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HAWKEYES PREPARE FOR POST-SEASON Iowa posted a 7-5 regular season record, including a 4-4 mark in Big Ten Con-

ference play. The Hawkeyes tied for fourth in the Big Ten race. Iowa is bowleligible for the 10th straight season and the Hawkeyes have won January bowlgames following each of the last two seasons. Iowa placed in the rst division of the Big Ten for the ninth time in the last 10 years.

Iowas record came against one of the toughest schedules in the nation. Iowaposted a 3-3 record against teams who were ranked at the time. Seven of Iowas2010 opponents are also bowl eligible, with Iowa compiling a 3-4 record againstthose teams.

In each of Iowas ve losses, the Hawkeyes were either tied or leading in thefourth period. Iowa was tied at Arizona, and held a lead in the fourth quarter againstWisconsin, Northwestern, Ohio State and Minnesota. Iowas ve losses came by atotal of 18 points and the four league losses were by a collective 11 points. Iowasmost impressive win was a 37-6 win over Michigan State, which shared the BigTen title while posting an 11-1 overall record.

In non-conference play, Iowa posted impressive wins over Eastern Illinois (37-7),Iowa State (35-7) and Ball State (45-0), all in Kinnick Stadium, while dropping a34-27 contest at 18th-ranked Arizona.

The Hawkeyes opened conference play with a 24-3 home win over Penn Stateand a 38-28 win at Michigan. A 31-30 loss to 10th-ranked Wisconsin followed,before the win over previously unbeaten and fth-ranked Michigan State.

Iowa earned its seventh win with a hard fought decision at Indiana, before narrowlosses at Northwestern (21-17), at home to seventh-ranked Ohio State (20-17) andat Minnesota (27-24).

The Hawkeyes continue to have great fan support. Iowa matched its season homeattendance record by averaging 70,585 fans. All seven home games were sold out.Iowa posted a 5-2 record in Kinnick Stadium, with the two losses by a total of fourpoints to top 10 opponents.

IN THE RANKINGSIowa is listed among teams receiving votes in the USA Today coaches poll and

the Harris Poll and Iowa is 25th in the Sagarin Ratings. The Hawkeyes appearedin the Associated Press national rankings for 23 consecutive polls from Sept. 28,2009, through Nov. 22, 2010.

Around the Big Ten, Wisconsin is ranked 4/4 (AP/Coaches), Ohio State is 6/6and Michigan State is 7/7. Non-conference opponent Arizona is listed amongteams receiving votes.

IOWA IN THE BCS RANKINGSIowa appeared in the BCS rankings throughout the season, ranking as high as

13th on Nov. 8. Iowa was ranked in each of the weekly BCS rankings in 2009,

including an all-time high of fourth on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2. Iowa ended last seasonranked 10th in the Dec. 6 nal poll.Iowa was also ranked in the BCS top 25 seven weeks in 2004 and eight weeks in

both 2002 and 2003. Iowa was ranked once during the 2006 season. Prior to thisseason, Iowa appeared in the BCS top 25 on 32 occasions.

The BCS rankings are a combination of the Harris Interactive poll, the USA Todaycoaches poll and computer rankings.

HAWKEYE HISTORY Iowa has played 1,141 games since beginning football in 1889. Iowas overall

record is 586-516-39 (.531). That includes a 370-201-16 (.644) record in homegames, a 216-315-23 (.411) record in games away from Iowa City, a 289-348-25(.455) mark in Big Ten games and a 253-165-15 (.602) record in Kinnick Stadium.

Date of Release: Dec. 2, 2010Iowa Sports Information: 319-335-941Iowa Football - - Regular Season Recap

Iowa HawkeyesSchedule/Results

9/4 Eastern Illinois W, 37-7

9/11 Iowa State W, 35-7

9/18 at #18 Arizona L, 34-27

9/25 Ball State W, 45-0

10/2 #20 Penn State* W, 24-3

10/16 at #24 Michigan* W, 38-28

10/23 #10 Wisconsin* L, 31-30

10/30 #5 Michigan State* W, 37-6

11/6 at Indiana* W, 18-13

11/13 at Northwestern* L, 21-17

11/20 #7 Ohio State* L, 20-17

11/27 at Minnesota* L, 27-24

* - - Big Ten Conference game

All-Big Ten Honors

Player Coaches Media

Adrian Clayborn First First

Derrell Johnson-Koulianos First HM

Shaun Prater First First

Tyler Sash First First

Karl Klug Second Second

Riley Reiff Second Second

Julian Vandervelde Second Second

Brett Greenwood Second HM

Jeremiha Hunter Second HM

Marvin McNutt, Jr. Second HM

Allen Reisner Second HM

Christian Ballard HM HM

Mike Daniels HM HM

Ryan Donahue HM HM

Adam Robinson HM HMMicah Hyde - - - HM

Coach of the Year: Mark Dantonio, Michigan StateOff. Player of the Year: Denard Robinson, MichiganOff. Lineman of the Year: Gabe Carimi, WisconsinDef. Player of the Year: Ryan Kerrigan, PurdueDef. Lineman of the Year: Ryan Kerrigan, PurdueFreshman of the Year: James White, Wisconsin



BOWL TICKET APPLICATIONSThe Iowa Athletics Ticket Of ce is accepting orders for possible bowl games

involving the Hawkeye football team. As in the past, fans of the Iowa Hawkeyespurchasing their bowl game tickets through the UI Athletics Ticket Of ce help theUI Athletics Department meet its nancial obligation to the bowl game and areguaranteed seat locations that are part of the of cial University of Iowa sectionof the stadium.

The ticket of ce began accepting orders via its online ticket window at hawk-eyesports.com on Thursday, Nov. 24.

To place an order online, fans will need their account number and PIN. Fanswith question should contact the UI Athletics Ticket Of ce at 1-800 IA-HAWKSor (319) 335-9323.

Fans can also place an order in person by printing an application at home andby delivering it to the UI Athletics Ticket Of ce location at the west entrance of Carver-Hawkeye Arena or by faxing it to the UI Athletics Ticket Of ce. The phonenumber to use when faxing a bowl game ticket order is included on the ticket ap-plication. You will nd a print-at-home version of the bowl game ticket applicationin several locations on hawkeyesports.com.

The UI Athletics Ticket Of ce will not accept bowl game ticket orders over thephone until the Hawkeyes bowl game destination is of cial. Its possible the des-tination wont be determined of cially until Sunday, Dec. 5, when the 2011 BowlChampionship Series selections are nalized.

All general public and UI faculty/staff 2010 Iowa football season ticket holdersand all members of the National I-Club will receive a bowl ticket application in themail. UI students who purchased season tickets for the 2010 season will receivean e-mail from the UI Athletic Ticket Of ce with details speci c to student tickets.

Bowl game ticket orders will be lled based on a customers Iowa football ticketpriority. The deadline to place an order and have it lled by ticket priority is Friday,Dec. 3. There will be limits placed on the number of tickets that can be ordered tosome of the bowl games in which Iowa could be a participant.

LIVE BLOGGING FROM BOWL GAMEHawkeye fans not able to attend Iowas bowl game can log on to hawkeyesports.

com and have a chance to be interactive. The Iowa Sports Information staff will

be blogging live from the press box during the game.Iowa fans can log on to hawkeyesports.com and click on the blog story and followalong. Fans will have the opportunity to submit questions and comments, answerquick polls and get up-to-the-minute information about the game and Hawkeyes.

HAWKEYES EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORSEleven Iowa players have been named to either the rst or second all-Big Ten

teams selected by the leagues coaches and media.Four Hawkeyes earned rst team all-league recognition, while seven were honored

as second team selections.Senior defensive end Adrian Clayborn, junior defensive backs Tyler Sash and

Shaun Prater and senior wide receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos were named onthe rst unit by the coaches. Clayborn, Sash and Prater also made the medias

rst team. Clayborn and Sash are

rst team selections for the second straight year.Making the second all-league team, as named by the coaches, were senior of-fensive lineman Julian Vandervelde, sophomore offensive lineman Riley Reiff,

junior receiver Marvin McNutt, Jr., senior tight end Allen Reisner, senior defensivetackle Karl Klug, senior linebacker Jeremiha Hunter and senior defensive back Brett Greenwood. Reiff, Klug and Vandervelde were named to the medias secondall-Big Ten team.

Ten Hawkeyes made the medias honorable mention list. That list includesJohnson-Koulianos, McNutt, Jr., Reisner, Greenwood, Hunter, senior DL ChristianBallard, junior DL Mike Daniels, sophomore DB Micah Hyde, sophomore RBAdam Robinson and senior punter Ryan Donahue.

Making the coaches honorable mention team were Ballard, Daniels, Robinsonand Donahue.

Iowa Football - - Regular Season Recap Date of Release: Dec. 2, 2010

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Iowa Bowl Results

Won 13, Lost 10, Tied 1 Bowl Result 2010 Orange: Iowa 24, Georgia Tech 142009 Outback: Iowa 31, South Carolina 102006 Alamo: Texas 26, Iowa 242006 Outback: Florida 31, Iowa 242005 Capital One: Iowa 30, LSU 252004 Outback: Iowa 37, Florida 172003 Orange: USC 38, Iowa 172001 Alamo: Iowa 19, Texas Tech 161997 Sun: Arizona State 17, Iowa 71996 Alamo: Iowa 27, Texas Tech 0

1995 Sun: Iowa 38, Washington 181993 Alamo: California 37, Iowa 31991 Holiday: Iowa 13, Brigham Young 131991 Rose: Washington 46, Iowa 341988 Peach: N.C. State 28, Iowa 231987 Holiday: Iowa 20, Wyoming 191986 Holiday: Iowa 39, San Diego State 381986 Rose: UCLA 45, Iowa 281984 Freedom: Iowa 551983 Gator: Florida 14, Iowa 61982 Peach: Iowa 28, Tennessee 221982 Rose: Washington 28, Iowa 01959 Rose: Iowa 38, California 121957 Rose: Iowa 35, Oregon State 19




HAWKEYES EARN ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONORSSixteen members of the Iowa football program have earned academic all-Big Ten

honors for the 2010 fall semester. To be eligible for academic all-Big Ten, student-athletes must be letterwinners and be in at least their second academic year at theinstitution. They must also carry a career grade point average of 3.0 or above.

Iowa players earning the recognition include sophomore Steve Bigach (Intergra-tive Physiology & Mathematics); senior Justin Greiner (Integrative Physiology);senior Josh Koeppel (Sociology); senior Nick Kuchel (Health & Human Physi-ology); redshirt freshman Nolan MacMillan (Mathematics); senior Brett Morse(Management); senior Daniel Murray (Master Of Business Administration); juniorTyler Nielsen (Management & Finance); senior Ross Petersen (Psychology); seniorColin Sandeman (Art); sophomore Jack Swanson (Computer Science); senior Jeff Tarpinian (Accounting); redshirt freshman Brett Van Sloten (Pre -Business); sopho-more James Vandenberg (Health & Human Physiology); senior Julian Vandervelde(Religious Studies & English); and sophomore Jason White (InterdepartmentalStudies & Theatre Arts).

