sixincluding a 21-17 decision a year ago in Evanston. In addition, Northwestern holdsa three-game winning streak in Kinnick Stadium.

The Hawkeyes snapped a two-game losing streak to the Wildcats with a 28-17triumph in 2007, but the Wildcats have won the last three meetings by a combined16 points. The visiting team has won four of the last five meetings.

Iowa boasts a 23-9 advantage in contests played in Iowa City, but the Wildcathave won the last three in Kinnick Stadium and four of the last seven. Northwestern

won 17-10 in 2009 on its last visit to Iowa City, handing the Hawkeyes their firsloss in the 10th game of the season and ending Iowas 13-game winning streak.

Iowa won 21 consecutive games over Northwestern prior to a 31-20 Wildcatwin in 1995 in Evanston. The Wildcats hold a 9-5 advantage since snapping thaHawkeye win streak. Here are the series results:

10/16/1897 W 12-6 10/13/73 L 15-3111/23/00 T 5-5 *10/12/74 W 35-1010/08/10 L 5-10 11/01/75 W 24-21*11/25/11 W 6-0 *10/30/76 W 13-1010/29/13 L 14-25 *9/10/77 W 24-011/07/14 W 27-0 *9/16/78 W 20-3*10/16/15 W 9-6 10/13/79 W 58-611/11/16 L 13-20 *10/18/80 W 25-3

11/17/17 L 14-25 10/03/81 W 64-0*11/16/18 W 23-7 *10/02/82 W 45-711/08/19 W 14-7 *10/08/83 W 61-21*11/06/20 W 20-0 10/06/84 W 31-311/19/21 W 14-0 10/26/85 W 49-10*11/25/22 W 37-3 *10/25/86 W 27-2011/24/23 W 17-14 11/07/87 W 52-24*11/20/26 L 6-13 *11/05/88 W 35-1011/29/27 L 0-12 10/28/89 W 35-22*11/21/31 L 0-19 *10/27/90 W 56-1411/19/32 L 6-44 11/16/91 W 24-1010/07/33 W 7-0 *11/14/92 W 56-1410/06/34 W 20-7 11/13/93 W 23-1911/23/35 T 0-0 *11/12/94 W 49-1310/03/36 L 7-18 11/11/95 L 20-3111/25/39 T 7-7 *11/09/96 L 13-40*10/22/49 W 28-21 11/15/97 L 14-1511/14/52 W 39-14 *10/10/98 W 26-2410/26/57 W 6-0 10/16/99 L 21-23*10/25/58 W 26-20 *11/11/00 W 27-17*10/03/59 L 10-14 11/10/01 W 59-1610/01/60 W 42-10 *11/9/02 W 62-1010/23/65 L 0-9 11/5/05 L 27-28*10/22/66 L 15-24 *11/4/06 L 7-2111/11/67 L 24-39 11/3/07 W 28-17*11/09/68 W 68-34 *9/27/08 L 17-22*10/09/71 L 3-28 *11/7/09 L 10-1710/14/72 W 23-12 11/13/10 L 17-21* - - at Iowa City


Hawkeyes in the NFLIowa football players have a long

tradition of being well prepared for

professional football, following their

college playing careers. As of Oct.

10, 35 former Hawkeyes were on

NFL rosters, while others with NFL

experience are current free agents or

on practice squads.

Former Hawkeye, Current NFL Team

Pat Angerer, Indianapolis Colts

Jonathan Babineaux, Atlanta Falcons

Jason Baker, Carolina Panthers

Christian Ballard, Minnesota Vikings

Rob Bruggeman, Atlanta Falcons

Bryan Bulaga, Green Bay Packers

Scott Chandler, Buffalo Bills

Dallas Clark, Indianapolis Colts

Adrian Clayborn, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sean Considine, Carolina Panthers

Ryan Donahue, Detroit Lions

A.J. Edds, Indianapolis Colts

Bradley Fletcher, St. Louis Rams (injured reserve)

Robert Gallery, Seattle Seahawks

Charles Godfrey, Carolina PanthersShonn Greene, New York Jets

Chad Greenway, Minnesota Vikings

Jeremiha Hunter, New Orleans Saints (injured reserve)

Nate Kaeding, San Diego Chargers (injured reserve)

Aaron Kampman, Jacksonville Jaguars

Mitch King, New Orleans Saints

Karl Klug, Tennessee Titans

Matt Kroul, New York Jets (practice squad)

Bryan Mattison, Baltimore Ravens

Tony Moeaki, Kansas City Chiefs (injured reserve)

Brandon Myers, Oakland Raiders

Seth Olsen, Indianapolis Colts

Marcus Paschal, Baltimore Ravens

Matt Roth, Jacksonville Jaguars

Bob Sanders, San Diego Chargers

Tyler Sash, New York GiantsAndrew Schulze, New England Patriots

Amari Spievey, Detroit Lions

Ricky Stanzi, Kansas City Chiefs

Eric Steinbach, Cleveland Browns (injured reserve)

Jeff Tarpinian, New England Patriots

Julian Vandervelde, Philadelphia Eagles

Casey Wiegmann, Kansas City Chiefs

Marshal Yanda, Baltimore Ravens

Albert Young, Jacksonville Jaguars

Free Agents

Ladell Betts Abdul Hodge

Kyle Calloway Allen Reisner

Colin Cole Derreck Robinson

Captains By WeekGame Players

Tenn. Tech Daniels, McNutt, Jr., T. Nielsen, Vandenberg

Iowa State Daniels, McNutt, Jr., T. Nielsen, Vandenberg

Pittsburgh Daniels, McNutt, Jr., T. Nielsen, Vandenberg

ULM Daniels, McNutt, Jr., T. Nielsen, Vandenberg

Penn State Daniels, McNutt, Jr., T. Nielsen, Vandenberg

Nwestern

Indiana

Minnesota

Michigan

Mich. State

Purdue

Nebraska




NORTHWESTERN RALLIED A YEAR AGONorthwestern used two long scoring drives in the fourth quarter to rally to a

21-17 win over Iowa in Evanston on Nov. 13, 2010. The Hawkeyes had the balin Wildcat territory in the final minute, reaching the 39-yard line before a fourthdown pass to the end zone was knocked away.

Trailing 7-3 at halftime, Iowa took control inthe third period, driving 75 yards for a touch-down in seven plays. Iowa took the lead on afive-yard pass from QB Ricky Stanzi to WRMarvin McNutt, Jr.

The Hawkeyes increased the advantage ontheir next possession as Stanzi connected withWR Derrell Johnson-Koulianos for a 70-yardscore to give Iowa a 17-7 advantage throughthree quarters.

The teams exchanged interceptions early in thefourth period, with Northwestern taking over atits own 15 with 10:56 remaining following Iowas only turnover. The Wildcatdrove 85 yards in 13 plays to cut the deficit to 17-14 with 6:21 to play. Iowa pickedup a first down on its next possession, but was forced to punt with 4:08 remaining

The Wildcats drove 91 yards in 11 plays for the winning score, a 20-yard pass

from QB Dan Persa to WR Demetrius Fields with 1:22 left in the game. Iowmoved 41 yards before turning the ball over on downs in the final seconds.

Northwestern scored a touchdown on its first drive of the game and held the Iowoffense in check throughout most of the first half. Iowa drove 55 yards on its finapossession of the second quarter, getting on the scoreboard with a 32-yard fieldgoal by PK Mike Meyer in the final minute of the half.

