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No. 19 Iowa shuts down Illinois 19-10 behind Stanley, Duncan
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa’s defense made sure the team that was leading the nation in turnover margin gave up the ball.
The No. 19 Hawkeyes forced three turnovers in Saturday’s 19-10 win over Illinois, another stout performance from a defense that has been shutting teams down all season.
Iowa (8-3, 5-3 Big Ten), which came into the game allowing just 12.4 points per game, held Illinois to its lowest point total of the season one week after doing the same thing to Minnesota in a 23-19 win.
“There’s no quit in those guys,” Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley said. “They kept us in a lot of games this year. And quite frankly, they’ve won a lot of games for this year with the way they’ve played.”
This win was punctuated by the turnovers. Illinois quarterback Brandon Peters threw an interception to Michael Ojemudia on the Fighting Illini’s first possession of the game, then threw an interception to Matt Hankins in the end zone in the third quarter. Peters also lost a fumble in the fourth quarter.
“That was big-time,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. “We did a great job of getting takeaways.”
The Illini (6-5, 4-4) saw their four-game winning streak come to an end.
“It definitely was big,” Ojemudia said of getting the takeaways. “We knew going into this game they were going to give us their best shot. They’re a hot team. Just tightening down (on defense) was what we wanted to do in this game.”
Iowa had forced just 13 turnovers in the first 10 games.
“We felt like we haven’t been getting that many turnovers this year,” safety Geno Stone said. “I definitely feel like we got them this game.”
The Illini, who had outscored opponents 79-22 in the second half in their winning streak, got into Iowa territory on three consecutive possessions in the second half, but only got a field goal.
“We had the opportunities,” Illinois coach Lovie Smith said. “But we didn’t make the plays today.”
Stanley threw for 308 yards and Keith Duncan kicked four field goals to set a new Big Ten single-season mark.
Iowa opened the game with a touchdown for the second consecutive week when Tyler Goodson scored on a 2-yard run for a 7-0 lead. Illinois tied the game when Peters threw a 31-yard pass to Donny Navarro later in the first quarter.
From that point, it was all field goals. Duncan had field goals of 23, 45, 24 and 29 yards to make it 27 this season for the conference record. Illinois’ James McCourt kicked a 28-yarder in the fourth quarter.
THE TAKEAWAY
Iowa has won six consecutive games in this rivalry, but this was a competitive game. The Hawkeyes had won the last three games by a combined score of 137-16, including last season’s 63-0 game.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Iowa could move up a spot or two with the win. Illinois had received a vote in last week’s poll. Both teams were already bowl eligible.
KICKING GAME
Duncan had his third game of the season with four field goals. He also missed two field goals in the game. Duncan is 27 of 32 in field goals this season.
“Of course, we would like to get touchdowns on every single drive,” Duncan said. “But our goal is to get points. We did that four out of the six times today on field goals, and we’re happy to do that.”
UP NEXT
Iowa plays at Nebraska on Friday.
Illinois plays at home against Northwestern next Saturday.
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Team Stats | ||
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1st Downs | 20 | 16 |
Rushing | 10 | 4 |
Passing | 8 | 12 |
Penalty | 2 | 0 |
3rd Down Conv | 5-15 | 5-16 |
4th Down Conv | 0-2 | 1-2 |
Total Net Yards | 311 | 387 |
Total Plays | 73 | 67 |
Avg Gain | 4.3 | 5.8 |
Net Yards Rushing | 192 | 79 |
Rush Attempts | 39 | 32 |
Avg Rush Yards | 4.9 | 2.5 |
Yards Passing | 144 | 308 |
Comp. - Att. | 18-34 | 18-35 |
Yards Per Pass | 3.5 | 8.8 |
Penalties - Yards | 4-31 | 4-29 |
Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
Rushing TDs | 0 | 1 |
Passing TDs | 1 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
Fumbles - Lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Int. Thrown | 2 | 1 |
Punts - Avg | 4-38.5 | 4-45.0 |
Return Yards | 34 | 33 |
Punts - Returns | 1-2 | 1-16 |
Kickoffs - Returns | 1-24 | 1-16 |
Int. - Returns | 1-8 | 2-1 |
Safeties | 0 | 0 |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
B. Peters
18 QB
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B. Peters | 16/31 | 125 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
M. Robinson
12 QB
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M. Robinson | 2/3 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
B. Peters
18 QB
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B. Peters | 10 | 76 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Brown
25 RB
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D. Brown | 14 | 67 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R. Corbin
2 RB
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R. Corbin | 6 | 38 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R. Bonner
21 RB
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R. Bonner | 7 | 22 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Robinson
12 QB
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M. Robinson | 2 | -11 | 0 | -5 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
D. Navarro
86 WR
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D. Navarro | 6 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Imatorbhebhe
9 WR
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J. Imatorbhebhe | 10 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Williams
10 TE
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J. Williams | 5 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. Washington
8 WR
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C. Washington | 4 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. Reams
13 WR
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C. Reams | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R. Bonner
21 RB
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R. Bonner | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
G. Palmer
81 TE
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G. Palmer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D. Barker
87 TE
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D. Barker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R. Corbin
2 RB
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R. Corbin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D. Brown
25 RB
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D. Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
D. Harding
9 LB
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D. Harding | 10-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Witherspoon
31 DB
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D. Witherspoon | 6-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S. Brown
30 DB
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S. Brown | 6-0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S. Green
7 DB
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S. Green | 6-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. Tolson
45 LB
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K. Tolson | 5-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N. Hobbs
8 DB
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N. Hobbs | 5-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Eifler
5 LB
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M. Eifler | 5-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N. Walker
20 DB
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N. Walker | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
I. Gay
92 DL
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I. Gay | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Adams
6 DB
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T. Adams | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Oliver
96 DL
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T. Oliver | 1-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Milan
55 DL
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J. Milan | 1-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Avery
93 DL
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C. Avery | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. Shogbonyo
52 DL
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A. Shogbonyo | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
J. McCourt
17 K
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J. McCourt | 1/2 | 28 | 1/1 | 4 |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
B. Hayes
14 P
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B. Hayes | 4 | 38.5 | 0 | 49 |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
D. Brown
25 RB
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D. Brown | 1 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
D. Navarro 86 WR
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D. Navarro | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
N. Stanley
4 QB
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N. Stanley | 18/35 | 308 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
T. Goodson
15 RB
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T. Goodson | 21 | 38 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N. Stanley
4 QB
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N. Stanley | 4 | 22 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Young
28 RB
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T. Young | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Sargent
10 RB
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M. Sargent | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
I. Smith-Marsette
6 WR
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I. Smith-Marsette | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Tracy Jr.
3 WR
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T. Tracy Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
I. Smith-Marsette
6 WR
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I. Smith-Marsette | 8 | 4 | 121 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Tracy Jr.
3 WR
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T. Tracy Jr. | 10 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S. Beyer
42 TE
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S. Beyer | 3 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S. LaPorta
84 TE
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S. LaPorta | 4 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
N. Ragaini
89 WR
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N. Ragaini | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
N. Wieting
39 TE
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N. Wieting | 5 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Goodson
15 RB
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T. Goodson | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M. Sargent
10 RB
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M. Sargent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
K. Welch
34 LB
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K. Welch | 10-2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Ojemudia
11 DB
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M. Ojemudia | 8-0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Koerner
28 DB
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J. Koerner | 7-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Colbert
32 LB
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D. Colbert | 6-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. Epenesa
94 DE
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A. Epenesa | 5-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G. Stone
9 DB
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G. Stone | 4-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Hankins
8 DB
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M. Hankins | 3-2 |