The academic honor is the fourth for Morse, Murray, Tarpinian and Vandervelde.Kuchel and Nielsen earned the honor for the third time, while Koeppel, Swanson,Vandenberg and White earned the recognition for the second year.

IOWA VS. RANKED OPPONENTSWith the 37-6 win over fth-ranked Michigan State (10/30/10), Iowa has recorded

a victory over a top- ve ranked team in each of the last three seasons. Iowa defeatedfourth-ranked Penn State (21-10) on the road in 2009 and defeated the third-rankedNittany Lions (24-23) in Kinnick Stadium in 2008.

Iowa has defeated three ranked teams this season, including Penn State (#20),Michigan (#24) and Michigan State (#5). Three of Iowas losses have been at thehands of ranked teams (#18 Arizona, #10 Wisconsin, #7 Ohio State) and North-western moved into the rankings after defeating Iowa. The three wins over rankedteams are the most for Iowa since posting a 3-1 record vs. ranked opponents in 2004.

Iowa has played six ranked teams this season, matching the most the Hawkeyeshave faced in a single season under coach Kirk Ferentz. Iowa also played sixranked teams in 1999 and 2003. Three of the six ranked opponents were rankedin the top 10. Iowa lost to No. 10 Wisconsin (31-30), defeated No. 5 Michigan

State (37-6) and lost to No. 7 Ohio State (20-17), all in Kinnick Stadium. Lastseason, Iowa defeated No. 4 Penn State and No. 9 Georgia Tech, while losing atNo. 8 Ohio State in overtime.

In Big Ten play, Iowas eight opponents posted an overall record of 62-34. Iowadid not play Illinois and Purdue. Among the top ve teams in the nal Big Ten stand-ings, Ohio States league opponents were 51-43, Penn States 52-43, Wisconsins54-42 and Northwesterns 52-42. Seven of Iowas 12 opponents are bowl eligible.

FERENTZ ON BOBBY DODD WATCH LIST Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz is one of seven coaches on the of cial Watch List for

the 2010 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award. The Bobby Dodd Coach of theYear Award was rst given in 1976 when it went to Georgias Vince Dooley. Iowashead coach has never won the award.

Ferentz is in his 12th year with the Hawkeyes and has guided the 2010 squad toa 7-5 record and is 24th in this weeks rankings. He has a career record of 100-81.Ferentz has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year three times (2002, 04, 09)

and was National Coach of the Year in 2002.

CLAYBORN NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN Senior defensive end Adrian Clayborn has been named a rst-team All-American

by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). The AFCA announcesonly one All-America team.

Clayborn, a 6-4, 285-pounder from St. Louis, is the eighth Hawkeye player toever make the elite AFCA All-America team. He is the fth Kirk Ferentz coachedHawkeye to make the AFCA team. The others were PK Nate Kadeing and OLRobert Gallery (2003) and OL Eric Steinbach and TE Dallas Clark (2002).

Big Ten Standings

Team Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.Michigan State 7-1 .875 11-1 .917Wisconsin 7-1 .875 11-1 .917Ohio State 7-1 .875 11-1 .917IOWA 4-4 .500 7-5 .583Penn State 4-4 .500 7-5 .583

Illinois 4-4 .500 6-5 .545Michigan 3-5 .375 7-5 .583Northwestern 3-5 .375 7-5 .583Purdue 2-6 .250 4-8 .333Minnesota 2-6 .250 3-9 .250Indiana 1-7 .125 5-7 .417

This Week in the Big TenIllinois at Fresno State (9:15 p.m. CT, ESPN2)

Iowa Non-Conference Opponents

Team Record-Next GameEastern Illinois 2-9, season completeIowa State 5-7, season completeArizona 7-4, Arizona StateBall State 4-8, season complete

Hawkeyes in the PollsDate A C H BCS ResultPre. 9 10 - - - - - - W, 37-79/6 9 9 - - - - - - W, 35-79/13 9 10 - - - - - - L, 27-349/20 18 18 - - - - - - W, 45-09/27 17 18 - - - - - - W, 24-310/4 15 15 - - - - - - open10/11 15 14 - - - - - - W, 38-2810/18 13 12 12 15 L, 30-3110/25 18 19 17 18 W, 37-611/1 15 16 14 16 W, 18-1311/8 13 13 12 13 L, 17-2111/15 21 20 19 20 L, 20-1711/22 24 24 24 24 L, 27-2411/29 - - - RV RV - - - - - -12/06 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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

Hawkeye Birthdays!The following Iowa student athletes/coaches havebirthdays in December:

1: Riley Reiff, Colin Sandeman

3: Chigozie Ejiasi8: Nick Nielsen9: Adam Gettis15: Kevonte Martin-Manley, Tanner Miller21: Nolan MacMillan23: Jewel Hampton26: Brandon Scherff 27: Jonathan Mullings28: Anthony Ferguson, Jr.29: Brad Herman31: Micah Hyde



Clayborn was on numerous watch lists this season and is a nalist for the pres-tigious Lombardi Award, which will be awarded Dec. 8th, and the Ted HendricksAward.

Clayborn totaled 51 tackles his senior campaign, including seven for a loss of 42 yards. He had 3.5 sacks and forced a fumble. He started 29 consecutive gamesand 36 during his Hawkeye career.

The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945. It is the only All-Americateam chosen exclusively by college footballs head coaches.

THREE HAWKEYES EARN ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONORSThree members of the Iowa football program were named to the ESPN Academic

All-District Seven rst team. Those players are senior OL Julian Vandervelde,senior LB Jeff Tarpinian and junior LB Tyler Nielsen.

Vandervelde is a native of Davenport who has earned all-District recognition forthe third straight season. He was a rst team selection in 2008 and earned secondteam honors last season. He carries a 3.46 GPA and is majoring in English andreligious studies.

Vandervelde has started all 12 games in 2010 and has started 35 games throughouthis career, including 16 straight. He earned second team all-Big Ten honors thisseason and has earned academic all-Big Ten recognition in each of the past threeseasons.

Tarpinian is a native of Omaha, Neb. He is majoring in accounting and has a3.58 GPA. He has also earned academic all-Big Ten honors in each of the pastthree seasons.

Tarpinian has been hampered by injuries in 2010, but has started four games.He returned to limited action in Iowas 37-6 win over fth-ranked Michigan Stateafter missing two games, and started at outside linebacker at Northwestern. Hedid not play against Ohio State and Minnesota. He has 44 tackles, including 2.5QB sacks. His forced fumble led to a touchdown against Arizona.

Nielsen, a native of Humboldt, holds a 3.56 GPA and is a management major.He has earned academic all-Big Ten recognition in each of the past two seasons.

Nielsen started eight games at outside linebacker. He totaled 42 tackles, including4.5 tackles for loss, and has four pass break-ups. He had an interception in Iowas35-7 win over Iowa State. He was injured in Iowas win over Michigan State and

missed the nal four games of the regular season.Under Coach Kirk Ferentz the last 12 seasons, 17 Iowa football student-athleteshave combined to earn academic all-District and all-America recognition on 31occasions.

STANZI IS UNITAS FINALIST Senior quarterback Ricky Stanzi is one of ve nalists for the Johnny Unitas

Golden Arm Award, which goes to the top senior quarterback in the nation. Oth-ers nalists include Andy Dalton (TCU), Colin Kaerpernick (Nevada), ChristianPonder (Florida State) and Scott Tolzien (Wisconsin).

Stanzi ranks second in the Big Ten and 11th in the nation in pass ef ciency (160.5).He has completed 210-324 attempts for 2,804 yards and 25 touchdowns, with justfour interceptions. The 25 touchdowns are third best for a single season at Iowa,

the 210 completions are seventh best and the 2,804 yards is sixth best.In career statistics, Stanzi is fourth in completions (531) and attempts (886) andthird in yards (7,177) and touchdowns (56).

Stanzi was also one of 16 semi nalists for the 2010 Davey OBrien NationalQuarterback Award and one of 16 semi nal candidates for the Maxwell Award.Stanzi was a semi nal candidate for the OBrien Award in 2009 as well.

CLAYBORN FINALIST FOR TWO AWARDSSenior DE Adrian Clayborn is one of four nalists for the Rotary Lombardi Award

and one of six nalists for the Ted Hendricks Award. He was also a semi nalistfor the Chuck Bednarik Award. The 41st Lombardi Award will be presented at theRotary Lombardi Award Presentation Dec. 8 in Houston, Texas. The HendricksAward winner will be announced Dec. 8 as well.


Pronunciation Guide

Head Coach Kirk Ferentz ........................... FAIR-intsAssistant Coach Rick Kaczenski ............. kuh-ZIN-ski

Jordan Berns ne ..................................BURN-steenSteve Bigach ................................................BIG-ackBroderick Binns ................................................BINSConor Bo ff eli ........................................... BO-fell-eeGreg Cas llo ...........................................kas-TEE-ohShane DiBona .................................... duh-BONE-uhTom Donatell ........................................DON-uh-tellAndrew Donnal ........................................duh-NELLJames Ferentz ........................................... FAIR-intsC.J. Fiedorowicz ............................ feh-DOR-uh-witsJoe Gaglione .......................................GAG-lee-ownJonathan Gimm .................................................GIMJus n Greiner ...............................................GRY-nirMicah Hyde .................................................MY-kuh

Derrell Johnson-Koulianos......dir-RELL KOU-lee-ah-nosChris an Kirksey ........................................ KIRK-seeKarl Klug .......................................................KLOU-gJosh Koeppel ............................................... KEP-uhlNick Kuchel ............................................ KOOCH-uhlKevonte Mar n-Manley ...................... KEY-von-tayTrent Mossbrucker .............................MOSS-bruk-irPaki OMeara..............................................PAH-keeWoody Orne .....................................................ORNJim Poggi .....................................................POE-jeeShaun Prater ...............................................PRAY- rRiley Reiff .........................................................REEFAllen Reisner ...............................................RISE-nirColin Sandeman .......................................... CAH-lin

Brandon Scher ff ............................................ SHERFRicky Stanzi .............................................. STAN-zeeJeff Tarpinian ..................................... tar-PIN-ee-unLouis Trinca-Pasat .......................TRIN-kuh puh-sotBre Van Sloten ................................ van-SLOW- nAus n Vier .......................................................VEERJohn Wienke..............................................WINK-eeMarcus Zusevics ............................... ZOOZ-uh-vicks

Final Iowa Team Stats

IOWARecord 7-5, 4-4 ( e-4th)Scoring Avg. 29.1Scoring Defense 16.4Rushing Yards 142.0Passing Yards 237.4

Total O ff ense 379.4Rushing Defense 103.5Passing Defense 213.6Total Defense 317.1Punt Return Avg. 8.9KO Return Avg. 24.7Turnover Margin +1.1



Clayborn has started 36 games in his Hawkeye career, in-cluding the last 29 straight. In 12 games this season he hascollected 51 tackles, including seven tackles for loss and 3.5quarterback sacks. He also has six QB pressures and blockeda eld goal attempt in Iowas 38-28 win at Michigan. He hadseven tackles and a pass break-up in Iowas loss to seventh-ranked Ohio State.