Stanzi led the Iowa offense by completing 23-41 passes for 270 yards and twotouchdowns, with one interception. RB Adam Robinson returned to action to rushfor 108 yards on 22 carries. McNutt, Jr. had seven receptions for 72 yards andJohnson-Koulianos had 104 yards on five receptions.

Freshman LB James Morris led Iowas defense with 13 tackles. DB Micah Hydadded 12 tackles and OLB Jeff Tarpinian had eight stops. P Ryan Donahue averaged 42.9 yards on seven punts, including a long of 73 yards.

Scoring SummaryNW - - Dan Persa, two-yard run (Stefan Demos kick)IA - - Mike Meyer, 32-yard field goalIA - - Marvin McNutt, Jr., five-yard pass from Ricky Stanzi (Mike Meyer kick)IA - - D. Johnson-Koulianos, 70-yard pass from Ricky Stanzi (Mike Meyer kickNW - - Jeremy Ebert, six-yard pass from Dan Persa (Stefan Demos kick)NW - - Demetrius Fields, 20-yard pass from Dan Persa (Stefan Demos kick)

Attendance: 47,130

PENN STATE STOPS IOWAPenn State took advantage of three Iowa turnovers in the fourth quarter in tak

ing a 13-3 win at University Park. Iowa had won three straight meetings agains

Penn State and the last two games at PSU. The series is now even at 12 wins eachPenn State drove to a field goal on its first drive, taking a 3-0 advantage after an

opening drive that lasted over eight minutes. Iowa responded with its only scoring drive of the game, as Mike Meyer tied the game with a 23-yard field goal thacompleted a 12 play, 72-yard drive. Due to time consuming drives, each team hajust two possessions in the first period. The Nittany Lions took the lead with 4:5remaining in the second period when Anthony Fera booted his second 20-yardfield goal of the half.

Iowa still trailed by just a field goal late in the third period when CB Micah Hydecame up with an interception in the end zone to stop a Penn State scoring threatThe theft was Hydes third of the season.

Hawkeyes Under FerentzOverall ..................................................................92-62

vs. ranked teams ..................................................20-26

vs. unranked teams .............................................. 72-36

vs. Big Ten teams .................................................53-44

vs. Big Ten teams (home) ..................................... 31-14

vs. Big Ten teams (away) ..................................... 21-30

When rushing for 150 yards or more ....................53-13When rushing for 200 yards or more ......................33-2

When passing for 250 yards or more ...................33-16

When passing for 300 yards or more ......................9 -6

When Iowa player rushes for 100 yards ............... 51-19

When opponent has 100-yard rusher ................... 12-26

When opponent has 300-yard passer ..................12-10

When scoring 30 points or more ...............................51-4

When scoring 20 points or more .............................67-26

When opponent scores 25 points or more...............11-39

When holding opponent to 10 pts or less ................. 40-0

When Iowa scoresfirst ...........................................69-19

When Iowa leads at halftime ..................................73-12

When Iowa trails at halftime ................................... 14-48

When game is tied at halftime .................................... 5-2When Iowa leads after 3 quarters...........................78-10

When Iowa trails after 3 quarters............................10-49

When game is tied after 3 quarters ............................ 4-3

Games decided by 11 points or more ..................... 56-22

Games decided by 10 points or less ......................29-33

Games decided by 7 points or less ........................27-32

Games decided by 3 points or less ........................13-18

When Iowa has a positive turnover margin ............ 53-15

When opponent has a positive turnover margin .....16-32

When the turnover margin is equal.........................23-15

When returning a punt/kickoff for a score ...................7-4

Overtime games .........................................................4-3

When temperature is 50 degrees or above ............ 67-48When temperature is below 50 degrees ................. 25-14

When temperature is over 90 degrees .......................1-2

When Raining: ............................................................ 8-5

Big Ten Conference POW Nominees

Game Offense Defense Special Teams

Tenn. Tech McNutt, Jr. Morris Meyer

Iowa State Coker Kirksey Meyer

Pittsburgh Vanderberg Hyde Guthrie

ULM McNutt, Jr. Nardo Bernstine

Penn State - - - - - - - - -

Northwestern

Indiana

Minnesota

Michigan

Mich. State

Purdue

Nebraska

Bold indicates winner

IOWA NW

Score 27 21

First Downs 17 26Rushes-Yds. 28-101 39-101

Passing Yds. 270 318

Passes (C-A-I) 23-43-1 32-43-1

Total Offense 71-371 82-419

Punts-Avg. 7-42.9 6-43.7

Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0

Penales-Yards 6-39 6-62

Time of Possession 28:51 31:09




Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk SeriesThe Cy-Hawk Series is in its eighth season in 2011-12, being sponsored for the first time by Iowa Corn.Iowa State leads the 2011-12 series, 5-2, with winsin volleyball and football. Iowa won the womenssoccer game, 4-1.

Iowa leads the overall series 4-3 in the in-state com-petition against Iowa State that began in 2004-05.Iowa captured the Cy-Hawk Series a year ago by a15-11 margin.

Last season, Iowa captured victories in football,womens soccer, wrestling, womens basketball,womens swimming and diving and softball. ISUrecorded wins in volleyball, mens and womenscross country and mens basketball. The womensgymnastics teams split.

Iowa captured the inaugural Cy-Hawk Series (13-8)in 2004-05 and won again in 2006-07 (13-8), 2008-09 (21-4) and 2010-11 (15-11). Iowa State won thecompetition in 2005-06 (13-8) and 2007-08 (18-9)and 2009-10 (16-11).

The 12-event series awards two points (except foot-ball, which is worth three) to the winning school ineach head-to-head match-up between the two insti-tutions. Additionally, two points are awarded to aninstitution if the graduation rate of its student-athletesis greater than the national average as reported eachfall by the NCAA.

A commemorative Cy-Hawk Series Cup, which stands31 inches tall and weighs 19 pounds, is displayed onthe winning teams campus for an entire year after avictory. Replica cups are also presented as travelingtrophies for individual victorious teams in the head-to-head competition.

This seasons Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series schedule islisted below. All events are worth two points, exceptfootball, which is worth three points:

Date Event Site/Result9/3 Volleyball ISU, 3-09/9 Womens Soccer IOWA, 4-19/10 Football ISU, 44-41 (3OT)11/12 M. Cross Country NCAA Regional11/12 W. Cross Country NCAA Regional

12/4 Wrestling Ames12/7 Womens Basketball Ames12/9 Mens Basketball Ames12/9 Womens Swim. & Diving AmesTBA Womens Gymnastics Iowa CityTBA Womens Gymnastics AmesTBA Softball Ames

Academic OpportunitiesTwo points for an institution if the student-athletegraduation rate for all student-athletes is greater thanthe national average for all student-athletes, accord-ing to the annual graduation rate report issued eachSeptember/October by the NCAA.

Iowa moved across midfield after collecting the only PSU turnover of the gamebut a QB sack by Penn State resulted in a Hawkeye fumble and the home teamtook over at the Iowa 49-yard line. Penn State drove for the only touchdown othe game from there, scoring on a two-yard pass on third down.

Iowas next two possessions ended withPSU pass interceptions, the second coming ona tipped pass with just 3:42 remaining. TheNittany Lions held Iowa on downs on its lastpossession and ran out the clock to earn the win.The Hawkeye offense was held to just 114 yardstotal offense in the second half.

