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Northern Illinois
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Iowa
#22 · 1-0
Final · 0 - 40
WEEK 1 · NON-CONF Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City
Sat, Sep 5 8:15 PM Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City
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Recap
Iowa delivered a statement performance at Kinnick Stadium, shutting out Northern Illinois 40-0 in a dominant display that had the home crowd roaring from start to finish. The Hawkeyes controlled both sides of the ball, pitching a complete shutout against the Huskies while piling up points across all four quarters. The Big Ten squad's defense was absolutely suffocating, refusing to give the Mountain West opponent any breathing room throughout the afternoon. Meanwhile, Iowa's offense capitalized on every opportunity, turning this one into a rout early and never looking back. This was total team football at its finest—a comprehensive thrashing that sends a clear message about what the Hawkeyes bring to the table this season.
KEY PERFORMERS
The difference-makers on both sidelines.
Final Stats
Northern Illinois Iowa- 113 Pass Yards 218
- 7 Rush Yards 289
- 120 Total Yards 507
- 7 First Downs 26
- 20% 3rd Down Conv. 42.9%
- 2 Turnovers 1
- 61 Penalty Yards 60
- 26:09 Time of Possession 33:51
Play Breakdown
- Run plays 38 of 78 snaps 49%
- Pass plays 40 of 78 snaps 51%
Drive Chart
Q4
Q3
Q2
Q1
Play by play
Pass
Taron Dickens pass to the left to Kelan McInerney for 17 yards to the Iowa34. Tackled by Billy Weivoda.
Sack
Taron Dickens sacked at NIU49 for a loss of 7 yards by Chima Chineke.
Incomplete Pass
Taron Dickens incomplete pass to the right intended for Cam Thompson.
Pass
Taron Dickens pass to the left to Kelan McInerney for 16 yards to the Iowa44.
Incomplete Pass
Taron Dickens incomplete pass to the left intended for Kelan McInerney.
Pass
Taron Dickens pass to the left to Kelan McInerney for 22 yards to the NIU40. Tackled by Alex Mota.
Rush
Triston White rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NIU18. Tackled by Carson Cooney.
Rush
Triston White rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NIU17. Tackled by Julian Manson and Emmanuel Olagbaju.
PRIOR DRIVES
Iowa · 4th Quarter Downs
Rush
Braeden Jackson rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NIU16. Tackled by Malik Armstrong.
Pass
Jimmy Sullivan pass to the left to Jarriett Buie for 9 yards to the NIU17. Tackled by Yassine Falke.
Rush
Braeden Jackson rush to the middle for 2 yards to the NIU26. Tackled by Brady Kerperin and Cooper Mau.
Rush
Brevin Doll rush to the right for a loss of 3 yards to the NIU28. Tackled by Jacob McGhee.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Hawkeyes (Jarriett Buie) -10 yards.
Rush
Braeden Jackson rush to the middle for 27 yards to the NIU15.
Rush
O'Lontae Dean rush to the left for 5 yards to the NIU42. Tackled by Cooper Mau and Fawzy Omotoso.
Incomplete Pass
Jimmy Sullivan incomplete pass to the left intended for Mason Woods.
Rush
Jimmy Sullivan rush to the right for 15 yards to the NIU47. Tackled by Brady Kerperin and Micah Cook.
NIU · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 37 yards to Iowa38. No return.
Incomplete Pass
Taron Dickens incomplete pass to the left intended for Kenji Lewis defensed by Xavier Styles.
Pass
Taron Dickens pass to the left to Cam Thompson for 0 yards to the NIU25. Tackled by Julian Manson and Ty Hudkins.
Sack
Taron Dickens sacked at NIU25 for a loss of 3 yards by Joseph Anderson.
Rush
Jaiduan Cranford rush to the middle for 3 yards to the NIU28. Tackled by Julian Manson.
Pass
Taron Dickens pass to the right to DeAree Rogers for 3 yards to the NIU25. Tackled by Marcello Vitti and Xavier Styles.