Clayborn collected 10 tackles in Iowas win over Penn State,earning recognition as the Big Ten Conference DefensivePlayer of the Week. He also had a quarterback sack for minus15 yards and three tackles for loss against the Nittany Lions.He added ve tackles and the seventh forced fumble of hiscareer against Wisconsin.

Clayborn was named to preseason Watch Lists for the WalterCamp Player of the Year Award, the Ted Hendricks Award,the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Bronko Nagurski Award.He was a preseason rst team all-America selection by Sports

Illustrated , Sporting News and Playboy magazines.

DONAHUE IS RAY GUY FINALIST Senior punter Ryan Donahue is one of three nalists for

the Ray Guy Award. Donahue is a Ray Guy nalist for the rst time in his career. He joins Georgias Drew Butler andFloridas Chas Henry on the elite list. Donahue was a semi- nalist last year. Donahue holds a 44.6 yard average on 51punts, while opponents have averaged just 4.2 yards on 20returns. He has booted ve of the 14 longest punts in schoolhistory, while averaging over 40 yards per punt in each of hisfour seasons. He had a 73-yard punt at Northwestern, whichties as the 10th longest in school history. He averaged 44.7yards on four punts in Iowas contest at Minnesota.

HAWKEYES ON SEMIFINAL LISTSSenior TE Allen Reisner and junior DB Tyler Sash were

also on reduced lists for national honors at their respectivepositions.

Reisner was one of eight semi nal candidates for the 2010John Mackey Award (He is not one of the three nalists). Theaward goes annually to the nations best collegiate tight end.Reisner has started every game this year. He has 39 receptionsfor 410 yards (10.5 average) and two touchdowns, includingsix receptions for 66 yards at Northwestern. Former Iowatight end Dallas Clark won the Mackey Award in 2002.

Sash was one of 10 semi nalists for the Jim Thorpe Award,which goes annually to the top collegiate defensive back. Hecurrently ranks fth in career interceptions (13). Sash is theIowa record holder and ranks fourth all-time in Big Ten his-

tory with 392 interception yards. He ranks third in tacklesthis season with 73 stops and he has 211 career tackles.

COACHING RECOGNITION Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz has been named Big Ten Coach of

the Year three times (2002, 2004 & 2009) and he was namedNational Coach of the Year in 2002. Ferentz joins MichigansBo Schembechler (four) and Iowas Hayden Fry (three) andPenn States Joe Paterno (three) as the only coaches to behonored in more than two seasons.


Head Coach Kirk Ferentz

Kirk Ferentz (pronounced FAIR-rintz,rhymes with parents) is in his 12thseason as head football coach at theUniversity of Iowa. His latest contractextension 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- nalistsfor the 2009 George Munger Award,presented by the Maxwell Football Clubto the College Coach of the Year. Hewas the 2009 AFCA Region Three Coach of the Year and wasone of 10 nalists for the Liberty Mutual national Coach of the Year. He is one of seven candidates for the 2010 BobbyDodd Coach of the Year Award.

Ferentz was honored as the 2002 Associated Press and WalterCamp National Coach of the Year and was the AFCA Regional

Coach of the Year that season, as well. He was named BigTen 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 in sixJanuary bowl games and has four January bowl victories (2004Outback Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2009 Outback Bowland 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl). Iowa has posted an 84-40(.677) overall mark and a 50-29 (.633) Big Ten record the lastnine plus seasons. Ferentz has guided the Hawkeyes to nine rst division nishes, including a second-place nish in 2009.The Hawkeyes are bowl eligible for the 10th straight season.

Ferentz, at Iowa, holds an overall record of 88-60 (.595) and

a 53-43 (.552) mark in Big Ten games. In his 15th season as acollege head coach, he holds a career mark of 100-81 (.552).Fifty-six of Iowas 148 games under Ferentz have been

decided by seven points or less (25-31) and 45 were playedagainst opponents who were ranked in the top 25 at the time(19-26).

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 rst coaching stint at Iowa. Iowa appeared in eight bowlgames during the time Ferentz was an Iowa assistant.

Ferentz was born in Royal Oak, MI, and attended high schoolin Pittsburgh, PA. Kirk earned his bachelors degree in EnglishEducation from the University of Connecticut in 1978, wherehe was a football captain. Kirk received the DistinguishedAlumnus Award from the Neag School of Education at theUniversity of Connecticut in May, 2009. He was inducted intothe Upper St. Clair High School Hall of Fame in September,2002 and the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hallof Fame in May, 2003.



HAWKEYES AMONG SINGLE SEASON LEADERSSeveral Hawkeyes rank among Iowas single season leaders. Sophomore RB

Adam Robinsons rushing total of 941 yards ranks 18th best and freshman RBMarcus Cokers 403 rushing yards ranks sixth best among Iowa freshmen.

QB Ricky Stanzi has completed 210-324 passes for 2,804 yards and 25 touch-downs. His totals rank third in scoring passes, sixth in yardage, seventh in comple-tions and eighth in attempts. His current ef ciency rating of 160.5 would rank asbest in school history.

WR Marvin McNutt, Jr., ranks 14th in receiving yards (798) and Derrell Johnson-Koulianos ranks 19th (645). Johnson-Koulianos is tied for second in scoring re-ceptions (10) and McNutt, Jr., is tied for seventh (eight). Johnson-Koulianos andRobinson each have 66 points, which ties for 25th best, while freshman PK MikeMeyer is tied for 33rd in scoring with 64 points.

IOWA CAREER LEADERSSenior QB Ricky Stanzi is among Iowas career leaders in several categories,

including third in passing touchdowns (56) and passing yards (7,177) and totaloffense (7,164), fourth in completions (531) and attempts (886).

Senior WR Derrell Johnson-Koulianos is Iowas career leader in receptions (173)and receiving yards (2,616). He is third in touchdown receptions (17) and fth inall-purpose yards (4,231). He is tied for 22nd in scoring with 114 career points.

Junior WR Marvin McNutt, Jr., is tied for fourth in career touchdown receptions(16) and is 17th in receiving yards (1,483).

Sophomore RB Adam Robinson has led Iowas rushing attack in each of the pasttwo seasons. His total of 1,775 yards ranks 13th on Iowas career chart.

In career interceptions, junior Tyler Sash ranks fth with 13 and senior BrettGreenwood is tied for seventh with 11. Sash already holds the Iowa record forinterception return yards (392).

Among Iowas career tackle leaders, senior LB Jeremiha Hunter is tied for 21 swith 264 tackles. Greenwood is 50th (218) and Sash is 54th (211).

IN THE RECORD BOOKSSenior QB Ricky Stanzi has established a school record with a touchdown pass

in 21 consecutive games. With just the bowl game remaining, Stanzis ef ciency

rating of 160.5 would also establish a school record.Senior WR Derrell Johnson-Koulianos has established career records for recep-tions (173) and receiving yards (2,616).

IOWA IN CONFERENCE ONLY STATSAs a team, Iowa ranked second in conference games only in scoring defense (18.6),

KO returns (25.1), rushing defense (122.5), net punting (39.7) and turnover margin(+1.12) and third in pass ef ciency (150.2), pass ef ciency defense (116.0), few-est penalty yards (36.4), red zone offense (92.6%) and red zone defense (82.8%).

Individually, Hawkeyes among the top ve in the league included WR DerrellJohnson-Koulianos, rst in KO returns (31.6); PK Mike Meyer, second in eldgoals per game (1.43); DB Shaun Prater, tied for rst in interceptions (.38) and tiedfor fourth in pass break-ups (.88); QB Ricky Stanzi, fourth in passing yards per

game (225.6) and

fth in total offense (226.1); DB Brett Greenwood, tied for

rstin interceptions (.38), and LB Jeremiha Hunter, fourth in tackles per game (9.1).

COKER AMONG IOWAS TOP FRESHMEN Freshman RB Marcus Coker started for the third time this season in Iowas nal

game at Minnesota. He rushed 21 times for 90 yards to raise his season totals to81 carries for 403 yards, while playing in just six games. His rushing total rankssixth best for an Iowa freshman behind Adam Robinson (775 in 2009), Ladell Betts(679 in 1998), Sedrick Shaw (561 in 1993), Brandon Wegher (528 in 2009) andJewel Hampton (463 in 2008).


Hawkeyes in the NFLIowa football players have a longtradition of being well preparedfor professional football, follow-ing their college playing careers. As of Dec. 2, 36 former Hawkeyeswere on NFL rosters.

Former Hawkeye, Current NFL TeamPat Angerer, Indianapolis ColtsJonathan Babineaux, Atlanta FalconsJason Baker, Carolina PanthersLadell Betts, New Orleans SaintsRob Bruggeman, Atlanta FalconsBryan Bulaga, Green Bay PackersScott Chandler, Dallas CowboysDallas Clark, Indianapolis ColtsColin Cole, Seattle SeahawksSean Considine, Jacksonville JaguarsJared DeVries, Detroit LionsA.J. Edds, Miami DolphinsBradley Fletcher, St. Louis RamsRobert Gallery, Oakland Raiders

Charles Godfrey, Carolina PanthersShonn Greene, New York JetsChad Greenway, Minnesota VikingsAbdul Hodge, Carolina PanthersKen Iwebema, Arizona CardinalsNate Kaeding, San Diego ChargersAaron Kampman, Jacksonville JaguarsMatt Kroul, New York JetsBryan Mattison, Baltimore RavensTony Moeaki, Kansas City ChiefsBrandon Myers, Oakland RaidersSeth Olsen, Minnesota VikingsMarcus Paschal, Baltimore RavensDerreck Robinson, Cleveland BrownsMatt Roth, Cleveland BrownsBob Sanders, Indianapolis ColtsAmari Spievey, Detroit LionsEric Steinbach, Cleveland BrownsTrey Stross, Houston TexansCasey Wiegmann, Kansas City ChiefsMarshal Yanda, Baltimore RavensAlbert Young, Minnesota Vikings

Captains By WeekGame PlayersEastern Illinois Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, VanderveldeIowa State Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, VanderveldeArizona Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, VanderveldeBall State Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, VanderveldePenn State Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, Vandervelde

Michigan Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, VanderveldeWisconsin Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, VanderveldeMichigan State Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, VanderveldeIndiana Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, VanderveldeNorthwestern Clayborn, Klug, Stanzi, VanderveldeOhio State Clayborn, Greenwood, Klug, StanziMinnesota Clayborn, Greenwood, Klug, Stanzi




HAWKEYES EARN WEEKLY HONORSSeveral Iowa players have earned weekly honors this season:

Freshman Mike Meyer was named Big Ten Conference Special Teams Playerof the Week after connecting on 4-5 eld goal attempts in Iowas 18-13 win atIndiana. He connected from 23, 27, 27 and 42 yards in the win. The 42-yardkick is the longest of his career. He shared the national honor of Kickoff Per-former of the Week when all four of his kicks were touchbacks at Northwestern.