LB James Morris led the Iowa defense with13 tackles and LB Christian Kirksey recorded10 stops and a forced fumble. DL Mike Danielsrecorded eight tackles, including a tackle forloss. Hyde added eight tackles and two passbreak-ups to go with his interception and DBJordan Bernstine added eight tackles and one pass break-up.

QB James Vandenberg completed 17-34 passes for 169 yards, but did not havea touchdown pass for the first time in five games. WR Marvin McNutt, Jr. led theIowa receivers with four catches for 73 yards. RB Marcus Coker led the ground

game with 18 attempts for 74 yards.

Scoring SummaryPSU - - Anthony Fera, 20-yard field goalIA - - Mike Meyer, 23-yard field goalPSU - - Anthony Fera, 20-yard field goalPSU - - Kevin Haplea, two-yard pass from Matt McGloin (Anthony Fera kick)

Attendance: 103,497

DEFENSIVE CHANGES FROM PENN STATEThere were two plays during the first half of Iowas contest at Penn State in which

a shared tackle was recorded for the wrong Iowa player (tackles were credited to

Marcus Coker and Don Shumpert). Due to the errors, LB James Morris has beencredited with an additional assisted tackle, giving him 13 total tackles, whichequals his career high.

Additionally, DL Tom Nardo was given credit for two additional assisted tacklesincluding a shared tackle for loss. Nardo is now credited with six tackles againsthe Nittany Lions.

EXTRA POINTS VS. PENN STATE Despite allowing 395 yards total offense in the loss at Penn State, the Iowa

defense did not allow a touchdown until early in the fourth period. Iowa heldPenn State to two field goals through the first three periods before PSU scoredits only touchdown following an Iowa turnover. The touchdown was the firsallowed to Penn State by the Iowa defense in 10 quarters, dating back to PennStates first offensive play in Iowas 21-10 win in 2009.

Senior WR Marvin McNutt, Jr. grabbed four passes for 73 yards at Penn StateMcNutt, Jr. now has 117 receptions for 2,032 yards. McNutt, Jr. has 20 careerscoring receptions, one shy of the school record. The record of 21 is held byTim Dwight (1994-97) and Danan Hughes (1989-92). McNutt is tied for 10thin career receptions and ranks fifth in career yards. He has at least 100 yardreceiving in three offive games in 2011.

Sophomore PK Mike Meyer made a 23-yard field goal in the second quarterimproving to 9-11 on the season. He is 17-17 on PAT kicks this season and hasmade 23-28 career field goals.

IOWA PSU

Score 3 13

First Downs 16 21

Rushes-Yds. 30-84 46-231Passing Yds. 169 164

Passes (C-A-I) 17-34-2 15-26-1

Total Offense 64-253 72-395

Punts-Avg. 4-39.5 5-43.8

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0

Penales-Yards 3-15 5-50

Time of Possession 24:06 35:54




Junior CB Micah Hyde came up with his third interception of the season in thethird period, stopping a Penn State red zone opportunity. His first two thefts ofthe season both came in Iowas win over Pittsburgh. Hyde now has seven careerinterceptions. Hyde added eight total tackles, one tackle for loss and two passbreak-ups at Penn State.

Sophomore LB James Morris led Iowa with 13 tackles (5 solo, 8 assists), whileChristian Kirksey added 10 (6 solo, 4 assists) and a forced fumble.

Eric Guthrie had two 49-yard punts. The senior had at least one punt of 50 yardsor more in three straight games before Penn State. He finished the game withfour punts for 158 yards (39.5 avg.). He had two kicks inside the 20 and PennState had no return yards.

FB Jonathan Gimm had his first career reception in the third period. FB Brad Rogers saw his first action of the season. Rogers had not played fo

the Hawkeyes since the final regular season game of 2010. DE Lebron Daniel returned to the starting line-up, again splitting time with

Dominic Alvis. Redshirt freshman WR Kevonte Martin-Manley had his firscareer start as Iowa used a three-receiver offense during its opening possession

TEN IS BIGGEST LOSSIowas 13-3 loss at Penn State marks the first Iowa loss by more than nine points

in 48 games, dating back to a 31-6 loss at Purdue on Oct. 20, 2007. Iowa had no

lost a game by more than a touchdown in 43 games, dating back to a 28-19 lossto Western Michigan on Nov. 17, 2007. Both streaks ranked as the longest in thenation. In the loss at Penn State, Iowa failed to score a touchdown for thefirst timesince that 2007 loss at Purdue.

MICHIGAN RALLIES AT NORTHWESTERNMichigan outscored Northwestern 28-0 in the second half in taking a 42-24 vic-

tory last Saturday night in Evanston. The Wildcats took advantage of three passinterceptions to build a 24-14 halftime advantage, including a 20-yard field goaon the final play of the half. Michigan QB Denard Robinson led the Michiganoffense in the second half, concluding the game with 338 passing yards and 113rushing yards. The Wolverines scored touchdowns on their first three possessionsof the second half to take control.

Northwestern QB Dan Persa completed 32-44 passes for 331 yards. WR Jeremy

Ebert led the Wildcats with 11 receptions for 86 yards. Northwestern was heldto just 107 net rushing yards and two of the Wildcats first three possession of thesecond half ended with turnovers.

Jordan Mabin led the Northwestern defense with 12 tackles, while David Nwabuisadded 11 and Bryce McNaul had 10. Ibraheim Campbell had two interceptionsand nine tackles.

IOWA COMEBACKSIowas rally for a 31-27 win over Pittsburgh (Sept. 17) is believed to be the larg

est comeback for a win in Hawkeye history, as the Hawkeyes trailed by 21 points(24-3) with 3:11 remaining in the third quarter. Following is a list of previous Iowarallies that are believed to be the largest in school history:

Iowa rallied from an 18-point deficit in a 34-31 win over Oregon in 1949 inIowa City. Iowa trailed 24-6 with 2:30 left in the third quarter against the Ducks Iowa rallied from a 17-0 first half deficit for a 30-27 win at Minnesota in 1986

winning on a 37-yard field goal with one second remaining. Iowa rallied from a 17-0 first half deficit for a 37-30 home win over Michigan

State in 1996. Iowa rallied to tie the game at 23 and 30 before scoring the winning touchdown early in the fourth period.

Iowa rallied from a 14-point deficit for a 42-24 win over Indiana in 2009 at Kin-nick Stadium. The Hawkeyes trailed 21-7 in the third period when an 86-yardinterception return sparked Iowas rally.

Iowas rally ties as the second largest this season among FBS teams. Houstonrallied from a 27-point deficit to take a win over Louisiana Tech, while Nebraskarallied from 21 points down to defeat Ohio State last weekend.

Instant ReplayListed below are all the plays that have been reviewed

in an Iowa game in 2011.

