EVANSTON, ILL. – Iowa (7-2, 4-2) defeated Northwestern (3-6, 1-5), 17-12, on Saturday at Ryan Field. Iowa benched starting quarterback Spencer Petras in favor of second-stringer Alex Padilla to jump-start a moribund offense.
IOWA INDIVIDUAL NOTES
RB Tyler Goodson rushed 21 times for 141 yards, his seventh career 100-yard game. Goodson has been Iowa’s leading rusher for 12 straight games, the longest streak by a Hawkeye since Shonn Greene led Iowa in rushing yards in 13 straight games in 2008. Goodson has 2,154 career rushing yards, 13th all-time in program history. He passed Dennis Mosely and Jordan Canzeri on Iowa’s all-time career rushing list.
RB Tyler Goodson’s 13-yard touchdown rush in the first quarter was his sixth rushing touchdown of the season and first since Week 3 vs. Kent State. Goodson had gone 94 carries without a touchdown, the longest stretch of his career.
WR Arland Bruce’s 10-yard touchdown rush in the second quarter was his first career rushing touchdown and second career rushing attempt.
WR Keagan Johnson had a career-high five receptions.
DB Matt Hankins had five tackles, raising his career total to 202. He is the 76th player in program history to reach 200 or more career tackles.
DB Dane Belton’s second-quarter interception was his third of the season. His fourth-quarter interception was his fourth of the season.
DB Jermari Harris recorded his first career interception. He is the 10th different Hawkeye this season to record an interception. The last time Iowa had 10 players with an interception in a single season was 2017.
QB Alex Padilla entered the game on Iowa’s fourth drive of the game. Padilla finished the game with career highs in yards (172), completions (18) and attempts (28).
QB Spencer Petras made his 17th consecutive start but left the game after three drives.
RB Gavin Williams had a career-high 10 carries for a career-high 41 yards.
MISCELLANEOUS
Iowa leads the country in interceptions (19). The Hawkeyes have 83 interception since 2017, more than any team in the country. Ten different Hawkeyes have at least one interception this season. Iowa is plus-18 in turnover margin in its seven wins and minus-six in its two losses.
Iowa won the toss and elected to defer. The Hawkeyes have played 283 games under head coach Kirk Ferentz. Iowa has opened the game on offense 213 times (136-77). The Hawkeyes have opened the game on defense 70 times (39-31).
INSTANT REPLAY
1) Northwestern made the line to gain for a first down (confirmed) 2) Iowa fumble (reversed)
3) Northwestern targeting (reversed)
4) Northwestern completion (reversed)
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes return to action hosting Minnesota on Nov. 13 at Kinnick Stadium. Kickoff for that game has not been announced.