He earned honorable mention recognition for his play in Iowas 35-7 win overIowa State, averaging 68.3 yards on six kicks, with three touchbacks. Senior punter Ryan Donahue was named national Punter of the Week by the

College Football Performance Awards after averaging 60.5 yards on two puntsvs. Wisconsin. He earned honorable mention recognition after averaging 42.9yards on seven punts at Northwestern. He was recognized following Iowascontest at Minnesota, in which he averaged 47.5 yards on four punts, includinga best of 61 yards.

Junior DB Shaun Prater was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week fol-lowing Iowas 37-6 win over fth-ranked Michigan State. Prater collected acareer-high 10 tackles and had an interception and 42 yard return vs. the Spartans.Iowa held MSU to 31 net rushing yards and one touchdown. The Big Ten honoris the rst for Prater.

Senior QB Ricky Stanzi was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week fol-lowing Iowas 38-28 win at Michigan. Stanzi completed 17-24 passes for 248yards and three touchdowns, with no interceptions.

Senior DE Adrian Clayborn was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following Iowas 24-3 win over Penn State Oct. 2. Clayborn collected 10 tacklesin the win, including a quarterback sack for minus 15 yards and three tackles forloss. Iowa held Penn State to 54 net rushing yards and just three points. TheBig Ten honor is the third for Clayborn. He earned the recognition for specialteams in Iowas 2009 win at Penn State and he was defensive Player of the Week in Iowas 2009 win at Michigan State. Clayborn earned honorable mentionrecognition for his position from the College Football Performance Awards forhis play against Penn State as well.

Junior DL Mike Daniels was named Big Ten Conference co-Defensive Playerof the Week for his play in Iowas 45-0 win over Ball State. Daniels recordedcareer bests in tackles and tackles for loss in Iowas shutout victory over BallState. Daniels had four solo tackles and two assists, including four tackles forloss (-20) and one QB sack (-7). The Hawkeye defense held Ball State to just112 yards total offense (56 rushing, 56 passing). The Big Ten Player of the Week honor is the rst for Daniels, who was also named national defensive Performerof the Week by the College Football Performance Awards.

Senior RB Paki OMeara was named Big Ten Conference Special Teams Playerof the Week for his play in Iowas 37-7 win over Eastern Illinois. OMearablocked an Eastern Illinois punt in the rst period and returned the block for a42-yard touchdown. His score gave Iowa a 21-0 advantage. He also had fourrushing attempts for 34 yards in the second half in earning his rst Big TenPlayer of the Week honor.

Senior QB Ricky Stanzi earned honorable mention recognition from the CollegeFootball Performance Awards for his play against Ball State, Michigan, Wiscon-sin and Michigan State. He had three touchdown passes and no interceptionsin each of the four games.

Senior WR Derrell Johnson-Koulianos earned honorable mention recognitionfrom the College Football Performance Award for his play in Iowas 38-28 winover Michigan. He had four receptions for 70 yards and three touchdowns.Johnson-Koulianos became Iowas career leader in receiving yards in the Iowawin. He was named national kick return Performer of the Week vs. Minnesota.He had an 88-yard KO return for a touchdown against the Gophers, averaging39.3 yards on three returns. He also had a touchdown reception against Min-nesota.

Hawkeyes Under FerentzOverall ..................................................................88-60vs. ranked teams ..................................................19-26vs. unranked teams .............................................. 69-34vs. Big Ten teams .................................................53-43vs. Big Ten teams (home) ..................................... 31-14vs. Big Ten teams (away) ..................................... 21-29

When rushing for 150 yards or more ....................51-12When rushing for 200 yards or more ...................... 32-2When passing for 250 yards or more ...................31-16When passing for 300 yards or more ....................... 8-6When Iowa player rushes for 100 yards ............... 49-18When opponent has 100-yard rusher ................... 12-24When opponent has 300-yard passer .................. 11-10When scoring 30 points or more ............................... 48-3When scoring 20 points or more .............................64-25When opponent scores 25 points or more ..............10-38When holding opponent to 10 pts or less ................. 39-0When Iowa scores rst ........................................... 66-18When Iowa leads at halftime ..................................70-12When Iowa trails at halftime ................................... 13-47

When game is tied at halftime .................................... 5-1When Iowa leads after 3 quarters ...........................76-10When Iowa trails after 3 quarters ..............................8-47When game is tied after 3 quarters ............................ 4-3Games decided by 11 points or more ..................... 54-22Games decided by 10 points or less ......................27-31Games decided by 7 points or less ........................25-31Games decided by 3 points or less ........................12-17When Iowa has a positive turnover margin ............ 51-14When opponent has a positive turnover margin .....15-31When the turnover margin is equal .........................22-15When returning a punt/kickoff for a score ...................7-4Overtime games ......................................................... 4-2

When temperature is 50 degrees or above ............ 63-46When temperature is below 50 degrees ................. 25-14When temperature is over 90 degrees .......................1-2When Raining: ............................................................ 7-5

Big Ten Conference POW NomineesGame Offense Defense Special TeamsE. Illinois Robinson Klug OMearaIowa State Robinson Tarpinian DonahueArizona Stanzi Tarpinian DonahueBall State Robinson Daniels Meyer Penn State Stanzi Clayborn DonahueMichigan Stanzi T. Johnson Meyer Wisconsin Stanzi Sash DonahueMich. State Stanzi Prater DonahueIndiana McNutt Hyde Meyer Nwestern McNutt Morris DonahueOhio State Stanzi Hunter DonahueMinnesota - - - - - - JN-Koulianos

Bold indicates winner




Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk SeriesThe Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series is in its seventh season in2010-11. The series is tied 3-3 in the in-state competi-tion against Iowa State that began in 2004-05. IowaState captured the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series a year agoby a 16-11 margin.

Iowa State holds a 6-5 advantage to date. Iowa de-feated ISU in football and womens soccer and lostin volleyball and mens and womens cross country.

Last season, Iowa captured victories in football,womens soccer, wrestling, womens gymnastics andwomens tennis. The Cyclones recorded wins in vol-leyball, mens and womens cross country, mens andwomens basketball, womens swimming and diving,womens gymnastics and softball.

Iowa captured the inaugural Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series(13-8) in 2004-05 and won again in 2006-07 (13-8)and 2008-09 (21-4). Iowa State won the competitionin 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 Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series Cup,

which stands 31 inches tall and weighs 19 pounds, isdisplayed on the winning teams campus for an entireyear after a victory. Replica cups are also presentedas traveling trophies for individual victorious teamsin the head-to-head competition.

This seasons seventh annual Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Seriesschedule is listed below. All events are worth twopoints, except football, which is worth three points:

Date Event Site/Result9/10 Volleyball ISU, 3-09/11 Football Iowa, 35-79/17 Womens Soccer Iowa, 4-011/13 M. Cross Country ISU11/13 W. Cross Country ISU12/3 Wrestling Iowa City

12/10 Womens Basketball Iowa City12/10 Mens Basketball Iowa City12/10 Womens Swim. & Diving Iowa City2/18 Womens Gymnastics Ames2/25 Womens Gymnastics Iowa City4/20 Softball Iowa City

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.

Junior DB Shaun Prater earned honorable mention recognition from the CollegeFootball Performance Awards for his defensive back eld play in Iowas 24-3 winover Penn State. Prater collected Iowas only turnover vs. Penn State, returninghis interception in the closing minutes 33 yards for his rst career touchdown.He also collected four tackles. He also earned honorable mention recognitionfor his efforts in Iowas 37-6 win over Michigan State (10 tackles, one intercep-tion).

Sophomore RB Adam Robinson earned honorable mention recognition from theCollege Football Performance Award for his play in Iowas 35-7 win over IowaState. Robinson rushed for a career-best 156 yards on 14 carries and scoredon a 39-yard run. Robinson also had a 75-yard run to set up another Hawkeyetouchdown and surpassed 1,000 career rushing yards.

Senior TE Allen Reisner earned honorable mention recognition from the CollegeFootball Performance Award for his play in Iowas 35-7 win over Iowa Stateand the 21-17 loss at Northwestern. Reisner had three receptions for 66 yardsand a touchdown vs. Iowa State. His two-yard scoring reception gave Iowa a21-0 advantage in the second period and his 55-yard catch, the longest of hiscareer, led to Iowas nal score. He added 66 receiving yards on six receptionsat Northwestern.

Sophomore DB Micah Hyde earned honorable mention recognition from theCollege Football Performance Awards for his defensive back eld play in Iowas37-6 win over fth-ranked Michigan State. Hyde had ve tackles and a 66-yardreturn for a touchdown.

Junior TE Brad Herman earned honorable mention recognition from the CollegeFootball Performance Award for his play in Iowas 37-6 win over fth-rankedMichigan State. Herman had three receptions for 80 yards, matching his career-high in catches and reaching a career-best in receiving yards.

IOWA TOUGH ON DEFENSEIowa ranks seventh nationally in scoring defense (16.4), eighth in rushing defense

(103.5), 15th in total defense (317.1) and 18th in pass ef ciency defense (112.46).The Iowa defense was the last unit in the nation to allow a rushing touchdown thisseason, that coming in Iowas sixth game.

The Hawkeyes are seventh in the nation in turnover margin (+1.1) and tied forninth with 17 pass interceptions.

Six Iowa opponents have scored one touchdown or less, including two whoscored no touchdowns.

Iowa has allowed only one 100-yard rusher this season (Michigan QB DenardRobinson). Iowa also allowed just one player to rush for 100 yards or more inboth 2009 and 2008.

IOWA EFFICIENT ON OFFENSEIowa ranks ninth in the nation in pass ef ciency (158.38) and the Hawkeyes are

49th in scoring offense (29.1). The Hawkeyes are 46th in passing offense (237.4),61st in total offense (379.4) and 78th in rushing offense (142.0). Iowa scored 30 ormore points in three consecutive Big Ten Conference games (Michigan, Wisconsin,

Michigan State) for the rst time since 2005.Iowa has been guilty of just nine turnovers (three lost fumbles, four interceptions),which ties Wisconsin as the fewest in the nation. Iowa lost just two fumbles ineight Big Ten games, both in the season nale at Minnesota.

The Hawkeyes are also seventh in fewest penalty yards per game (38.9) and tiedfor 19th in fewest penalties per game (5.1).