Game (Rvs) Reviewed Play (Upheld/Reversed)

Tenn. Tech Iowa catch and TD (ball marked at 1-yd.line)

Iowa TD Reception (upheld, WR not OB)

Iowa State ISU touchdown inbounds (upheld)

ISU reception and fumble (upheld)

ISU TD reception (upheld)

Iowa rushing TD (upheld)

Pittsburgh Spot of ball on punt return (reversed)

Iowa incomplete pass (reversed)

ULM ULM, intentional grounding (upheld)

Penn State Iowa pass completion (upheld)

Nwestern

Indiana

Minnesota

Michigan

Mich. State

Purdue

Nebraska

Consecutive Games, Not ShutoutSchool Games Last Shutout

Michigan 331 Oct. 20, 1984 (26-0 at Iowa)

Ohio State 221 Nov. 20, 1993

(28-0 at Michigan)

Nebraska 198 Sept. 21, 1996(26-0 at Arizona State)

Wisconsin 182 Aug. 24, 1997

(34-0 vs. Syracuse)IOWA 137 Oct . 14, 2000

(31-0 at Illinois)Michigan State 133 Oct. 21, 2000 (14-0 at Michigan)

Indiana 131 Oct. 14, 2000

(58-0 at Michigan)Penn State 125 Oct. 6, 2001

(20-0 vs. Michigan)

Northwestern 100 Sept. 27, 2003

(20-0 at Ohio State)Illinois 28 Sept. 26, 2009

(30-0 at Ohio State)

Purdue 10 Oct. 23, 2010 (49-0 at Ohio State)

Minnesota 1 Oct. 1, 2011

(58-0 at Michigan)

Hawkeye Birthdays!The following Iowa student athletes/coaches have

birthdays in October:

7: Jonathan Gimm

9: Coach Norm Parker

12: Eric Guthrie

13: Jordan Lomax

18: Marcus Binns, Brad Rogers

22: C.J. Fiedorowicz, Kevonte Martin-Manley

27: Shaun Prater

28: Ray Hamilton, Mark Weisman


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KIRKSEY STEADY ON DEFENSESophomore LB Christian Kirksey has recorded 49 tackles

(30 solo) in five games. Kirksey ranks second in the Big Tenin tackles and is tied for 12th nationally in solo tackles. Healso has two tackles for loss, one QB sack, a pass break-up,two caused fumbles and one fumble recovery. He led theHawkeyes with 11 solo tackles and two assists at Iowa State,while also causing and recovering an Iowa State fumble onthe same play. He recorded 10 tackles (six solo stops) againstTennessee Tech and Penn State and had eight stops in the winover Pittsburgh. He added his second forced fumble of theseason at Penn State.

TOP HAWKEYE PERFORMERS Senior Eric Guthrie has taken over the punting duties in

2011 and is averaging 43.7 yards on 19 punts. Guthriehas eight punts inside the 20, with no touchbacks, andopponents have averaged just 5.2 yards on five returns.He had a career-long 59-yard punt at Iowa State, wherehe averaged 46.8 yards on four punts. He had at least onepunt of 50 yards or more in three straight games before

having two punts of 49 yards at Penn State. Senior DL Mike Daniels has collected 26 tackles, includingfour tackles for loss and 2.5 QB sacks. He also has twoQB pressures.

Senior DL Tom Nardo had a career-high 12 tackles inIowas win over ULM, earning Big Ten defensive Playerof the Week honors. Nardo has started the last three gamesat tackle and in five games has 30 tackles, including 3.5tackles for loss, a pass break-up and a caused fumble.

Junior WR Keenan Davis recorded career bests in catchesand yards in Iowas win over Pittsburgh. He led Iowa re-ceivers with 10 receptions for 129 yards and a touchdownagainst Pittsburgh. He collected five receptions for 95yards and a touchdown at Iowa State, including a 23-yard

scoring catch in the second overtime period. He had a23-yard scoring reception in the most recent win overULM. Davis has 22 receptions for 312 yards and threetouchdowns in five games as a starter and he is averaging20.7 yards on three KO returns. Davis was recently addedto the Watch List for the Biletnikoff Award.

Senior DB Jordan Bernstine has played well in four games,while missing the Iowa State game due to illness. Bern-stine started for the first time in his career in the win overPittsburgh, recording five solo stops, two tackles for lossand a QB sack among his eight tackles. He added twotackles in the win over ULM and had eight tackles anda pass break-up at Penn State. He is also averaging 22.4yards on 10 KO returns.

Redshirt freshman WR Kevonte Martin-Manley has threetouchdown receptions. He had scoring catches of 25 and22 yards in the win over Pittsburgh, scoring Iowas lasttwo touchdowns in the fourth quarter rally. He also had atouchdown at Iowa State. He added six receptions for 82yards in the win over ULM and had three receptions for21 yards at Penn State. For the season has 17 receptionsfor 202 yards.

COLLECTING INTERCEPTIONSIowas defense has ranked among national leaders in causing

turnovers in recent seasons. Over the last three-plus seasonsIowa has collected 68 interceptions, a total that ranks secondin the nation over that span (Florida, 71).

The Hawkeyes have had an interception return for a touchdownin each of the last four years, including four last season. Iowahas had an interception return for a score in nine of the last 11seasons and 9-13 seasons under Kirk Ferentz. Iowa had six non-offensive touchdowns in 2010 and had an 89-yard interceptionreturn for a touchdown in the opening win this season.

In addition, in each of the last four seasons, Iowa has hadmore interceptions than touchdown passes allowed:

Year Interceptions TDs Allowed2011 5 82010 19 122009 21 92008 23 92007 14 13

IOWAN CALLING THE SIGNALSJunior QB James Vandenberg started at quarterback in

Iowas first four games. Vandenberg is a native of Keokukand the first native Iowan to open the season as Iowas start-ing quarterback since 2001. The most recent Iowa native tohold that position was Kyle McCann of Creston. McCannled Iowa to victory in the 2001 Alamo Bowl, the first bowwin for Coach Kirk Ferentz.

Two native Iowans have led the Hawkeyes to Rose Bowwins, including Kenny Ploen (Clinton) during the 1956 seasonand Randy Duncan (Des Moines) during the 1958 seasonBoth were first team All-Americans.

St. Ansgar native Matt Sherman led Iowa to a pair of bow

wins (1996 Alamo and 1997 Sun Bowl), while Iowa Citynative Paul Burmeister was Iowas quarterback in the 1993Alamo Bowl.

Additional Iowa natives who passed for over 1,500 yardsbut never led Iowa in a bowl game, include Gary Snook (IowaCity, 1963-65), Ed Podolak (Atlantic, 1966-68, who endedhis Iowa career as a prolific running back), Phil Suess (DesMoines, 1977-80), Randy Reiners (Ft. Dodge, 1996-99), TomMcLaughlin (Dubuque, 1975-77), Al DeMarco (Mason City1947-48) and Glen Drahn (Elkader, 1948-50).

AMONG CAREER LEADERSSenior WR Marvin McNutt, Jr., ranks third in career touch

down receptions (20) and is fifth in receiving yards and tied

for 10th in career catches (117-2,032). He needs just onescoring reception to tie Danan Hughes (1989-92) and TimDwight (1994-97) in career scoring receptions.

Senior DB Shaun Prater has 173 career interception returnyards and junior DB Micah Hyde has 142 yards. Prater ranksseventh among Iowas career interception leaders in returnyards and Hyde is 11th. They both have seven career theftsand each have two touchdown returns. Among Iowas careerleaders, only Tom Knight (three) and Plez Atkins (two) havemore than one touchdown return.




Iowa in 2011 StatisticsTHREE HAWKEYES OUT OF ACTION

Sophomore LB Shane DiBona, true freshman RB MikailMcCall and sophomore LB Dakota Getz will miss the re-mainder of the 2011 season.

DiBona suffered an achilles injury during preseason prac-tice. He underwent successful surgery at the UI Hospitalsand Clinics following the injury and is expected to make afull recovery.

After a redshirt season in 2009, the Duxbury, Mass. nativesaw action in all 13 games a year ago, with two starts. Herecorded six solo tackles and seven assists.

