2013 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

2013 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Outback Bowl, L 14–21 vs. LSU
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	Legends Division
Record	8-5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kirk Ferentz (15th season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Phil Parker (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium

2013 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
No. 3 Michigan State x$		8	–	0					13	–	1
Iowa		5	–	3					8	–	5
Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
Minnesota		4	–	4					8	–	5
Michigan		3	–	5					7	–	6
Northwestern		1	–	7					5	–	7
Leaders Division
No. 12 Ohio State x%		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 22 Wisconsin		6	–	2					9	–	4
Penn State*		4	–	4					7	–	5
Indiana		3	–	5					5	–	7
Illinois		1	–	7					4	–	8
Purdue		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Michigan State 34, Ohio State 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 15th year head coach Kirk Ferentz and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium. They were a member of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place in the Legends Division. They were invited to the Outback Bowl where they lost to LSU, but in June 2023, the loss was vacated due to NCAA violations committed by LSU under then-coach Les Miles from 2012-15.

2013 commitments

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Nathan Bazata DT	Howells, NE	Howells High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	273 lb (124 kg)	4.9	Apr 22, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 72
Ike Boettger TE	Cedar Falls, IA	Cedar Falls High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.6	Jun 24, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 69
LaShun Daniels RB	Warren, Ohio	Warren G. Harding High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	4.6	Dec 14, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 71
Colin Goebel G	Naperville, IL	Naperville North High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	5.0	Apr 21, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 79
Brant Gressel DT	Centerville, OH	Centerville High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	279 lb (127 kg)	5.1	Apr 23, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 76
Andre Harris ATH	Kirkwood, MO	Kirkwood High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	4.4	Jun 22, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 78
Josey Jewell OLB	Decorah, IA	Decorah Community Sr. High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.7	Feb 4, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: NR
Anjeus Jones WR	Dallas, TX	South Oak Cliff High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	4.5	Feb 3, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: NR
John Kenny OLB	Carmel, IN	Carmel High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	4.6	Apr 27, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 79
Desmond King ATH	Detroit, MI	Crockett Technical High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	4.6	Jan 27, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 73
Tyler Kluver LS	Marshalltown, IA	Marshalltown High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	NA	Dec 19, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 68
Derrick Mitchell Jr. ATH	St. Louis, MO	Vashon High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	4.5	Jun 21, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 76
Jonathan Parker RB	St. Louis, MO	Christian Brothers College High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.6	Feb 6, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: NR
Damond Powell WR	Ephraim, UT	Snow College	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.4	Dec 9, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 77
Malik Rucker S	New Hope, MN	Robbinsdale Cooper High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.4	Jun 15, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 77
Nic Shimonek QB	Corsicana, TX	Mildred High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.9	May 17, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 74
Reggie Spearman OLB	Chicago, IL	Simeon High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	4.7	Feb 5, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 79
Matt Vandeberg WR	Brandon, SD	Brandon Valley High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	NA	Aug 13, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 71
Akrum Wadley ATH	Newark, NJ	Weequahic High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.4	Feb 3, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: NR
Solomon Warfield S	Lakewood, OH	St. Edward High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.5	Jun 24, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 77
Sean Welsh G	Springboro, OH	Springboro High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	5.1	Jun 22, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 79
Derrick Willies WR	Rock Island, IL	Rock Island High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	4.4	Apr 10, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 74
Jon Wisnieski TE	West Des Moines, IA	Dowling Catholic High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.8	Jul 12, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "ESPN- College Football Recruiting Schools". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 18, 2013. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 18, 2013.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	2:30 pm	Northern Illinois*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	L 27–30	67,402
September 7	11:00 am	Missouri State*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 28–14	64,201
September 14	5:00 pm	at Iowa State*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	FS1	W 27–21	56,800
September 21	11:00 am	Western Michigan*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 59–3	66,886
September 28	2:30 pm	at Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Battle for the Floyd of Rosedale)	ABC/ESPN2	W 23–7	51,382
October 5	11:00 am	Michigan State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 14–26	69,025
October 19	2:30 pm	at No. 4 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC/ESPN2	L 24–34	105,264
October 26	11:00 am	Northwestern	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 17–10 OT	66,838
November 2	11:00 am	No. 22 Wisconsin	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Heartland Trophy)	ABC/ESPN2	L 9–28	69,812
November 9	11:00 am	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 38–14	41,038
November 23	11:00 am	Michigan	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 24–21	65,708
November 29	11:00 am	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (Heroes Game)	ABC	W 38–17	91,260
January 1	12:00 pm	vs. No. 14 LSU*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–21	51,296
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

