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IOWA OFFENSE MARYLAND OFFENSE

WR .........4 T. Smith, 9 J. Smith WR .........1 Moore, 84 Ea-Tawo

LT .........64 Croston, 52 Myers T ...........76 Dunn, 75 GrayLG ........79 Daniels, 73 Ward G ..........55 Doyle, 60 Grommer

C .........63 Blythe, 58 Simmons C ...........50 Mulrooney, 64 Moore

RG ........65 Walsh, 76 Ferguson G ..........66 Zeller, 79 Shelton

RT ........79 Welsh, 69 Render T ...........58 Prince, 54 Dulaney

TE .........80 Krieger Coble, 46 Kile/87 Duzey WR .........8 Jacobs, 13 Lane

WR .......89 VandeBerg, 83 McCarron WR .......83 Culmer, 12 Jacobs

WR .......17 Hillyer, 83 McCarron TE .........82 Edwards, 88 Gallo/48 Hayward

QB ........16 Beathard, 8 Wiegers QB ........11 Hills, 2 Cockerille/7 RoweRB ........25 Wadley, 32 Mitchell, Jr., 29 Daniels, Jr. RB .........45 Ross, 5 Brown

FB .........42 Plewa, 38 Cox FB .........30 Goins, Jr., 33 Stefanelli

IOWA DEFENSE MARYLAND DEFENSE

DE ........34 Meier, 96 Nelson DE.........90 Braglio, 41 AniebonamDT ........67 Johnson, 56 Ekakie DT .........95 Ukandu, 57 Opara

DT ........99 Bazata, 61 Terlouw DT .........99 Jeerson, 96 Kulka

DE ........40 Hesse, 49 Spears DE...........7 Ngakoue, 39 Walker

OLB ......44 Niemann, 41 Bower LB .........37 Thompson, 11 ConyersMLB .....43 Jewell, 39 Perry MLB ......23 Carter, Jr., 9 Burke

WLB .....36 Fisher, 31 Mends/48 Hockaday LB .........43 Brooks, 38 Zanoo

LC .........13 Mabin, 28 Fleming CB ...........4 Likely, 26 Savage, Jr.

SS .........19 Taylor, 12 Gair S ...........19 Hendy, 27 HillFS ........ 27 Lomax, 37 Snyder S ...........20 Nixon, 17 Woods

RC ........14 King, 7 Draper/15 Jackson CB .........21 Davis, 32 Ross

PT .........16 Kidd, 1 Koehn PT .........95 Pritchard, 38 ShraderPK ..........1 Koehn, 91 Recinos PK .........15 Craddock, 3 Greene

TIME & PLACE - - 2:30 p.m. (CT), Saturday, Oct. 31, Kinnick Sta-dium (70,585), Iowa City, Iowa.

TICKETS - - Tickets are $65 for adults and there is a $25 youthcket available. Tickets are on sale at the UI Athlecs Ticket Ocein Carver-Hawkeye Arena or by phone or website (1-800-IA-HAWKSor hawkeyesports.com) .

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 ABC, with a reversemirror on ESPN2. The announcers are Adam Amin, Kelly Stouer& Olivia Harlan.

THE RECORDS - - Iowa is 7-0, 3-0, 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), and at Northwestern (40-10).

Maryland (2-5, 0-3) has defeated Richmond (50-21) and SouthFlorida (35-17). The losses have been to Bowling Green (48-27),at West Virginia (45-6), Michigan (28-0), at Ohio State (49-28) andPenn State (31-30).

THE SERIES - - Maryland leads the series 1-0, taking a 38-31decision last season in College Park. Maryland is in its secondseason as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

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 134-106 and he is 122-85 at Iowa. He is ed foreighth in the Big Ten Conference in coaching wins.

Mike Locksley was named Maryland’s interim head coach aersix games. Locksley is 0-1 with the Terrapins following the 31-30loss to Penn State. Locksley has been the Maryland oensivecoordinator since 2011. He served as the head coach at NewMexico from 2009-11. He was an assistant coach at Florida whenthe Hawkeyes defeated the Gators in the 2004 Outback Bowl.

NEXT GAME - - Iowa travels to Indiana Nov. 7 (TBA), before re-turning home for consecuve games vs. Minnesota and PurdueMaryland returns home to host Wisconsin (3:30 p.m. ET, TBA).

@HawkeyeFootball Game NotesGame #8 vs. Maryland

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 ............... 64 * Cole Croston 6-5 295 Jr. Sergeant Blu, Iowa (Sergeant Blu-Luton) 52 * Boone Myers 6-5 300 So. Webster City, Iowa (Webster City)LG .............. 78 James Daniels ^ 6-4 285 Fr. Warren, Ohio (Harding) 73 * Ryan Ward 6-5 290 Jr. Homer Glen, Ill. (Providence Catholic)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) 76 Dalton Ferguson 6-4 307 #Fr. Solon, Iowa (Solon)RT............... 79 * Sean Welsh 6-3 288 So. Springboro, Ohio (Springboro) 69 Keagan Render 6-4 305 #Fr. Indianola, Iowa (Indianola)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) 83 ** Riley McCarron 5-9 186 Jr. Dubuque, Iowa (Wahlert)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 .............. 25 Akrum Wadley 5-11 185 So. Newark, N.J. (Weequahic) 32 Derrick Mitchell, Jr. 6-1 212 So. St. Louis, Mo. (Vashon) 29 LeShun Daniels, Jr. 6-0 225 Jr. Warren, Ohio (Harding)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


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* 2:30 p.m./ABC (ESPN2)

11/7 at Indiana* TBA

11/14 Minnesota* 7 p.m.

11/21 Purdue* TBA

11/27 at Nebraska* TBA

* Big Ten Conference game

9/5 vs. Richmond W, 50-21

9/12 vs. Bowling Green L, 27-48

9/19 vs. USF W, 35-17

9/26 at West Virginia L, 6-45

10/3 vs. Michigan * L, 0-28

10/10 at Ohio State * L, 28-49

10/24 vs. Penn State * L, 30-31

10/31 at Iowa * 2:30 p.m./ABC (ESPN2)

11/7 vs. Wisconsin * 2:30 p.m.