McCall suffered a broken bone in his right leg in Iowasopening win over Tennessee Tech. He had rushed for 61 yardson nine carries before suffering the injury.

Getz, who missed Iowas opening win due to injury, suffereda major knee injury on the opening kick of the Iowa Stategame and is expected to miss the rest of the season.

NEW PREP FOR COACHING STAFFAlong with the addition of Nebraska to the schedule, Iowa

will face four additional Big Ten teams that the Hawkeyes

have not played under the current coaching staff. IndianaMichigan and Minnesota all have new head coaches. Iowais also playing Purdue for the first time since Danny Hopetook over as the Boilermaker head coach.

HAWKEYES ON THE TUBEAll Iowa football games this season will be televised on

either ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FSN or the BTN. Thelast Iowa contest not televised was vs. Minnesota on Nov. 172001. Iowa has appeared on television in its last 121 games

IOWA VS. RANKED TEAMSThese are Iowas most recent wins vs. nationally-ranked

opponents:

Home: 37-6 over fifth-ranked Michigan State, 10/30/10 24-3 over 20th-ranked Penn State, 10/02/10

24-23 over third-ranked Penn State, 11/8/08Road: 38-28 over 24th-ranked Michigan, 10/16/10

21-10 over fourth-ranked Penn State, 9/26/09Neutral: 27-24 over 12th-ranked Missouri,

Insight Bowl, 12/28/1024-14 over ninth-ranked Georgia Tech,Orange Bowl, 1/5/10

NEW FACES ON THE FIELD

Iowa has played 10 true freshmen in 2011, including five

on offense and five on defense. The list includes RB MikaiMcCall, RB Damon Bullock, WR Marcus Grant, TE RayHamilton, LB John Lowdermilk, DB Nico Law, DB JordanLomax, LB Marcus Collins RB Jordan Canzeri and LBQuinton Alston.

Iowa played nine true freshmen in 2010, but just three truefreshmen in 2009. The Hawkeyes played seven true freshmenin 2000, 2003 and 2008. The high mark for true freshmanunder Coach Kirk Ferentz is 11 in 2007.

Player Category Stats Big Ten NCAAMicah Hyde Intercepons 0.60 1st T9thMicah Hyde Passes Defended 1.40 1st T16thJames Morris Tackles 10.4 1st 14thMike Meyer PAT Kicking Pct. 1.000 T1st ---Eric Guthrie Punng Avg. 47.3 2nd 22nd

Mike Meyer Field Goals/Game 1.80 2nd T9thMike Meyer Scoring (Kick) 8.8 2nd ---Chrisan Kirksey Tackles 9.8 2nd 23rdJames Vandenberg Passing Avg./Game 252.8 2nd 33rdBroderick Binns Fumbles Recovered 0.40 T2nd T10thMarvin McNu, Jr. Rec. Yards/Game 97.2 3rd 28thMarvin McNu, Jr. Recepons/Game 5.8 3rd T45thChrisan Kirksey Fumbles Forced 0.40 T3rd T22ndShaun Prater Fumbles Forced 0.40 T3rd T22ndMike Meyer Field Goal Pct. 0.818 4th ---Micah Hyde Punt Return Avg. 6.5 5th 45thMike Meyer Scoring 8.8 5th 40thJames Vandenberg Total Offense 261.4 5th 38thJames Vandenberg Pass Efficiency 141.8 5th 46thMarcus Coker Rushing 90.8 6th 46thKeenan Davis Recepons/Game 4.4 8th ---Jordan Bernsne Fumbles Forced 0.25 T8th T88th

Marcus Coker All-Purpose Yards 106.6 9th 99thMike Daniels QB Sacks 0.50 9th T86thKeenan Davis Rec. Yards/Game 62.4 9th 94thJordan Bernsne Kick Return Avg. 22.4 10th T75thMike Daniels Tackles for Loss 0.90 14th ---Micah Hyde Tackles 6.6 T17th ---Jordan Bernsne Tackles 6.5 T20th ---Thomas Nardo Tackles 5.6 33rd ---Mike Daniels Tackles 5.4 T36th ---

Team StascsCategory Stats Big Ten NCAAFewest Yards Penalized 32.0 1st 5thPAT Kicking 1.000 T1st ---Net Punng 42.4 2nd 7th

Red Zone Defense 71.4% 2nd T14thRed Zone Offense 94.7% 2nd 11thPassing Offense 258.8 3rd 40thField Goal % 81.8% 3rd ---Third Down Conversions 43.9 4th 44thFewest Turnovers 7 T4th 21stScoring Offense 30.8 6th T51stPass Efficiency 139.2 6th 53rdQB Sacks Allowed 2.00 6th T64thKO Returns 22.1 6th 50thTotal Offense 388.0 7th 70thTime of Possession 28:34 8th 87thRushing Defense 152.2 8th 64thPunt Returns 6.5 8th T75thFirst Downs 22.0 8th T45thScoring Defense 21.6 8th 39th

First Downs Allowed 21.6 8th T83rdIntercepons 5 8th T55thTurnover Margin +0.40 T8th T43rdFourth Down Conversions 0.500 T8th 58thQB Sacks 1.60 9th T84thTotal Defense 387.6 9th 66thPass Efficiency Defense 132.5 9th 69thThird Down Defense 44.9 9th 96thFourth Down Defense 0.625 T9th T92ndRushing Offense 129.2 10th 78thPassing Defense 235.4 10th 80thKO Coverage 41.6 10th 91st




HAWKEYES BY THE NUMBERSIowa returns 36 lettermen from 2010, including 17 on of-

fense, 17 on defense and two specialists. The 36 returninglettermen are 12 less than a year ago. The Hawkeyes returnfive starters on both offense and defense and two specialists

The lettermen breakdown includes six three-year lettermen10 two-year lettermen and 20 one-year lettermen. The totaroster has 112 players, and includes 17 seniors, 20 juniors22 sophomores, 19 redshirt freshmen and 34 true freshmen

Iowas depth chart includes 16 seniors, 15 juniors, 10 sopho-mores and six redshirt freshmen.

RETURNING STAT LEADERSIowa returns just two players who led the team in statistica

categories in 2010. PK Mike Meyer led the team in scoringwith 73 points, hitting 14-17 field goal attempts and 31-33PAT attempts. WR Marvin McNutt, Jr. led the Hawkeyesin receptions (53), receiving yards (861) and touchdownreceptions (8).

IOWA LIKES STARTING ON OFFENSE

Iowa has started on offense in 128 of its last 148 games,including four offive games this season (all but Iowa State)Iowa is 13-7 in those games it has started on defense.

Iowa has started the game on offense in 131 of 154 gamesunder Kirk Ferentz, including 12 of 13 games in 2010 and11 of 13 games in 2009.