On special teams, Iowa ranks eighth in the nation in punt return defense (4.2average on 20 returns) and 15th in KO returns (24.7).




POSITIVE TURNOVER RATIOIowa is third in the Big Ten and seventh nationally with a plus 1.1 turnover ratio.

Iowa has been guilty of just nine turnovers in 12 games, including just ve turn-overs in eight Big Ten games. The nine turnovers tie as the fewest in the nation(Wisconsin).

Iowas opponents have had 131 possessions, and just seven have started in Iowaterritory. Arizona and Minnesota had two possessions start in Iowa territory andIowa State, Northwestern and Ohio State started one possession on Iowas end of the eld.

INJURY SETBACKSIowa sophomore running back Jewel Hampton and junior linebacker Bruce Davis

suffered season-ending knee injuries during Iowas 34-27 loss at Arizona in week three. Both had surgery to repair the damage. Hampton rushed 91 times for 463yards and seven touchdowns as a freshman in 2008 before missing 2009 due toinjury. He rushed 20 times for 84 yards and a touchdown against Iowa State andhad a four-yard touchdown reception at Arizona prior to his season-ending injury.

LB Jeff Tarpinian missed Iowas opening game and games vs. Michigan andWisconsin before returning to limited action vs. Michigan State and Indiana. Hedid not start vs. Penn State and was limited to just a few plays on defense. Tar-pinian led Iowa in tackles through ve games and returned to the starting line-upat Northwestern before missing Iowas nal two games. Senior FB Brett Morsedid not play at Michigan, ending his starting streak at 18 consecutive starts, butreturned vs. Wisconsin.

RB Adam Robinson, Iowas leading rusher, and OL Adam Gettis, did not play atIndiana and both missed the Minnesota game. Gettis also missed the Northwesternand Ohio State games.

Redshirt freshman OL Nolan MacMillan missed three games before returningto action at Northwestern, but he did not play against Ohio State and Minnesota.He started the rst six games. Senior LB Jeremiha Hunter started the rst sevengames before missing the Michigan State contest. Hunter returned to start the lastfour contests and has 36 career starts.

OLB Tyler Nielsen, who started the rst eight games and ranked third in tackles,was injured vs. Michigan State and is out for the remainder of the season.

Iowa defensive coordinator Norm Parker underwent a medical procedure in lateSeptember and missed seven games. While he has not returned to the practice eld, Parker attended Iowas home win over Michigan State but did not travel toIndiana. He did work from the press box for Iowas nal three games.

IOWA FALLS AT MINNESOTAMinnesota scored the winning touchdown on a six-yard run by Duane Bennett

with 4:31 remaining in the game to take a 27-24 win over Iowa and gain possessionof Floyd of Rosedale for the rst time since 2006. The game marked Iowas rstvisit to TCF Bank Stadium. Temperature at game time was 23 degrees for Iowas rst outdoor game at Minnesota since 1980.

After trailing throughout most of the contest, Iowa took the lead with 11:35 re-maining on an 18-yard pass from QB Ricky Stanzi to WR Marvin McNutt, Jr. The

score concluded an eight play, 70-yard drive for the Hawkeyes, who had gainedpossession on a fumble recovery by DB Brett Greenwood. The fumble, Minnesotasonly turnover of the game, was caused by DE Broderick Binns.

Minnesota controlled the opening quarter of action, winning the toss and electingto start the game on offense. The Gopher drove 58 yards and took a 3-0 advantageon a 26-yard Eric Ellestad eld goal. Minnesota followed the score with a success-ful onside kick. The Gophers ended their second drive with a 14-yard touchdownrun by QB MarQueis Gray, putting Iowa behind 10-0 before the Hawkeye offenseran a play.

Iowa responded with a scoring drive of 70 yards for its rst score, as Stanzi con-nected with WR Derrell Johnson-Koulianos on a seven-yard touchdown pass tocut the de cit to 10-7.

Instant ReplayListed below are all the plays that have been reviewedin an Iowa game in 2010.

Game (Rvs) Reviewed Play (Upheld/Reversed)E. Illinois No reviewsIowa State Spot of ball short of goal line (upheld)Arizona Iowa runner down by contact (upheld)

AZ runner down by contack (upheld)

possession of fumble (overturned)pass reception out of bounds (overturned)Ball State Ball State lost fumble (upheld)

Ball State pass completion (upheld)Penn State Iowa, spot of ball (upheld)

Penn State, spot of ball (upheld)Michigan Iowa, completion for TD (upheld)

Michigan, completion (upheld)Michigan, completion and spot (upheld)

Wisconsin Iowa rush, spot of ball (upheld)Iowa pass, spot of ball (overturned)Iowa completion (upheld)Iowa pass, spot of ball (overturned)Wisc. run, spot of ball (overturned

Mich. State MSU receiver down before fumble (upheld)IA TD before stepping out of bounds (upheld)Iowa receiver with legal catch (upheld)

Indiana IND, spot of ball (upheld)IND, incomplete pass (upheld)

Nwestern Iowa, spot of ball (upheld)Ohio State Ohio State, reception in bounds (upheld)Minnesota Minnesota touchdown in bounds (upheld)

Iowa, reception prior to fumble (upheld)Minnesota, pass completion (upheld)

Consecutive Games, Not ShutoutSchool Games Last ShutoutMichigan 324 Oct. 20, 1984 (26-0 at Iowa)

Ohio State 214 Nov. 20, 1993 (28-0 at Michigan)Wisconsin 176 Aug. 24, 1997 (34-0 vs. Syracuse)IOWA 131 Oct . 14, 2000 (31-0 at Illinois)Michigan State 127 Oct. 21, 2000 (14-0 at Michigan)Indiana 125 Oct. 14, 2000 (58-0 at Michigan)Penn State 118 Oct. 6, 2001 (20-0 vs. Michigan)Northwestern 94 Sept. 27, 2003 (20-0 at Ohio State)Illinois 20 Sept. 26, 2009

(30-0 at Ohio State)Minnesota 13 Nov. 21, 2009(12-0 at Iowa)

Purdue 5 Oct. 23, 2010 (49-0 at Ohio State)




Minnesota took advantage of an Iowa fumble to drive just 23 yards for its nextscore, an 11-yard run by DeLeon Eskridge. The lost fumble was just the fourth of the season for Iowa and the rst in eight Big Ten games.

Iowa came right back, as Johnson-Koulianos returned the kickoff 88-yards for ascore to again trim the de cit to three points. The return ties as the 13th longestin school history.

Each team added a eld goal later in the secondperiod, with Iowas Mike Meyer connectingfrom 35 yards in the nal minute of the rst half.

Neither team was able to score in the third pe-riod, where some outstanding punting by seniorRyan Donahue kept Minnesota out of scoringposition. Greenwoods fumble recovery stoppeda Minnesota drive at the Hawkeye 30-yard linelate in the third period.

Trailing for the rst time early in the fourthperiod, Minnesota responded by covering 77yards in just six plays. The Gophers had passcompletions of 19 and 40 yards on the rst two plays of the drive before Bennettadded the touchdown run for the nal points of the game.

Iowas last possession ended with a lost fumble at the Iowa 45-yard line with4:14 remaining, and Minnesota was able to maintain possession for the remainderof the contest.

Freshman RB Marcus Coker led Iowas rushing game with 90 yards on 21 carries.Stanzi completed 10-22 passes for 127 yards and two touchdowns, as McNutt, Jr.(3-46) and Johnson-Koulianos (3-34) each had a touchdown reception.

Binns led the Iowa defense, collecting nine tackles and a pass break-up to go withhis caused fumble. LB Troy Johnson and LB Jeremiha Hunter each added ninetackles, while LB James Morris added eight tackles and a pass break-up.

Scoring SummaryMN - - Eric Ellestad, 26-yard eld goalMN - - MarQueis Gray, 14-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)IA - - D. Johnson-Koulianos, seven-yard pass from Ricky Stanzi (Mike Meyer kick)

MN - - DeLeon Eskridge, 11-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)IA - - D. Johnson-Koulianos, 88-yard KO return (Mike Meyer kick)MN - - Eric Ellestad, 35-yard eld goalIA - - Mike Meyer, 35-yard eld goalIA - - Marvin McNutt, Jr., 18-yard pass from Ricky Stanzi (Mike Meyer kick)MN - - Duane Bennett, six-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)

Attendance: 50,805

MINNESOTA EXTRA POINTS Minnesotas eld goal in the rst period stopped a string of eight scoreless

quarters by the Iowa defense against the Gophers. Iowa won 55-0 in 2008 and12-0 last season.

Freshman RB Marcus Coker started for the third time this season. He rushed21 times for 90 yards. For the season Coker has 81 carries for 403 yards. Hisrushing total ranks sixth best for an Iowa freshman.

Iowa scored on its rst possession for the seventh time in 12 games. Iowa col-lected eld goals on its rst drive vs. Penn State and Indiana and began gamesvs. Eastern Illinois, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Michigan State and Minnesota withtouchdown drives.

Minnesota scored a eld goal on its rst possession, becoming Iowas sixth op-ponent to score on its rst drive. Iowa has allowed just eight opponents (Indiana,game nine, and Penn State, game four, both in 2009, and Arizona, Michigan,Wisconsin, Indiana, Northwestern and Minnesota, 2010) to score on their open-ing drive in its last 38 games.

IOWA MINNScore 24 27First Downs 16 22Rushes-Yds. 27-91 46-216Passing Yds. 127 166Passes (C-A-I) 10-22-0 14-27-0Total O ff ense 49-218 73-382Punts-Avg. 4-47.5 4-37.5Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1Penal es-Yards 3-21 7-45Time of Possession 23:54 36:06

National Rankings

BCS Standings, Nov. 28School Record Avg. Prev.

1. Auburn 12-0 .9779 22. Oregon 11-0 .9777 13. TCU 12-0 .9167 3

4. Stanford 11-1 .8413 65. Wisconsin 11-1 .8185 76. Ohio State 11-1 .7632 87. Arkansas 10-2 .7189 128. Michigan State 11-1 .6980 109. Oklahoma 10-2 .6780 1310. LSU 10-2 .6067 511. Boise State 10-1 .5805 412. Missouri 10-2 .5148 1413. Nebraska 10-2 .5071 1514. Oklahoma State 10-2 .4630 915. Virginia Tech 10-2 .4396 1616. Alabama 9-3 .4201 1117. Nevada 11-1 .4043 19

18. Texas A&M 9-3 .3910 1719. South Carolina 9-3 .3817 1820. Utah 10-2 .2254 2021. Florida State 9-3 .2125 2222. Mississippi State 8-4 .1630 2523. Arizona 7-4 .0713 2124. West Virginia 8-3 .0542 - - -25. Northern Illinois 10-2 .0482 - - -

Harris Poll, Nov. 28School Record Pts Prev.