11/14 at Michigan State * TBA

11/21 vs. Indiana * TBA

11/28 at Rutgers * TBA

* Big Ten Conference game


GAME #8: #10/11 IOWA vs. MARYLAND

IOWA HAWKEYESRecord: 7-0, 3-0

Ranking: No. 10 (AP)

Ranking: No. 11 (USA Today )

Head Coach: Kirk Ferentz

Alma Mater: Conneccut

Overall Record: 134-106 (20 yrs)

Record at Iowa: 122-85 (17 yrs)

MARYLAND TERRAPINSRecord: 2-5, 0-3

Ranking: NR (AP)

Ranking: NR (USA Today )

Head Coach: Mike Locksley

Alma Mater: Towson

Overall Record: 2-27 (4 yrs)

Record at Maryland: 0-1 (1 yr)

THE SETTINGDate: Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015

Lc: Iowa Ciy, Iowa

Stadium: Kinnick Stadium (70,585)

Surface: Field Turf

Kck : 2:30

Series: Maryland leads, 1-0

Tickets: hawkeyesports.com; 1-800-IA-HAWKS

TV: ABC (ESPN2 outer markets)

Adam Amin, play-by-play

Kelly Stouer, analyst

Olivia Harlan, 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

7-0, 3-0 BIG TEN

MARYLAND RESULTS/SCHEDULE

2-5, 0-3 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 is 3-0 in the Big Ten for the third me under Kirk Ferentz. Iowa opened 3-0 in the

Big Ten in 2009 (5-0) and 2002 (8-0).

The Hawkeyes are 7-0 for the rst me since 2009, the second me under Kirk Ferentz,

and the h me in school history.

Iowa ranks second in the Big Ten (Ohio State, 13) with 12 scrimmage plays of 40-plusyards. The Hawkeyes had 12 scrimmage plays of 40-plus yards all of last season, and 13

such plays in 2012 and 2013 combined. LSU.

The Hawkeyes are the only team in the country to allow just one rushing touchdown.

The Hawkeyes yield an average of 74.1 rushing yards per game, second best in the Big

Ten and third naonally.

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

career starts. He is 4-0 on the road, 4-0 at home, and 4-0 in the Big Ten.

Iowa is ranked 11th in the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll for the second straight week. Iowa

debuted in the poll last week at No. 11 (established prior to 2014).

Iowa has two roads wins over ranked opponents (Wisconsin, Northwestern) for the rstme since 2002 (at No. 12 Penn State, 42-35; at No. 8 Michigan, 34-9). Alabama is the only

other school with two road wins over ranked opponents this season.

Junior DB Desmond King leads the Big Ten and ranks second naonally with six intercep-

ons. The last Hawkeye to lead the conference in intercepons was Tyler Sash in 2009 (6)

Iowa is ranked 10th in the AP Poll. It is the Hawkeyes’ highest appearance in the AP Po

since being ranked ninth on Sept. 12, 2010.

Iowa has scored 56 points o turnovers, aer scoring 35 points o turnovers all of last

season. Iowa has a Big Ten-best nine intercepons.

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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: 620-541-39All-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: 273-177-15

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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Iowa is trying to improve to 8-0 for just the second me in school history. The Hawkeye

were 7-0 in 1985, 1922, and 1921, and opened the season 9-0 in 2009, its best start i

school history.

POWER OF 3

Three dierent Hawkeyes have rushed for over 100 yards in a game this season: Jorda

Canzeri (4x), and LeShun Daniels and Akrum Wadley once each. The last me the Hawkeyehad 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 VandeBer

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

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

Slutzker (1).

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 th

special 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. The lasme three dierent oensive players earned weekly conference honors was 1997 (Tavia

Banks, Tim Dwight, and Rob Thein).

KING NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR JIM THOPRE AWARD

DB Desmond King is one of 16 seminalists for the 2015 Jim Thorpe Award, given to th

top defensive back in college football. The junior leads the Big Ten Conference and rank

second in the naon with six intercepons (0.9 per game). King has mulple intercepon

in two games, with two thes in wins over Pisburgh and Wisconsin.

King has recorded 22 solo tackles and nine assists, with one tackle for loss. He lead

the Hawkeyes with seven pass break-ups. Iowa ranks third in the naon in rushing defens

(74.1), 10th in scoring defense (15.3), 12th in total defense (294.3), and 20th in pas

eciency defense (107.75).

King was named the Jim Thorpe naonal Defensive Player of the Week and Big TeDefensive Player of the Week following Iowa’s win at Wisconsin. His six intercepons ar

the most for a Hawkeye in a season since Tyler Sash had six in 2009. He is also the rs

Hawkeye with mulple mul-intercepon games in a season since Sash in 2009.

MARYLAND SAFETY NET

Both of Iowa’s starng safees are Maryland naves. Senior FS Jordan Lomax aende

DeMatha Catholic High School and is a nave of Upper Marlboro. Lomax recorded a caree

high 11 tackles in the Iowa-Maryland game in 2014. Sophomore SS Miles Taylor aende

Gonzaga College High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. He saw acon but recorded n

stascs in the 2014 Iowa-Maryland game.



West DivisionTeam Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.IOWA 3-0 1.000 7-0 1.000Wisconsin 3-1 .750 6-2 .750Northwestern 2-2 .500 6-2 .750Illinois 1-2 .333 4-3 .571

Minnesota 1-2 .333 4-3 .571Nebraska 1-3 .250 3-5 .375Purdue 0-3 .000 1-6 .143

East DivisionTeam Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.Ohio State 4-0 1.000 8-0 1.000Michigan State 4-0 1.000 8-0 1.000Penn State 3-1 .750 6-2 .750Michigan 2-1 .667 5-2 .714Rutgers 1-3 .250 3-4 .429Maryland 0-3 .000 2-5 .286Indiana 0-4 .000 4-4 .500

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BIG TEN STANDINGS

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN

NATIONAL RANKINGS

AP PollOct. 25

1. Ohio State

2. Baylor

3. Clemson

4. LSU

5. TCU

6. Michigan State

7. Alabama

8. Stanford

9. Notre Dame

10. IOWA11. Florida

12. Oklahoma State13. Utah

14. Oklahoma

15. Michigan

16. Memphis

17. Florida State

18. Houston

19. Ole Miss

20. Toledo

21. Temple

22. Duke

23. Pitsburgh

24. UCLA

25. Mississippi State

USA Today PollOct. 25

1. Ohio State

2. Baylor

3. TCU

4. LSU

5. Michigan State

6. Clemson

7. Alabama

8. Stanford

9. Notre Dame

10. Oklahoma State

11. IOWA

12. Florida13. Oklahoma

14. Utah

15. Florida State

16. Memphis

17. Michigan

18. Duke

19. Houston

20. Toledo

21. Ole Miss

22. Temple

23. Georgia

24. Pitsburgh

25. UCLA

Saturday, October 31

Illinois at Penn State, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)

Nebraska at Purdue, 11 a.m. (ESPNU)

Rutgers at Wisconsin, 11 a.m. (BTN)

Maryland at #10 IOWA, 2:30 p.m. (ABC)

Michigan at Minnesota, 6 p.m. (ESPN)

IOW A/MARYLAND NOTES

• Saturday is the second ever football game between the two schools.

• Maryland is playing in Iowa City for the rst me in program history.