PRESTIGIOUS HONORS FOR HAYDEN FRYFormer University of Iowa Football Coach Hayden Fry has

been named recipient of two distinguished national awardsFry, along with three others, was inducted into the United

States Marine Corps Hall of Fame in late August. The cer-emony was held at the Quantico Marine base at Quantico

Virginia.Fry has also been named recipient of the 2012 Paul Bear

Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the AmericanHeart Association. The Award recognizes the career accomplishments of some of colleges finest football coaches. Itthe only award of its kind in the college football arena. Theaward highlights the outstanding achievements and extraordi-nary contributions which have reflected honor and sportsman-ship to the game of football throughout the coachs careerHell receive the award at a banquet Jan. 12th in Houston, Tex

Fry was Iowas head football coach for 20 years, posting a143-89-6 record (96-61-5 in the Big Ten). When he retiredhe was the dean of Big Ten coaches and was just the sixth

football coach in Big Ten history to coach 20 seasons. Hiscareer record was 232-178-10.In 2003 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of

Fame. He has also been honored with the prestigious AmosAlonzo Stagg Lifetime Achievement Award. Since that timehe has also been inducted into Iowas Athletic Hall of Famethe Baylor Wall of Fame, The Peach and Holiday Bowl Hallsof Fame, the Rose Bowl and Sun Bowl Halls of Fame, and theNorth Texas State University Hall of Fame (formerly NTSU)

Broderick Binns, Jr., DE Ted Hendricks AwardPony Express Award

Marcus Coker, So., RB Doak Walker AwardMaxwell Award

Mike Daniels, Sr., DL CFPA Defensive Lineman Trophy

Keenan Davis, J r., WR Biletnikoff Award

James Ferentz, Jr., OL Rimington Trophy

Eric Guthrie, Sr., P AFCA Community Service Award

Micah Hyde, Jr., DB CFPA Defensive Back Trophy

Marvin McNutt, J r., Sr., WR Biletnikoff AwardCFPA Wide Receiver Trophy

Mike Meyer, So., PK CFPA Placekicker Trophy

CFPA Kickoff Specialist Trophy

Tyler Nielsen, Sr., OLB National Football FoundationNational Scholar-Athlete Award

William V. Campbell Trophy Butkus Award

Lott IMPACT Trophy

Shaun Prater, Sr., DB Bronko Nagurski AwardBednarik Award

CFPA Defensive Back Trophy

Riley Reiff, Jr., OL Rotary Lombardi AwardOutland Trophy

Hawkeyes on Watch Lists

Hawkeyes who have seen the first action of their career thisseason, in addition to the 10 true freshmen, included QB A.J.Derby, FB Matt Meyers, WR Kevonte Martin-Manley, RBDeAndre Johnson, LB Terrance Pryor, OL Andrew Donnal,OL Tommy Gaul, WR Steven Staggs, DL Mike Hardy andDL Carl Davis.

Fourteen Hawkeyes have started for the first time in 2011,including TE Zach Derby, FB Jonathan Gimm, OL Matt To-bin, TE Brad Herman, FB Matt Meyers, WR Keenan Davis,DL Lebron Daniel, DL Tom Nardo, DL Dominic Alvis, LBChristian Kirksey, DB Jordan Bernstine, DB Collin Sleeper,DB Tanner Miller and WR Kevonte Martin-Manley.

DEPTH CHART INCLUDES 11 WALK-ONSIowas depth chart includes 11 players who originally joined

the program as a walk-on. That includesfive on offense (OLMatt Tobin, FB Matt Meyers, RB Jason White, WR StevenStaggs, TE Zach Derby), three on defense (DL Thomas Nardo,OLB Tom Donatell, DB Collin Sleeper), and three special-ists (P Eric Guthrie, PK Mike Meyer and LS Casey Kreiter).




FERENTZ JOINS CHALLENGEIowa Coach Kirk Ferentz and Iowa State Coach Paul Rhoads

have joined forces with the Iowa Mentoring Partnership forthe 2011 Coaches Challenge. The Coaches Challenge runsfrom Aug. 1-Nov. 21 and is a competition between IowaNebraska and Kansas to see which state can recruit the mosmentors.

For three years, Kansas and Nebraska have competed in aCoaches Mentoring Challenge, with Bo Pelini (Nebraksa)Bill Snyder (Kansas State) and Turner Gill (Kansas) takingpart in the competition. Ferentz and Rhoads have joined thecompetition this season.

According to The National Mentoring Partnership, thereare 15 million children in the nation in need of caring andquality mentors. In Iowa, it is estimated that nearly 5,000young people are currently in need of a mentor. Many ofthese children and youth are young men who would stronglybenefit from a positive male role model. The Iowa MentoringPartnership, an initiative of the Iowa Commission on Volun-teer Service, upholds the commissions mission to improvelives, strengthen communities and foster civic engagemen

through service and volunteering by supporting qualitymentoring services and by working to close the mentoringgap in our state.

The Iowa Mentoring Partnership currently supports a network of more than 80 local, certified mentoring programs.

Any new mentor application received between Aug. 1-Nov21 will count towards the score of the respective state, withcumulative totals updated each month.

To find out more information or join the Coaches Chal-lenge, visit www.iowamentoring.org or call 1-800-308-5987.

GLANCE AT THE SCHEDULEIowa played three of its first four games in Kinnick Stadium

closing the non-conference schedule Sept. 24 by defeatingLouisiana-Monroe. Iowa is one of two Big Ten Conferenceteams (Ohio State) to play two non-conference games againstteams from BCS conferences.

The Hawkeyes opened Big Ten play at Penn State, mark-ing the 10th time in Kirk Ferentz 13 years at Iowa that theHawkeyes have opened the conference season on the roadIowa returns home to host Northwestern (6:07 p.m., BTN HD)and Indiana (11 a.m., TBA) the next two weekends before aroad game at Minnesota. The second half of the conferenceslate has Iowa hosting Michigan and Michigan State beforetraveling to Purdue and Nebraska. Six of Iowas 2011 op-ponents competed in bowl games last season.

The Hawkeyes do not face Big Ten opponents Illinois, OhioState and Wisconsin in 2011 and 2012.

TICKET UPDATEIowa has sold all tickets for its seven home games. Iowa has

issued over 59,000 season tickets, which includes more than10,000 student tickets. The Iowa record for average homeattendance is 70,585, set in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. Iowahas sold out Kinnick Stadium 52 of the last 54 games. Inaddition, Iowa has sold its allotment of tickets to remainingroad games at Penn State, Minnesota and Nebraska.

Hawkeyes Excel in the Classroom

HAWKEYES RANK HIGH IN GRADUATION RATESThe Iowa Hawkeyes ranked among the nations leaders in academic

success for the 70 college football teams that competed in bowl gamesfollowing the 2010 season.

Iowas 79% ranked 12th in Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for itsfootball student-athletes, according to data collected by the NCAA,among the 70 college football teams that participated in the 35 col-lege football bowl games.

Iowas GSR of 79%, released in October, 2010, ranked third amongteams ranked in the BCS top 25 at the time and is 12 percentage pointshigher than the national average.

In 2009, Iowas GSR of 74% ranked second among the 10 teamsthat competed in 2010 BCS bowl games.

The graduation rate for Iowas 2009 nationally ranked football pro-gram was 67 percent for the second consecutive year. The nationalaverage was 55 percent.

Iowas graduation rate ranked third among teams that appeared inthe 2008 final top 25 rankings.

THREE HAWKEYES EARN ACADEMIC HONORSIn 2008 and again in 2010, three Iowa players were named to the

ESPN/CoSIDA District Seven first all-academic team.Under Kirk Ferentz in the last 12 years, 17 Hawkeye players have

combined to earn academic all-America honors on 32 occasions.Five players, DL Aaron Kampman, OL Andy Lightfoot, LB MikeKlinkenborg, DB Adam Shada and OL Julian Vandervelde, werethree-time honorees.