2013 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 16 C. J. Beathard  Fr QB 6 Justin Joyce Fr QB 15 Jake Rudock  So QB 9 Nic Shimonek Fr QB 19 Cody Sokol Sr RB 5 Damon Bullock Jr RB 33 Jordan Canzeri So RB 34 Adam Cox So RB 29 LeShun Daniels Jr. Fr RB 40 Berkley Grimm So RB 3 Barkley Hill Fr RB 26 Michael Malloy  Fr RB 10 Jonathan Parker Fr RB 42 Macon Plewa So RB 31 Akrum Wadley Fr RB 45 Mark Weisman Jr RB 32 Andrew Wellik Fr WR 23 Jordan Cotton Sr WR 28 Maurice Fleming  Fr WR 21 Trev Hadachek Fr WR 9 Blake Haluska Jr WR 84 Andre Harris Fr WR 84 Jacob Hillyer So WR 88 A. J. Jones Fr WR 14 Conner Keane Fr WR 11 Kevonte Martin-Manley Jr WR 83 Riley McCarron  Fr WR 85 Derrick Mitchell, Jr. Fr WR 22 Damond Powell Jr WR 8 Don Shumpert Sr WR 81 Tevaun Smith So WR 20 Andrew Stone So WR 89 Matt VandeBerg Fr WR 18 Derrick Willies Fr WR 7 Drew Zaun Fr TE 48 Ike Boettger Fr TE 87 Jake Duzey So TE 86 C. J. Fiedorowicz Sr TE 82 Ray Hamilton Jr TE 46 George Kittle  Fr TE 80 Henry Krieger-Coble So TE 92 Peter Pekar Fr TE 81 Jon Wisnieski Fr OL 63 Austin Blythe So OL 59 Conor Boffeli Sr OL 60 Jalen Chambers  Fr OL 64 Cole Croston  Fr OL 78 Andrew Donnal Jr OL 54 Steve Ferentz  Fr OL 57 Tommy Gaul Jr OL 66 Colin Goebel Fr OL 74 Mitch Keppy  Fr OL 76 Nolan MacMillan Sr OL 52 Boone Myers Fr OL 55 Tanner Olde Fr OL 71 Richard Pryor, Jr. Fr OL 68 Brandon Scherff Jr OL 77 Reid Sealby  Fr OL 58 Eric Simmons So OL 61 Christopher Smull Fr OL 70 Brett Van Sloten Sr OL 65 Jordan Walsh So OL 73 Ryan Ward  Fr OL 79 Sean Welsh Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 79 Dominic Alvis Sr DL 99 Nathan Bazata Fr DL 78 Corbin Blythe Fr DL 97 Darian Cooper So DL 71 Carl Davis Jr DL 56 Faith Ekakitie  Fr DL 77 Daniel Gaffney Fr DL 72 Brant Gressel Fr DL 98 Mike Hardy Jr DL 88 Jake Hulett Fr DL 67 Jaleel Johnson  Fr DL 92 Will Kincart  Fr DL 94 Riley McMinn So DL 34 Nate Meier So DL 95 Drew Ott So DL 87 Wil Rathjen Jr DL 90 Louis Trinca-Pasat  Jr DL 75 Dean Tsopanides So DL 91 Daumantas Venckus-Cucchiara  Fr LB 52 Quinton Alston Jr LB 55 Marcus Collins Jr LB 36 Cole Fisher So LB 50 Palmer Foster Jr LB 46 Chab Gilson Jr LB 31 Anthony Hitchens Sr LB 43 Josey Jewell Fr LB 47 John Kenny Fr LB 20 Christian Kirksey Sr LB 54 Drake Kulick Fr LB 48 Luke Lindahl Fr LB 44 James Morris Sr LB 38 Dalton Shaull  Fr LB 6 Reggie Spearman Fr LB 49 Melvin Spears So LB 51 Laron Taylor  Fr DB 41 Bo Bower Fr DB 3 Paul Brown Fr DB 7 Sean Draper So DB 12 Anthony Gair  Fr DB 30 Desmond King Fr DB 21 Nico Law Jr DB 25 Ruben Lile  Fr DB 27 Jordan Lomax Jr DB 37 John Lowdermilk Jr DB 19 B.J. Lowery Sr DB 13 Greg Mabin  Fr DB 5 Tanner Miller Sr DB 29 Dayo Ogundepo  Fr DB 39 Travis Perry So DB 2 Malik Rucker Fr DB 30 Sean Skradis So DB 35 Gavin Smith Sr DB 11 David Tann  Fr DB 26 Kevin Ward Fr DB 32 Solomon Warfield Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 93 Alden Haffar Jr K 1 Marshall Koehn So K 96 Mike Meyer Sr P 98 Connor Kornbrath So LS 97 Tyler Kluver Fr LS 61 Casey Kreiter Sr	Head coach Kirk Ferentz Coordinators/assistant coaches Greg Davis – Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Phil Parker – Defensive Coordinator Brian Ferentz – Offensive Line Eric Johnson – Recruiting Coordinator and Assistant Defensive Line Bobby Kennedy – Wide Receivers Reese Morgan – Defensive Line Jim Reid – Defensive Assistant Chris White – Running Backs and Special Teams LeVar Woods – Linebackers Chris Doyle – Strength and Conditioning Dustyn Baethke – Strength and Conditioning Assistant Tyler Barnes – Administrative Assistant Kelvin Bell – Special Teams Graduate Assistant DJ Hernandez – Offensive Graduate Assistant Chris Polizzi – Defensive Graduate Assistant Austin Showalter – Offensive Graduate Assistant Joel Welsh, Jr. – Strength and Conditioning Assistant Coach Doug West – Senior Athletic Trainer Ned Amendola, M.D. – Director, UI Sports Medicine Center Raimond Braithwaite – Strength and Conditioning Assistant Chic Ejiasi – Director of Player Development Paul Federici – Director of Football Operations Russ Haynes – Associate Director, Athletic Training Services Bob Rahfeldt – Assistant Video Coordinator Scott Southmayd – Quality Control Director Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 8/18/13