1. Oregon (70) 11-0 2,804 12. Auburn (42) 12-0 2,769 2

3. TCU (2) 12-0 2,621 44. Wisconsin 11-1 2,441 55. Stanford 11-1 2,417 76. Ohio State 11-1 2,301 87. Michigan State 11-1 2,080 108. Arkansas 10-2 1,997 129. Oklahoma 10-2 1,809 1310. Boise State 10-1 1,802 311. LSU 10-2 1,569 612. Virginia Tech 10-2 1,503 1413. Nebraska 10-2 1,446 1514. Missouri 10-2 1,291 1615. Nevada 11-1 1,231 1916. Oklahoma State 10-2 1,171 9

17. South Carolina 9-3 1,142 1718. Alabama 9-3 1,113 1119. Texas A&M 9-3 1,032 1820. Florida State 9-3 650 2221. Utah 10-2 567 2022. Mississippi State 8-4 393 2523. West Virginia 8-3 251 - - -24. Northern Illinois 10-2 161 - - -25. Arizona 7-4 120 21

Numbers in parenthesis representrst place votes


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Charting Iowa Rankings

Career ReceivingName No-Yards Avg. TDs Years

1. J.-Kouli anos 173-2,616 15.1 17 2007-pr.2. Tim Dwight 139-2,271 16.3 21 1994-973. Danan Hughes 146-2,216 15.2 21 1989-924. Ronnie Harmon 146-2,045 14.0 10 1982-855. Kevin Kasper 157-1,974 12.6 11 1997-006. Dave Moritz 109-1,912 17.5 9 1980-837. Kahlil Hill 152-1,892 12.4 15 1998-018. Clinton Solomon 118-1,864 15.8 14 02, 04-059. Harold Jasper 107-1,863 17.4 8 1991-9410. Quinn Early 106-1,845 17.4 13 1984-87

Career PassingName Comp-Att Yds TDs Years

1. Chuck Long 782-1,203 10,461 74 1981-852. Drew Tate 665-1,090 8,292 61 2003-06

3. Ricky Stanzi 531-886 7,177 56 2007-pr.4. Chuck Hartlieb 512-802 6,934 37 1986-885. Matt Rodgers 550-905 6,725 41 1988-916. Matt Sherman 448-776 6,399 43 1994-977. Kyle McCann 357-603 4,349 23 1998-018. Gary Snook 280-631 3,738 20 1963-659. Brad Banks 213-362 3,155 30 2001-0210. Larry Lawrence 201-395 2,987 17 1968-69

Scoring Name Pts TD-PAT-FG Years1. Nate Kaeding 373 1-166-67 2000-032. Rob Houghtlin 290 0-128-54 1985-87

3. Tom Nichol 277 0-142-45 1981-844. Kyle Schlicher 260 0-107-51 2004-065. Tavian Banks 218 36-1-0 1994-97

Zach Bromert 218 0-140-26 1995-987. Sedrick Shaw 214 35-2-0 1993-96

Jeff Skillett 214 0-112-34 1988-919. Tim Dwight 192 32-0-0 1994-97

Ronnie Harmon 192 32-0-0 1982-8511. David Hudson 166 27-2-0 1985-8812. Ladell Betts 162 27-0-0 1998-0113. Daniel Murray 158 0-62-32 2007-pr.

Career Interceptions

Name No-Yds Avg. TD Years1. Devon Mitchell 18-202 11.2 0 1982-85

Nile Kinnick 18-91 5.0 0 1937-393. Jovon Johnson 17-183 10.8 0 2002-054. Damien Robinson 14-196 14.0 0 1993-965. Tyler Sash 13-392 30.2 1 2008-pr.6. Steve Wilson 12-118 9.8 0 1966-68T7. B. Greenwood 11-83 7.5 0 2007-pr.

Plez Atkins 11-153 13.9 2 1994-97Brad Quast 11-217 19.7 1 1986-89

STANZI AMONG MOST EFFICIENT Senior QB Ricky Stanzi is second in the Big Ten and ranks 11th in the nation in

pass ef ciency. His current rating of 160.5 would establish the best single-seasonpass ef ciency for an Iowa quarterback since the statistic was rst used in 1979.Following are the top ve Iowa quarterback ef ciency ratings:

Year Player G Eff. Att-Com-Int Pct Yards TD Yards2010 Ricky Stanzi 11 160.5 210-324-4 .648 2,804 25 233.72002 Brad Banks 13 157.12 170-294-5 .578 2573 26 197.91987 Chuck Hartlieb 13 156.71 217-334-8 .650 3092 19 237.81984 Chuck Long 13 156.45 216-322-13 .671 2871 22 220.81985 Chuck Long 12 153.11 260-388-16 .670 3297 27 274.8

QB RICKY STANZI One of ve nalist for Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. Was a semi nal candidate for the Maxwell Award and Davey OBrien Award. Has completed 210-324 passes (.648) for 2,804 yards and 25 touchdowns in

2010, with only four interceptions. Stanzi has at least one touchdown pass inthe last 21 games he has played and three scoring strikes in ve games.

Ranks second in the Big Ten and 11th in the nation in passing ef ciency (160.5).Is also third in passing yards (233.7) in the Big Ten.

Ranks third on Iowas single season list with 25 touchdown passes this seasonand 17 TD passes in 2009 ties for 10th best.

Ranks third in career scoring passes (56) behind Chuck Long (74) and DrewTate (61).

Completed 20-31 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown against Ohio State. Completed 23-41 passes for 270 yards and two scores at Northwestern, with

one interception. Completed 22-33 passes for 290 yards and a touchdown at Indiana, with one

interception Completed 11-15 passes for 190 yards and three touchdowns in win over Michi-

gan State, with no interceptions Completed 25-37 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns vs. Wisconsin,

with no interceptions Completed 17-24 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns at Michigan to

earn Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors. Completed 16-22 passes for 227 yards and a touchdown vs. Penn State. Completed 19-25 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns in win over Ball

State, with no interceptions. Completed 171-304 attempts for 2,417 yards in 2009. Season yardage total

ranks 12th best in school history. Ranks third in career passing yards (7,177) and total offense (7,164) and fourth

in completions (531) and attempts (886). Has led Iowa to a 25-9 record as a starter, including a 14-4 record in Kinnick

Stadium and a 14-8 record in Big Ten games. His 25 wins as Iowas starting quarterback ties as sixth best among active FBS

quarterbacks.WR DERRELL JOHNSON-KOULIANOS Ranks rst in Iowa career receiving yards (2,616) and receptions (173) and is

third in touchdowns (17) and fth in all-purpose yards (4,231). Has led Iowa in receiving in each of the past three seasons, becoming just the

third receiver to accomplish that feat. Had 45 receptions for 750 yards in 2009. Has 46 receptions for 745 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2010. 10 touchdowns in 2010 ties as second best for single season at Iowa, just one

shy of the single-season record. Three receptions for 34 yards and a touchdown at Minnesota, along with 88-yard

KO return for a touchdown.




Iowa in 2010 Statistics Five receptions for 104 yards at Northwestern, including

career-long 70-yard scoring reception in third quarter. Six receptions for 72 yards in win at Indiana, including 15

and 21 yard receptions on game-winning touchdown drive. Five receptions for 93 yards and a touchdown vs. Wiscon-

sin. Four receptions for 70 yards and personal-best three touch-

downs in win at Michigan. Four receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown in win overPenn State.

Averaged 31.5 yards on 12 KO returns in 2009, includinga 99-yard return for a touchdown at Ohio State.

Leads the Big Ten in KO returns (29.3) and is eighth inall-purpose yards (106.9) in 2010. Ranks 11th in the nationin KO returns.

Has totaled over 1,000 all-purpose yards in each of his fourseasons. Has 1,283 all-purpose yards through 12 gamesand had 1,128 yards in 2009.

Has matched Jim Gibbons (1955-57) and Tim Dwight(1995-97) as a receiving leader in three seasons. NoHawkeye has led the team in receiving four years.

DE ADRIAN CLAYBORN One of four nalists for the Rotary Lombardi Award. One of six nalists for the Ted Hendricks Award. Named to AFCA All-America team. Named rst team all-Big Ten for second straight season. One of 16 semi nalists for the Chuck Bednarik Award. Named to numerous preseason all-America teams after

being named Most Valuable Player in Iowas win overGeorgia Tech in the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl.

Has started 29 consecutive games and has 36 career starts. Recorded seven tackles, one QB pressure and a pass break-

up vs. Ohio State. Recorded two tackles, including a QB sack and QB pres-

sure, at Northwestern. Recorded four tackles and a QB pressure in win at Indiana. Recorded ve tackles vs. Wisconsin, including one QB

sack and a forced fumble. Blocked third kick of his career with blocked eld goal in

win at Michigan. Named Big Ten defensive Player of the Week after record-

ing 10 tackles in 24-3 win over Penn State, including threetackles for loss and a QB sack.

Has recorded 51 tackles in 2010, with seven tackles forloss, 3.5 QB sacks and six QB pressures. Key member of Iowa defensive unit that ranks seventhnationally in scoring defense (16.4), eighth in rushingdefense (103.5), and 15th in total defense (317.1).

Completed junior season as one of the Big Ten leaders intackles for loss, quarterback sacks and forced fumbles.

DB TYLER SASH One of 10 semi nal candidates for the Jim Thorpe Award. First team all-Big Ten for second straight season. Ranks fth in career interceptions with 13. Recorded four solo tackles and three assists at Minnesota.

