Iowa vs Pitt Notes

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IOWA OFFENSE PITTSBURGH OFFENSE

WR ....... 7 McNu, 83 Staggs XWR .....15 Street, 84 Tinker

LT .........77 Reiff, 78 Donnal LT ..........70 Hollins, 66 Virbitsky

LG ........60 Tobin, 68 Scherff LG .........54 Jacobson, 74 Rotheram

C .........53 Ferentz, 59 Boffeli C ...........75 Turnley, 54 Jacobson

RG ........73 Ges, 72 Orne RG ........52 Nix, 78 King

RT ........56 Zusevics, 70 Van Sloten RT .........68 Gibbs, 60 Gaskins

TE .........39 Herman, 86 Fiedorowicz/ 85 Z. Derby TE .........83 Graham, 80 Carozzoni

QB ........16 Vandenberg, 17 A.J. Derby QB ........12 Sunseri, 10 Anderson, 11 Myers

WR ....... 6 Davis, 11 Marn-Manley HB ........83 Graham, 6 Carswell

RB ........ 34 Coker, 3 White TB ......... 1 R. Graham, 4 Brown, 9 Davis

FB.........92 Gimm, 35 Meyers FB .........43 Giubilato, 95 Mosley-Smith

YWR .....87 Shanahan, 17 S. Williams

ZWR ..... 5 Saddler, 14 Jones

IOWA DEFENSE PITTSBURGH DEFENSE

DE ........58 Daniel, 54 Bigach DE......... 7 Lindsey, 96 HargroveDT ........79 Alvis, 87 Nardo DT.........98 Alecxih, 91 Ezell

DT ........93 Daniels, 99 Gaglione NT ........94 Caragein, 97 Donald, 95 Mosley-Smith

DE ........91 Binns, 96 Forgy OLB ...... 5 Price, 10 Smith, 53 Trebitz

OLB ......45 T. Nielsen, 13 Donatell OLB ......38 G. Williams, 8 Thomas, 34 Fleming

MLB .....44 Morris, 57 B. Davis SLB .......44 Gordon, 32 Roberts

WLB .....20 Kirksey, 31 Hitchens WLB......55 Gruder, 32 Roberts

LC ......... 28 Prater, 4 Bernsne CB ......... 2 K. Williams, 21 Jackson, 16 Imoru

SS .........10 Sleeper, 4 Bernsne BS .........25 Hendricks, 23 Pis, 20 Ifill

FS ......... 18 Hyde, 49 Miller FS .........18 Holley, 41 Tagliane, 20 Ifill

RC ........ 2 Casllo, 18 Hyde CB .........22 Reed, 21 Jackson, 27 Carrington

PT ......... 6 Guthrie PT .........92 Yoklic, 90 Yankoski

PK ........ 96 Meyer, 8 Mossbrucker PK .........39 Harper, 90 Yankoski, 20 Beckman

TIME & PLACE - - 11:01 a.m. (CDT), Saturday, Sept. 17th, KinnickStadium (70,585), Iowa City, IA.

TICKETS - - A limited number ofckets remain. A sellout crowdof 70,585 is expected.

RADIO - - (Originang Network): Learfield Communicaons witha network of over 40 staons. Gary Dolphin and Ed Podolak willcall the acon, along with sideline reporter Rob Brooks. The gamecan also be heard on Sirius (112) and XM (197) satellite radio.

TELEVISION - - The game will be televised to a naonal audi-ence by ESPN2. It can also be viewed online at ESPN3.com. Theannouncers are Beth Mowins and Mike Bello.

2011 RECORDS - - Iowa is 1-1 aer a season-opening win overTennessee Tech (34-7) and a three-overme loss at Iowa State(44-41) last week. Pisburgh is 2-0 following home wins overBuffalo (35-16) and Maine (35-29).

THE SERIES - - This is the fih meeng between the two schoolsin football. Pisburgh holds a 3-1 advantage in the series. ThePanthers won the first meeng between the two schools (20-0)in 1931. Iowa won (34-17) in 1951. Pisburgh has won the twomost recent meengs, in 1952 (26-14) and 2008 21-20. The firsttwo games were played in Iowa City and the last two in Pisburgh.The teams are scheduled to meet again in 2014 and 2015.

COACHING RECORDS - - Kirk Ferentz is in his 16th year as a col-lege head coach and his 13th year as Iowas head coach. His careerrecord is 102-82 and he is 90-61 at Iowa. He is 0-1 vs Pisburgh.

Ferentz is 37-18 in non-conference games at Iowa. Todd Grahamis in his first year at Pisburgh and sixth year as a collegiate headcoach. He has a 45-23 career record.

NEXT WEEK - - Louisiana-Monroe (ULM) at Iowa (11:01 a.m.,BTN). Notre Dame at Pisburgh (11 a.m.)

Date of Release: Sept. 12, 2011Iowa Athletic Communications: 319-335-9411Pittsburgh at Iowa - - Kinnick Stadium




OffensePos. ..........No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School)

SE ................. 7 ** Marvin McNu, Jr. 6-4 215 Sr. St. Louis, MO (Hazelwood Central)

83 Steven Staggs 6-3 195 Jr. Oskaloosa, IA (Oskaloosa)LT ............... 77 ** Riley Reiff 6-6 300 Jr.. Parkston, SD (Parkston)

78 Andrew Donnal 6-7 302 #Fr. Monclova, OH (Anthony Wayne)LG .............. 60 Ma Tobin 6-6 290 Jr. Dyersville, IA (Beckman)

68 Brandon Scherff 6-5 310 #Fr. Denison, IA (Denison)C ................ 53 * James Ferentz 6-2 284 Jr. Iowa City, IA (City)

59 Conor Boffeli 6-5 290 So. West Des Moines, IA (Valley)RG .............. 73 * Adam Ges 6-4 280 Sr. Frankfort, IL (Lincoln Way East)

72 Woody Orne 6-5 295 Sr. Fairfield, IA (South Dakota State)RT............... 56 ** Markus Zusevics 6-5 300 Sr. Arlington Heights, IL (Prospect)

70 * Bre Van Sloten 6-7 292 So. Decorah, IA (Decorah)TE ............... 39 *** Brad Herman ^ 6-5 255 Sr. Metamora, IL (Metamora)

86 * C.J. Fiedorowicz^ 6-7 265 So. Johnsburg, IL (Johnsburg)or 85 * Zach Derby 6-3 240 Jr. Iowa City, IA (City)QB .............. 16 ** James Vandenberg 6-3 212 Jr. Keokuk, IA (Keokuk)

17 A.J. Derby 6-4 232 #Fr. Iowa City, IA (City)WR ............... 6 ** Keenan Davis ^ 6-3 215 Jr. Cedar Rapids, IA (Washington)

11 Kevonte Marn-Manley 6-0 205 #Fr. Ponac, MI (Brother Rice)RB .............. 34 * Marcus Coker ^ 6-0 230 So. Beltsville, MD (Dematha Catholic)

3 ** Jason White 5-10 205 Jr. Davenport, IA (North)FB ............... 92 * Jonathan Gimm 6-3 240 Jr. Houston, TX (Wesield)

35 Ma Meyers 6-2 220 #Fr. Plainfield, IL (North)PK .............. 96 * Mike Meyer ^ 6-2 180 So. Dubuque, IA (Wahlert)

8 * Trent Mossbrucker 6-0 204 Jr. Mooresville, IN (HS)

DefensePos. ..........No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School)

DE .............. 58 *** Lebron Daniel 6-2 256 Sr. Cleveland, OH (Glenville)54 Steve Bigach 6-3 282 Jr. Cleveland, OH (St. Ignaus)

DT .............. 79 Dominic Alvis 6-4 255 So. Logan, IA (Logan-Magnolia)87 Thomas Nardo 6-3 277 Sr. Lancaster, PA (Catholic)

DT .............. 93 ** Mike Daniels 6-1 280 Sr. Blackwood, NJ (Highland Regional)99 Joe Gaglione 6-4 255 Jr. Novelty, OH (Lake Catholic)

DE .............. 91 *** Broderick Binns 6-2 261 Sr. St. Paul, MN (Cren-Derham Hall)96 Joe Forgy 6-4 260 Sr. Iowa Falls, IA (Ellsworth CC)

OLB ............ 45 *** Tyler Nielsen 6-4 235 Sr. Humboldt, IA (Humboldt)13 * Tom Donatell 6-2 205 Sr. Atlanta, GA (Peachtree Ridge)

MLB ........... 44 * James Morris ^ 6-2 227 So. Solon, IA (Solon)57 ** Bruce Davis 6-0 232 Sr. Cleveland, OH (Glenville)

WLB ........... 20 * Chrisan Kirksey^ 6-2 215 So. St. Louis, MO (Hazelwood East)31 * Anthony Hitchens^ 6-1 224 So. Lorain, OH (Clearview)

LC ............... 28 *** Shaun Prater 5-11 185 Sr. Omaha, NE (Central)4 *** Jordan Bernsne 5-11 205 Sr. Des Moines, IA (Lincoln)

SS ............... 10 Collin Sleeper 6-2 200 Jr. Solon, IA (Solon)4 *** Jordan Bernsne 5-11 205 Sr. Des Moines, IA (Lincoln)

FS ............... 18 ** Micah Hyde ^ 6-1 190 Jr. Fostoria, OH (Fostoria)49 * Tanner Miller ^ 6-2 201 So. Kalona, IA (Mid-Prairie)

RC ................ 2 ** Greg Casllo 5-11 182 Jr. Mount Laurel, NJ (St. Josephs Prep, PA)18 ** Micah Hyde ^ 6-1 190 Jr. Fostoria, OH (Fostoria)

PT ................. 6 Eric Guthrie 6-6 245 Sr. Nevada, IA (Nevada)

Punt Returns: 18 Micah Hyde KickoffReturns: 6 Keenan Davis7 Marvin McNu, Jr. 4 Jordan Bernsne

Deep Snaps: 61 Casey Kreiter Holder: 14 John Wienke

* - - Leers won ^ - - Redshirt year sll available # - - Indicates redshirt freshman



HAWKEYES HOST PITTSBURGHIowa (1-1) returns home for the first of two straight non-conference home games

hosting Pittsburgh (2-0) Saturday in Kinnick Stadium (70,585). Game time is 11:01

a.m. CT. A limited number of tickets remain. Iowa opened the season with a 34-7win over Tennessee Tech in Iowa City before dropping a 44-41 triple overtimecontest at Iowa State. Pittsburgh is playing its first road game after home winsover Buffalo (35-16) and Maine (35-29).

ON THE TUBEESPN2 (HD) will televise the contest to a national cable audience. The game

is also available online at ESPN3.com. Beth Mowins and Mike Bellotti will calthe action.

RADIO BROADCASTIowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles

the play-by-play, with color commentator Ed Podolak and sideline reporter RobBrooks. The Hawkeye Radio Network includes more than 40 stations throughouthe state.

The game can also be heard on Sirius channel 112 and XM channel 197.