Rush
Jaiduan Cranford rush to the middle for 6 yards to the NIU22. Tackled by Burke Gautcher.
Iowa · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Boston Everitt punts for 39 yards to NIU16. No return.
Incomplete Pass
Jimmy Sullivan incomplete pass to the right intended for Brody Schaffer.
Rush
Xavier Williams rush to the middle for a loss of 1 yard to the Iowa45. Tackled by Jack Murray and Jacob McGhee.
Rush
Xavier Williams rush to the middle for 6 yards to the Iowa46. Tackled by Marshall Washington.
NIU · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 40 yards to Iowa40. No return.
Sack
Taron Dickens sacked at NIU20 for a loss of 2 yards by Julian Manson.
Pass
Taron Dickens pass to the left to Glen Weber for 6 yards to the NIU22. Tackled by Nolan DeLong.
Rush
Elijah Porter rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NIU16. Tackled by Brice Stevenson.
Iowa · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Boston Everitt punts for 49 yards to NIU15. No return.
Pass
Jimmy Sullivan pass to the right to Xavier Williams for 4 yards to the Iowa36. Tackled by Matthew Scarlett.
Rush
Nathan McNeil rush to the right for a loss of 4 yards to the Iowa32. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson.
Rush
Nathan McNeil rush to the middle for 0 yards to the Iowa36. Tackled by Kole Sneed.
NIU · 3rd Quarter TO
Fumble
Taron Dickens rush to the right for 2 yards to the Iowa36. Tackled by Brice Stevenson. FUMBLE, recovered by Iowa (Ty Hudkins).
Rush
Elijah Porter rush to the middle for 1 yard to the Iowa38. Tackled by Devan Kennedy and Nolan DeLong.
Rush
Telly Johnson Jr. rush to the middle for 5 yards to the Iowa39. Tackled by Ty Hudkins.
Pass
Taron Dickens pass to the middle to La'Don Bryant for 20 yards to the Iowa44. Tackled by Rashad Godfrey Jr..
Pass
Taron Dickens pass to the right to La'Don Bryant for 10 yards to the NIU36. Tackled by Darion Jones.
Rush
Telly Johnson Jr. rush to the left for 1 yard to the NIU26. Tackled by Kahmari Brown.
Kickoff
Eli Ozick kicks off to the NIU2. No return.
Iowa · 3rd Quarter Def TD
Made Extra Point
Caden Buhr extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Punt
Jake Ference punts for 48 yards to Iowa23. Evan James return for 77 yards to NIU0 for a TOUCHDOWN.
NIU · 3rd Quarter TO
Sack
Taron Dickens sacked at NIU29 for a loss of 9 yards by Joseph Anderson and Landyn Van Kekerix.
Incomplete Pass
Taron Dickens incomplete pass to the left intended for DeAree Rogers.
Pass
Taron Dickens pass to the right to Telly Johnson Jr. for 2 yards to the NIU38. Tackled by Ty Hudkins and Landyn Van Kekerix.
Penalty
Penalty: Pass Interference on Hawkeyes (Rashad Godfrey Jr.) 15 yards.
Rush
Telly Johnson Jr. rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NIU21. Tackled by Landyn Van Kekerix.
Rush
Taron Dickens rush to the right for 0 yards to the NIU20. Tackled by Devan Kennedy.
Iowa · 3rd Quarter TO
Interception
Jeremy Hecklinski pass intended for Dayton Howard INTERCEPTED by Yassine Falke. No return. Touchback.
Rush
Xavier Williams rush to the left for 0 yards to the NIU2. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson.
Incomplete Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski incomplete pass to the middle intended for Jarriett Buie.
Rush
Xavier Williams rush to the middle for a loss of 1 yard to the NIU2. Tackled by Yassine Falke.
Rush
Jeremy Hecklinski rush to the left for 16 yards to the NIU1. Tackled by Jay'shon Thomas.
Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski pass to the middle to Reece Vander Zee for 16 yards to the NIU17. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson and Kyon Conyers.
Rush
Nathan McNeil rush to the left for 5 yards to the NIU33. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson.