Player Category Stats Big Ten NCAAShaun Prater Intercep ons 0.36 1st T-28thDerrell J.-Koulianos KO Returns 29.3 1st 11thRicky Stanzi Pass E ffi ciency 160.5 2nd 11thBre Greenwood Intercep ons 0.33 T-2nd T-37thRicky Stanzi Passing Avg./Game 233.7 3rd 47thColin Sandeman Punt Returns 8.3 3rd T-38thRyan Donahue Pun ng Avg. 44.6 3rd 18thMike Meyer Field Goal Pct. .846 3rd T-67thJeremiha Hunter Recovered Fumbles 0.18 T-3rd T-43rdAdam Robinson Rushing 94.1 4th 27thAdam Robinson All-Purpose Yards 123.1 5th 43rdRicky Stanzi Total O ff ense 232.4 6th 46thMarvin McNu , Jr. Rec. Yards per Game 66.5 6th 58thMike Daniels Tackles for Loss 0.92 T-6th T-100thKarl Klug Tackles for Loss 0.92 T-6th T-100thMarvin McNu , Jr. Recep ons/Game 4.25 7th 85thAdam Robinson Scoring (TDs) 6.6 7th T-94thKarl Klug QB Sacks 0.38 7th - - -Micah Hyde Intercep ons 0.25 T-7th T-87th

Micah Hyde Passes Defended 0.83 T-7th T-66thDerrell J.-Koulianos All-Purpose Yards 106.9 8th 83rdJeremiha Hunter Tackles 7.7 8th T-97thDerrell J.-Koulianos Scoring (TDs) 5.5 9th - - -Mike Meyer Scoring (Kick) 5.4 9th - - -Mike Meyer Field Goals/Game 1.00 9th - - -Shaun Prater Passes Defended 0.82 9th T-92ndMike Daniels QB Sacks 0.33 T-9th - - -Mike Meyer PAT Kicking Pct. .929 10th - - -Micah Hyde Tackles 6.3 18th - - -Tyler Sash Tackles 6.1 T-24th - - -

Team Sta s csCategory Stats Big Ten NCAAScoring Defense 16.4 2nd 7thKO Returns 24.7 2nd 15thRushing Defense 103.5 2nd 8thTotal Defense 317.1 2nd 15thPass Effi ciency 158.4 2nd 9thPass Effi ciency Defense 112.5 2nd 18thIntercep ons 17 T-2nd T-9thTurnover Margin +1.08 3rd T-7thFewest Penal es 5.08 3rd T-19thFewest Yards Penalized 38.9 3rd 7thRed Zone Defense 76.3% 3rd T-23rdFewest Turnovers Nine 3rd T-1st QBSacks 1.67 T-3rd T-81stNet Pun ng 38.2 4th 31stRed Zone O ff ense 88.9% 4th T-13thField Goal % .800 4th - - -

First Downs Allowed 18.1 T-4th T-36thPassing O ff ense 237.4 5th 46thPunt Returns 8.9 5th 47thThird Down Conversions 45.6% 5th 26thKO Coverage 42.4 5th - - -Scoring O ff ense 29.1 6th 49thPassing Defense 213.6 6th 58thFirst Downs 20.2 6th T-50thThird Down Defense 39.0% 6th 54thTotal O ff ense 379.4 8th 61stTime of Possession 30:14 8th T-55thRushing O ff ense 142.0 9th 78thQB Sacks Allowed 1.67 9th T-43rdPAT Kicking .932 10th - - -




Ranks third with 73 tackles in 2010 and has 211 careertackles. Has helped Iowas defense rank seventh nation-ally in scoring defense (16.4), eighth in rushing defense(93.3), and 15th in total defense (317.1).

WR MARVIN MCNUTT, JR. Has 51 receptions for 798 yards and eight touchdowns in

2010, averaging 15.6 yards per catch. Has 16 career touchdown receptions to tie for fourth oncareer list. Career totals include 86 receptions for 1,483yards to rank 17th in career yards.

Seven catches for 92 yards and a touchdown vs. Ohio State. Seven catches for 72 yards and a touchdown at Northwest-

ern. Six receptions for 126 yards and a touchdown in win at

Indiana, including 52-yard scoring reception in nal min-utes for winning margin.

Two receptions for 39 yards, including 22-yard scoringreception, vs. Michigan State

Seven receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown vs. Wis-consin.

Four receptions for 78 yards in 38-28 win at Michigan,with a long of 34 yards.

Four receptions for 93 yards in 24-3 win over Penn State. Had 34 receptions for 674 yards in 2009, his rst year as

a wide receiver. Caught game-winning pass on the nalplay of Iowas win at Michigan State.

Had eight touchdown receptions in 2009 and has eight in2010.

In 2009, McNutt (674) and Derrell Johnson-Koulianos(750) combined to give Iowa two receivers with over 600yards for just the ninth time in school history. In 2010 theyare seventh duo to each total over 700 receiving yards ina season.

DB BRETT GREENWOOD Second team all-Big Ten. Tied for second in the Big Ten and tied for 37th in the na-

tion with four interceptions. Has 218 career tackles to rank 50th on career list. Five tackles and a recovered fumble at Minnesota. Four tackles vs. Ohio State and Northwestern. Fourth interception of the season came in 18-13 win at

Indiana. Also had six tackles vs. Hoosiers. Third interception of the season came in 37-6 win over

Michigan State. Also had three tackles vs. Spartans. Second interception of the season vs. Wisconsin led toIowa eld goal. Also had six tackles vs. Badgers.

Tied for seventh in career interceptions with 11. Four of his career interceptions have come against Iowa State.

Has 46 career starts.

RB ADAM ROBINSON Honorable mention all-Big Ten. Did not see action at Indiana and at Minnesota due to injury. Became the 40th Iowa player to rush for over 1,000 career

yards with his play against Iowa State.

Broderick Binns, Jr., DE Ted Hendricks AwardRotary Lombardi Award

Adrian Clayborn, Sr., DE One of four nalists, Rotary Lombardi Award

One of six nalists,Ted Hendricks Award

One of 16 semi nalists, Chuck Bednarik Award

Bronko Nagurski Trophy Walter Camp Player of the Year

Ryan Donahue, Sr., P One of three nalists, Ray Guy Award

Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, Sr., WR Biletnikoff AwardPaul Hornung Award

Karl Klug, Sr., DT Outland Trophy Daniel Murray, Sr., PK Lou Groza Award

Allen Reisner, Sr., TE One of eight semi nalists, John Mackey Award Tyler Sash, Jr., DB One of 10 semi nalists,

Jim Thorpe AwardLott Trophy

Chuck Bednarik AwardBronko Nagurski Trophy

Ricky Stanzi, Sr., QB One of ve nalists,Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

One of 16 semi nalists,Maxwell Award

One of 16 semi nalists,Davey OBrien AwardManning Award

Hawkeyes on Watch Lists

Recorded six solo tackles and two assists vs. Ohio State. Four solo tackles at Northwestern, including one tackle

for loss. Six tackles in win at Indiana. Led team with career-high 13 tackles vs. Wisconsin, includ-

ing ve solo stops and a tackle for loss. Interception and pitch to Micah Hyde led to 66-yard touch-

down return vs. Michigan State. Interception and 36-yard return led to touchdown in win at

Michigan. Also had 37-yard return of blocked eld goaland seven tackles against the Wolverines.

Holds Iowa career record and ranks fourth all-time in BigTen history with 392 interception return yards.

Led Iowa with six interceptions in 2009, a total that tiesas sixth best in a single season.

Tied Iowas single-game record with three interceptionsin a win at Iowa State.

His 203 interception return yards in 2009 established asingle-season record.




Career totals include 384 carries for 1,775 yards and 15touchdowns.

Season totals include 941 yards and 10 touchdowns on 203carries, rushing for over 100 yards in six of 10 games.

Eight career games with over 100 rushing yards. Ranks13th in career rushing yards.

Rushed 22 times for 108 yards and had four receptions for16 yards at Northwestern. Had 32-yard scoring reception in win over Michigan Statefor rst career touchdown reception.

Ranks fourth in the Big Ten and 27th in the nation in rush-ing yards per game (94.1).

Ranks fth in the Big Ten in all-purpose yards (123.1). Rushed 20 times for 69 yards and had 32-yard scoring

reception vs. Michigan State. Rushed 23 times for 114 yards and a touchdown vs. Wis-

consin. Career-high 31 carries for 143 yards in 38-28 win at Michi-

gan, along with 61 yards on four pass receptions. Led Iowas rushing attack with 834 yards in 2009, despite

missing all of two games and portions of others. The yard-age is the most ever for an Iowa freshman.

Had 952 all-purpose yards in 2009, which ranks fth bestfor an Iowa freshman.

His 156 rushing yards vs. Iowa State in 2010 are a careerhigh.

Rushed 22 times for 115 yards and two touchdowns in winover Ball State.

Has scored two touchdowns or more in ve of 10 gamesin 2010.

P RYAN DONAHUE One of three nalists for the Ray Guy Award. Honorable mention all-Big Ten to complete career with

four straight years of earning conference post-seasonhonors.

Average of 44.6 yards per punt on 51 punts in 2010 to rank third in Big Ten and 18th in nation.

Averaged 47.5 yards on four punts at Minnesota, with along of 61 yards.

Averaged 41 yards on four punts vs. Ohio State, with along of 52 yards.

Averaged 42.9 yards on seven punts at Northwestern, in-cluding a 73-yard punt that ties as 10th longest in schoolhistory.

Along with season-best 73-yard punt at Northwestern, hasa 71-yard punt as well.

Twenty-one of his punts have been downed inside the 20and opponents are averaging just 4.2 yards on 20 returns.

73-yard punt at Northwestern is fourth longest of his career,as he has ve of the 14 longest punts in school history.

DB SHAUN PRATER First team all-Big Ten by both league coaches and media. Led the Big Ten and is tied for 28th nationally with four

interceptions. Ranks fth on the team with 59 tackles while playing in

11 of 12 games.

Hawkeyes Excel in the Classroom

HAWKEYES RANK HIGH IN GRADUATION RATESThe Iowa Hawkeyes were among the nations leaders in academic

success for college football teams that competed in bowl games fol-lowing the 2008 season.

Iowa ranked 16th in graduation rate for its football student-athletes,according to data collected by the NCAA among the 68 college foot-ball teams that participated in the 34 college football bowl games.

Iowas graduation rate of 75% ranked third among teams that ap-peared in the 2008 nal top 25 rankings.

Iowas most current GSR of 79%, released in late October,ranks third among teams currently ranked in the BCS top 25and is 12 percentage points higher than the national average.

A year ago, Iowas GSR of 74% ranked second among the 10teans that competed in 2010 BCS bowl games.

The graduation rate for Iowas 2009 nationally ranked footballprogram was 67 percent for the second consecutive year. Thenational average was 55 percent.

THREE HAWKEYES EARN ACADEMIC HONORS

In 2008, three Iowa players were named to the ESPN The Magazine/ CoSIDA District Seven rst all-academic team.Under Kirk Ferentz in the last 12 years, 17 Hawkeye players have

combined to earn academic all-America honors on 31 occasions.Four players, DL Aaron Kampman, OL Andy Lightfoot, LB MikeKlinkenborg and DB Adam Shada, were three-time honorees. Cur-rent senior Julian Vandervelde earned regional honors in each of thepast three seasons and senior Jeff Tarpinian and junior Tyler Nielsenalso earned regional honors in 2010.

Iowa, in 2006, was the only Division I program in the nation tohave three players earn rst team academic all-America recognition.In addition, Iowa players have been honored 159 times over the past12 seasons with academic all-Big Ten recognition.