ON THIS DATEIowa has posted a 4-2 record when playing on Sept. 17. Iowa defeated Arizona

31-20 in 1966, Iowa State 12-10 in 1977, Penn State 42-34 in 1983 and NorthernIowa 45-21 in 2005. The Hawkeyes lost to Colorado 24-21 in 1988 and at PennState 61-21 in 1994.

HAWKEYE HISTORYIowa has played 1,144 games since beginning football in 1889. Iowas overal

record is 588-517-39 (.531). That includes a 371-201-16 (.645) record in homegames, a 217-316-23 (.411) record in games away from Iowa City, a 289-348-25

(.455) mark in Big Ten games and a 254-165-15 (.603) record in Kinnick Stadium

IOWA LEADERSHIP GROUPIowas Leadership Group for the 2011 season includes four seniors, five juniors

four sophomores and one redshirt freshman. A member of the incoming freshmanclass will be added this fall. Permanent team captains are named at the conclusionof each season.

The Leadership Group includes seniors Broderick Binns, Mike Daniels, MarvinMcNutt, Jr. and Tyler Nielsen; juniors Greg Castillo, James Ferentz, Micah HydeRiley Reiff and James Vandenberg; sophomores Marcus Coker, Casey KreiterJames Morris and Brett Van Sloten; and redshirt freshman Brandon Scherff.


Iowa Hawkeyes (1-1)

Schedule/Results

9/3 Tennessee Tech W, 34-79/10 at Iowa State L, 41-44 (3OT)

9/17 Pittsburgh 11:01 a.m., ESPN2

9/24 Louisiana-Monroe 11:01 a.m., BTN

10/8 at Penn State* TBA

10/15 Northwestern* 6 p.m., BTN

10/22 Indiana* 11 a.m., TBA

10/29 at Minnesota* TBA

11/5 Michigan* TBA

11/12 Michigan State* TBA

11/19 at Purdue* TBA

11/25 at Nebraska* 11 a.m., ABC

* - - Big Ten Conference game

Pittsburgh (2-0)

Schedule/Results

9/3 Buffalo W, 35-16

9/10 Maine W, 35-29

9/17 at Iowa 11:01 a.m., ESPN2

9/24 Notre Dame 11 a.m., ABC/ESPN/ESPN2

9/29 South Florida* 7 p.m., ESPN

10/8 at Rutgers* TBA10/5 Utah TBA

10/26 Connecticut* 7 p.m. , ESPN

11/5 Cincinnati* TBA

11/12 at Louisville* TBA

11/25 at West Virginia* TBA

12/3 Syracuse* 11 a.m., ESPN/ESPN2

* - - Big East Conference game

Date:Sept. 17, 2011 Time:11:01 a.m. CT Site:Iowa City, Iowa

Stadium:Kinnick Stadium Capacity:70,585 Surface:FieldTurf

TV:ESPN2 (HD); Online: ESPN3.com; Announcers:Beth Mowins and Mike Bellotti

In the Rankings:Iowa (43rd in Sagarin Ratings); Pitt (32nd in Sagarin Ratings)

Hawkeye Radio Network:Gary Dolphin-Play-By-Play; Ed Podolak-Analyst; Rob Brooks-Sideline

Internet:Iowa radio broadcast available on hawkeyesports.com (subscription service)

Sirius Channel: 112 XM Channel: 197

Series History:Pittsburgh leads, 3-1 Live Stats:hawkeyesports.com

Pittsburgh2-0

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Iowa1-1

Game Three



TWO HAWKEYES EARN NATIONAL HONORSophomore PK Mike Meyer was named national Placekicker of the Week by the

College Football Performance Awards for his play in Iowas 44-41 three-overtimeloss at Iowa State. Meyer is also one of three kickers to earn Stars of the Weekrecognition from the Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicker Award. In addition, sophomore LB Christian Kirksey earned honorable mention as Linebacker of the Week

Meyer made all four field goal attempts, connecting from 42, 20, 50 and 34 yardsThe 50-yard kick is a career best and the 34-yard effort came in the third overtimeperiod. Meyer is perfect through two games (6-6 FGs, 7-7 PATs) and leads theteam in scoring with 25 points.

Kirksey had a career-high 13 tackles at Iowa State, including 11 solo stops. Hehad two tackles for loss and one QB sack. He also caused and recovered an IowaState fumble while making a tackle and had one pass break-up. Kirksey leads Iowawith 23 tackles in two games.

FOUR TO BE ADDED TO MEDIA WALL OF FAMEFour members of the media, who covered University of Iowa athletics over the past

40 years, will be inducted into the Kinnick Stadium Media Wall of Fame SaturdayThey will be recognized on the field during pre-game ceremonies.

The inductees are Phil Haddy, a member of the UI athletic staff for 41 years andIowas sports information director from 1993-2010; Chuck Schoffner, who covered

Iowa events for both United Press and the Associated Press (1972-05); Kevin Ev-ans, sportswriter and sports editor at the Waterloo Courier (1965-2006), and JohnCampbell, current sports director at KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids (1979-present).

Haddy joined the Iowa athletic staff as assistant sports information director in1971. He became the third sports information director in school history in 1993. Hebegan a two-year phased retirement in 2010. Haddy joins former Iowa SIDs EricWilson (1923-68) and George Wine (1968-93) as members of the Wall of Fame.

Schoffner began his career at United Press International (1972-79). He joinedthe Associated Press as a sportswriter in 1979 and later served as AP Iowa sportseditor until his retirement in November, 2005. Schoffner continues to work as afreelance writer, covering womens college basketball, the Drake Relays, NCAATrack and Field Championships, and professional golf and auto racing events.

Campbell has been involved in sports broadcasting for 41 years, including the

last 32 years at KCRG. He was named sports director at KCRG-TV in June, 1979following a 10-year stint as a sports reporter for WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wis.

Evans began his sports writing career at the Waterloo Courier in 1965, workingpart-time as a high school senior. He served as the Couriers sports editor for 15years before his retirement in 2006. During his career, Evans covered Iowa footbalthrough five coaching regimes, beginning with Ray Nagel. He covered Hawkeyefootball on a fulltime basis the last 15 years of his career.

The inaugural class of 20 members was recognized in 2006, the first year the PauW. Brechler Press Box was in use following the Kinnick Stadium renovation. TheWall of Fame, located in the media section of the press box, recognized individualswho have covered Hawkeye football with integrity, accuracy and fairness over along period of time.

Pittsburgh at Iowa - - Kinnick Stadium Date of Release: Sept. 12, 2011

Iowa Athletic CommunicationsMailing Address

S-300, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, One Elliott Drive,

Iowa City, IA 52242-1020

Phone ....................................................319-335-9411

FAX ....................................................... 319-335-9417

E-Mail athletic [email protected]

Football ContactsDirector ..................................................... Steve Roe

E-Mail [email protected]

Special Assistant ....................................Phi l Haddy


Assi stant ........................................Matthew Weitzel

E-Mail ............ [email protected]

Assi stant .................................................Aaron Blau


Weekly Football Press ConferenceIowa Head Coach Kirk Ferentz holds his weekly press

conferences every Tuesday throughout the season.

The press conferences are held in the auditorium of

the Hayden Fry Football Complex. Coach Ferentz ad-

dresses the media at 12:30 p.m. and requested players

are available following the press conference.

Media need to submit their Tuesday player interview

requests to Phil Haddy, via e-mail, by 10 a.m. CT each

Sunday. True freshmen are not available for interviews.

Media can access video highlights of Ferentzs weekly

press conference, plus player clips and highlights via

satellite. The time is from 3:30 to 3:45 p.m. (CT).

The satellite feed is available on Galaxy

19C-Tr 04 (U/L 6005 (V), D/L 3780 (H), 36

Mhz, C-Band Digital). Sym Rate 21.0, FEC

3/4, Data Rate 29.029, DVBS, QPSK, 4:2:0.The highlights are in HD.

All press conferences can be viewed on the official

world wide web site of the Iowa Athletic Department at

hawkeyesports.com (subscription service). Each press

conference is archived.

Weekly TeleconferenceThe Big Ten coaches teleconferences are held

each Tuesday. The teleconference begins at 11 a.m.

(CT) and each coach is available for 10 minutes.

Media wishing to participate in the teleconference

can contact the Big Ten Office at 847-696-1010 to

obtain the call-in information. All times listed below

are central time:

11:00 Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern11:10 Brady Hoke, Michigan11:20 Bo Pelini, Nebraska11:30 Mark Dantonio, Mich. State11:40 Kirk Ferentz, Iowa11:50 Jerry Kill, MinnesotaNoon Ron Zook, Illinois12:10 Danny Hope, Purdue12:20 Joe Paterno, Penn State12:30 Bret Bielema, Wisconsin12:40 Luke Fickell, Ohio State12:50 Kevin Wilson, Indiana

HAWKEYE GAMEDAY LIVE

The UI Department of Athletics will be introducing a new-and-improved Hawkeye GamedayLive page each Saturday for Hawkeye fans in 2011. The page will feature game information suchas notes, rosters, TV and radio information, etc.; live stats and blog, and twitter and facebookfeeds. Its the one-stop-shop for the ultimate Hawkeye fan who wants to check stats of theirfavorite player and participate in the conversation during the football game. Check the front pageof hawkeyesports.com each Saturday for access to Hawkeye Gameday Live.

Also, Hawkeye fans are encouraged to tweet their photos on gameday to@TheIowaHawkeyes.

#HAWKEYES AND TWITTER

Hawkeye fans join the twitter conversation each game by including #Hawkeyes in your gameday

tweets. By including #Hawkeyes in your tweets, in addition to showing your Hawkeye Pride you

will help the #Hawkeyes trend. Also, if you are not already following @TheIowaHawkeyes and

@HawkeyeFootball , visit Twitter.com and follow both feeds.




THE SERIESSaturdays game will be the fifth meeting between Iowa and Pittsburgh. The

Panthers lead the series, 3-1. Pitt won the most recent meeting, 21-20, Sept. 202008, in Pittsburgh. Iowas lone win in the series came by a 34-17 margin in 1951in Iowa City. Pitt won the first meeting 20-0 (Oct. 3, 1931) and also won 26-14(Sept. 26, 1952) in Pittsburgh.

Iowa plays at Pittsburgh in 2014 and the Panthers return to Iowa City in 2015.Here are the series results:

*10/03/31 L 0-20 9/26/52 L 14-26*10/13/51 W 34-17 9/20/08 L 20-21

* - - at Iowa City

FERENTZ SIXTH IN LONGEVITYNow in his 13th season as Iowas head football coach, Kirk Ferentz ranks sixth

in longevity among FBS head coaches. Ferentz is second among Big Ten coachesand nationally ranks behind Penn States Joe Paterno, Frank Beamer of VirginiaTech, Larry Blakeney of Troy, Pat Hill of Fresno State and Mack Brown of Texas.

PITT COACH TODD GRAHAM

Todd Graham is 2-0 in his first season as the Pittsburgh head coach. Graham isin his sixth year as a college head coach with a 45-23 career mark. Graham mosrecently served as the head coach at Tulsa (2007-10), posting a 36-17 record infour years. He was 7-6 in one season (2006) as the head coach at Rice. Grahampreviously was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Tulsa (200305). He was on the staff at West Virginia in 2001 and 2002 under former Michi-gan Coach Rich Rodriguez and served as defensive coordinator at East CentralUniversity (Okla.), his alma mater, from 1991-93. He also has extensive coachingexperience in the prep ranks in Texas. Tulsa led the nation in total offense in 2007and 2008 and ranked fifth last season.