• Iowa has seven players from the state of Maryland on its roster, including DL Daria

Cooper (Elkridge), LB Eric Grimm (Damascus), RB Marcel Joly (Hyasville), FS Jorda

Lomas (Upper Marlboro), LB Steve Manders (Croon), SS Miles Taylor (Silver Spring

and DB Omar Trui (Fort Washington). Maryland has no nave Iowans on its roster.

• Iowa (214.4) and Maryland (186.7) rank second and third, respecvely, in the Big Te

in rushing oense. Iowa also ranks second in rush defense (74.1), while the Terps ran

13th (175.6).

• Maryland averages a Big Ten-best 19.9 yards on punt returns. The Hawkeyes yield 3.

yards per punt return.

• Iowa P Dillon Kidd ranks third in the Big Ten, averaging 44.8 yards per punt. Marylan

returner Will Likely leads the conference with 19.9 yards per return, including a pa

of touchdowns.

• Iowa is 6-8-1 all-me in games played on Halloween.

SERIES HISTORY

Maryland won the only meeng of the series, 38-31, at College Park, Maryland, o

Oct. 18, 2014.The Hawkeyes sprinted out to a 14-0 advantage in the rst quarter aer a RB Mar

Weisman 2-yard scoring run and a TE Henry Krieger Coble 2-yard touchdown recepo

from QB Jake Rudock. Weisman’s score came ve plays aer DE Drew O intercepte

Maryland QB C.J. Brown on the rst play from scrimmage.

The Terrapins answered with 24 straight points spanning the first, second an

third quarters. Jacquille Veii ran for a 23-yard

touchdown, Wes Brown scored on a 1-yard rush,

Stefon Diggs tallied a 53-yard TD recepon and

Brad Craddock kicked a 41-yard eld goal.

Iowa closed the gap to 24-21 late in the third

quarter aer Weisman’s second 2-yard scoring

run of the game.

Maryland extended its lead to 17 in thefourth quarter aer Will Likely returned a Rudock

intercepon 45 yards and Brown added a 1-yard

touchdown run.

Iowa added a WR Jacob Hillyer 4-yard TD

recepon and a 24-yard Marshall Koehn eld goal

with 1:19 remaining to pull within seven, but the Hawkeyes’ aempt to recover a secon

consecuve onside kick was unsuccessful and Maryland held on for the win.

Rudock completed 32-of-56 passes for 317 yards and two touchdowns, while Marylan

starter C.J. Brown completed 12-of-23 passes for 120 yards.

Weisman rushed for a team-high 78 yards on 10 carries, while Brown led the Terrapin

with 99 yards rushing on 21 aempts.

Defensively, LB Quinton Alston (12) and FS Jordan Lomax (11) each registered caree

highs in tackles.

IOWA MARYLAND

Score 31 38

First Downs 19 22

Rushes-Yds. 31-116 46-212

Passing Yds. 317 206

Passes (C-A-I) 32-56-1 17-33-2

Tl O 87-433 79-418

Punts-Avg. 9-37.1 9-37.8

Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0

Pl-Yrd 7-65 6-50

Time of Possession 29:31 30:29



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 MD

Record 7-0 2-5Scoring Average 32.9 25.1Scoring Defense 15.3 31.4Rushing Yards 214.4 186.7Passing Yards 206.7 172.4Total Oense 421.1 359.1Rushing Defense 74.1 175.6Passing Defense 220.1 268.6Total Defense 294.3 444.1Punt Return Average 15.7 20.5KO Return Average 22.5 21.9

Turnover Margin 1.00 -1.86

THE SERIES: BY THE NUMBERS

Series Record: Maryland leads, 1-0 at Iowa City: First Meeng at College Park: Maryland leads, 1-0Current Streak: Maryland -- 1Last Iowa Win: - - -

Largest Margin in UI Victory: - - -

Highest Scoring Game: Maryland, 38-31 (2014)Lowest Scoring Game: Maryland, 38-31 (2014)

STATISTICAL COMPARISON

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE


EERILY FAMILIAR

The Hawkeyes are 7-0 for the rst me since 2009, when they started 9-0 for the on

me in school history. The 2009 and 2015 schedule dates are near mirror images.

Iowa opened the 2009 season on Sept. 5 and played 12 consecuve Saturdays unl its na

game on Nov. 21. The Hawkeyes won nine straight to open the season before suering the

rst loss on Nov. 11 at home to Northwestern.

Iowa opened the 2015 season on Sept. 5 and played seven consecuve Saturday’s befor

being idle on Oct. 24. The Hawkeyes are 7-0 through eight weeks of the season.

WE’LL GO FIRST

Iowa received the opening kicko in six of seven games this season, and has outscore

its opponents 36-13 in the rst quarter.

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

kicko in 168-of-207 games (101-67). Iowa has started the game on defense in 39-of-20

games under Ferentz (21-18).

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. 2 defense in the conference, has yielded 88 tota

rushing yards in the fourth quarter this season. That includes a 55-yard eort from NortTexas against Iowa reserves.

Beathard is 18-of-25 passing for 236 yards and one touchdown. He has also rushed nin

mes for 28 yards and one touchdown in the fourth quarter this season. He has engineere

game-winning drives in the fourth quarter two mes this season (Iowa State and Pi). H

was 4-of-4 for 46 yards and a touchdown against Iowa State, and he rushed for 27 yards o

three carries to set up K Marshall Koehn’s 57-yard game winning eld goal against Pi.

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

numbers include 25-of-32 passing for 331 yards and three touchdowns, and 11 carries fo

66 yards and one touchdown. Beathard did not play in the fourth quarter against Nort

Texas.

IT’S IOWA AND EVERYONE ELSE

Iowa allowed a rushing touchdown for the rst me this season in Week 6 against IllinoiIt is the only rushing touchdown allowed by the Iowa defense this season. The Hawkeye

are the only team in the country to allow just one rushing touchdown. The Hawkeyes yie

an average of 74.1 rushing yards per game, second best in the Big Ten and third naonally

Iowa limits its opponents to 2.5 yards per carry (519 yards on 211 aempts), third best i

the country.

Iowa has held six of seven opponents to under 100 yards rushing (North Texas, 183).

6 THE OTHER WAY

Iowa is ed for the Big Ten lead with nine intercepons. The Hawkeyes returned tw

intercepons for touchdowns in Week 4 against North Texas. LB Josey Jewell recorded th

rst intercepon of his career, returning it 34 yards for a touchdown. LB Bo Bower returne

an intercepon 88 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. It is the seventh longes

intercepon return in school history.

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

seasons, and 13 of the last 15 seasons.

FLIRTING WITH 100

Junior QB C.J. Beathard gained 111 yards but lost 34 yards rushing against Iowa State o

Sept. 12. His net gain of 77 yards threatened his career-high of 82 set at the 2015 TaxSlaye

Bowl. The last Iowa quarterback to rush for 100 yards in a single game was Butch Caldwe

who ran for 109 yards on 12 aempts against Michigan State on Nov. 24, 1973 in Iowa Cit



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 ed for eighth with 122 overall wins as a member of

the Big Ten Conference. He has 71 Big Ten wins, which ranks ninth

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 January

bowl victories (2004 Outback Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2009

Outback Bowl and 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl).