HAWKEYES ON THE DEANS LIST, 2009-10

Steve Bigach Charlie Knipper Daniel MurrayRyan Edwards Josh Koeppel Ross PetersonJustin Greiner Jayme Murphy Julian Vandervelde HAWKEYES WITH GPA OF 3.0 OR ABOVE, SPRING, 2010

Steve Bigach Mark Kelly Ross PetersenDrew Clark Karl Klug Terrance PryorAdrian Clayborn Charlie Knipper Riley Reiff Lebron Daniel Josh Koeppel Colin SandemanRyan Edwards Casey Kreiter Kyle SteinbrecherAdam Gettis Nick Kuchel Jack SwansonBrett Greenwood Wade Leppert Jeff TarpinianJustin Greiner Brett Morse Louis Trinca-PasatEric Guthrie Jayme Murphy Brett Van SlotenMartin Hopkins Daniel Murray James VandenbergCody Hundertmark Tyler Nielsen Julian VanderveldeJames Hurt Don Nordman Jason White

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN, 2009

Steve Bigach Daniel Murray Jeff TarpinianJustin Greiner Tyler Nielsen Brett Van SlotenJosh Koeppel Ross Peterson James VandenbergNick Kuchel Colin Sandeman Julian VanderveldeNolan MacMillan Jack Swanson Jason WhiteBrett Morse




and McNutt, Jr., ranks 17th in receiving yards (86-1,483). Incareer touchdowns, Johnson-Koulianos is third and McNutt,Jr., is tied for fourth. No two players have combined for moretouchdown receptions in a single season.

In Johnson-Koulianos and McNutt, Jr., Iowa has two playerswith over 700 receiving yards in the same season for just theseventh time. Following are those combinations:

Year Player (Yds.) Player (Yds.) Total Yds. TD1987 Early (1,004) Cook (803) 1,807 122002 Brown (966) Clark (742) 1,708 152004 Solomon (905) Hinkel (744) 1,649 131988 Harberts (880) Cook (767) 1,647 91983 Moritz (912) Harmon (729) 1,641 101985 Happel (901) Helverson (703) 1,604 132010 McNutt, Jr. (798) Jhn-Koulianos (745) 1,543 18

FRESHMEN MADE MARK AT INDIANAIowa has used nine true freshmen this season and that group

made its mark in Iowas 18-13 win at Indiana. James Morrisstarted at middle linebacker and recorded nine tackles and two

pass break-ups. Playing mostly on special teams, the groupof Anthony Hitchens, Don Shumpert, Christian Kirksey andTanner Miller combined to record six tackles. Mike Meyermade 4-5 eld goal attempts and added two tackles on kick coverage. TE C.J. Fiedorowicz added a four-yard kickoff return.

On offense, RB Marcus Coker started for the rst timeand led the Hawkeyes with 129 rushing yards on 22 carries.Redshirt freshman Shane DiBona started at outside linebackerand recorded three tackles and redshirt freshman Brad Rogershad two rushing attempts for nine yards. Coker and Rogersrank second and fourth, respectively, in rushing yards through10 games.

STANZI AMONG VETERAN RETURNING QBSWith 25 wins as Iowas starting quarterback, senior Ricky

Stanzi ranks sixth among FBS signal callers in victories.Stanzi trails the following: Andy Dalton, TCU (41), KellenMoore, Boise State (36), Tyrod Taylor, Virginia Tech (32),Terrell Pryor, Ohio State (30) and Colin Kaerpernick, Nevada(30).

STANZI IN A CLUB OF HIS OWN In leading Iowa to a 24-3 win over Penn State, Iowa senior

QB Ricky Stanzi improved to 3-0 as a starting quarterback against the Nittany Lions. Stanzi is the only opposing quar-terback to ever start three games against Penn State and leadhis team to wins in all three games. Iowa won 24-23 in 2008on a last second eld and won 21-10 a year ago at Penn State.Stanzi played every offensive down in all three wins.

Stanzi has led Iowa to a 25-9 record as the starting quarter-back, which ranks second all-time among Iowa signal callersin career victories. Iowas win at Indiana garnered Stanzi his14th conference victory to tie Matt Sherman, Matt Rodgersand Drew Tate for second in school history behind Chuck Longs 24.

Fourth interception vs. Ohio State led to fourth quarterIowa touchdown. Also had ve tackles and two passbreak-ups vs. Ohio State.

Had third interception and a 42-yard return in the win overMichigan State.

Second interception of the season in the win over PennState, returning the theft 33 yards for Iowas nal touch-down.

Had career-high 10 tackles, including seven solo stops, inwin at Indiana.

DT MIKE DANIELS Honorable mention all-Big Ten. Tied for team lead in tackles for loss (11-56) and is second

QB sacks (4-31). Tied for sixth in the Big Ten in tacklesfor loss (0.9).

Recorded a QB sack inside the Iowa 10-yard line in winat Indiana.

Five tackles at Northwestern. Two of his ve tackles in win over Michigan State were

for loss. Named co-Defensive Player of the Week in the Big Ten

for his play vs. Ball State. Also named national defensivePlayer of the Week by College Football PerformanceAwards.

Has recorded 40 tackles while starting seven of 12 games.

LB JEREMIHA HUNTER Second team all-Big Ten. Team leader with 85 tackles and ranks eighth in the Big

Ten in tackles per game (7.7). Has 264 career tackles (83 solo, 181 assists) to become

the 62nd Hawkeye player to reach 200 career stops (ranksT-21st). Has 36 career starts, but missed Michigan State game to

injury. Recorded nine tackles at Minnesota. Led team with 11 tackles vs. Ohio State. Six tackles and third interception of career at Northwestern. Returned to action with eight tackles and two pass break-

ups in win at Indiana. Recorded nine tackles vs. Wisconsin. Recorded career-best 13 tackles in 38-28 win at Michigan. Leads team in tackles in 2010, recording 23 solo stops and

53 assists.

Had fumble recovery that led to an Iowa touchdown in winover Ball State, the fth recovery of his career. Recovered fumble vs. Arizona to stop scoring opportunity

and turnover led to rst Iowa touchdown.

RECEIVING TANDEM RANKS HIGH Senior WR Derrell Johnson-Koulianos and junior WR Mar-

vin McNutt, Jr., combine to give Iowa one of its top receivingduos in school history. McNutt, Jr., has 51 catches for 798yards and eight touchdowns, while Johnson-Koulianos has 46receptions for 745 yards and 10 scores. Johnson-Koulianosis Iowas career leader in receptions and yards (173-2,616)


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IOWA FEATURES RETURN GAMEIowa ranks second in the Big Ten Conference in kickoff

returns (24.7) and fth in punt returns (8.9).Senior WR Derrell Johnson-Koulianos is averaging 29.3

yards on 17 KO returns, which leads the Big Ten for all gamesand ranks 11th nationally. His 31.6 average in league gamesalso led the conference. He was second in the Big Ten in kick returns in 2009. Johnson-Koulianos has 46 pass receptionsfor 745 yards and 10 touchdowns. He leads the team with1,283 all-purpose yards.

Senior WR Colin Sandeman is averaging 8.3 yards on 15punt returns to rank third in the Big Ten and 38th in the na-tion. He was also second in the Big Ten in punt returns in2009. Sandeman also has 17 pass receptions for 183 yardsand two touchdowns. Sandeman did not play at Northwesternbut returned to action for the nal two games.

IOWA MATCHES ATTENDANCE RECORDIowa sold all tickets for its seven home games, matching

the school record by averaging 70,585 fans per contest. Iowaissued over 59,000 season tickets, which included morethan 10,000 student tickets. Iowa also averaged 70,585 forall home games in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Iowa has sold outKinnick Stadium 49 of the last 51 home games.

DOMINANT AT HOMEIowa has won 49 of its last 60 games (.817) in Kinnick Sta-

dium, dating back to the 2002 season, including a 5-2 mark in 2010. The Hawkeye losses came to Western Michigan(28-19 in 2007), Indiana (38-20 in 2007), Michigan (23-20in overtime in 2005), Ohio State (38-17 in 2006 and 20-17 in2010), Northwestern (21-7 in 2006, 22-17 in 2008 and 17-10in 2009), Wisconsin (24-21 in 2006 and 31-30 in 2010) andIowa State (36-31 in 2002). Iowa recorded a school-record

22-game home winning streak between 2002-05, which endedin the overtime loss to Michigan.Iowas 44-9 (.830) home record from 2002 thru 2009 ranked

as the 11th-best home winning percentage in the nation andsecond in the Big Ten to Ohio State.

Iowa was 6-1 at home in 2009, with wins over NorthernIowa, Arizona, Arkansas State, Michigan, Indiana and Min-nesota and a loss to Northwestern. Iowa is 17-4 at home sincethe start of the 2008 season.

IOWA LEADERSHIP GROUPIowas Leadership Group for the 2010 season includes seven

seniors, four juniors, two sophomores, two redshirt freshmen

and one true freshman. Permanent team captains are named atthe conclusion of each season. The Leadership Group for thisseason includes seniors Adrian Clayborn, Brett Greenwood,Karl Klug, Brett Morse, Ricky Stanzi, Jeff Tarpinian and Ju-lian Vandervelde; juniors Broderick Binns, Marvin McNutt,Tyler Nielsen and Tyler Sash; sophomores Greg Castillo andJames Vandenberg; redshirt freshmen Shane DiBona and BrettVan Sloten; and rst-year freshman James Morris.

HAWKEYES EARN FIRST CAREER START Thirteen Iowa players have started for the rst time this

season, including OL James Ferentz, OL Nolan MacMillan,OL Markus Zusevics, DL Mike Daniels, DB Micah Hyde,LB Bruce Davis, LB Tyler Nielsen, LB Jeff Tarpinian, FBBrad Rogers, LB James Morris, LB Shane DiBona, OL JoshKoeppel and RB Marcus Coker.

Iowa had 13 players (six defense, seven offense) start all 12games in 2010. Those defensive players include DE AdrianClayborn, DT Karl Klug, DE/DT Christian Ballard, DB MicahHyde, DB Brett Greenwood and DB Tyler Sash. On offensethe list includes OT Riley Reiff, OG Julian Vandervelde, CJames Ferentz, OT Markus Zusevics, QB Ricky Stanzi, WRMarvin McNutt, Jr., and TE Allen Reisner.

NEW FACES ON THE FIELDIowa has played nine true freshmen, including TE C.J.

Fiedorowicz, LB James Morris, LB Christian Kirksey, DBB.J. Lowery, DB Tanner Miller, PK Mike Meyer, RB MarcusCoker, DB Anthony Hitchens and WR Don Shumpert. Iowaplayed just three true freshmen in 2009. The Hawkeyesplayed seven true freshmen in 2000, 2003 and 2008.

In addition to the true freshmen, others who have seen the rst action of their career this season include P Eric Guthrie,DL Joe Forgy, QB John Wienke, FB Jacob Reisen, TE ZachFurlong, DL Joe Gaglione, DL Thomas Nardo, DB Tom Do-natell, LB Shane DiBona, FB Brad Rogers, DL Steve Bigach,OL Conor Boffeli, OL Matt Tobin, OL Casey McMillan, OLBrett Van Sloten, OL Woody Orne, DE Dominic Alvis, TEZach Derby, WR Joe Audlehelm, OL Drew Clark, LB Dakota

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