IOWA/PITT NOTES Coach Kirk Ferentz coached game No. 150 as Iowas head coach in Iowas 34-7

win over Tennessee Tech. The Hawkeyes were also victorious in game No50 under Ferentz (56-7 over Buffalo, 9/6/03) and in game No. 100 (35-0 overSyracuse, 9/8/07).

Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz attended Upper St. Clair High School in Pittsburgh(He was born in Royal Oak, Mich.). Ferentz served as a graduate assistant offensive line coach at Pittsburgh during the 1980 season. That Pitt team (coachedby Jackie Sherrill) finished with an 11-1 record and a No. 2 national ranking.

Iowa is one of 21 teams in the nation to have allowed just one quarterback sackthrough two games.

Iowa is tied for 18th nationally in turnovers gained, with five (three fumblestwo interceptions in two games.

Iowas roster includes three players from Pennsylvania, including senior DLTom Nardo, freshman DL John Raymon and freshman LB Marcus Collins.

Iowa defensive line coach Rick Kaczenski is a native of Erie, Pa. He was inducted into the Erie chapter of the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 2007.

Pitt assistant head coach Calvin Magee was the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Michigan the last three seasons. Iowa defeated the Wolverinesin both 2009 and 2010.

Big Ten Standings

Legends Division

Team Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.Michigan 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000

Michigan State 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000

Nebraska 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000Northwestern 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000

IOWA 0-0 .000 1-1 .500Minnesota 0-0 .000 0-2 .000

Leaders Divisi on

Team Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.

Illinois 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000Ohio State 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000

Wisconsin 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000

Penn State 0-0 .000 1-1 .500Purdue 0-0 .000 1-1 .500

Indiana 0-0 .000 0-2 .000

This Week in the Big TenPittsburgh at Iowa (11 a.m., ESPN2)

Eastern Michigan at Michigan (11 a.m., BTN)

Penn State at Temple (11 a.m., ESPN)SE Missouri State at Purdue (11 a.m., BTN)

South Carolina State at Indiana (2:30 p.m., BTN)

Michigan State at Notre Dame (2:30 p.m., NBC)

Miami (Ohio) at Minnesota (2:30 p.m., BTN)

Washington at Nebraska (2:30 p.m., ABC)

Northwestern at Army (2:30 p.m., CBS)

Arizona State at Illinois (6 p.m., BTN)

Ohio State at Miami (Fla.) (7:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN)

Wisconsin vs. N. Illinois (Chicago, Ill. - 2:30 p.m., ESPN3.com)

Iowa Non-Conference Opponents

Team Record-Next GameTennessee Tech 1-1, at Eastern Illinois

Iowa State 2-0, at Connecticut (Sept. 16)Pittsburgh 2-0, at IowaULM 1-1, at TCU

Hawkeyes in the PollsDate A C H BCS Result

Pre. RV RV - - - - - - W, 34-79/5 RV RV - - - - - - L, 41-44 (3OT)

9/12 - - - - - - - - - - - -

9/19

9/2610/3

10/10

10/1710/24

11/3111/711/14

11/21

11/28

A=Associated Press; C=Coaches; H=Harris; B=BCS

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Pitt assistant coach Tony Dews was the wide receiver coach at Michigan thepast three seasons.

Pitt assistant coach Tony Gibson served as assistant head coach at defensivesecondary coach at Michigan the past three seasons.

Pitt assistant coach Todd Dodge played college football at Texas, and was theLonghorn quarterback in 1985 when Iowa defeated Texas 55-17 in the 1984Freedom Bowl. Dodge completed 16-32 passes for 180 yards and two touch-downs in that contest.

Pitt assistant coach Randall McCray was on the coaching staff at Wisconsinfrom 2006-09.

IOWA VS. THE BIG EASTIowa holds an all-time record of 5-4 (.556) against current members of the Big

East Conference, having played Cincinnati (1-0), Pitt (1-3) and Syracuse (3-1).Iowa has not played a Big East opponent since the 2008 loss at Pittsburgh.

PITT VS. THE BIG TENPittsburgh is 81-113-9 (.421) vs. the Big Ten, having played all 12 teams at least

once.

PITT FEATURES TOP RUSHER

Pittsburgh RB Ray Graham leads the nation in rushing (161 yards per game).Graham is tied for the national lead with six rushing touchdowns and his averageof 18 points per game ranks second in the nation. Graham has scored three rushingtouchdowns in each of Pitts two wins.

IOWA FALLS IN THREE OTIowa drove 80 yards for a go-ahead touchdown with 5:50 remaining, but could

not get a defensive stop in the final minutes and eventually dropped a 44-41 contestin three overtimes at Iowa State. The loss snapped Iowas three-game winningstreak in the series.

Iowa drove 82 yards for a touchdown on itsfirst drive of the game and added a 42-yard fieldgoal from Mike Meyer in the second for a 10-0

advantage. A 12-yard Iowa State touchdowndrive following an Iowa fumble and a 54-yardfield goal late in the second period left the teamstied at 10-10 at the break.

Meyer connected on field goals of 20 and 50yards in the third period to give Iowa a 16-10advantage. The 50-yard field goal marked acareer-best for Meyer. ISU answered with afive-play touchdown drive to take its first leastwith two minutes remaining in the third period.

Following a missed field goal attempt by ISU in the final period, the Hawkeyedrove 80 yards in 11 plays, taking the lead on a one-yard run by Marcus Coker.Quarterback James Vandenberg connected with WR Keenan Davis on the two-pointconversion and Iowa led 24-17 with 5:50 remaining.

Iowa State tied the score with 1:17 to play on a four-yard touchdown pass as theCyclones converted three times on third down and a fourth and one.

Coker scored on a four-yard run in the first overtime, but ISU answered. TheCyclones scored a touchdown in the second overtime and Iowa answered with a23-yard touchdown pass from Vandenberg to Davis. Iowa was held to a 34-yardMeyer field goal in the third extra period before ISU scored the winning points ona four-yard run.

Coker led Iowas rushing attack with 140 yards and two scores on a career-best35 attempts. Vandenberg completed 16-28 passes for 207 yards and two scoreswith no interceptions. Davis led Iowa receivers with five receptions for 95 yards.


Pronunciation Guide

Head Coach Kirk Ferentz ........................... FAIR-ints

Assistant Coach Rick Kaczenski ............. kuh-ZIN-ski

Jordan Bernsne ..................................BURN-steen

Steve Bigach ................................................BIG-ack

Broderick Binns ................................................BINS

Ausn Blythe ..................................................BLYTH

Conor Boffeli ........................................... BO-fell-ee

Torrey Campbell .........................................TORE-ee

Jordan Canzeri ..................................... CAN-zear-ee

Greg Casllo ...........................................kas-TEE-oh

Shane DiBona .................................... duh-BONE-uh

Tom Donatell ........................................DON-uh-tell

Andrew Donnal ........................................duh-NELL

Jake Duzey .................................................DEW-zee

James Ferentz ........................................... FAIR-ints

C.J. Fiedorowicz............................ feh-DOR-uh-wits

Joe Gaglione .......................................GAG-lee-ownJonathan Gimm .................................................GIM

Dan Heiar ..........................................................HI-ir

Jacob Hillyer ................................................ HILL-yir

Micah Hyde .................................................MY-kuh

Chrisan Kirksey........................................ KIRK-see

Marshall Koehn ..............................................CONE

Henry Kreiger-Coble .......................KRAG-ir CO-bull

Nico Law ....................................................... NEE-ko

Jordan Lomax ...........................................LOW-max

John Lowdermilk .................................LOUD-ir-milk

Kevonte Marn-Manley ...................... KEY-von-tay

Mikail McCall ........................................... mick-A-el

Trent Mossbrucker .............................MOSS-bruk-ir

Woody Orne .....................................................ORNJim Poggi .....................................................POE-jee

Shaun Prater ...............................................PRAY-r

Riley Reiff.........................................................REEF

Jake Rudock..................................................RU-doc

Brandon Scherff............................................ SHERF

Louis Trinca-Pasat .......................TRIN-kuh puh-sot

Dean Tsopanides ............................so-puh-NYE-des

Bre Van Sloten ................................ van-SLOW-n

Ausn Vier ....................................................... VEER

John Wienke..............................................WINK-ee

Marcus Zusevics ............................... ZOOZ-uh-vicks

Comparing the Stats

IOWA PITT

Record 1-1 2-0

Scoring Avg. 37.5 35.0

Scoring Defense 25.5 22.5

Rushing Yards 153.0 177.5

Passing Yards 226.5 218.0

Total Offense 379.5 395.5Rushing Defense 167.0 82.0

Passing Defense 217.5 305.0

Total Defense 384.5 387.0

Punt Return Avg. 0.0 10.8

KO Return Avg. 27.8 26.6

Turnover Margin +1.5 -1.0

IOWA ISU

Score 41 44

First Downs 18 26

Rushes-Yds. 43-158 52-194Passing Yds. 207 279

Passes (C-A-I) 16-29-0 25-38-0

Total Offense 72-365 90-473

Punts-Avg. 4-46.8 2-51.5

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-3

Penales-Yards 6-35 11-84

Time of Possession 31:00 29:



Sophomore LB Christian Kirksey led Iowas defenserecording 13 tackles (11 solo), two tackles for loss, one QBsack, a pass break-up and a caused and recovered fumbleThe game was Iowas first triple overtime ever and leaves theHawkeyes with a 4-3 record in overtime games.

Scoring SummaryIA - - Kevonte Martin-Manley, six-yard pass from JamesVandenberg (Mike Meyer kick)IA - - Mike Meyer, 42-yard field goalISU - - Darius Reynolds, 11-yard pass from Steele Jantz(Zach Guyer kick)ISU - - Grant Mahoney, 54-yard field goalIA - - Mike Meyer, 20-yard field goalIA - - Mike Meyer, 50-yard field goalISU - - Josh Lenz, eight-yard pass from Steele Jantz (GrantMahoney kick)IA - - Marcus Coker, one-yard run (Mike Meyer kick)ISU - - Darius Darks, four-yard pass from Steele Jantz(Zach Guyer kick)IA - - Marcus Coker, four-yard run (Mike Meyer kick)ISU - - Darius Reynolds, four-yard pass from Steele Jantz(Zach Guyer kick)ISU - - James White, one-yard run (Zach Guyer kick)IA - - Keenan Davis, 23-yard pass from James Vandenberg(Mike Meyer kick)IA - - Mike Meyer, 20-yard field goalIA - - Mike Meyer, 34-yard field goalISU - - James White, four-yard run

Attendance: 56,085

EXTRA POINTS Saturdays game was the first time in the 59-game series

against Iowa State that a contest went to overtime. Iowa

last overtime game was a 27-24 loss at Ohio State in 2009 Iowa is now 4-3 in overtime games. Junior FB Jonathan Gimm started for the first time in his

career, while TE C.J. Fiedorowicz had his first pass recep-tion and redshirt freshman WR Kevonte Martin-Manleyhad his first reception and first touchdown. Senior DLTom Nardo had the first forced fumble of his career andsophomore LB Christian Kirksey had career firsts in caus-ing and recovering an ISU fumble. Redshirt freshman DLCarl Davis also saw his first career action.

