The Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. 18 Iowa looks to snap losing streak vs. No. With the Cyclones having spent all their timeouts already, the Hawkeyes were simply able to run out the clock and the Cy-Hawk trophy remained in Iowa City for a fifth year in a row. Iowa went to the air early and often in their Big Ten opener. 10 Penn State Holds Off No. Skip To Main Content . They finished off their non-conference slate with a road game against in-state rival Iowa State, a member of the Big 12 Conference, and then a home game against Middle Tennessee of Conference USA. Toren Young was the most outstanding of the several Iowa backs that were able to play with 131 yards rushing on the day, and Nate Stanley had 276 yards passing and two touchdown passes to Brandon Smith. The Hawkeyes had a balanced attack with 252 yards passing and 213 rushing with several running backs. Bowl Record: 33 Bowls, 17-15-1, .530 W-L% (Major Bowls) Ranked in AP Poll: 25 Times (Preseason), 24 Times (Final), 336 Weeks (Total) Stadium: Kinnick Stadium (cap. The Hawkeyes held USC to just seven points in the second half, led by the game's defensive MVP, A. J. Epenesa. 10 Penn State (12–17), at No. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Points/G: 25.8 (88th of 130) Points Against: 182. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Join our linker program. 23 Iowa hands No. The Hawkeyes put up 644 yards of total offense (tops in the Ferentz era) as the Blue Raiders were unable to stop them. 70,585) Location: Iowa City, Iowa Iowa State Athletics. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Iowa won its sixth straight in this series, and Illinois hasn't won at Kinnick Stadium since 1999. It ended up being a back-and-forth contest with Iowa kicker Keith Duncan hitting four crucial field goals to keep the Hawkeyes in the game. Former head coach Hayden Fry passed away just ten days prior to the game and the Iowa helmets were without Tigerhawk decals to honor his legacy on the program. The 2019 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Wisconsin has won seven of the last eight games in this series. On his second touchdown pass, Nate Stanley passed Ricky Stanzi for third all-time on Iowa's career passing touchdown list. After losing games to three ranked opponents – at No. They were led by Kirk Ferentz in his 21st season as head coach. Iowa had to recover two onside kick attempts in order to seal this homecoming victory.