Iowa, in 2006, was the only Division I program in the nation tohave three players earn first team academic all-America recognition.In addition, Iowa players have been honored 159 times over the past12 seasons with academic all-Big Ten recognition.

HAWKEYES ON THE DEANS LIST, 2010-11

Steve Bigach Josh Koeppel Kyle SteinbrecherAdam Gettis James Morris Brett Van Sloten

Eric Guthrie Tyler Nielsen Jason WhiteHAWKEYES WITH GPA OF 3.0 OR ABOVE, SPRING, 2011

Steve Bigach Casey Kreiter Terrance PryorBroderick Binns Brian Kroll Jacob ReisenDrew Clark Nolan MacMillan Colin SandemanCarl Davis Trent Mossbrucker Kyle SteinbrecherZach Derby Daniel Murray Brett Van Sloten

Adam Gettis Nick Nielsen James Vandenberg

Eric Guthrie Tyler Nielsen Jason White

Mike Hardy

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN, 2010

Steve Bigach Daniel Murray Jeff TarpinianJustin Greiner Tyler Nielsen Brett Van SlotenJosh Koeppel Ross Peterson James VandenbergNick Kuchel Colin Sandeman Julian VanderveldeNolan MacMillan Jack Swanson Jason WhiteBrett Morse




ranked Penn State (21-10) on the road in 2009 and defeatedthe third-ranked Nittany Lions (24-23) in Kinnick Stadiumin 2008.

Along with defeating Michigan State, Iowa defeated Missouri (#12), Penn State (#20) and Michigan (#24). Alongwith losses to Wisconsin and Ohio State, Iowa lost at No18 Arizona.

In Big Ten play, Iowas eight opponents posted an overalrecord of 62-34 during the regular season. Iowa did not playIllinois and Purdue.

IOWA VS. BOWL TEAMSEight of Iowas 13 opponents in 2010 earned bowl invita-

tions. Iowas 13 opponents posted a 92-71 (.564) overalrecord. Wisconsin (Rose) and Ohio State (Sugar) earned BCSbowl bids, while Arizona, Michigan State, Penn State, Michi-gan, Northwestern and Missouri played in the post-season.

HAWKEYE NOTES FROM 2010 Iowa ranked seventh nationally in scoring defense (17.0)

sixth in rushing defense (101.5), 25th in total defense

(332.1) and 24th in pass efficiency defense (115.1). TheIowa defense was the last unit in the nation to allow arushing touchdown last season, that coming in Iowas sixthgame.

The Hawkeyes ranked seventh in the nation in turnovermargin (+1.0) and tied for 11th with 19 pass interceptionsIowa had four interception returns for touchdowns.

Six Iowa opponents scored one touchdown or less, including two who scored no touchdowns. For the second straighseason, eight of Iowas 12 regular season opponents scored17 points or less.

For the third straight season, in 2010, Iowa allowed onlyone individual opponent to rush for over 100 yards.

Iowa ranked 11th in the nation in pass efficiency (155.72)and the Hawkeyes were 50th in scoring offense (28.9). TheHawkeyes were 49th in passing offense (234.5), 57th intotal offense (382.9) and 70th in rushing offense (148.4)Iowa scored 30 or more points in three consecutive BigTen Conference games (Michigan, Wisconsin, MichiganState) for the first time since 2005. Iowa scored 30 or morepoints in six games overall, matching the second highestnumber of games under Kirk Ferentz. Iowa scored 30 omore points in nine games in 2002.

Iowa had just 11 turnovers (five lost fumbles, six intercep-tions), which ranked second in the nation. Iowa lost justwo fumbles in eight Big Ten games, both in the regularseason finale at Minnesota.

Iowa was 8-0 in 2010 when rushing for over 120 yards and0-5 when the rushing total was less than 120 yards.

Iowa ranked sixth in fewest penalty yards per game (37.4and tied for 19th in fewest penalties per game (4.9).

On special teams, Iowa ranked sixth in the nation in punreturn defense (3.9 average on 21 returns) and 12th in KOreturns (25.3).

Iowas opponents had 142 possessions, and just sevenstarted in Iowa territory. Arizona and Minnesota had twopossessions start in Iowa territory and Iowa State, North-western and Ohio State started one possession on Iowasend of the field.

Iowas 100 first half points in 2010 led the Big Ten Conference.

DIVISION CHAMPS TO MEET IN TITLE GAMEThe Big Ten Conference will stage its first conference

football championship game Dec. 3 at Lucas Oil Stadiumin Indianapolis. The prime time contest will be televised byFOX to a national audience.

The Big Tens Legends Division includes Iowa, Michigan,Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern. TheLeaders Division includes Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, PennState, Purdue and Wisconsin.

IOWA FOOTBALL AND THE NFL For the second straight year, Iowa had six players selected

in the 2011 NFL Draft, and for the second straight year thatlist included a first round selection (DE Adrian Clayborn).

Iowa was one of eight schools to have as many as six play-ers selected in the 2011 NFL Draft. A total of 12 formerHawkeyes were rookies in 2011 NFL training camps.

Iowa was the only program to have three defensive linemenselected in the 2011 NFL Draft, and all three are on NFLrosters.

Only two schools, USC (16) and Florida (13), have had

more players selected in the past two seasons. The Iowa football program was represented by 35 playerson opening day NFL rosters. As many as eight additionalformer Hawkeyes with NFL experience are listed as freeagents, on injured reserve or on practice squads.

Iowa ranks eighth nationally (second among Big Tenteams) in number former players currently active in theNFL, behind Miami (FL), USC, Texas, Tennessee, OhioState, Georgia and LSU.

All 11 members of Iowas starting defensive unit in 2008were either drafted in the last three NFL drafts or signedto NFL free agent contracts following the drafts.

Over the past 10 years, 90 of 100 (90%) of Iowas seniorstarters have been drafted in the NFL or signed NFL free

agent contracts. At least one Iowa Hawkeye has been selected in every NFLDraft since 1978.

Iowa has had the most offensive linemen (11) drafted inthe NFL since the 2003 NFL Draft.

Iowa has placed 20 defensive linemen in the NFL underKirk Ferentz. Every senior starter (seven) under defensiveline Coach Rick Kaczenski has gone on to the NFL.

Defensive secondary Coach Phil Parker has coached 14Iowa defensive backs to the NFL.

IOWA VS. RANKED OPPONENTSIowa posted a 4-3 record while facing seven ranked oppo-

nents in 2010, the most for a Kirk Ferentz coached Hawkeye

team. Iowa played six ranked teams in 1999 and 2003. Thefour wins over ranked teams are the most for Iowa since post-ing a 4-2 record vs. six ranked opponents in 2003.

Three of Iowas seven opponents were ranked in the top10, while Missouri was 12th. Iowa lost to No. 10 Wisconsin(31-30), defeated No. 5 Michigan State (37-6) and lost to No.7 Ohio State (20-17), all in Kinnick Stadium. In 2009, Iowadefeated No. 4 Penn State and No. 9 Georgia Tech, whilelosing at No. 8 Ohio State in overtime.

With the 37-6 win over fifth-ranked Michigan State(10/30/10), Iowa has recorded a victory over a top-five rankedteam in each of the last three seasons. Iowa defeated fourth-




IOWA TO MEET NEBRASKA ON FRIDAYIowas regular season finale will be played on Friday, Nov.

25 at Nebraska, the day after Thanksgiving. That contest willbe televised by ABC (11 a.m. CT) to a national audience.