Iowa was a perfect 5-5 in the red zone, collecting threeTDs and two FGs.

Iowa scored 10 points following three Iowa State turnoversThe Hawkeyes converted a touchdown after a fumble

recovery and a field goal after another fumble recoveryIowa has scored 20 points in two games following fiveopponent turnovers (three fumbles, two interceptions).

Sophomore RB Marcus Coker led Iowas rushing gamewith a career-high 35 carries for 140 yards, surpassing 100yards in a game for the third time in his career. He alsotied a career-high with two touchdowns. His only othertwo TD game was against Missouri in the 2010 InsightBowl.


Head Coach Kirk Ferentz

Kirk Ferentz (pronounced FAIR-rintz,rhymes with parents) is in his 13thseason as head football coach at theUniversity of Iowa. His latest contract

extension runs through the 2020 season.Ferentz was named the 2009 Dave Mc-

Clain Big Ten Conference Coach of theYear. He was one of 15 semi-finalistsfor the 2009 George Munger Award,presented by the Maxwell FootballClub to the College Coach of the Year.He was the 2009 AFCA Region Three Coach of the Year andwas one of 10 finalists for the Liberty Mutual national Coachof the Year.

Ferentz was honored as the 2002 Associated Press and WalterCamp National Coach of the Year and was the AFCA RegionalCoach of the Year that season, as well. He was named Big

Ten Conference Coach of the Year in 2002, 2004 and 2009.Ferentz guided Iowa to Big Ten titles in 2002 and 2004.

Iowa has made two BCS bowl appearances, including a 24-14 win in the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl. Iowa has played insix January bowl games and has four January bowl victories(2004 Outback Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2009 OutbackBowl and 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl). Iowa has posted an 86-42 (.672) overall mark and a 50-30 (.625) Big Ten record thelast 10-plus seasons. Ferentz has guided the Hawkeyes to ninefirst divisionfinishes, including a second-place finish in 2009.Iowa was bowl eligible in 2010 for the 10th straight season.

The Hawkeyes are 6-3 in bowl games under Ferentz. His sixbowl wins tie as third most among all-time Big Ten coaches

and he has led Iowa to three straight bowl victories.At Iowa, Ferentz holds an overall record of 90-61 (.596) anda 53-43 (.552) mark in Big Ten games. In his 16th season as acollege head coach, he holds a career mark of 102-82 (.554).

Fifty-eight of Iowas 151 games under Ferentz have beendecided by seven points or less (26-32) and 46 were againstopponents who were ranked in the top 25 at the time (20-26).

Ferentz joined the Iowa staff after serving as assistant headcoach and offensive line coach of the NFLs Baltimore Ravens.He was part of the Baltimore (Cleveland Browns prior to themove) staff for six years.

Ferentz was named head coach of the Maine Bears in 1990and held that position for three years. Ferentz was a memberof Hayden Frys Iowa staff for nine years as offensive linecoach (1981-89). He coordinated Iowas running game duringhis first coaching stint at Iowa. Iowa appeared in eight bowlgames during the time Ferentz was an Iowa assistant.

Ferentz was born in Royal Oak, Mich., and attended highschool in Pittsburgh, Pa. He earned his bachelors degree inEnglish Education from Connecticut in 1978, where he wasa football captain. Kirk received the Distinguished AlumnusAward from the Neag School of Education at the Universityof Connecticut in May, 2009. He was inducted into the Up-per St. Clair High School Hall of Fame in September, 2002and the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall ofFame in May, 2003.



Sophomore PK Mike Meyer made a 50-yard field goal in the third quarter, acareer best. He had a 42-yard field goal in the second period that had tied hisprevious long (at Indiana, 2010). Meyer also had a 20-yardfield goal in the thirdperiod and a 34-yard field goal in the third overtime. He is 6-6 on the seasonand 7-7 on PAT kicks in two games. He has made 20-23 career field goals.

The 50-yard field goal is the first for Iowa of 50 yards or more since the 2005season, when Kyle Schlicher had a 52-yard field goal in a loss to Ohio State.

Junior QB James Vandenberg started for the fourth time in his career and twoof those games have ended in overtime. He completed 16-28 attempts for 207yards and two scores, with no interceptions. Saturday was Vandenbergs secondgame with two TDs (Ohio State, 2009).

Junior Keenan Davis notched career highs in receptions (5) and yards (95) againsIowa State. He also collected his third career touchdown catch.

Sophomore LB Christian Kirksey had a career-high 13 tackles, his first careersack and his first two TFLs. He also had his first pass breakup, his first causedfumble and first recovered fumble.

Senior DE Broderick Binns had the third fumble recovery of his career in thefirst period, helping stop ISUs first drive of the game. Binns later had a pasbreak-up and ended the day with four tackles.

Senior punter Eric Guthrie, a native of Nevada, Iowa, averaged 46.8 yards onfour punts. He had a career-best 60-yard punt in the third period. He had jusone career punt prior to this season.

Excluding the overtime periods, Iowa State began three possessions in Iowa territory. Last season, just seven of 142 opponent possessions began on the Iowaside of the field.

OVERTIME MEANS EXTRA STATSIowas loss at Iowa State came in three overtimes, which provided both teams

three additional possessions to add to their total statistics. As an example, at thepoint Iowa took a 24-17 lead with 5:50 remaining in the game, the Hawkeye de-fense had performed well. At that point, Iowa State had 282 yards total offense andhad scored 10 of its 17 points on scoring drives that covered 12 yards (followinga turnover) and 21 yards. The final totals of 44 points and 473 yards total offenseincluded 17 points and 75 yards of total offense.

PITT GETS SECOND WINPittsburgh scored on a 76-yard drive to open the game and never trailed in tak-

ing a 35-29 home win over Maine. The Panthers added two field goals by KevinHarper to lead 12-0 before Maine cut the deficit to 12-7. A three-yard run by RayGraham and a two-point conversion with 1:45 left in the half gave Pitt a 20-7advantage at the break.

Maine scored the first touchdown of the third quarter to cut the deficit to five, buPitt answered with short scoring runs by Graham and Zach Brown to take a 35-15lead midway through the final period. Maine responded with another touchdownat the 3:12 mark and a final score with just three seconds left to play to cut intothe Pitt margin of victory.

Graham led the Pitt ground game, rushing for 121 yards on 28 carries and scoringthree times. Quarterback Tino Sunseri completed 21-35 passes for 224 yards, while

Devin Street led the Panther receivers with 74 yards on six receptions.The Pittsburgh defense was led by KWaun Williams and Shane Gordon, whoeach collected six tackles. The Panther defense, while allowing 371 yards totaoffense, collected eight tackles for loss and three QB sacks.

THE LAST MEETINGPittsburgh scored an early fourth-quarter touchdown to reclaim the lead and held

on to defeat Iowa 21-20, at Heinz Field.The Panthers scored a touchdown with 6:06 remaining in the opening period

Pittsburgh scored touchdowns on two of its first three possessions to grab an early14-3 advantage. Iowa RB Shonn Greene had a six-yard scoring run to close thedeficit to 14-10 at halftime.


Hawkeyes in the NFLIowa football players have a long

tradition of being well prepared for

professional football, following their

college playing careers. As of Sept.

5, 35 former Hawkeyes were on NFL

rosters, while others with NFL expe-

rience are current free agents or on

practice squads.

Former Hawkeye, Current NFL Team

Pat Angerer, Indianapolis Colts

Jonathan Babineaux, Atlanta Falcons

Jason Baker, Carolina Panthers

Christian Ballard, Minnesota Vikings

Rob Bruggeman, Atlanta Falcons

Bryan Bulaga, Green Bay Packers

Scott Chandler, Buffalo Bills

Dallas Clark, Indianapolis Colts

Adrian Clayborn, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Ryan Donahue, Detroit Lions

Bradley Fletcher, St. Louis Rams

Robert Gallery, Seattle Seahawks

Charles Godfrey, Carolina Panthers

Shonn Greene, New York Jets

Chad Greenway, Minnesota VikingsJeremiha Hunter, New Orleans Saints

Nate Kaeding, San Diego Chargers

Aaron Kampman, Jacksonville Jaguars

Mitch King, New Orleans Saints

Karl Klug, Tennessee Titans

Matt Kroul, New York Jets (practice squad)

Bryan Mattison, Baltimore Ravens

Tony Moeaki, Kansas City Chiefs (injured reserve)

Brandon Myers, Oakland Raiders

Seth Olsen, Minnesota Vikings

Marcus Paschal, Baltimore Ravens

Allen Reisner, Minnesota Vikings

Matt Roth, Jacksonville Jaguars

Bob Sanders, San Diego Chargers

Tyler Sash, New York Giants

Andrew Schulze, New England PatriotsAmari Spievey, Detroit Lions

Ricky Stanzi, Kansas City Chiefs

Eric Steinbach, Cleveland Browns (injured reserve)

Jeff Tarpinian, New England Patriots

Julian Vandervelde, Philadelphia Eagles

Casey Wiegmann, Kansas City Chiefs

Marshal Yanda, Baltimore Ravens

Albert Young, Jacksonville Jaguars

Free Agents

Ladell Betts Jared DeVries

Kyle Calloway A.J. Edds

Colin Cole Abdul Hodge

Sean Considine Derreck Robinson

Captains By WeekGame Players

Tenn. Tech Daniels, McNutt, Jr., T. Nielsen, Vandenberg

Iowa State Daniels, McNutt, Jr., T. Nielsen, Vandenberg

Pittsburgh

ULM

Penn State

Northwestern

Indiana

Minnesota

Michigan

Mich. State

Purdue

Nebraska




QB Jake Christensen gave Iowa a 17-14 lead with 5:33 left in the third periodafter finding the end zone from two yards out. Following an exchange of puntsPittsburgh answered with its third touchdown drive of the afternoon, capped by aRB LeSean McCoy 27-yard scoring run to put the Panthers up 21-17.

Iowa PK Trent Mossbrucker, who converteda 26-yard field goal to end Iowas second driveof the game, split the uprights from a career-long distance of 39 yards to close within onepoint (21-20) with 10:58 remaining in the game.However, Iowas last three offensive possessionsstalled and Pittsburgh held on for the victory.

Greene sparked the Hawkeyes offensively,rushing 23 times for 147 yards. TE Brandon My-ers had four receptions for 35 yards. Christensenstarted the game at quarterback, completing 12-24 passes for 124 yards. Ricky Stanzi also sawtime under center, completing 7-10 passes for 79 yards.

Pittsburgh QB Bill Stull completed 11-25 passes for 129 yards. McCoy was heldto 78 yards rushing, 27 of which came on his game-winning touchdown scamper

Defensively, Iowa was led by LB Pat Angerer, LB Jeremiha Hunter and DBAmari Spievey. Angerer had a team-high seven tackles, while Hunter had six stops

including one for loss. Spievey was credited with five tackles.