Regular season

Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Huskies 10 7 3 10 30 Hawkeyes 7 17 0 3 27 Date: August 31 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Elapsed time: 3:37 Game attendance: 67,402 Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C), Sunny, Wind 7 mph (11 km/h) NE Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (BTN): Paul Burmeister, Chuck Long, Danan Hughes. Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 7:33 Northern Illinois Mathew Sims 47-yard field goal Northern Illinois 3–0 1 3:47 Northern Illinois Tommylee Lewis 40-yard pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) Northern Illinois 10–0 1 0:27 Iowa Christian Kirksey 52-yard fumble recovery (Mike Meyer kick) Northern Illinois 10–7 2 8:24 Iowa Mike Meyer 28-yard field goal Tied 10–10 2 6:32 Iowa CJ Fiedorowicz 11-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 17–10 2 3:49 Northern Illinois Tommylee Lewis 21-yard pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) Tied 17–17 2 0:53 Iowa Jake Rudock 6-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 24–17 3 1:13 Northern Illinois Mathew Sims 25-yard field goal Iowa 24–20 4 6:42 Iowa Mike Meyer 44-yard field goal Iowa 27–20 4 5:05 Northern Illinois Da'Ron Brown 33-yard pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) Tied 27–27 4 0:04 Northern Illinois Mathew Sims 36-yard field goal Northern Illinois 30–27

See also: 2013 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Missouri State

Missouri State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 0 0 14 14 • Hawkeyes 7 0 14 7 28 Date: September 7 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 AM CDT Elapsed time: 3:00 Game attendance: 64,201 Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Sunny, Wind SSW 11 mph (18 km/h) Referee: Mike Cannon TV announcers (BTN): Steve Physioc, Danan Hughes Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 5:14 Iowa Jake Rudock 6-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 7–0 3 7:11 Iowa Mark Weisman 10-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 14–0 3 2:12 Iowa Mark Weisman 3-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 21–0 4 14:25 Missouri State Julian Burton 27-yard pass from Kierra Harris (Austin Witmer kick) Iowa 21–7 4 14:15 Missouri State Rique Bentley 28-yard interception return (Austin Witmer kick) Iowa 21–14 4 9:57 Iowa Jake Rudock 2-yard Run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 28–14

See also: 2013 Missouri State Bears football team

FCS opponent MSU was able to play with Iowa but the Hawkeyes ultimately prevailed.

At Iowa State

Iowa at Iowa State
Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 0 13 7 7 27 Cyclones 0 0 7 14 21 Date: September 14 Location: Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA Game start: 5:00 PM CDT Elapsed time: 3:14 Game attendance: 56,800 Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C), Partly Cloudy, Wind S 5–10 mph (8.0–16.1 km/h) Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (FS1): Justin Kutcher, James Bates, Brady Poppinga Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 2 12:17 Iowa Kevonte Martin-Manley 5-yard pass From Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 7–0 2 1:43 Iowa Mike Meyer 27-yard field goal Iowa 10–0 2 0:10 Iowa Mike Meyer 38-yard field goal Iowa 13–0 3 5:28 Iowa State Quenton Bundrage 67-yard pass from Sam B. Richardson (Cole Netten kick) Iowa 13–7 3 0:41 Iowa Jacob Hillyer 26-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 20–7 4 7:05 Iowa Jake Rudock 1-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 27–7 4 4:27 Iowa State Quenton Bundrage 26-yard pass from Sam B. Richardson (Cole Netten kick) Iowa 27–14 4 2:26 Iowa State Quenton Bundrage 17-yard pass from Sam B. Richardson (Cole Netten kick) Iowa 27–21

See also: 2013 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Cy-Hawk Trophy

Both teams struggled in this annual contest but the Iowa defense created key turnovers that led to a win.