• Iowa has posted a 113-64 (.638) overall mark and a 66-46 (.589)

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 122-85 (.589) and a

71-60 (.542) mark in Big Ten games. In his 19th season as a college

head coach, he holds a career mark of 134-106 (.558). 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-yearstarter 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 7-0 1.000 3-0 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 Orange2008 9-4 .692 5-3 .625 Outback

2007 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 122-85 .589 71-60 .542


HEAD COACH KIRK FERENTZ FERENTZ MOVES UP IN VICTORIES Head coach Kirk Ferentz has 122 wins as a member of the B

Ten Conference, tying Lloyd Carr for eighth in conference history

Ferentz has 71 Big Ten wins, the ninth most in conference history

Only eight coaches rank in the top 10 in both categorie

overall wins as a member of the Big Ten, and conference wins. Th

others include Woody Hayes (OSU), Amos Alonzo Stagg (CHI), BSchembechler (MICH), Hayden Fry (IOWA), Robert Zuppke (ILL

Lloyd Carr (MICH), and Barry Alvarez (WIS).

Ferentz also has six bowl wins as a member of the Big Ten, tyin

Fry and Carr for No. 2 all-me. Only Alvarez has more (9).

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). Ferentz is ed for second with Bob Stoop

of Oklahoma.

FIND THE NFL-ER Since 1999, Kirk Ferentz’s rst year as UI head coach, the Hawkeye

have had a future NFL player start on the oensive line 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 tackle from

2012-14. Riley Rei, selected 23rd overall by the Detroit Lions in 2012

started at le tackle from 2010-11. Bryan Bulaga, selected 23rd overa

by the Green Bay Packers in 2010, started at le guard in 2007 befor

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 guarin 2003. Oakland’s rst round pick in 2004, Robert Gallery, was Iowa

le tackle from 2001-03. Eric Steinbach (Cincinna) started at guar

for Iowa from 2000-02, and Bruce Nelson (Carolina) was a four-yea

starter from 1999-02. Both players were second round dra picks i

2003.

FIRST TIME STARTERS

The Hawkeyes have used 13 rst me starters: RB LeShu

Daniels, Jr., LT Boone Myers, DT Nathan Bazata, DT Jaleel Johnson

LB Cole Fisher, LB Ben Niemann, SS Miles Taylor, TE Jameer Outsey

DE Parker Hesse, WR Riley McCarron, LT Cole Croston, WR Jermin

Smith, and LG James Daniels.

REMOVE THE REDSHIRT

Four true freshmen have played in 2015. OL James Daniel

WR Jerminic Smith, and WR Adrian Falconer all saw acon in th

season opener. LB Jack Hockaday saw his rst acon Week 7 a

Northwestern.

Smith started at Wisconsin, becoming the rst Iowa freshman t

start at wide receiver since Ma VandeBerg started two games i

2013. Daniels made his rst career start at Northwestern, becomin

the rst true freshman to start on the oensive line since Brya

Bulaga in 2007. Daniels joined the Iowa program last spring an

parcipated in spring pracce.




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 223 6.0

Second Down 162 6.4

Third Down 100 5.2

Fourth Down 9 5.3

IOWA BY QUARTERSQUARTER IOWA OPPONENTS

First 36 13

Second 85 44

Third 48 22

Fourth 61 28

OT 0 0

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS

T/O Gained Pts Scored

Iowa 15 57

Opponents 8 30

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

Career Games Played/Starts: 20/7

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

career starts.

Beathard ranks h in the Big Ten in total oense with 1,609 yards. He has 1,415 yards

passing, and his 194 rushing yards rank third among Big Ten quarterbacks (J.T. Barre

OSU; Tommy Armstrong, Nebraska).

Beathard in 3-2-1:• Undefeated in eight career starts (Purdue, 2014; all seven games this season). Numbers

include 131-of-224 passing for 1,660 yards, 10 touchdowns, and four intercepons,

and 223 yards rushing with three rushing touchdowns.

• Has won his rst eight career starts, a record that includes a 4-0 mark on the road, a

4-0 mark at home, and a 4-0 mark in the Big Ten.

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

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

ing) against the Cyclones.

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

Career Games Played/Started: 43/42

Senior C Ausn Blythe is the veteran on an oensive line that rotates three sophomores

and a true freshman. He has started 42 games for Iowa, more than any other acveHawkeye, since debung as Iowa’s starng RG as a redshirt freshman in the 2012 season

opener.

Blythe in 3-2-1:

• 38 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 started the rst two weeks of the season, but has seen

limited acon since leaving the Iowa State game due to injury. Daniels rushed for 179

yards through the rst ve-plus quarters of the season, but has been limited to 47 yardssince. He did not play in Week’s 6 or 7.

Daniels in 3-2-1:

• Set career highs in carries (26), rushing yards (123), and longest rush (27) in his rs

career start against Illinois State on Sept. 5. It was his rst career 100-yard game.

• Entered the season with 184 rushing yards in 12 games. Has 226 rushing yards in ve

games this season.

• He was Iowa’s eighth dierent opening day starng running back since 2007.

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


Senior RB Jordan Canzeri le the Northwestern game in the rst quarter due to injury

and did not return.

Canzeri ed a school record with four rushing touchdowns in Week 4 against NorthTexas. He has 10 touchdowns this season, nine rushing and one receiving.

Canzeri leads Iowa in rushing yards (698) and ranks second in recepons (17). His 891

all-purpose yards rank third in the conference.

Canzeri in 3-2-1:

• Set a single-game school record for aempts (43) and rushed for 256 yards, the third

highest single-game output in school history, against Illinois in Week 6. He was named

Big Ten Oensive Player of the Week by the Big Ten Conference and College Sports

Madness. The 43 rushes are an FBS single-game high, and the 256 rushing yards rank

h among all FBS running backs this season.

• Six career 100-yard rushing games, including four this season.

• Second on the team with 17 recepons. Has 10 straight games with at least one recepon



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. Jerry Kill, Minnesota

11:56 a.m. Kyle Flood, Rutgers

12:04 p.m. Bill Cubit, Illinois

12:12 p.m. Randy Edsall, 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

• Boone Myers -- did not play the last two games

• Drew O -- out for the season (ACL)

• Jordan Canzeri -- day-to-day

• Ike Boeger -- day-to-day

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


Sophomore RB Akrum Wadley was named Big Ten Oensive Player of the Week by th

conference and College Sports Madness following Iowa’s 40-10 win at No. 20 Northwester

Wadley in 3-2-1:

• Set career highs in carries (26), rushing yards (204) against Northwestern in Week 7

• Tied school record with four rushing touchdowns against Northwestern in Week 7.• His 204 rushing yards against Northwestern es for the 14th best single game total i

school history.