SCORING SUMMARYIA - - Mossbrucker, 26-yard field goalPITT - - Cross, 17-yard run (Lee kick)PITT - - Stull, six-yard run (Lee kick)IA - - Greene, six-yard run (Murray kick)IA - - Christensen, two-yard run (Mossbrucker kick)PITT - - McCoy, 27-yard run (Lee kick)IA - - Mossbrucker, 39-yard field goal

Attendance: 50,321

HAWKEYES TO WATCHA number of Iowa players were named to preseason all-Big Ten and All-Americteams over the summer. Those named to preseason Watch Lists include the following:

DL Broderick Binns and DL Mike Daniels, inaugural Pony Express Award DL Broderick Binns, Ted Hendricks Award RB Marcus Coker, Doak Walker Award and Maxwell Award DL Mike Daniels, CFPA Defensive Lineman Trophy OL James Ferentz, Rimington Trophy P Eric Guthrie, AFCA Community Service Award DB Micah Hyde, CFPA Defensive Back Trophy WR Marvin McNutt, Jr., Biletnikoff Award and CFPA Wide Receiver Trophy OLB Tyler Nielsen, Butkus Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy

PK Mike Meyer, College Football Performance Award for PK and KO Specialis DB Shaun Prater, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Bednarik Award and CFPA DefensivBack Trophy

OL Riley Reiff, Rotary Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy

OL RILEY REIFF First team preseason All-America by Playboy Second team preseason All-America by Consensus Draft Services Third team preseason All-American by Phil Steeles College Football and Athlon

Sports Started at left tackle in first two games in 2011 and has started 23 consecutiv

games

Hawkeyes Under FerentzOverall ..................................................................90-61

vs. ranked teams ..................................................20-26

vs. unranked teams ............................................70-354

vs. Big Ten teams .................................................53-43

vs. Big Ten teams (home) ..................................... 31-14

vs. Big Ten teams (away) ..................................... 21-29

When rushing for 150 yards or more ....................52-13When rushing for 200 yards or more ......................33-2

When passing for 250 yards or more ...................31-16

When passing for 300 yards or more ....................... 8-6

When Iowa player rushes for 100 yards ............... 50-19

When opponent has 100-yard rusher ................... 12-25

When opponent has 300-yard passer ..................12-10

When scoring 30 points or more ...............................49-4

When scoring 20 points or more .............................65-26

When opponent scores 25 points or more..............10-39

When holding opponent to 10 pts or less ................. 40-0

When Iowa scoresfirst ...........................................68-19

When Iowa leads at halftime ..................................72-12

When Iowa trails at halftime ................................... 13-47

When game is tied at halftime .................................... 5-2When Iowa leads after 3 quarters...........................77-10

When Iowa trails after 3 quarters..............................9-48

When game is tied after 3 quarters ............................ 4-3

Games decided by 11 points or more ..................... 55-22

Games decided by 10 points or less ......................28-32

Games decided by 7 points or less ........................26-32

Games decided by 3 points or less ........................13-18

When Iowa has a positive turnover margin ............ 52-15

When opponent has a positive turnover margin .....15-31

When the turnover margin is equal.........................23-15

When returning a punt/kickoff for a score ...................7-4

Overtime games .........................................................4-3

When temperature is 50 degrees or above ............ 65-47When temperature is below 50 degrees ................. 25-14

When temperature is over 90 degrees .......................1-2

When Raining: ............................................................ 8-5

Big Ten Conference POW Nominees

Game Offense Defense Special Teams

Tenn. Tech McNutt, Jr. Morris Meyer

Iowa State Coker Kirksey Meyer

Pittsburgh

ULM

Penn State

Northwestern

Indiana

Minnesota

Michigan

Mich. State

Purdue

Nebraska

Bold indicates winner

IOWA PITT

Score 20 21

First Downs 19 13

Rushes-Yds. 39-158 37-130Passing Yds. 203 129

Passes (C-A-I) 19-34-0 11-25-1

Total Offense 73-361 62-259

Punts-Avg. 8-37.6 8-47.8

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-1

Penales-Yards 2-14 2-17

Time of Possession 34:48 25:12




Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk SeriesThe Cy-Hawk Series is in its eighth season in 2011-12, being sponsored for the first time by Iowa Corn.Iowa State leads the 2011-12 series, 5-2, with wins involleyball and football.

Iowa leads the overall series 4-3 in the in-state com-petition against Iowa State that began in 2004-05.Iowa captured the Cy-Hawk Series a year ago by a15-11 margin.

Last season, Iowa captured victories in football,womens soccer, wrestling, womens basketball,womens swimming and diving and softball. ISUrecorded wins in volleyball, mens and womenscross country and mens basketball. The womensgymnastics teams split.

Iowa captured the inaugural Cy-Hawk Series (13-8)in 2004-05 and won again in 2006-07 (13-8), 2008-09 (21-4) and 2010-11 (15-11). Iowa State won thecompetition in 2005-06 (13-8) and 2007-08 (18-9)and 2009-10 (16-11).

The 12-event series awards two points (except foot-ball, which is worth three) to the winning school ineach head-to-head match-up between the two insti-tutions. Additionally, two points are awarded to aninstitution if the graduation rate of its student-athletesis greater than the national average as reported eachfall by the NCAA.

A commemorative Cy-Hawk Series Cup, which stands

31 inches tall and weighs 19 pounds, is displayed onthe winning teams campus for an entire year after avictory. Replica cups are also presented as travelingtrophies for individual victorious teams in the head-to-head competition.

This seasons Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series schedule islisted below. All events are worth two points, exceptfootball, which is worth three points:

Date Event Site/Result9/3 Volleyball ISU, 3-09/9 Womens Soccer IOWA, 4-19/10 Football ISU, 44-41 (3OT)11/12 M. Cross Country NCAA Regional11/12 W. Cross Country NCAA Regional12/4 Wrestling Ames

12/7 Womens Basketball Ames12/9 Mens Basketball Ames12/9 Womens Swim. & Diving AmesTBA Womens Gymnastics Iowa CityTBA Womens Gymnastics AmesTBA Softball Ames

Academic OpportunitiesTwo points for an institution if the student-athletegraduation rate for all student-athletes is greater thanthe national average for all student-athletes, accord-ing to the annual graduation rate report issued eachSeptember/October by the NCAA.

WR MARVIN MCNUTT, JR. Second team All-Big Ten in 2010 Fourth team preseason All-America by Phil Steeles College Football 53 receptions for 861 yards and eight touchdowns in 2010, averaging 16.2 yards

per catch. Receiving yardage ranks 10th-best for single season 18 career touchdown receptions third on career list. Career totals include 98

receptions for 1,747 yards to rank 13th in career yards and 18th in career receptions

Eight touchdown receptions in both 2009 and 2010 Six receptions for 140 yards and two touchdowns in opening win over Tennessee Tech

Earned honorable mention from College Football Performance Awards for hisplay vs. Tennessee Tech

Four receptions for 61 yards at Iowa State, including 29-yard reception that ledto an Iowa touchdown and 24-17 fourth quarter advantage

DB SHAUN PRATER First team All-Big Ten in 2010 by both league coaches and media Second team preseason All-America by Lindys, Athlon Sports and GoDaddy

com Tied for second in the Big Ten and tied for 40th nationally with four intercep-

tions

Ranked fifth on the team with 68 tackles, while playing in 12 of 13 games Has 89-yard interception return for a touchdown vs. Tennessee Tech, the second

of his career Earned honorable mention recognition from College Football Performance

Awards for his play vs. Tennessee Tech Recorded five solo tackles and two assists at Iowa State Has seven career interceptions and ranks seventh at Iowa with 173 career in-

terception return yards

DT MIKE DANIELS Honorable mention All-Big Ten Second on team in tackles for loss (11-56) and QB sacks (4-31) in 2010 Named Big Ten co-Defensive Player of the Week for his play vs. Ball State in

2010. Also named national Defensive Player of the Week by College FootbalPerformance Awards

Recorded six solo tackles, one assist and two QB pressures at Iowa State Recorded five tackles in opening win, including 1.5 tackles for loss and a QB

sack

DB MICAH HYDE Defensive Player of the Game, 2010 Insight Bowl Recorded three tackles and a pass break-up in opening game after moving from

cornerback to safety Recorded six solo tackles, one assists and two pass break-ups at Iowa State

COKER LEADS RUSHING ATTACKSophomore RB Marcus Coker leads the Iowa rushing attack, with 46 carries for

181 yards and two touchdowns. He rushed a career-high 35 times for 140 yardat Iowa State, scoring on runs of one and four yards. He is tied for second in theBig Ten in rushing yards per game (90.5).

As a true freshman in 2010, Coker started for the fourth time in Iowas InsighBowl win over Missouri. He set Iowa bowl records for rushing attempts (33and rushing yards (219) in the win. He scored on touchdown runs of one and 62yards and was named Offensive Player of the Game. He is the Sports Illustratedpreseason selection for Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year.

His season totals in 2010 included 114 carries for 622 yards and three touchdownswhile playing in just seven games. Coker rushed for over 100 yards in his firscareer start (22-129) in a win at Indiana. His rushing total a year ago ranks fourthbest for an Iowa freshman.




VANDENBERG STEPS IN AT QBJunior James Vandenberg has stepped into the starting role as Iowas quarterback

In two games Vandenberg has completed 29-49 (.592) passes for 426 yards andfour touchdowns, with no interceptions. Vandenberg was 16-28 for 207 yards aIowa State, with two touchdowns. He led a fourth quarter touchdown drive andadded the two-point conversion to give Iowa a 24-17 lead late in the game. Hethen led the Hawkeyes to 17 points in the three overtime periods. Vandenberg hasbeen sacked just once in two games and has 11 rushing attempts for 32 yards anda touchdown.

Vandenberg is 2-2 in four games as Iowas starting quarterback, with the twolosses both coming in overtime (at Ohio State, 2009). He ranks fourth in the BigTen in passing yards per game (213.0).

MEYER GETTING HIS KICKSSophomore PK Mike Meyer has made all six field goal attempts and is 7-7 in

PAT kicks through Iowas first two games. He is tied for third nationally (MaikonBonani, South Florida) in field goals per game (3.0) and he is 14th nationally inscoring (12.5 points per game). He leads the Big Ten in kick scoring and is thirdin overall scoring.

He had a career-best 50-yard field goal at Iowa State, while also connecting from42, 20 and 34 yards. Meyer made four field goals in a game for the second time

in his career, as he made 4-5 in an 18-13 win at Indiana in 2010. Meyer leadsIowa in scoring with 25 points and he has made 20-23 career field goal attempts.

KIRKSEY LEADS IN TACKLESSophomore LB Christian Kirksey leads the Iowa defense with 23 tackles (17 solo)

in two games. Kirksey ranks third in the Big Ten in tackles. He is sixth nationallyin solo tackles and tied for 13th overall in tackles per game.