Rush
Tony Diaz rush to the right for 10 yards to the NIU38. Tackled by Avery Jones and Yassine Falke.
Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the middle for 8 yards to the NIU48. Tackled by Avery Jones and Kyon Conyers.
NIU · 3rd Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 39 yards to Iowa25. Evan James return for 19 yards to Iowa44. Tackled by Broderick Windham.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Huskies (Kyon Conyers) -5 yards.
Incomplete Pass
Jalen Macon incomplete pass to the left intended for George Dimopoulos.
Rush
Cam Thompson rush to the right for 0 yards to the NIU41. Tackled by Cam Buffington and Jacob Wallace.
Rush
Elijah Porter rush to the middle for 4 yards to the NIU41. Tackled by Jayden Montgomery.
Iowa · 3rd Quarter Downs
Incomplete Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski incomplete pass to the left intended for Tony Diaz.
Incomplete Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski incomplete pass to the middle intended for Evan James.
Penalty
Penalty: Offside on Huskies (Jack Murray) 5 yards.
Incomplete Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski incomplete pass to the right intended for Reece Vander Zee.
Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski pass to the right to Tony Diaz for 0 yards to the NIU42. Tackled by Kyon Conyers.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Hawkeyes (Tony Diaz) -10 yards.
Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the left for 20 yards to the NIU32. Tackled by Andruw Ellis.
NIU · 3rd Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 49 yards to Iowa36. Evan James return for 12 yards to Iowa48. Tackled by Jay'shon Thomas.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Huskies (Jay'shon Thomas) -5 yards.
Sack
Jalen Macon sacked at NIU20 for a loss of 8 yards by Drew Campbell and Bryce Hawthorne.
Rush
Telly Johnson Jr. rush to the middle for 2 yards to the NIU28. Tackled by Jacob Wallace.
Pass
Jalen Macon pass to the right to Telly Johnson Jr. for 1 yard to the NIU26. Tackled by Cam Buffington and Anthony Hawkins.
Kickoff
Eli Ozick kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
NIU · 2nd Quarter
Rush
Team rush to the middle for a loss of 3 yards to the NIU22.
Kickoff
Eli Ozick kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Iowa · 2nd Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Caden Buhr 34 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Incomplete Pass
Hank Brown incomplete pass to the middle intended for Evan James defensed by Kyon Conyers.
Defensive Time Out
Huskies timeout.
Incomplete Pass
Hank Brown incomplete pass to the right intended for DJ Vonnahme.
Penalty
Penalty: Pass Interference on Hawkeyes (Evan James) -10 yards.
Offense Time Out
Hawkeyes timeout.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the left to Tony Diaz for 14 yards to the NIU6. Tackled by Romelo Walker.
Incomplete Pass
Hank Brown incomplete pass to the right intended for Evan James.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the middle to DJ Vonnahme for 15 yards to the NIU20. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson.
Rush
Nathan McNeil rush to the left for 0 yards to the NIU35.
Incomplete Pass
Hank Brown incomplete pass to the right intended for Tony Diaz.
Rush
Hank Brown rush to the middle for 2 yards to the NIU35. Tackled by Amari Washington and Jay'shon Thomas.
Offense Time Out
Hawkeyes timeout.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the right to Addison Ostrenga for 4 yards to the NIU37. Tackled by Malik Armstrong.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the middle to Addison Ostrenga for 5 yards to the NIU41. Tackled by Jack Murray.
Rush
Hank Brown rush to the left for 10 yards to the NIU46. Tackled by Liam Lindo.
Incomplete Pass
Hank Brown incomplete pass to the left intended for Tony Diaz defensed by Aaron Warren.
Rush
Nathan McNeil rush to the left for 1 yard to the Iowa44. Tackled by Fawzy Omotoso.
NIU · 2nd Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 42 yards to Iowa28. Reece Vander Zee return for 15 yards to Iowa43. Tackled by Elijah Porter.
Incomplete Pass
Jalen Macon incomplete pass to the middle intended for DeAree Rogers.
