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Iowa punishes Nebraska, 56-14, to retain Heroes Trophy

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA – The Iowa Hawkeyes football team retained possession of the coveted Heroes Trophy with a dominant 56-14 road win over Nebraska Friday.

Iowa (7-5, 4-5) defeated Nebraska (4-8, 3-6), 56-14, Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Miguel Recinos, a former Mason City Mohawk

Former Mason City Mohawk Miguel Recinos kicked all 8 extra points on the Hawkeye touchdowns.

The game was tied 14-14 at the half. A 28-point outburst by Iowa in the third quarter was too much for the hapless Cornhuskers.

DB Josh Jackson finished the regular season with seven interceptions and 25 passes defended. He finished tied for fourth all-time with seven interceptions. Desmond King (2015), Lou King (1981), and Nile Kinnick (1939).

QB Nate Stanley’s two touchdown passes against Nebraska ties him for third all-time in single-season passing touchdowns with James Vendenberg and Ricky Stanzi. He trails only Brad Banks (26) and Chuck Long (27) in program history.

LB Josey Jewell had 8 tackles today, snapping his 21 game streak with double-digit tackles.
Jewell has 426 career tackles, for fifth all-time in program history behind Brad Quast (435), Abdul Hodge (453), Andre Jackson (465), and Larry Station (492).
Jewell intercepted his second pass of the season and sixth of his career in the fourth quarter.

Senior WR Matt VandeBerg has a reception in 31 consecutive games played.
VandeBerg has 133 career receptions, 10th most in program history.
He has 1,677 career receiving yards, 16th in program history.

RB Akrum Wadley is one of 15 players in program history to rush for 2,000 career yards. He has 514 career carries for 2,784 rushing yards, fourth all-time, passing Fred Russell.

Wadley has 27 career rushing touchdowns, fourth all-time, 34 career touchdowns, third all-time, and 204 career points, 10th all-time.

Wadley has 3,621 career all-purpose yards, ninth most in program history (2,784 rush, 737 receiving, 100 KO returns).

Wadley reached 1,000 rushing yards in the third quarter against Nebraska. He is the fourth Hawkeye to post back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. He is the first since Fred Russell did it in 2002 (1,355) and 2003 (1,264).

Wadley is only the third opposing player in the last 20 years with 150+ rush yards and 3+ rush TD in Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium.

Second-year tight ends Noah Fant (So.) and T.J. Hockenson (redshirt freshman) have combined for 51 receptions this season. Among those 51 receptions, all but seven have resulted in a touchdown (13) or first down (31).

Fant has 28 receptions, including a team-high 10 touchdowns. The 10 touchdowns are a single-season record for an Iowa tight end. He has 15 more catches that resulted in a first down. Fant’s 10 touchdowns are the most by a Hawkeye since Marvin McNutt caught 12 touchdown passes in 2012.

Ihmir Smith-Marsette opened the second half on 74-yard kickoff return, longest of the season.

RB James Butler scored his first touchdown of the season on a 12-yard rush in the third quarter.

Freshman Geno Stone recorded a career-high eight tackles in place of senior Miles Taylor, who was injured in the first half.

Freshman Matt Hankins started his first career game at corner.

MISCELLANEOUS
Iowa’s 56 points are the most scored by Iowa in the series history and the 42-point margin is the largest margin of victory by Iowa in the series history.

Iowa’s 56 points are the most scored in a game this season and most since the team posted 62 in a win over North Texas on 9/26/15.

Iowa scores 50+ points in multiple Big Ten games in the same season for the first time since 1990.

Head coach Kirk Ferentz recorded his 142nd win at Iowa, becoming one win shy of tying Hayden Fry as the Hawkeyes’ all-time winningest football coach.

Iowa finished the season winning three of four trophy games. Iowa has won the last three Heroes Trophy games and is 10-2 since the start of the 2015 season in trophy games. Iowa took the lead in the Heroes Trophy series at 4-3.

Iowa scored on four straight drives for the first time this season.

Iowa’s 99-yard scoring drive in the second quarter was the longest drive of the year for the Hawkeyes and second longest drive in terms of plays and time possession. The last Iowa drive to to go 99 yards was against Rutgers on 9/24/16.

69 degrees at the time of kickoff was the warmest temperature for an Iowa regular season finale played outdoors since 1981, when Iowa hosted Michigan State in Kinnick Stadium. The temperature in that game was officially listed in the mid-60s.

Iowa won the toss and elected to defer. The Hawkeyes have played 239 games under head coach Kirk Ferentz. Iowa has opened the game on offense 182 times (110-73). The Hawkeyes have opened the game on defense 57 times (32-25).

Instant replay was used one time today:
Sack fumble forced by Anthony Nelson, returned by Parker Hesse for a touchdown (Call Reversed)

UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes will learn their Bowl destination Sunday, Dec. 3.

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