Kirksey has 17 solo tackles, two tackles for loss and one QB sack. He led theHawkeyes with 11 solo tackles and two assists at Iowa State, while also causingand recovering an Iowa State fumble on the same play. He recorded 10 tackle(six solo stops) against Tennessee Tech in his first game as a starter.

TOP HAWKEYE PERFORMERS

Senior Eric Guthrie has taken over the punting duties in 2011 and is averaging43.4 yards on seven punts. Guthrie has four punts inside the 20 and opponentshave just two returns. He had a career-long 59-yard punt at Iowa State, wherehe averaged 46.8 yards on four punts.

Senior DL Mike Daniels has collected 12 tackles in two games, including 1.5tackles for loss and one of Iowas two QB sacks. He also has two QB pressures

Junior WR Keenan Davis had the best day of his career at Iowa State with fivereceptions for 95 yards and a touchdown. He had a 23-yard scoring catch inthe second overtime period. Davis has seven receptions for 125 yards in twogames as a starter. Davis has recorded six of Iowas 14 plays that have coveredover 20 yards, including four pass receptions and two KO returns.

Sophomore LB James Morris has collected 17 tackles in two games, including10 tackles and a pass interception in Iowas opening win. Morris had seven solotackles at Iowa State.

STARTERS RETURNINGIowas five returning starters on offense include: center James Ferentz, tackle

Riley Reiff, wide receiver Marvin McNutt, Jr., tackle Markus Zusevics and run-ning back Marcus Coker. The returning defensive starters include: end BroderickBinns, tackle Mike Daniels, linebacker Tyler Nielsen and backs Micah Hyde andShaun Prater. PK Mike Meyer and PK Trent Mossbrucker, also return.

Among the returning starters, only Hyde on defense and Ferentz, McNutt, Jr.,Reiff and Zusevics started every game in 2010.

Instant ReplayListed below are all the plays that have been reviewed

in an Iowa game in 2011.

Game (Rvs) Reviewed Play (Upheld/Reversed)

Tenn. Tech Iowa catch and TD (ball marked at 1-yd.line)

Iowa TD Reception (upheld, WR not OB)

Iowa State ISU touchdown inbounds (upheld)

ISU reception and fumble (upheld)

ISU TD reception (upheld)

Iowa rushing TD (upheld)

Pittsburgh

ULM

Penn State

Nwestern

Indiana

Minnesota

Michigan

Mich. State

Purdue

Nebraska

Consecutive Games, Not Shutout

School Games Last ShutoutMichigan 327 Oct. 20, 1984

(26-0 at Iowa)Ohio State 217 Nov. 20, 1993

(28-0 at Michigan)

Nebraska 194 Sept. 21, 1996

(26-0 at Arizona State)Wisconsin 179 Aug. 24, 1997

(34-0 vs. Syracuse)

IOWA 134 Oct . 14, 2000 (31-0 at Illinois)Michigan State 130 Oct. 21, 2000

(14-0 at Michigan)Indiana 127 Oct. 14, 2000

(58-0 at Michigan)

Penn State 121 Oct. 6, 2001 (20-0 vs. Michigan)Northwestern 97 Sept. 27, 2003

(20-0 at Ohio State)

Illinois 24 Sept. 26, 2009 (30-0 at Ohio State)

Minnesota 15 Nov. 21, 2009

(12-0 at Iowa)Purdue 7 Oct. 23, 2010

(49-0 at Ohio State)

Hawkeye Birthdays!The following Iowa student athletes/coaches have

birthdays in September:

1: Palmer Foster

7: Quinton Alston, Louis Trinca-Pasat

9: David Raih

18: Marcus Collins

19: Woody Orne

20: A.J. Derby

23: Kyle Steinbrecher

28: Charlie Bullen




IOWAN CALLING THE SIGNALSJunior QB James Vandenberg started at quarterback in Iowas opening win

Vandenberg is a native of Keokuk and the first native Iowan to open the season asIowas starting quarterback since 2001. The most recent Iowa native to hold thaposition was Kyle McCann of Creston. McCann led Iowa to victory in the 2001Alamo Bowl, the first bowl win for Coach Kirk Ferentz.

Two native Iowans have led the Hawkeyes to Rose Bowl wins, including KennyPloen (Clinton) during the 1956 season and Randy Duncan (Des Moines) duringthe 1958 season. Both were first team All-Americans.

St. Ansgar native Matt Sherman led Iowa to a pair of bowl wins (1996 Alamo and1997 Sun Bowl), while Iowa City native Paul Burmeister was Iowas quarterbackin the 1993 Alamo Bowl.

Additional Iowa natives who passed for over 1,500 yards, but never led Iowa in abowl game, include Gary Snook (Iowa City, 1963-65), Ed Podolak (Atlantic, 1966-68, who ended his Iowa career as a prolific running back), Phil Suess (Des Moines1977-80), Randy Reiners (Ft. Dodge, 1996-99), Tom McLaughlin (Dubuque1975-77), Al DeMarco (Mason City, 1947-48) and Glen Drahn (Elkader, 1948-50)

RETURNING WITH HONORSIowa returns five players who earned All-Big Ten honors a year ago. Among

those returning, DB Shaun Prater was a first team selection by both league coaches

and media. WR Marvin McNutt, Jr., and Riley Reiff were second team selectionsDT Mike Daniels and DB Micah Hyde earned honorable mention recognition.

In addition, Hyde was the Defensive Player of the Game in Iowas 27-24 InsighBowl win over 12th-ranked Missouri and RB Marcus Coker was the OffensivePlayer of the Game. Coker rushed 33 times for 219 yards and two touchdownswhile Hyde scored the winning touchdown on a 72-yard interception return in thefourth quarter and recorded six tackles.

AMONG CAREER LEADERSSenior WR Marvin McNutt, Jr., ranks third in career touchdown receptions (18)

and is 13th in receiving yards and 18th in career catches (98-1,747).Senior DB Shaun Prater has 173 career interception return yards and junior DB

Micah Hyde has 142 yards. Prater ranks seventh among Iowas career intercep

tion leaders and Hyde is 11th. Prater and Hyde each have two touchdown returnsAmong Iowas career leaders, only Tom Knight (three) and Plez Atkins (two) havemore than one touchdown return.

THREE HAWKEYES OUT OF ACTIONSophomore LB Shane DiBona, true freshman RB Mikail McCall and sophomore

LB Dakota Getz will miss the remainder of the 2011 season.DiBona suffered an achilles injury during preseason practice. He underwent suc

cessful surgery at the UI Hospitals and Clinics following the injury and is expectedto make a full recovery.

After a redshirt season in 2009, the Duxbury, Mass. native saw action in all 13games a year ago, with two starts. He recorded six solo tackles and seven assists

McCall suffered a broken bone in his right leg in Iowas opening win over Ten-

nessee Tech. He had rushed for 61 yards on nine carries before suffering the injuryGetz, who missed Iowas opening win due to injury, suffered a major knee injuryon the opening kick of the Iowa State game and is expected to miss the rest of theseason.

DOMINANT AT HOMEIowa has won 50 of its last 61 games (.820) in Kinnick Stadium, dating back to

the 2002 season. Iowa recorded a school-record 22-game home winning streakbetween 2002-05, which ended with an overtime loss to Michigan.

Iowa is 18-4 at home since the start of the 2008 season and 22-1 in its last 23non-conference home games.

National Rankings

Associated Press Poll, Sept. 11School Record Pts Prev.

1. Oklahoma (32) 1-0 1,441 1

2. Alabama (9) 2-0 1,422 3

3. LSU (17) 2-0 1,416 2

4. Boise State (2) 1-0 1,309 45. Florida State 2-0 1,194 5

6. Stanford 2-0 1,161 6

7. Wisconsin 2-0 1,091 8

8. Oklahoma State 2-0 1,034 9

9. Texas A&M 1-0 1,023 7

10. Nebraska 2-0 893 10

11. South Carolina 2-0 888 12

12. Oregon 1-1 848 13

13. Virginia Tech 2-0 830 11

14. Arkansas 2-0 768 14

15. Michigan State 2-0 598 17

16. Florida 2-0 511 18

17. Ohio State 2-0 461 15

18. West Virginia 2-0 419 1919. Baylor 1-0 374 20

20. South Florida 2-0 347 22

21. Auburn 2-0 343 NR

22. Arizona State 2-0 306 NR

23. TCU 1-1 166 25

24. Texas 2-0 153 24

25. Mississippi State 1-1 128 16

Numbers in parenthesis represent first place votes

USA Today Coaches Poll, Sept. 11School Record Pts Prev

1. Oklahoma (44) 1-0 1,453 1

2. Alabama (8) 2-0 1,410 23. LSU (7) 2-0 1,372 3

4. Boise State 1-0 1,214 5

5. Florida State 2-0 1,211 4

6. Stanford 2-0 1,165 6

7. Oklahoma State 2-0 1,072 7

8. Wisconsin 2-0 1,033 9

9. Texas A&M 1-0 1,001 8

10. Nebraska 2-0 911 10

11. South Carolina 2-0 863 12

12. Virginia Tech 2-0 842 11

13. Arkansas 2-0 825 13

14. Oregon 1-1 754 14

15. Michigan State 2-0 639 16

16. Ohio State 2-0 566 15

17. Florida 2-0 498 18

18. Arizona State 2-0 353 23

19. Auburn 2-0 331 22

20. West Virginia 2-0 304 24

21. Texas 2-0 260 21

22. South Florida 2-0 230 NR

23. TCU 1-1 211 25

24. Baylor 1-0 171 NR

25. Mississippi State 1-1 125 17

Numbers in parenthesis represent first place votes




HAWKEYE EXPRESS HITS RECORDThe Hawkeye Express, which transports fans attending

Iowa home games from the west edge of Coralville to Kin-nick Stadium, recorded an all-time high last weekend for theTennessee Tech at Iowa game. A total of 5,240 fans rode thetrain, surpassing the previous high of 4,931 riders for the BallState at Iowa game last season.

The Hawkeye Express is operated by the Iowa NorthernRailroad Company.

NEW PREP FOR COACHING STAFFAlong with the addition of Nebraska to the schedule, Iowa

will face several other teams that the Hawkeyes have notplayed under the current coaching staff. Indiana, Michigan,Minnesota and Pittsburgh all have new head coaches. Iowais also playing Purdue for the first time since Danny Hopetook over as the Boilermaker head coach.

IOWA UNDER THE LIGHTSIowas only night game of the season will take place Oct.

15 when the Hawkeyes host Northwestern (6 p.m., BTN HD).

Iowa was 2-1 in night games a year ago, winning at homeagainst Penn State and defeating Missouri in the Insight Bowl,while losing at Arizona. Iowa is 8-1 in night games over thelast four seasons.

Iowa games against Tennessee Tech, Iowa State, Pittsburgh,Indiana and Nebraska will all start at 11 a.m. Game timesfor six additional Hawkeyes games will not be set until theseason is underway.