Iowa and Nebraska will also meet in Kinnick Stadium onthe Friday following Thanksgiving to end the 2012 regularseason.

IOWA ADDS TROPHY GAME WITH NEBRASKAWhen Iowa and Nebraska resume their series in November,

the two teams will be playing The Heroes Game, withthe winner claiming the Heroes Trophy. The trophy gamebetween the Hawkeyes and Cornhuskers is the latest trophygame for the Hawkeyes, who also play trophy games withIowa State (Cy-Hawk Trophy), Minnesota (Floyd of Rose-dale) and Wisconsin (Heartland Trophy).

HEROES CAN BE NOMINATEDOne hero from both Iowa and Nebraska will be honored

when Iowa and Nebraska play the inaugural Heroes Gamepresented by Hy-Vee, on Friday, Nov. 25 in Lincoln, Neb.

A nominee must be at least 18 years of age and live, work orgo to school in either Iowa or Nebraska. However, the act ofheroism or good deed need not have occurred in either state.

One person from both Iowa and Nebraska will be selectedto represent each state at the Heroes Game. They will receivefour tickets to the football game, participate in an on-fieldpresentation, and have their name and hometown inscribedon the Heroes Game trophy.

Nominations will be accepted from Sept. 23 to Oct. 31.Nomination forms, rules, and further information can befound online at www.Hy-Vee.com or may be picked up at Hy-Vee store locations in Iowa and Nebraska.

Nominations may also be mailed to the American Red

Cross Des Moines office, 2116 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA50312, or faxed to (515) 244-8012 by midnight on October31, 2011. Nominations not recognized at the Heroes Gamewill be considered for recognition at the American Red CrossHeroes of the Heartland events in selected Iowa and Nebraskacities and towns in March 2012.

HAWKEYE FOOTBALL NOTES Dating back to 2008, Iowa has won 10 of its last 16 games

away from Iowa City, with two of the six losses comingat the hands of ranked teams and two of the six coming inovertime. A six-game streak was snapped in the overtimeloss at eighth-ranked Ohio State in November, 2009. Theroad winning streak was the longest for Iowa since winning

all five of its road games during the 2002 regular season.That streak was six straight games away from home, in-cluding the 2001 Alamo Bowl.

Iowas 2009 win at No. 4/5 ranked Penn State markedIowas first road win over a team ranked in the top fivesince 1990. That season the Hawkeyes scored a 54-28 winat fifth-ranked Illinois. Iowa concluded the 2009 seasonwith a neutral site win over ninth-ranked Georgia Tech inthe Orange Bowl. Iowa has defeated a team ranked in thetop five in each of the last three seasons, including homewins over Penn State (2008) and Michigan State (2010).

IOWA PROGRAM NOTES Iowa was bowl eligible in 2010 for the 10th straight sea-

son. The Hawkeyes played in their ninth bowl game since2001. Iowa played in the 2001 Alamo Bowl, 2003 OrangeBowl, 2004 Outback Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2006Outback Bowl, 2006 Alamo Bowl, 2009 Outback Bowl2010 Orange Bowl and 2010 Insight Bowl.

Iowa has posted a 6-3 bowl record under Kirk FerentzFerentz is tied for third on the all-time list of Big Tencoaches with six bowl victories. Iowas .667 (6-3) winningpercentage in bowl games in the BCS era ranks as the besin the Big Ten Conference.

Four of Iowas six bowl wins under Kirk Ferentz have beenin January. Under Ferentz, the Hawkeyes have bowl winsover teams from the Southeastern (three), Big 12 (two) andAtlantic Coast conferences.

Iowa is one of four programs in the nation to win a bowlgame at the conclusion of each of the last three seasonswith two of the three being January bowl wins. Among BigTen teams, only Penn State (1993-96), Michigan (1997-2000) and Ohio State (2002-2005) have won four straighbowl games in as many seasons.

Iowa has defeated a team ranked in the top five in the na-tion, in the Associated Press rankings, in each of the pasthree seasons (Penn State in 2008 and 2009, MichiganState in 2010).

Iowa earned Big Ten Conference championships in 2002and 2004 and placed second in 2009. Iowa (8-0, 2002) ione of two Big Ten teams to post a perfect mark in conference play since 1998 (BCS era).

Iowa has ranked in the top 10 in the final Associated Pressand CNN/USA Today coaches polls in four of the pastnine seasons, including a ranking of seventh in both pollsat the conclusion of the 2009 season. Iowa ranked eighthin 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the Hawkeyes were also 20thin 2008.

Iowa established a school record with 11 wins in 2002 (112) and matched that record in 2009. In 2009, Iowa won10 regular season games for just the fourth time in schoohistory.

Iowa won 10 or more games in three consecutive years(2002-04) for first time in school history.

Iowa compiled an eight-year record of 78-36 (.684), 2002-10, third best in the Big Ten. The 78 victories rank as the18th best total in the nation.

Iowa posted a 46-26 Big Ten record from 2002-10, whichranks second among league teams over that span.

Kirk Ferentz has been named Big Ten Coach of the Yearthree times (2002, 2004 & 2009) and he was named Na-tional Coach of the Year in 2002. Ferentz joins MichigansBo Schembechler (four), Iowas Hayden Fry (three) andPenn States Joe Paterno (three) as the only coaches to behonored in more than two seasons.

Iowa has had national award winners in: Robert Gallery(2003 Outland, Top Lineman); Brad Banks (2002 DaveyOBrien, Top Quarterback; 2002 Associated Press Na-tional Player of the Year); Dallas Clark (2002 MackeyTop Tight End); Nate Kaeding (2002 Groza, Top Kicker)Shonn Greene (2008 Doak Walker, Top Running Back)Iowa is one of three football programs (joining Oklahomaand Texas) to have five different individual players earnnational Player of the Year honors at their position since2002.




HAWKEYES THIRD IN BOWL APPEARANCESIowa ranks third in Big Ten bowl appearances. Ohio State

has received a conference-best 42 bowl bids, followed byMichigan (40) and the Hawkeyes (25). Wisconsin ranksfourth with 22.

Iowa (14-10-1, .580), Penn State (27-14-2, .651) and Purdue(8-7, .533) are the only Big Ten teams with a winning percent-age in bowl games.

Iowa was one of eight Big Ten Conference teams to partici-pate in a bowl game following the 2010 season. The Big Tenhad two teams compete in BCS games for the 10th time in 13seasons. Since the inception of the BCS in 1998, the Big Tenhas qualified 23 teams for BCS bowls, more than any otherconference. Seven different Big Ten programs have playedin BCS bowl games. The Big Ten sent eight teams to bowlgames for the third time (2003 & 2007). Big Ten Conferenceteams posted a 4-3 record in bowl games following the 2009season and a 3-5 mark in 2010.

IOWA AMONG TOP 20 IN WINS, 2002-10Iowa has 80 wins since the start of the 2002 season, which

ties as the 17th highest total in Division I football. The listincludes the following: Boise State (112); USC (103); Okla-homa (103); Ohio State (102); Texas (99); LSU (98); TCU(96); Virginia Tech (96); Florida (92); Georgia (92); Auburn(91); West Virginia (90); Wisconsin (86); Utah (85); Alabama(85); Texas Tech (83); IOWA (81); Boston College (81); PennState (78) and Miami, FL (78).

BEST DECADE FOR IOWA FOOTBALLIowas football record in the 2000 decade was 80-45 (.640),

a record that ranks as the best dec

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