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


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:

• Three of his four recepons 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 receivesince 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)


Junior CB Desmond King recorded his sixth intercepon of the season at No. 2

Northwestern. King added a pair of pass breakups against the Wildcats. His six intercepon

lead the league, and his 13 passes defended e for second.

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

Four of his six intercepons this season have resulted in Iowa scores (2 TDs, 2 FG).

King in 3-2-1:

• Leads the Big Ten and ranks second naonally with six intercepons. The last Hawkey

to lead the league in intercepons was Tyler Sash in 2009 (6).

• First Hawkeye with six intercepons in a single-season since Tyler Sash had six in 2009

No Hawkeye has seven intercepons in a single season since Kerry Burt in 1987.

• King is Iowa’ primary kick and punt returner. He averages 15.7 yards per punt return

No. 2 in the league. He totaled 180 return yards against North Texas (71 punt and 10

kicko), becoming the fourth Big Ten player in the last 20 seasons with 100-plus kicko

return yards and 70-plus punt return yards in a single game.

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

Career Games Played/Starts: 40/20Senior FS Jordan Lomax ranks third on the team with 43 tackles.

Lomax in 3-2-1:

• He has started 19 of Iowa’s last 20 games.

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

in 2014.

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

injury.




IOWA STATISTICS

Player Category Stats Big Ten NCAA

Jordan Canzeri Rushing 99.71 4th 35th

C.J. Beathard Passing 202.1 7th 64th

C.J. Beathard Total Oense 229.9 5th 55th

Nate Meier Sacks 5.5 T-7th T-23rdDrew O Sacks 5.0 T-9th T-35th

Nathan Bazata Kicks/Punts Blocked 1 T-2nd T-12th

Marshall Koehn Field Goal Pct. 83.3 1st T-23th

Desmond King Kicko Returns 22.50 6th 62nd

Desmond King Intercepons 6 1st 2nd

Tm Sc

KO Coverage 20.37 7th 54th

Fewest Yards Penalized 356 T-6th T-41st

PAT Kicking 89.7 13th 117th

Fewest Penales/Game 5.3 T-4th T-28th

Passing Defense 220.1 8th 62nd

Fourth Down Conversions 66.67 3rd T-21stThird Down Conversions 44.44 3rd 28th

Time of Possession 33:15 3rd 12th

Passing Oense 206.7 9th T-86th

QB Sacks Allowed 12 8th T-44th

First Downs Allowed 123 5th T-30th

First Downs Gained 150 7th T-67th

Pass Eciency 137.31 5th 55th

Turnovers Lost 8 T-2nd T-18th

Total Defense 294.3 3rd 12th

Rushing Defense 74.14 2nd 3rd

Total Oense 421.1 5th 51st

Intercepons 9 T-1st T-26th

Kick/Punts Blocked 1 T-6th T-46th

Pass Eciency Defense 107.75 5th 20th

Third Down Defense 35.78 9th 50th

Rushing Oense 214.43 2nd 25th

Scoring Oense 32.9 4th T-48th

Scoring Defense 15.3 4th 10th

Tackles for Loss Allowed 35.0 2nd 23rd

Field Goal Pct. 83.3 T-1st T-22nd

KO Returns 22.50 5th 46th

QB Sacks 22 5th T-14th

Passes Defended 37 7th T-32nd

Punng Avg. 43.55 4th 30th

Red Zone Defense 73.33 2nd 12th

Kicko Avg. 63.36 4th 23rd

Tackles for Loss 40.0 14th T-90th

Turnover Margin 1.00 3rd T-13th

Fumbles Forced 6 T-6th T-55th

Red Zone Oense 81.25 11th T-88th

Turnovers Gained 15 2nd T-22nd

Fourth Down Defense 40.0 T-7th T-39th

Punt Returns 15.70 2nd 12th

Fumbles Lost 5 T-7th T-59th

Punt Return Defense 11.11 10th 97th

Fumbles Recovered 6 T-4th T-28th

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


Senior DE Drew O is out for the season aer suering a tor

ACL against Illinois in Week 6. He recorded one sack and tw

tackles-for-loss before leaving the game with an injury.

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

limited snaps Week 3 against Pi. O’s streak of 15 consecuv

starts at defensive end ended Week 3 vs. Pi.

O recorded three tackles in the win at Wisconsin, includin

2.5 tackles for loss and a QB sack. He forced a fumble in th

second quarter that led to an Iowa eld goal.

O recorded two sacks for a loss of 20 yards and forced on

fumble in Iowa’s season opener. His two sacks against Illino

State are the rst me a Hawkeye collected mulple sacks in

season-opener since Mitch King had a pair in 2007. O led th

team and ed for third in the Big Ten with 8.0 sacks in 2014. H

had two tackles, one sack (7 yards), and two quarterback hurrie

against Pi in 2014.

O 3-2-1:

• Had ve sacks and 7.5 TFL before season ending injury in Wee6.

• One of 11 players on Big Ten Players to Watch List.

• Picked up a deected punt against Nebraska in 2014 an

returned it 12 yards for his rst career touchdown.

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


Senior WR Tevaun Smith missed the rst two Big Ten game

with a knee injury. He returned to the eld at Northwestern bu

recorded no stascs. Smith recorded his rst career 100-yar

receiving game in Week 4 against North Texas, the same gam

he suered the injury. Smith had four catches for a career-hig

115 yards, including a career-best 81-yard touchdown receponthe longest recepon in the Big Ten this season. His 1,172 caree

receiving yards rank 31st in program history.

Smith in 3-2-1:

• His 19.6 yards per catch (12 for 235) would ranks second

the Big Ten.

• Nine of his 12 catches have resulted in a rst down, includin

two touchdowns (14, 81).

• Had touchdown called back due to penalty at Northwestern

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


Junior WR Ma VandeBerg had more catches through th

rst three games of the season (22) than any player in the Kir

Ferentz era (since 1999). Kevin Kasper had 21 recepons throug

the rst three games of 2000, and Kevonte Marn-Manley, th

school’s all-me leader in recepons, had 19 catches throug

three games in 2013 and 2014.

VandeBerg in 3-2-1:

• Leads Iowa and ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 41 recepon

• Has six or more recepons in ve games this season. Caree

best entering the season was ve.

• Set career highs with nine recepons and 114 receiving yard

in Iowa’s 31-17 win at Iowa State on Sept. 12.