HAWKEYES ON THE TUBEAll Iowa football games this season will be televised on

either ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FSN or the BTN. Thelast Iowa contest not televised was vs. Minnesota on Nov. 17,

2001. Iowa has appeared on television in its last 118 games.

IOWA VS. RANKED TEAMSThese are Iowas most recent wins vs. nationally-ranked

opponents:

Home: 37-6 over fifth-ranked Michigan State, 10/30/10 24-3 over 20th-ranked Penn State, 10/02/10

24-23 over third-ranked Penn State, 11/8/08Road: 38-28 over 24th-ranked Michigan, 10/16/10

21-10 over fourth-ranked Penn State, 9/26/09Neutral: 27-24 over 12th-ranked Missouri,

Insight Bowl, 12/28/1024-14 over ninth-ranked Georgia Tech,

Orange Bowl, 1/5/1030-25 over 11th-ranked LSU,Capital One Bowl, 1/1/05

RETURNING STAT LEADERSIowa returns just two players who led the team in statistical

categories in 2010. PK Mike Meyer led the team in scoringwith 73 points, hitting 14-17 field goal attempts and 31-33PAT attempts. WR Marvin McNutt, Jr. led the Hawkeyesin receptions (53), receiving yards (861) and touchdownreceptions (8).

DEPTH CHART INCLUDES 10 WALK-ONSIowas depth chart includes 10 players who originally joined

the program as a walk-on. That includes four on offense (OLMatt Tobin, FB Matt Meyers, RB Jason White, WR StevenStaggs), three on defense (DL Thomas Nardo, OLB TomDonatell, DB Collin Sleeper), and three specialists (P EricGuthrie, PK Mike Meyer and LS Casey Kreiter).

COLLECTING INTERCEPTIONSIowas defense has ranked among national leaders in causing

turnovers in recent seasons. Over the last three-plus seasonsIowa has collected 65 interceptions, a total that ranks secondin the nation over that span (Florida, 68).

The Hawkeyes have had an interception return for a touchdownin each of the last four years, including four last season. Iowahas had an interception return for a score in nine of the last 11seasons and 9-13 seasons under Kirk Ferentz. Iowa had six non-offensive touchdowns in 2010 and had an 89-yard interceptionreturn for a touchdown in the opening win this season.

In addition, in each of the last four seasons, Iowa has hadmore interceptions than touchdown passes allowed:

Year Interceptions TDs Allowed2011 2 42010 19 122009 21 92008 23 92007 14 13

IOWA LIKES STARTING ON OFFENSEIowa has started on offense in 125 of its last 145 games,

including the opening win over Tennessee Tech. Iowa gamesvs. Iowa State (9/10/11), Minnesota (11/27/10), Wisconsin(10/23/10), Ohio State (11/14/09), Indiana (10/31/09), Purdue

(11/15/08), Penn State (11/08/08), Wisconsin (10/10/08)Minnesota (11/10/07), at Northwestern (11/3/07), vs. Michigan State (10/27/07), at Penn State (10/6/07), vs. Iowa State(9/16/06), vs. Minnesota (11/19/05), vs. Michigan (10/22/05)at Purdue (10/8/05), at Minnesota (11/13/04), vs. Purdue(11/6/04), at Miami, OH (9/7/02) and at Michigan State(9/27/03) are the only contests that the Hawkeyes didnt staron offense. Iowa won 13 of those 20 games.

Iowa has started the game on offense in 127 of 151 gamesunder Kirk Ferentz, including 12 of 13 games in 2010 and 11of 13 games in 2009. Iowa scored on its first possession ineight games and Iowas opponents scored on their first drivein seven games in 2010.

PRESTIGIOUS HONORS GIVEN TO HAYDEN FRYFormer University of Iowa Football Coach Hayden Fry has

been named recipient of two distinguished national awardsFry, along with three others, was inducted into the United

States Marine Corps Hall of Fame in late August. The cer-emony was held at the Quantico Marine base at QuanticoVirginia.




Fry has also been named recipient of the 2012 Paul BearBryant Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the AmericanHeart Association. The Award recognizes the career accom-plishments of some of colleges finest football coaches. Itsthe only award of its kind in the college football arena. Theaward highlights the outstanding achievements and extraordi-nary contributions which have reflected honor and sportsman-ship to the game of football throughout the coachs career.Hell receive the award at a banquet Jan. 12th in Houston, Tex.

Fry was Iowas head football coach for 20 years, posting a143-89-6 record (96-61-5 in the Big Ten). When he retiredhe was the dean of Big Ten coaches and was just the sixthfootball coach in Big Ten history to coach 20 seasons. Hiscareer record was 232-178-10.

In 2003 he was inducted into the College Football Hall ofFame. He has also been honored with the prestigious AmosAlonzo Stagg Lifetime Achievement Award. Since that timehe has also been inducted into Iowas Athletic Hall of Fame,the Baylor Wall of Fame, The Peach and Holiday Bowl Hallsof Fame, the Rose Bowl and Sun Bowl Halls of Fame, and theNorth Texas State University Hall of Fame (formerly NTSU).

FERENTZ JOINS CHALLENGEIowa Coach Kirk Ferentz and Iowa State Coach Paul Rhoads

have joined forces with the Iowa Mentoring Partnership forthe 2011 Coaches Challenge. The Coaches Challenge runsfrom Aug. 1-Nov. 21 and is a competition between Iowa,Nebraska and Kansas to see which state can recruit the mostmentors.

For three years, Kansas and Nebraska have competed in aCoaches Mentoring Challenge, with Bo Pelini (Nebraksa),Bill Snyder (Kansas State) and Turner Gill (Kansas) takingpart in the competition. Ferentz and Rhoads have joined thecompetition this season.

According to The National Mentoring Partnership, thereare 15 million children in the nation in need of caring andquality mentors. In Iowa, it is estimated that nearly 5,000young people are currently in need of a mentor. Many ofthese children and youth are young men who would stronglybenefit from a positive male role model. The Iowa MentoringPartnership, an initiative of the Iowa Commission on Volun-teer Service, upholds the commissions mission to improvelives, strengthen communities and foster civic engagementthrough service and volunteering by supporting qualitymentoring services and by working to close the mentoringgap in our state.

The Iowa Mentoring Partnership currently supports a net-

work of more than 80 local, certifi

ed mentoring programs.Any new mentor application received between Aug. 1-Nov.21 will count towards the score of the respective state, withcumulative totals updated each month.

To find out more information or join the Coaches Chal-lenge, visit www.iowamentoring.org or call 1-800-308-5987.

GLANCE AT THE SCHEDULEIowa plays three of its first four games in Kinnick Stadium

returning home the next two weekends. Iowa hosts Pittsburgh(Sept. 17, 11 a.m., ESPN2) and Louisiana-Monroe (Sept24, 11 a.m., BTN) to close the non-conference slate. TheHawkeyes open Big Ten play at Penn State Oct. 8. This seasonmarks the 10th time in Kirk Ferentz 13 years at Iowa thatthe Hawkeyes will open the conference season on the roadIowa returns home to host Northwestern and Indiana beforea road game at Minnesota. The second half of the conferenceslate has Iowa hosting Michigan and Michigan State beforetraveling to Purdue and Nebraska. Six of Iowas 2011 op-ponents competed in bowl games last season.

The Hawkeyes do not face Big Ten opponents Illinois, OhioState and Wisconsin in 2011 and 2012.

TICKET UPDATEIowa has sold all tickets for its seven home games. Iowa

has issued over 59,000 season tickets, which includes morethan 10,000 student tickets. The Iowa record for averagehome attendance is 70,585, set in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010

Iowa has sold out Kinnick Stadium 49 of the last 51 gamesheading into the 2011 season. In addition, Iowa has sold itsallotment of tickets to road games at Iowa State, Penn StateMinnesota and Nebraska.

DIVISION CHAMPS TO MEET IN TITLE GAMEThe Big Ten Conference will stage its first conference

football championship game Dec. 3 at Lucas Oil Stadiumin Indianapolis. The prime time contest will be televised byFOX to a national audience.

The Big Tens Legends Division includes Iowa, MichiganMichigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern. TheLeaders Division includes Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn

State, Purdue and Wisconsin.

HAWKEYES BY THE NUMBERSIowa returns 37 lettermen from 2010, including 17 on of-

fense, 18 on defense and two specialists. The 37 returninglettermen are 11 less than a year ago. The Hawkeyes returnfive starters on both offense and defense and two specialists

The lettermen breakdown includes six three-year lettermen11 two-year lettermen and 20 one-year lettermen. The totaroster has 114 players, and includes 18 seniors, 20 juniors22 sophomores, 19 redshirt freshmen and 35 true freshmen

Iowas depth chart includes 17 seniors, 17 juniors, 11 sopho-mores and six redshirt freshmen.

IOWA FOOTBALL AND THE NFL For the second straight year, Iowa had six players selected

in the 2011 NFL Draft, and for the second straight year thatlist included a first round selection (DE Adrian Clayborn)

Iowa was one of eight schools to have as many as six play-ers selected in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Only two schools, USC (16) and Florida (13), have hadmore players selected in the past two seasons.

The Iowa football program was represented by 33 playerson opening day NFL rosters. As many as eight additionaformer Hawkeyes with NFL experience are listed as freeagents, on injured reserve or on practice squads.




Iowa in 2011 Statistics Iowa ranks eighth nationally (second among Big Ten

teams) in number former players currently active in theNFL, behind Miami, FL, USC, Texas, Tennessee, OhioState, Georgia and LSU.

All 11 members of Iowas starting defensive unit in 2008were either drafted in the last three NFL drafts or signedto NFL free agent contracts following the drafts.

Over the past 12 years, 98 of 114 (86%) of Iowas seniorstarters have been drafted in the NFL or signed NFL freeagent contracts.

HAWKEYES POST 8-5 RECORD IN 2010Iowa concluded the 2010 season with a 27-24 win over 12th

ranked Missouri in the Insight Bowl. The Hawkeyes earnedtheir second straight bowl victory over a top-15 opponent andhave won three consecutive bowl games for the first time inschool history. Iowa improved its bowl record to 14-10-1.

The Insight Bowl win over the Tigers marked Iowas fourth2010 victory over a ranked opponent, the most by an Iowateam since 2003. Iowa played seven ranked opponents in2010, the most for the Hawkeyes under Kirk Ferentz. Eigh

of Iowas 2010 opponents competed in bowl games, withIowa compiling a 4-4 record against those teams.

Iowas record came against one of the toughest schedules inthe nation. In each of Iowasfive losses, the Hawkeyes wereeither tied or leading in the fourth quarter. Iowasfive lossescame by a total of 18 points and the four league losses wereby a collective 11 points. Iowas most impressive wins were a37-6 win over Michigan State, which shared the Big Ten titlewhile posting an 11-2 overall record, and the Insight Bowwin over Missouri (10-3), which tied for the North Divisiontitle in the Big 12 Conference.

IOWA VS. RANKED OPPONENTS

Iowa posted a 4-3 record while facing seven ranked oppo-nents in 2010, the most for a Kirk Ferentz coached Hawkeyeteam. Iowa played six ranked teams in 1999 and 2003. Thefour wins over ranked teams are the most for Iowa since post-ing a 4-2 record vs. six ranked opponents in 2003.

