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Northwestern forces a 3-and-out and punter Tory Taylor shanks a punt just yards. The Wildcats get a couple of first downs, but had to convert on two 4th and shorts to get them.
They don't get across midfield before Iowa forces a punt. The second half just started with Northwestern getting the ball. They'll start at their own 25 after a fair catch. Let's see if the Iowa D can keep up its stellar performance from the first half.
As inconsequential as it is, the final play of the half was an interception by Kaevon Merriweather. The Wildcats will get the ball to start the third quarter, but they've been wildly ineffective so far today.
They've racked up just 26 total yards and have -7 yards on the ground, thanks to those three sacks from the Iowa D. The offense hasn't been explosive, but it's done what it needs to do. Eight different Iowa players have caught a pass, six have run for positive yardage and Spencer Petras has tossed for yards and a score while only missing on four of his 18 attempts.
And a few of those incompletions weren't even his fault. That was a really nice drive from Iowa. It took them just six plays to drive 50 yards and find paydirt. The drive was capped off by a Spencer Petras 6-yard strike to Luke Lachey. The Iowa defense forced a quick 3-and-out, capped off by a punishing sack from Logan Lee. That's the defense's third sack today. Wildcats punt it away to Iowa and the Hawkeyes will take over at midfield. They've got one timeout left and plenty of time to score again.
After another really good drive to get inside the 20, the Hawkeyes offense stalls out. It wasn't an easy catch but plays like that need to be made. Drew Stevens came on right after to extend the Iowa lead to on a yard field goal to cap a play, yard drive.
Iowa almost had its 3rd TD pass of the year, Diante Vines dropped it. Still, Hawkeyes march 85 yards on 15 plays to collect points. Iowa 13, Northwestern 0. The Hawkeyes look good on O for the first time in a long time. They just drove into the red zone on a drive that started at their own 9 yard line. They've only had to convert on one 3rd down this drive too. Overall on the day, Petras for for yards. Iowa's got 81 yards on the ground today too.
They're not blowing the doors off anybody, but they're doing their jobs and letting the elite defense handle business on the other side. On the next play, a 3rd and 27, Sullivan dropped back to pass and slipped to the ground for a loss of 9.
Second-team DEs Deontae Craig yard sack and Ethan Hurkett yard sack with big plays to snuff out Northwestern's first 2 drives, each of which had some momentum. That brought out the punting unit for the Wildcats. Iowa takes over inside their own 10 yard line after an illegal block in the back on the return. Northwestern has dinked and dunked its way down the field, with just one play gaining more than 10 yards.
Still, they find themselves driving. Though a holding penalty just pushed them back. They've got 2nd and 17 from the Hawkeyes 32 yard line. The Hawkeyes hit paydirt from half a yard away with a Spencer Petras sneak. It's the first time the offense has found the end zone in their last 29 drives.
Iowa first-and-goal with a chance to end its TD-less string of 29 straight drives After a nifty play by Spencer Petras, a yarder where he scrambled around and hit Monte Pottebaum, the Hawkeyes find themselves at the Northwestern 19 with a second down incoming.
After a really efficient first few offensive plays, the Hawkeyes' drive stalls out inside the red zone when they can't convert on 3rd and 2. Gavin Williams got stuffed for a loss of 2 on the play.
Drew Stevens came on and hit a yard FG to put points on the board for Iowa. Needing a score to get out of their hole, the Wildcats came up short and were forced to punt for the fifth time tonight. Getting his start of his young career, true freshman safety Xavier Nwankpa gets a pick-six on the first play of Kentucky's latest drive.
The yard return and subsequent point-after kick from Drew Stevens gives Iowa their second touchdown in 11 seconds. Making the most of great field position from Kentucky's punt, Iowa needed just two plays to score their first point of the night.
Both were passes from Labas who first hits Sam LaPorta for a yard gain and then follows it up with a yard touchdown pass to Luke Lachey. Safety Sebastian Castro is having a nice game so far as he already has two tackles and two pass breakups. When we return Joey Labas and the rest of the offense will face a 3rd and 7 at Kentucky's yard line.
On the bright side, the Wildcats avoided giving up a safety, but they still had to punt the ball after just three plays. Despite starting with great field position, the Hawkeyes went three-and-out, leading to a punt from Tory Taylor. However, Taylor's big leg sends the ball inside Kentucky's five-yard line before Dejean downed the ball at the two-yard line. After allowing one first down, the Hawkeyes' defense stepped up again to force another Kentucky punt.
Iowa's special teams had a big play as well after returner Cooper Dejean had a yard return taking the ball all the way to their own yard line. The early returns for Labas are good after a strong first showing. He completed passes for 37 yards, getting the ball to three different pass catchers. He also rushed for three yards.
His big passes and a six-yard run from Nico Ragaini got the Hawkeyes all the way down to the Wildcats yard line. Facing 4th and 2, Kentucky's defense stepped up and broke up a pass to force a turnover on downs. Kentucky punts on their first offensive drive of the day, despite some early strides from Wade. On his first drive of the season, he completed his first two passes before two big defensive plays from Iowa's defense.
The first was a key tackle for loss from John Waggoner and then on the next play safety Sebastian Castro broke up a pass. Iowa has won the coin toss and has deferred until the second half. Kentucky's offense led by freshman quarterback Destin Wade will get the ball first today. After the touchback, they will start off at their own yard line. Will this be Taylor's final game at Iowa? Iowa O-line combos
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