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 - - -

Indiana - - -

Minnesota - - -

Purdue - - -

Nebraska - - -


INSTANT REPLAY

School Games Last ShutoutOhio State 260 Nov. 20, 1993 (28-0 at Michigan)Nebraska 237 Sept. 21, 1996 (26-0 at Arizona State)IOWA 175 Oct. 14, 2000 (31-0 at Illinois)Michigan State 174 Oct. 21, 2000 (14-0 at Michigan)Indiana 167 Oct. 14, 2000 (58-0 at Michigan)Penn State 164 Oct. 6, 2001 (20-0 vs. Michigan)Illinois 37 Oct. 13, 2012 (45-0 at Michigan)

Purdue 23 Nov. 2, 2013 (56-0 vs. Ohio State)Michigan 17 Sept. 6, 2014 (31-0 at Notre Dame)Rutgers 12 Nov. 1, 2014 (37-0 vs. Wisconsin)Wisconsin 9 Dec. 6, 2014 (59-0 vs. Ohio State)Minnesota 2 Oct. 3, 2015 (27-0 at Northwestern)Maryland 2 Oct. 3, 2015 (28-0 vs. Michigan)Northwestern 2 Oct. 10, 2015 (38-0 at Michgain)

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

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


Senior Nate Meier leads the team and es for seventh in the Big Ten with six sack

Meier entered 2015 with three career sacks. His 42 tackles rank fourth on the team.

Meier in 3-2-1:

• Has not missed a start since the 2014 season opener (20 consecuve games).

• Meier and fellow defensive end Drew O were two of seven true freshmen to see a

on in 2012.• One of three Hawkeye defensive linemen to play 8-man football in high school (Drew

O, Nathan Bazata).

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


Senior LB Cole Fisher leads Iowa and ranks sixth in the Big Ten with 61 tackles. He ha

started every game this season (his rst seven career starts).

Fisher in 3-2-1:

• Has been Iowa’s leading tackler in ve of seven games (Illinois State, Pi, North Texa

Wisconsin, and Northwestern).

• Recorded a career-high 14 tackles against Wisconsin in Iowa’s Big Ten opener.

• Has three sacks, 4.5 tackles-for-loss, and two pass break-ups. Entered senior seaso

with zero sacks, TFL, or break-ups.

TE JAKE DUZEY (SR., 6-4, 248)


Senior TE Jake Duzey returned from injury and played against North Texas, Wisconsin

and Northwestern, but he did not see the eld against Illinois. Duzey suered a knee injur

in the nal week of spring pracce and has missed four games this season.

Duzey in 3-2-1:

• Three touchdown recepons in 2014 ed for the team lead (Damond Powell, Ra

Hamilton, and Tevaun Smith).

• Had 36 recepons in 2014, a single-season career high and ed for the second mo

by a Big Ten ght end this season.

• 85-yard TD recepon at Ohio State in 2013 is ninth longest scoring recepon in schoohistory.

P DILLON KIDD (SR., 6-2, 215)

Senior P Dillon Kidd shared punng dues in 2014, averaging 38.5 yards per punt. I

near full-me duty in 2015 (Marshall Koehn has three of Iowa’s 26 punts) Kidd is averagin

44.8 yards on 33 punts.

Kidd in 3-2-1:

• Ranks third in the Big Ten and 18th naonally averaging 44.8 yards per punt.

• 64-yard punt against Pi is a career long.

• Has 10 punts of 50-plus yards, ed for fourth in the Big Ten.

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

Senior K Marshall Koehn has 25 touchbacks, the second highest total in the conference

on 42 kickos (60 percent).

Koehn also dabbles in the punt game, rugby-style. He has three punts for an averag

of 46.7 yards per punt. Two of his three punts have been downed inside the opponent

10-yard line.

He was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week following his game-winnin

57-yard eld goal against Pi on Sept. 19.

Koehn in 3-2-1:

• Has made 10-of-12 eld goal aempts. Five-of-10 made eld goals are from 40-plu

yards.

• Hit a career-long 57 yard eld goal as me expired to defeat Pi, 27-24, on Sept. 19.

is the second longest eld goal in school history (Tim Douglas, 1998) and es a Kinnic




HAWKEYES UNDER FERENTZ

Overall ..........................................................122-85vs. ranked teams .............................................23-34vs. unranked teams ........................................98-51vs. Big Ten teams ............................................71-60vs. Big Ten teams (home)................................40-22vs. Big Ten teams (away).................................31-38When rushing for 150 yards or more .............74-16When rushing for 200 yards or more ...............47-6When passing for 250 yards or more .............40-20When passing for 300 yards or more ...............10-8When Iowa player rushes for 100 yards .........70-24When opponent has 100-yard rusher ............16-37When opponent has 300-yard passer ............13-12When scoring 30 points or more ......................65-7When scoring 20 points or more ....................89-37When opponent scores 25 points or more .....13-54When holding opponent to 10 pts or less ........47-1When Iowa scores rst ...................................91-28When Iowa leads at halime ..........................96-19When Iowa trails at halime ..........................19-63When game is ed at halime ...........................6-3When Iowa leads aer 3 quarters ................100-15When Iowa trails aer 3 quarters ...................14-66When game is ed aer 3 quarters ....................7-4Games decided by 11 points or more ............70-30Games decided by 10 points or less ...............41-45Games decided by 7 points or less .................34-42Games decided by 3 points or less .................17-28When Iowa has a posive turnover margin ...71-19When 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 ....87-63When temperature is below 50 degrees ........32-20When temperature is over 90 degrees ...............3-3When raining: ...................................................10-7

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. Duy Daugherty, MSU 72 19 1954-72

9. Kirk Ferentz, IOWA 71 16 1999-pr.

10. John Cooper 70 13 1988-00

BIG TEN COACHING WINS

Stadium record (Lee Pistor, Arizona, 1977). He has kicked two of Iowa’s nine longes

eld goals in school history -- both coming against Pi (52 at Pi in 2014 and 57 vs. Pi

in 2015).

• Has 129 career points. He is the 36th player in program history with 100 career point

and ranks 21st in career scoring.

THE KICK Marshall Koehn kicked a 57-yard eld goal as me expired to defeat Pi, 27-24, o

Sept. 19. The game-winning eld goal was the second longest in school history and e

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 Desmon

King picked up a squib kick at the 3-yard line and returned it 27 yards to the Iowa 30. Q

C.J. Beathard picked up two rushing rst downs to move the ball into Pi territory, an

aer a pair of sideline routes to WR Tevaun Smith fell incomplete, Beathard scramble

for eight yards to the Pi 39-yard line. Iowa then used its nal meout to stop the cloc

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 sna

from Tyler Kluver on the Pi 47-yard line, and Koehn split the uprights, giving Iowa its r

walk-o eld goal since 1986 (Holiday Bowl).