Three of Iowas seven opponents were ranked in the top10, while Missouri was 12th. Iowa lost to No. 10 Wisconsin(31-30), defeated No. 5 Michigan State (37-6) and lost to No7 Ohio State (20-17), all in Kinnick Stadium. In 2009, Iowadefeated No. 4 Penn State and No. 9 Georgia Tech, whilelosing at No. 8 Ohio State in overtime.

With the 37-6 win over fifth-ranked Michigan State(10/30/10), Iowa has recorded a victory over a top-five rankedteam in each of the last three seasons. Iowa defeated fourthranked Penn State (21-10) on the road in 2009 and defeatedthe third-ranked Nittany Lions (24-23) in Kinnick Stadiumin 2008.

Along with defeating Michigan State, Iowa defeated Missouri (#12), Penn State (#20) and Michigan (#24). Alongwith losses to Wisconsin and Ohio State, Iowa lost at No18 Arizona.

In Big Ten play, Iowas eight opponents posted an overalrecord of 62-34 during the regular season. Iowa did not playIllinois and Purdue.

Player Category Stats Big Ten NCAAMike Meyer Scoring (Kick) 12.5 1st - - -Mike Meyer Field Goals/Game 3.0 1st T3rdMike Meyer Field Goal Pct. 1.000 T1st - - -Mike Meyer PAT Kicking Pct. 1.000 T1st - - -

Thomas Nardo Fumbles Forced 0.5 T1st T30thChrisan Kirksey Fumbles Forced 0.5 T1st T30thTyler Nielsen Fumbles Recovered 0.5 T2nd T21stBroderick Binns Fumbles Recovered 0.5 T2nd T21stChrisan Kirksey Fumbles Recovered 0.5 T2nd T21stMarcus Coker Rushing 90.50 T2nd T41stMike Meyer Scoring 12.5 3rd 14thChrisan Kirksey Tackles 11.5 3rd T13thJames Morris Intercepons 0.5 T3rd T32ndShaun Prater Intercepons 0.5 T3rd T32ndJames Vandenberg Passing Avg./Game 213.0 4th 58thMarvin McNu, Jr. Rec. Yards per Game 100.5 4th T28thMarvin McNu, Jr. Recepons/Game 5.0 4th T76thEric Guthrie Punng Avg. 43.4 5th - - -James Vandenberg Pass Efficiency 159.2 6th 28thChrisan Kirksey QB Sacks .50 T7th - - -

Mike Daniels QB Sacks .50 T7th - - -Keenan Davis Rec. Yards per Game 62.5 8th - - -Marcus Coker All-Purpose Yards 102.0 8th - - -Chrisan Kirksey Tackles for Loss 1.00 T8th - - -James Vandenberg Total Offense 229.0 9th 60thMicah Hyde Passes Defended 1.0 T9th T59thJames Morris Tackles 8.5 T10th T80th

Team StascsCategory Stats Big Ten NCAAFumbles Recovered 3 T1st T12thTurnovers Gained 5 T1st T18thField Goal % 1.000 T1st - - -PAT Kicking 1.000 T1st - - -QB Sacks Allowed 0.5 2nd T11thFewest Yards Penalized 25.0 3rd T8thTurnover Margin +1.5 3rd T18thKO Returns 27.8 3rd 21stPassing Offense 226.5 3rd 60thRed Zone Defense 63.6% 4th 20thFewest Penales 4.5 4th T23rdNet Punng 40.0 4th 30thScoring Offense 37.5 4th 38thFewest Turnovers 2 T5th T30thThird Down Conversions 45.8 5th T42ndRed Zone Offense 88.9% 5th T52ndPass Efficiency 149.5 6th 41stIntercepons 2 7th T30thTime of Possession 28.49 7th 73rdQB Sacks 1.0 7th T77thTotal Offense 379.5 8th 74th

Passing Defense 217.5 8th 65thTotal Defense 384.5 8th 73rdRushing Offense 153.0 9th 60thFirst Downs 19.5 T8th T67thFourth Down Defense 75.0 8th T87thPass Efficiency Defense 132.9 9th 81stTackles for Loss 4.5 T9th T86thFirst Downs Allowed 22.0 9th T87thFourth Down Conversions 0.0 T10th - - -Rushing Defense 167.0 11th 82ndScoring Defense 25.5 11th 67thPunt Returns 0.0 T11th T104thKO Coverage 38.6 12th T103rdThird Down Defense 56.8 12th T115th




points in six games overall, matching the second highestnumber of games under Kirk Ferentz. Iowa scored 30 omore points in nine games in 2002.

Iowa had just 11 turnovers (five lost fumbles, six intercep-tions), which ranked second in the nation. Iowa lost justwo fumbles in eight Big Ten games, both in the regularseason finale at Minnesota.

Iowa was 8-0 in 2010 when rushing for over 120 yards and0-5 when the rushing total was less than 120 yards.

Iowa ranked sixth in fewest penalty yards per game (37.4and tied for 19th in fewest penalties per game (4.9).

On special teams, Iowa ranked sixth in the nation in punreturn defense (3.9 average on 21 returns) and 12th in KOreturns (25.3).

Iowas opponents had 142 possessions, and just sevenstarted in Iowa territory. Arizona and Minnesota had twopossessions start in Iowa territory and Iowa State, North-western and Ohio State started one possession on Iowasend of the field.

Iowas 100 first half points in 2010 led the Big Ten Conference.

IOWA TO MEET NEBRASKA ON FRIDAYIowas regular season finale will be played on Friday, Nov

25 at Nebraska, the day after Thanksgiving. That contest wilbe televised by ABC (11 a.m. CT) to a national audience.

Iowa and Nebraska will also meet in Kinnick Stadium onthe Friday following Thanksgiving to end the 2012 regularseason.

IOWA ADDS TROPHY GAME WITH NEBRASKAWhen Iowa and Nebraska resume their series in November

the two teams will be playing The Heroes Game, withthe winner claiming the Heroes Trophy. The trophy gamebetween the Hawkeyes and Cornhuskers is the latest trophy

game for the Hawkeyes, who also play trophy games withIowa State (Cy-Hawk Trophy), Minnesota (Floyd of Rose-dale) and Wisconsin (Heartland Trophy).

HAWKEYE FOOTBALL NOTES Dating back to 2008, Iowa has won 10 of its last 15 games

away from Iowa City, with two of the five losses comingat the hands of ranked teams and two of the five comingin overtime. A six-game streak was snapped in the overtime loss at eighth-ranked Ohio State in November, 2009The road winning streak was the longest for Iowa sincewinning all five of its road games during the 2002 regularseason. That streak was six straight games away fromhome, including the 2001 Alamo Bowl.

Iowas 2009 win at No. 4/5 ranked Penn State markedIowas first road win over a team ranked in the top fivesince 1990. That season the Hawkeyes scored a 54-28 winat fifth-ranked Illinois. Iowa concluded the 2009 seasonwith a neutral site win over ninth-ranked Georgia Tech inthe Orange Bowl. Iowa has defeated a team ranked in thetop five in each of the last three seasons.

Broderick Binns, Jr., DE Ted Hendricks AwardPony Express Award

Marcus Coker, So., RB Doak Walker AwardMaxwell Award

Mike Daniels, Sr., DL CFPA Defensive Lineman Trophy

James Ferentz, Jr., OL Rimington Trophy

Eric Guthrie, Sr., P AFCA Community Service Award

Micah Hyde, Jr., DB CFPA Defensive Back Trophy

Marvin McNutt, J r., Sr., WR Biletnikoff AwardCFPA Wide Receiver Trophy

Mike Meyer, So., PK CFPA Placekicker TrophyCFPA Kickoff Specialist Trophy

Tyler Nielsen, Sr., OLB Butkus AwardLott IMPACT Trophy

Shaun Prater, Sr., DB Bronko Nagurski AwardBednarik Award

CFPA Defensive Back Trophy

Riley Reiff, Jr., OL Rotary Lombardi AwardOutland Trophy

Hawkeyes on Watch Lists

IOWA VS. BOWL TEAMSEight of Iowas 13 opponents in 2010 earned bowl invita-

tions. Iowas 13 opponents posted a 92-71 (.564) overallrecord. Wisconsin (Rose) and Ohio State (Sugar) earned BCSbowl bids, while Arizona, Michigan State, Penn State, Michi-gan, Northwestern and Missouri played in the post-season.

HAWKEYE NOTES FROM 2010 Iowa ranked seventh nationally in scoring defense (17.0),

sixth in rushing defense (101.5), 25th in total defense(332.1) and 24th in pass efficiency defense (115.1). TheIowa defense was the last unit in the nation to allow arushing touchdown last season, that coming in Iowas sixthgame.

The Hawkeyes ranked seventh in the nation in turnovermargin (+1.0) and tied for 11th with 19 pass interceptions.Iowa had four interception returns for touchdowns.

Six Iowa opponents scored one touchdown or less, includ-ing two who scored no touchdowns. For the second straightseason, eight of Iowas 12 regular season opponents scored17 points or less.

For the third straight season, in 2010, Iowa allowed onlyone individual opponent to rush for over 100 yards.

Iowa ranked 11th in the nation in pass efficiency (155.72)and the Hawkeyes were 50th in scoring offense (28.9). TheHawkeyes were 49th in passing offense (234.5), 57th intotal offense (382.9) and 70th in rushing offense (148.4).Iowa scored 30 or more points in three consecutive BigTen Conference games (Michigan, Wisconsin, MichiganState) for the first time since 2005. Iowa scored 30 or more




IOWA PROGRAM NOTES Iowa was bowl eligible in 2010 for the 10th straight sea-

son. The Hawkeyes played in their ninth bowl game since2001. Iowa played in the 2001 Alamo Bowl, 2003 OrangeBowl, 2004 Outback Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2006Outback Bowl, 2006 Alamo Bowl, 2009 Outback Bowl2010 Orange Bowl and 2010 Insight Bowl.

Iowa has posted a 6-3 bowl record under Kirk Ferentz

Ferentz is tied for third on the all-time list of Big Tencoaches with six bowl victories. Iowas .667 (6-3) winningpercentage in bowl games in the BCS era ranks as the besin the Big Ten Conference.

Four of Iowas six bowl wins under Kirk Ferentz have beenin January. Under Ferentz, the Hawkeyes have bowl winsover teams from the Southeastern (three), Big 12 (two) andAtlantic Coast conferences.

Iowa is one of four programs in the nation to win a bowlgame at the conclusion of each of the last three seasonswith two of the three being January bowl wins. Among BigTen teams, only Penn State (1993-96), Michigan (1997-2000) and Ohio State (2002-2005) have won four straighbowl games in as many seasons.

Iowa has defeated a team ranked in the top five in the na-tion, in the Associated Press rankings, in each of the pasthree seasons (Penn State in 2008 and 2009, MichiganState in 2010).

Iowa earned Big Ten Conference championships in 2002and 2004 and placed second in 2009. Iowa (8-0, 2002) ione of two Big Ten teams to post a perfect mark in conference play since 1998 (BCS era).

Iowa has ranked in the top 10 in the final Associated Pressand CNN/USA Today coaches polls in four of the pastnine seasons, including a ranking of seventh in

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