Western Michigan

Western Michigan at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Broncos 0 3 0 0 3 • Hawkeyes 10 28 14 7 59 Date: September 21 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 AM Elapsed time: 3:02 Game attendance: 66,886 Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C), Sunny, Wind 11 mph (18 km/h) NW Referee: Jerry McGinn TV announcers (BTN): Wayne Larrivee, Jon Jansen Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 9:42 Iowa Mike Meyer 20-yard field goal Iowa 3–0 1 1:54 Iowa Jacob Hillyer 21-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 10–0 2 11:45 Iowa Kevonte Martin-Manley 83-yard punt return (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 17–0 2 10:46 Iowa Kevonte Martin-Manley 63-yard punt return (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 24–0 2 4:57 Western Michigan Andrew Haldeman 23-yard field goal Iowa 24–3 2 1:23 Iowa Mark Weisman 4-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 31–3 2 0:56 Iowa B.J. Lowery 35-yard interception return (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 38–3 3 12:22 Iowa B.J. Lowery 13-yard interception return (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 45–3 3 6:36 Iowa Damond Powell 29-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 52–3 4 11:40 Iowa Jordan Canzeri 16-yard run (Marshall Koehn kick) Iowa 59–3

See also: 2013 Western Michigan Broncos football team

This ended up being the most lopsided Iowa game in years as the team improved to 3-1 on the season.

At Minnesota

Iowa at Minnesota
Battle for Floyd of Rosedale

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 3 14 3 3 23 Golden Gophers 0 0 7 0 7 Date: September 28 Location: TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Elapsed time: 2:56 Game attendance: 51,382 Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), Overcast, Wind 13 mph (21 km/h) WSW Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Jeannine Edwards Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 6:09 Iowa Mike Meyer 49-yard field goal Iowa 3–0 2 8:04 Iowa Jake Rudock 4-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 10–0 2 2:56 Iowa Damond Powell 75-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 17–0 3 5:10 Iowa Mike Meyer 23-yard field goal Iowa 20–0 3 3:06 Minnesota Derrick Engel 23-yard pass from Philip Nelson (Chris Hawthorne kick) Iowa 20–7 4 4:48 Iowa Mike Meyer 46-yard field goal Iowa 23–7

See also: 2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Floyd of Rosedale

After a slow start the Hawkeyes pulled away in a game where the Golden Gophers never had momentum. The victory kept Floyd in Iowa City.

Michigan State

Michigan State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Spartans 0 10 10 6 26 Hawkeyes 0 14 0 0 14 Date: October 5 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 11:00 AM CDT Elapsed time: 3:26 Game attendance: 69,025 Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), Scattered Showers, Wind 10 mph (16 km/h) W Referee: Dan Capron TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway, Paul Carcaterra Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 2 11:44 Michigan State Michael Geiger 27-yard field goal Michigan State 3–0 2 6:18 Michigan State Macgarrett Kings Jr. 46-yard pass from Connor Cook (Michael Geiger kick) Michigan State 10–0 2 4:19 Iowa Damon Bullock 47-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Michigan State 10–7 2 1:10 Iowa C. J. Fiedorowicz 10-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 14–10 3 11:55 Michigan State Bennie Fowler 37-yard pass from Connor Cook (Michael Geiger kick) Michigan State 17–14 3 2:38 Michigan State Michael Geiger 35-yard field goal Michigan State 20–14 4 13:28 Michigan State Michael Geiger 49-yard field goal Michigan State 23–14 4 5:25 Michigan State Michael Geiger 40-yard field goal Michigan State 26–14