Rush
Telly Johnson Jr. rush to the middle for 4 yards to the NIU30. Tackled by Bryce Hawthorne and Zach Lutmer.
Rush
Jalen Macon rush to the left for 1 yard to the NIU26. Tackled by Zach Lutmer.
Kickoff
Eli Ozick kicks off to the NIU8. No return.
Iowa · 2nd Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Caden Buhr 45 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Incomplete Pass
Hank Brown incomplete pass to the left intended for Tony Diaz.
Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the middle for 6 yards to the NIU27. Tackled by Romelo Walker.
Incomplete Pass
Hank Brown incomplete pass to the left intended for Tony Diaz.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the left to Tony Diaz for 14 yards to the NIU33.
Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the middle for 11 yards to the NIU47. Tackled by Liam Lindo.
NIU · 2nd Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 35 yards to Iowa41. Reece Vander Zee return for 1 yard to Iowa42. Tackled by Trey Porter.
Rush
Jalen Macon rush to the right for 0 yards to the NIU24. Tackled by Zach Lutmer.
Rush
Telly Johnson Jr. rush to the middle for 4 yards to the NIU24. Tackled by Will Hubert and Luke Gaffney.
Rush
Jalen Macon rush to the right for 2 yards to the NIU20. Tackled by Cam Buffington.
Kickoff
Eli Ozick kicks off to the NIU5. Cam Thompson return for 13 yards to NIU18. Tackled by Derek Weisskopf.
Iowa · 2nd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Caden Buhr extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski pass to the left to Xavier Williams for 8 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski pass to the left to Addison Ostrenga for 11 yards to the NIU8. Tackled by Malik Armstrong.
Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski pass to the left to DJ Vonnahme for 4 yards to the NIU19. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson.
Rush
Nathan McNeil rush to the middle for 4 yards to the NIU23. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson and Matthew Scarlett.
Penalty
Penalty: Pass Interference on Huskies (Yassine Falke) 15 yards.
Rush
Xavier Williams rush to the left for 3 yards to the NIU42. Tackled by Cooper Mau and Kyon Conyers.
Rush
Xavier Williams rush to the left for 1 yard to the NIU45. Tackled by James Bradley.
NIU · 2nd Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 36 yards to NIU46. No return.
Sack
Jalen Macon sacked at NIU10 for a loss of 9 yards by Kahmari Brown and Preston Ries.
Incomplete Pass
Jalen Macon incomplete pass to the middle intended for DeAree Rogers.
Rush
Telly Johnson Jr. rush to the middle for a loss of 1 yard to the NIU19. Tackled by Cam Buffington.
Iowa · 2nd Quarter Punt
Punt
Boston Everitt punts for 43 yards to NIU0. Touchback.
Incomplete Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski incomplete pass to the middle intended for DJ Vonnahme defensed by Jack Murray.
Incomplete Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski incomplete pass to the right intended for DJ Vonnahme defensed by Jashawn Nelson.
Rush
Nathan McNeil rush to the right for 2 yards to the NIU43. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson and Kyon Conyers.
NIU · 2nd Quarter TO
Interception
Taron Dickens pass intended for La'Don Bryant INTERCEPTED by Deshaun Lee and returned for 17 yards. Tackled by George Dimopoulos.
Rush
Jalen Macon rush to the right for 4 yards to the NIU38. Tackled by Zach Lutmer and Jayden Montgomery.
Iowa · 1st Quarter FG Miss
Missed Field Goal
53 yard field goal attempt by Caden Buhr is NO GOOD.
Incomplete Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski incomplete pass to the right intended for Tony Diaz.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Hawkeyes (Addison Ostrenga) -5 yards.
Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the middle for 6 yards to the NIU29. Tackled by Marshall Washington.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Hawkeyes (Jack Dotzler) -5 yards.
Rush
L.J. Phillips Jr. rush to the middle for 3 yards to the NIU30. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson.
Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski pass to the right to Jarriett Buie for 13 yards to the NIU33. Tackled by Malik Armstrong.