OFFENSIVE-TACKLE-BY-COMMITTEE

The Hawkeyes have started four dierent oensive tackles this season. Three of them

-- LT Boone Myers, RT Ike Boeger, LT Cole Croston -- entered the season with one combine

career start (Boeger started as a second ght end against Wisconsin in 2014). OL Sea

Welsh had 13 career starts at le guard before sliding out to right tackle at Northwester

Myers and Boeger opened the season as starters. Myers was injured in Week 4 an

hasn’t returned to acon. Croston has started at le tackle in Iowa’s three Big Ten game

They are the rst three starts of Croston’s career. Boeger le the Illinois game in Week

with an injury and was replaced at right tackle by true freshman James Daniels. Danie

started at le guard at Northwestern.

Iowa’s oensive-tackle-by-commiee is being asked to replace a pair of NFL linema

-- 2014 Outland Trophy winner LT Brandon Scher (Washington Redskins) and RT AndrewDonnal (St. Louis Rams).

Myers joined the program as a walk-on and was put on scholarship prior to the 201

season. He saw acon in four games last season. Boeger joined the team as a ght end bu

was moved to oensive line in 2013. He saw acon in seven games as a redshirt freshma

in 2014. Croston joined the team as a walk-on in 2012, and had played primarily on speci

teams prior to this season. Daniels was a highly recruited senior at Harding High Schoo

in Warren, Ohio. He joined the program for the 2015 spring pracce season. Welsh was

high school All-American in Springboro, Ohio, and was named rst team freshman All-B

Ten by BTN in 2014.

PAULSENS ARE A FAMILIAR FACE

Freshmen Landan and Levi Paulsen are the sixth set of twins to play football at th

University of Iowa. The oensive linemen from Woodbury High School in Northwest Iow

join the company of Leo and Lloyd Jensvold (1929-30), Harold and Herbert Shoener (1946

47), Kent and Kevin Ellis (1977-80), Aaron and Evan Kooiker (1992), and Shane and Shau

Prater (2008).

The Paulsens are one of three sets of brothers on Iowa’s 2015 roster, joining DB Kev

Ward and OL Ryan Ward, and OL James Daniels and RB LeShun Daniels.




Kirk FerentzDodd Trophy Coach of the Year Midseason Watch List

Brian FerentzCoachingSearch.com Oensive Line Coach of the Week vs. Illinois

Chris WhiteCoachingSearch.com Running Backs Coach of the Week vs. NW

C.J. BeathardCo-Big Ten Oensive Player of the Week vs. Iowa StateManning Award Quarterback of the Week vs. Iowa State

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

Jake DuzeyMackey 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. Wisconsin

Preseason 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 KoehnBig Ten Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Pisburgh

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Tevaun SmithPreseason third team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Akrum WadleyBig 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 IOWA PROGRAM NOTES

• The Hawkeyes have earned bowl eligibility in 14 of the last 15 sea

sons.

• Iowa earned Big Ten Conference championships in 2002 and 200

and placed second in 2009. Iowa (8-0, 2002) is one of four Big Te

teams to post a perfect mark in conference play since 1998 (BC

era).• Iowa has ranked in the top 10 in the nal Associated Press and CNN

USA Today coaches polls four mes since 2002, including a rankin

of seventh in both polls at the conclusion of the 2009 season. Iow

ranked eighth in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the Hawkeyes were als

20th in 2008.

• Since 1936 when the rst AP poll was released, Iowa has appeare

the poll 301 mes, the h highest total in the Big Ten (Ohio State

Michigan, Wisconsin, and MSU). Iowa has been the top-ranked team

in the country 11 mes.

• Iowa established a school record with 11 wins in 2002 (11-2) an

matched that record in 2009. In 2009, Iowa started 9-0 and wo

10 regular season games for just the fourth me in school history

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

• Kirk Ferentz has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year three me

(2002, 2004 & 2009) and he was named Naonal Coach of the Yea

in 2002. Ferentz joins Michigan’s Bo Schembechler (four), Iowa

Hayden Fry (three) and Penn State’s Joe Paterno (three) as the on

coaches to be honored in more than two seasons.

• Iowa has had naonal award winners in: Robert Gallery (200

Outland, Top Lineman); Brad Banks (2002 Davey O’Brien, Top Qua

terback; 2002 Associated Press Naonal Player of the Year); Dalla

Clark (2002 Mackey, Top Tight End); Nate Kaeding (2002 Groza

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

Brandon Scher (2014 Outland, Top Lineman).

• Iowa’s football record in the 2000 decade was 80-45 (.640), a recorthat ranks as the best decade in Iowa football history, based on tota

wins. Iowa posted a record of 77-40-4 (.652) during the 1980’s an

the Hawkeyes were 62-53-2 (.538) in the 1990’s.

• Part of the Hawkeyes’ long term success is due to the stability in th

program. Iowa has had just two head coaches since 1979. Hayden Fr

took over prior to the 1979 season and coached through the 199

season, posng a record of 143-89-6. Current coach Kirk Ferent

replaced Fry, leading the program for the 17th season. Ferentz als

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

HAWKEYE HISTORY

Iowa has played 1,200 games since beginning football in 1889. Iowa

overall record is 620-541-39 (.533). That includes a 390-213-16 (.641

record in home games, a 230-328-23 (.413) record in games away from

Iowa City, a 309-366-25 (.457) mark in Big Ten games and a 273-177-1

(.600) record in Kinnick Stadium.

HOME GROWN HAWKEYES

Iowa’s roster of 114 players includes 49 players from Iowa. Th

roster includes 14 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 South Dakota

Wisconsin, and Canada; one from Alabama, Minnesota, New York

Oklahoma, and Tennessee.




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 85-8714. Marvin McNu 168 28-0-0 08-1115. Ladell Bes 162 27-0-0 98-0116. Daniel Murray 158 0-59-33 07-1017. Albert Young 150 25-0-0 04-0718. Mike Saunders 144 24-0-0 88-9119. Nick Bell 132 22-0-0 88-90 Owen Gill 132 22-0-0 81-8421. Marshall Koehn 129 0-63-22 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

--------------------------------------------------------------------24. Keith Chappelle 1,377 9 1978-80

25. Kerry Reardon 1,361 11 1968-70

26. Dallas Clark 1,281 8 2001-02

27. Bill Schultz 1,272 9 197.-76

28. Sco Slutzker 1,261 5 1992-95

29. Alan Cross 1,259 8 1989-92

30. Mike Flagg 1,187 13 1984-87

31. Tevaun Smith 1,172 5 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 343-1,787 11 2011-

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 .375

Rutgers 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

GLANCE AT THE SCHEDULE

• Iowa’s 2015 game dates are a near perfect reecon of its 2009 game dates. Iow

opened 2009 on Sept. 5 and played 12 consecuve Saturdays unl its nal game o

Nov. 21. The Hawkeyes won nine straight to open the season, suering their rst los

on Nov. 11 at home to Northwestern. Iowa opened the 2015 season on Sept. 5 an

played seven consecuve Saturday’s before being idle on Oct. 24. The Hawkeyes arundefeated through seven weeks.

