Phil Parker appreciation post:
The defense has allowed one touchdown or less in nine of the 11 games of 2023 and 18 of the last 24 games.
Has allowed 14 or fewer points in 17 of its last 24 games.
Has allowed just two touchdowns in the last five games.
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Taylor had eight punts for 413 yards, averaging 51.6 yards. He had six punts of 50+ yards and two punts downed inside the 20.
With his 274 punts, he moved into first place in school history in career punts. He also holds the school record with 12,647 career punting yards. 🫡
Kirk Ferentz won his 163rd game as a member of the Big Ten yesterday, passing Joe Paterno for fourth all-time in league history. Ferentz is one of five coaches in league history to win at least 150 games as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
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Tyler Goodson rushed for 48 yards and one touchdown today. He finished the season as Iowa’s leading rusher (638 yards). He is the first true freshman to ever lead the team in single-season rushing yards. Goodson led the team with five rushing touchdowns.
Iowa's next home game versus Penn State on Oct. 12 will kickoff at 6:30 pm (CT) and will be televised on ABC, FS1 or BTN.
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🗣 Amani Jones: "I'm going to miss, besides the Wave, that feeling after we score a touchdown and being on kickoff coverage... the I-O-W-A. I get caught up in that moment."
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KF: “We’ll have a sticker on the back of our helmet to honor Bump Elliott and we’re taking the Tigerhawk off of both sides of our helmets in honor of Coach Fry.”
Jewell & Jackson are the 24th & 25th consensus All-Americans in Iowa history. This is the 5th time an Iowa duo has earned consensus AA honors in the same season:
Jewell & Jackson (2017)
Gallery & Kaeding (2003)
Steinbach & Clark (2002)
Long & Station (1985)
Tippett & Roby (1981)
🗣Daviyon Nixon: “Saturday was a lot of fun. It felt good, like starting a new journey. I sat there in the locker room after the game crying. They were tears of joy. It was overwhelming because I felt like I finally made it to this day.”
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🗣KF: "This team will go down as one of my favorite teams. The commitment and dedication they have shown and finishing with six straight wins. I will remember this team with how they handled things."
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Kirk Ferentz enters his 21st season as Iowa’s head football coach. He is the longest tenured active head coach in college football. Ferentz was named Iowa head coach on Dec. 2, 1998.
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The victory is the 195th of head coach Kirk Ferentz’s career, moving him past Michigan’s Bo Schembechler for third place in career wins as a member of the Big Ten Conference. 📈
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Cooper DeJean's three pick 6s this season are a single-season school record.
The three pick 6s ties a career school record with Tom Knight, Desmond King and Riley Moss.
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🗣KF: On being Iowa’s winningest coach “I feel extremely fortunate. I’ve had great players to work with, and a great staff to work with. Maybe a little extra ice cream tonight.”
KF: "We won four trophy games, including the bowl win over a very good Mississippi State team, and finished nationally ranked. I'm very proud of our football team."
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Iowa recorded its sixth 10-win season since 1999. The Hawkeyes have 47 wins over the last five years, the most of any five-year period in program history.
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Phil Parker: "The way I coach defense is I want perfection every play. I don't care what the score is. We can control our job... our job is to play the best we can to our ability and I think we've done that."
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Ihmir Smith-Marsette returns as the top kickoff returner in Big Ten history. Smith-Marsette averages 29.9 yards on 45 career kickoff returns, the best in school and Big Ten history.
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RB Tyler Goodson puts an exclamation point on this one with a career-long 80-yard run to the 🏡! That rush ties for the 12th longest run in program history.
Iowa 28, Wisconsin 7 // 4:09 4Q