Rush
L.J. Phillips Jr. rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NIU46. Tackled by Matthew Scarlett.
Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski pass to the right to Tony Diaz for 24 yards to the NIU47. Tackled by Malik Armstrong and Cooper Mau.
Incomplete Pass
Jeremy Hecklinski incomplete pass to the middle intended for Reece Vander Zee.
NIU · 1st Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 48 yards to Iowa29. No return.
Incomplete Pass
Jalen Macon incomplete pass to the middle intended for La'Don Bryant defensed by Deshaun Lee.
Rush
Telly Johnson Jr. rush to the middle for 0 yards to the NIU23. Tackled by Anthony Hawkins and Bryce Hawthorne.
Pass
Jalen Macon pass to the right to Glen Weber for 4 yards to the NIU23. Tackled by Cam Buffington.
Kickoff
Eli Ozick kicks off to the NIU13. Dev'ion Reynolds return for 6 yards to NIU19. Tackled by Landyn Van Kekerix and Burke Gautcher.
Iowa · 1st Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Caden Buhr extra point is GOOD.
Penalty
Penalty: Personal Foul on Huskies (Jashawn Nelson) 15 yards.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the right for 37 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the middle to Reece Vander Zee for 16 yards to the NIU37. Tackled by Dev'ion Reynolds.
Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the left for 11 yards to the Iowa47. Tackled by Aaron Warren.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the right to Zach Ortwerth for 6 yards to the Iowa36. Tackled by Brady Kerperin.
NIU · 1st Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 39 yards to Iowa30. No return.
Incomplete Pass
Jalen Macon incomplete pass to the left intended for DeAree Rogers.
Rush
Jalen Macon rush to the middle for 6 yards to the NIU31. Tackled by Cam Buffington.
Incomplete Pass
Jalen Macon incomplete pass to the left intended for George Dimopoulos defensed by Zach Lutmer.
Kickoff
Eli Ozick kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Iowa · 1st Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Caden Buhr extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the middle for 50 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the left to DJ Vonnahme for 16 yards to the Iowa50. Tackled by Romelo Walker and Jack Murray.
NIU · 1st Quarter Punt
Punt
Jake Ference punts for 47 yards to Iowa34. No return.
Rush
Jalen Macon rush to the middle for 0 yards to the NIU19. Tackled by Bryce Hawthorne.
Pass
Jalen Macon pass to the left to La'Don Bryant for 3 yards to the NIU19. Tackled by Iose Epenesa.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Huskies (Chevy Trask) -10 yards.
Pass
Jalen Macon pass to the left to La'Don Bryant for 9 yards to the NIU26. Tackled by Deshaun Lee.
Kickoff
Eli Ozick kicks off to the NIU1. Dev'ion Reynolds return for 16 yards to NIU17. Tackled by Darion Jones.
Iowa · 1st Quarter TD
Missed Extra Point
Caden Buhr extra point is NO GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Pass
Hank Brown pass to the middle to Tony Diaz for 6 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Hawkeyes (Jack Dotzler) -5 yards.
Rush
L.J. Phillips Jr. rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NIU1. Tackled by Avery Jones.
Rush
L.J. Phillips Jr. rush to the middle for 0 yards to the NIU2. Tackled by Jashawn Nelson.
Penalty
Penalty: Pass Interference on Huskies (Kyon Conyers) 6 yards.
Incomplete Pass
Hank Brown incomplete pass to the left intended for DJ Vonnahme.
Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NIU8. Tackled by Jack Murray and Amari Washington.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the left to Tony Diaz for 16 yards to the NIU9. Tackled by Malik Armstrong.
Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the middle for 10 yards to the NIU25. Tackled by Romelo Walker and Kyon Conyers.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the left to Tony Diaz for 10 yards to the NIU35. Tackled by Romelo Walker.
Rush
Kamari Moulton rush to the middle for 23 yards to the NIU45. Tackled by Jack Murray.
Pass
Hank Brown pass to the right to DJ Vonnahme for 7 yards to the Iowa32. Tackled by Jack Murray.
Kickoff
Ryan Short kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
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