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15NebraskaPostgameNotes
Nov.25,2016

POSTGAMENOTES
Iowa(84,63)defeatedNo.15Nebraska(93,63),4010,FridayatKinnickStadium.

IowaretainspossessionoftheHeroesTrophy.Iowais31inrivalrytrophygamesthisseason.Iowaenteredtheyearin
possession of all four rivalry trophies and successfully defended the CyHawk (W 423 vs. Iowa State) and Floyd of
Rosedale(W147atMinn).IowalosttheHeartlandTrophyathometoWisconsin(179).

IowadefeatedNebraskaathomeforthefirsttimesince1981(107).ItwasKirkFerentzsfirstgameasanIowaassistant.
NebraskawasrankedNo.7atthetime.Untiltoday,itwasIowasonlywinoverarankedNebraskateam.

The4010victorytiesIowaslargestmarginofvictoryoverNebraska(300in1899).

INDIVIDUALSUPERLATIVES

QBC.J.Beathardhaswon21gamesasIowasstartingquarterback,tyingMattRodgersandDrewTateforthirdalltime.
OnlyChuckLong(34)andRickyStanzi(26)havewonmoregamesasIowasstartingquarterback.

QBC.J.Beathardis44alltimevs.APtop25and113alltimeatKinnickStadium.

QBC.J.Beathardthrewthreetouchdowns(77,1,6).His77yardtouchdownpasstoWRRileyMcCarronwasthethird
longesttouchdownpassofBeathardscareer(85toTevaunSmithvsMichiganStatein2015;81toTevaunSmithvs.
NorthTexasin2015.Beathardisoneoffiveplayersinprogramhistorytothrowfor40ormoretouchdownspassesina
career(ChuckLong74,DrewTate61,RickyStanzi56,Rodgers41,Beathard40).

RBAkrumWadleyrushed11timesfor105yardsandatouchdown.Itwashiseighthcareer100yardgame,fifththis
season.His75yardtouchdownrushinthefirstquartertiedacareerlong.Hehasthreetouchdownrushesof50ormore
yardsthisseason(54atMinnesota,75atPurdue,75vs.Nebraska)andfour50plustouchdownrushesinhiscareer(65
atIndianain2015).Hehadtworeceptionsfor19yards.Hehasatleastonereceptionin14straightgames.

RBLeShunDanielsrushed29timesfor158yardsandtwotouchdowns.Danielshasfourcareergamesof150rushing
yardsandatleasttwotouchdowns(2015vs.Minnesota,195yards,3TDs;2016atPurdue,150yards,2TDs;2016at
Illinois,159yards,2TDs).HeistheonlyplayerintheFerentzerawiththreesuchgames.ShonnGreenehadtwosuch
gamesin2008.Itwashissixthcareer100yardgame,fourththisseason.Danielshas1,013rushingyardsthisseason.

RBAkrumWadley(966)andRBLeShunDaniels,Jr.(1,013)arethesecondsetofrunningbacksinprogramhistoryto
have900plusrushingyardsinthesameseason,joiningOwenGill(920)andRonnieHarmon(907)in1984.

RBAkrumWadleyandRBLeShunDanielstopped100yardsinasinglegameforthesecondtimethisseason(Week7at
Purdue).Itmarkedthe25thtimetwoplayersrushedfor100yardsormoreinthesamegame.

WRRileyMcCarronhada77yardtouchdownreceptioninthefirstquarter,acareerlong.IttiesforIowaslongestplay
thisseason(DesmondKingkickoffreturnvs.Wisconsin).McCarronfinishedthegamewithfivecatchesforacareerhigh
108yards.Itwashisfirstcareer100yardreceivinggame.

TEGeorgeKittlecaughttwotouchdownpasses(1,6).Itwashisfirstcareermultitouchdowngame.Hehasfour
receivingtouchdownsthisseason,10inhiscareer.

RTIkeBoettgerreturnedtothestartinglineupaftermissingWeek11.RGSeanWelsh,CJamesDaniels,LGKeegan
Render,andLTBooneMyerscompletedthestartingoffensiveline.ItisthefourthtimethisyearIowahasstarted
todaysoffensivelinecombination(atPurdue,atPennState,Michigan,Nebraska).

DBDesmondKings44yardpuntreturninthethirdquarterwasacareerlong.

MISCELLANEOUS
KirkFerentzhas82BigTenwins,fifthmostalltimeamongtheconferencesalltimewinningestcoachesinBigTen
games.

Iowafinishedtheregularseasonwiththreestraightwins,thesixthtimedoingsosince1999.

NebraskasthirdquartertouchdownwasthefirsttouchdownallowedbyIowaineightquarters(136minutes,nine
seconds).

Iowadefeatedtworankedopponentsathomeforthefirsttimesince2010(243vs.#20PennState;376vs.#5
MichiganState).

IowahaseightwinsfortheninthtimeinKirkFerentzs18seasons.

Iowascored40ormorepointsinfourgamesforthesecondconsecutiveseason.

Iowascoredtwotouchdownsof75plusyardsinthefirstquarter(75,77).Itisthefirsttimesince2011Iowahadtwo
touchdownsof75plusyardsinasinglequarter(McNutt88yardtouchdownreception,Prater89yardinterception,
secondquartervs.TennesseeTech).ItisthefirsttimeIowahashad2touchdownsof75plusyardsinthesamequarter
since09/03/2011vs.TennesseeTech(2ndqtr).

Nebraskawonthetossandchoosetodefer.Iowareceivedthefirsthalfkickoff.In18seasonsasIowasheadcoach,Kirk
FerentzandtheHawkeyeshavestartedthegameonoffensein177of226games(10770).TheHawkeyeshaveopened
thegameondefensein49of226games(2821).

Instantreplaywasusedfourtimestoday.
1) Nebraskafirstdown(callwasreversed,runnerwasdownshortoflinetogain)
2) Nebraskadownbycontact,nofumble(callstands)
3) GeorgeKittle1yardtouchdownreception(callstands)
4) Iowapuntreturn,playerdidnotstepoutofbounds(callstands)

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