• For the rst me in program history Iowa plays more than one night game at Kinnic

Stadium. Iowa defeated Pi, 27-24, in a BTN primeme game Sept. 19. The Hawkeye

host Minnesota on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. (CT) on BTN.

• The Hawkeyes defeated Illinois State, 31-14, in the season opener. The Redbirds lo

to North Dakota State in the 2014 FCS tle game. Iowa opens the 2016 season hosn

North Dakota State.

• 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), and Nebraska (Heroes

IOWA AMONG TOP 25 IN WINS, 2002-15 Iowa has posted 111 wins since the start of the 2002 season, which is the 20th highe

total in FBS. The list includes the following: Boise State (154); Ohio State (150); Oklahom

(143); LSU (141); USC (138); Alabama (134); Georgia (133); TCU (133); Oregon (130); Florid

State (130); Texas (129); Wisconsin (128); Virginia Tech (126); Florida (123); Auburn (121

Utah (118); West Virginia (117); Virginia (113); Nebraska (113); Iowa (111); Miami, FL (109

Texas Tech (109); Michigan (107).

IOWA BOWL NOTES

Iowa has appeared in 28 bowl games with a record of 14-13-1 (.518). The Hawkeyes hav

competed in the Rose (ve mes), Outback (four), Alamo (four), Holiday (three), Orang

(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 Ferent

and his sta.

• Iowa ranks third in Big Ten bowl appearances. Ohio State has received a conference-bes

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 bowl

more than any other conference. Eight dierent Big Ten programs played in BCS bow

games, including two appearances by Iowa (1-1).

• For just the second me in league history, 10 Big Ten Conference teams competed i

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.




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 (PS)

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, Lomas, O

Northwestern Beathard, Blythe, Lomas, O

Maryland

Indiana

Minnesota

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.

KIRK FERENTZ RADIO SHOW

Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz is featured on “Hawk Talk with Kirk Ferentz” each week. Th

90-minute radio call-in show is hosted by Gary Dolphin, the play-by-play voice of the Iow

Hawkeyes. The show airs each Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. from Carlos O’Kelly’s i

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 assis

in formulang policies, and being involved in team decision-making maers regarding th

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 Meie

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., and LB Josey Jewell represent

the sophomore class.



Game #8 vs. Maryland @HawkeyeFootball Game Notes

ALL IN THE FAMILY

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

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

and captain (2003-05), is in his fourth season as Iowa’s oensive line

coach. Steven is an oensive lineman who is in his fourth season

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

Hawkeye oensive line and a team captain before graduang in

May 2013. He is currently playing for the NFL’s Denver Broncos.Ferentz is the only FBS coach ever to coach three sons at the same

school.

MORE THAN ONE

Eleven high schools have contributed more than one player to

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

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

each graduated three current Hawkeyes. The schools with two

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

Harding HS (Warren, Ohio), Regina HS (Iowa City, Iowa), Solon HS

(Solon, Iowa), Waukee HS (Waukee, Iowa), West Branch HS (West

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

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

THE HAWKEYES, SIZE WISE

Redshirt freshman WR Brandon Bishop and freshman WR

Emmanuel Ogwo are the lightest Hawkeye players at 170 pounds.

Junior DL Jaleel Johnson is the heaviest at 310 pounds. A total of

seven Hawkeye players are listed at 300 pounds or more.

The tallest player at 6-8 is redshirt freshman DE Ma Nelson.

The shortest player, at 5-8, is sophomore WR Jonathan Parker.

The average Hawkeye player is 6-2 and weighs 232 pounds.

That is the one inch taller and two pounds heavier than the average

Iowa player in 2013.

FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS

Iowa has nine players on its 2015 roster whose father played

for the Hawkeyes. WR Brandon Bishop (Willie in 1986), QB Drew

Cook (Marv in 1985-88), OL Cole Croston (Dave in 1984-86), OL

Mitch Keppy (Myron in 1986-87), LS Tyler Kluver (Todd in 1986-87),

TE George Kile (Bruce in 1977-80), WR Anthony Nelson (Je in

1990-92), TE Peter Pekar (Jim in 1980-81), and QB Ryan Schmidt

(Rick 1984-85).

IN THE RANKINGS

These are Iowa’s most recent wins vs. nationally-ranked

opponents:

Home: 24-16 over #13 Michigan, 11/5/11 37-6 over #5 Michigan State, 10/30/10

24-3 over #20 Penn State, 10/02/10

Road: 40-10 over #20 Northwestern, 10/17/15

10-6 over #18 Wisconsin, 10/3/15

38-28 over #24 Michigan, 10/16/10

Neutral: 27-24 over #12 Missouri, Insight Bowl, 12/28/10

24-14 over #9 Georgia Tech, Orange Bowl, 1/5/10

30-25 over #11 LSU, Capital One Bowl, 1/1/05

BEATHARD EARNS NATIONAL MANNING AWARD

Junior quarterback C.J. Beathard was selected as the Mannin

Award Quarterback of the Week following his play in Iowa’s 31-1

win at Iowa State. He earned the honor over seven other Mannin

Award Stars of the Week in the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Faceboo

contest.

In his third career start, the Franklin, Tennessee, nativ

completed 15-of-25 passes for 215 yards and three touchdownas the Hawkeyes scored 21 unanswered points in the second ha

to earn the road victory. His 25-yard touchdown pass to junior W

Riley McCarron in the fourth quarter gave the Hawkeyes the lea

with 2:14 le in the game. Beathard also carried the ball a caree

high 10 mes for 77 yards, showcasing his athlecism on runs o

44 and 57 yards in the rst half. He was also named the Big Te

Conference Co-Oensive Player of the Week.

Beathard earned the award over Washington State’s Luke Fal

who completed 47-of-66 passes for 478 yards and four touchdown

in a 37-34 win at Rutgers. Third in the vong was Paxton Lynch from

Memphis, who led the Tigers to a 55-23 win at Kansas to snap

19-game losing streak against power-ve teams.

Each week during the regular season, eight quarterbacks ar

recognized as Manning Quarterbacks of the Week. Sixty-two playe

from 58 dierent schools were honored during the 2014 season

BEATHARD EARNS WEEKLY B1G HONOR

Junior quarterback C.J. Beathard was named co-Oensive Playe

of the Week by the Big Ten aer leading Iowa to a 31-17 win at Iow

State on Sept. 15. He completed 15-of-25 aempts for 215 yard

and three touchdowns with no intercepons. He also rushed 1

mes for 77 yards, including runs of 44 and 57 yards. His scorin

strikes covered three, 14, and 25 yards, with the 25-yard scor

giving Iowa the lead with 2:14 remaining in the fourth quarter.

The Big Ten weekly honor was the rst for Beathard. He is thrst Hawkeye to win the oensive honor since former WR Marvi

McNu, Jr., following a win over Indiana in 2011.

KOEHN EARNS BIG TEN

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