See also: 2013 Michigan State Spartans football team

At Ohio State

Iowa at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 10 7 7 0 24 • No. 4 Buckeyes 3 7 14 10 34 Date: October 19 Location: Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Elapsed time: 3:11 Game weather: 46 °F (8 °C), Cloudy, Wind 13 mph (21 km/h) N Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 9:23 Iowa C. J. Fiedorowicz 2-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 7–0 1 4:00 Ohio State Drew Basil 27-yard field goal Iowa 7–3 1 0:07 Iowa Mike Meyer 28-yard field goal Iowa 10–3 2 13:58 Ohio State Philly Brown 58-yard pass from Braxton Miller (Drew Basil kick) Tied 10–10 2 7:21 Iowa Kevonte Martin-Manley 6-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 17–10 3 10:18 Ohio State Carlos Hyde 1-yard run (Drew Basil kick) Tied 17–17 3 3:15 Ohio State Devin Smith 14-yard pass from Braxton Miller (Drew Basil kick) Ohio State 24–17 3 2:30 Iowa Jake Duzey 85-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Tied 24–24 4 13:24 Ohio State Carlos Hyde 19-yard run (Drew Basil kick) Ohio State 31–24 4 5:50 Ohio State Drew Basil 25-yard field goal Ohio State 34–24

See also: 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Northwestern

Northwestern at Iowa

1 2 3 4 OT Total Wildcats 0 0 7 3 0 10 • Hawkeyes 7 3 0 0 7 17 Date: October 26 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 11:00 PM CDT Elapsed time: 2:50 Game attendance: 66,838 Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C), Mostly Sunny, Wind 17 mph (27 km/h) NW Referee: Alex Kemp TV announcers (BTN): Matt Devlin, Glen Mason, Jon Jansen Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 9:22 Iowa Damon Bullock 3-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 7–0 2 9:56 Iowa Mike Meyer 38-yard field goal Iowa 10–0 3 04:44 Northwestern Dan Vitale 10-yard pass from Kain Colter (Jeff Budzien kick) Iowa 10–7 4 9:09 Northwestern Jeff Budzien 29-yard field goal Tied 10–10 OT 0:00 Iowa C. J. Fiedorowicz 8-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 17–10

See also: 2013 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Iowa was able to get the overtime win in this low-scoring affair.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin at Iowa
Heartland Trophy

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 22 Badgers 0 7 7 14 28 Hawkeyes 3 3 3 0 9 Date: November 2 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 11:00 AM CDT Elapsed time: 3:21 Game attendance: 69,812 Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C), Partly Cloudy, Wind 13 mph (21 km/h) NW Referee: John O'Neill TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Shannon Spake Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 6:20 Iowa Mike Meyer 28-yard field goal Iowa 3–0 2 4:52 Iowa Mike Meyer 22-yard field goal Iowa 6–0 2 1:49 Wisconsin Jacob Pedersen 44-yard pass from Joel Stave (Jack Russell kick) Wisconsin 7–6 3 7:39 Wisconsin Jared Abbrederis 20-yard pass from Joel Stave (Jack Russell kick) Wisconsin 14–6 3 0:30 Iowa Mike Meyer 29-yard field goal Wisconsin 14–9 4 3:29 Wisconsin James White 11-yard run (Jack Russell kick) Wisconsin 21–9 4 1:35 Wisconsin James White 2-yard run (Jack Russell kick) Wisconsin 28–9

See also: 2013 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Heartland Trophy

At Purdue

Iowa at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 0 14 7 17 38 Boilermakers 0 7 0 7 14 Date: November 9 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN Game start: 11:00 AM CST Elapsed time: 2:58 Game attendance: 41,038 Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C), Sunny, Wind 10 mph (16 km/h) WSW Referee: Don Capron TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler, Glen Mason, Jon Jansen Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 2 11:15 Iowa Jordan Canzeri 2-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 7–0 2 5:44 Purdue Kurt Freytag 2-yard pass from Danny Etling (Paul Griggs kick) Tied 7–7 2 1:57 Iowa Kevonte Martin-Manley 22-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 14–7 3 3:43 Iowa Mark Weisman 4-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 21–7 4 11:48 Iowa Mike Meyer 28-yard field goal Iowa 24–7 4 6:29 Iowa Jake Duzey 3-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 31–7 4 2:48 Iowa C. J. Beathard 5-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 38–7 4 0:51 Purdue Danny Anthrop 44-yard pass from Austin Appleby (Paul Griggs kick) Iowa 38–14

See also: 2013 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Iowa's Jordan Canzeri had his best game yet with 165 yards rushing to lead the Hawkeyes to a rare easy Big Ten road victory.

Michigan

Michigan at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Wolverines 7 14 0 0 21 • Hawkeyes 7 0 7 10 24 Date: November 23 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 11:00 AM CST Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 65,708 Game weather: 18 °F (−8 °C), Sunny, Wind 18 mph (29 km/h) NNW Referee: Todd Geerlings TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler, Glen Mason, Jon Jansen Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 13:19 Michigan Brennen Beyer 7-yard interception return (Brendan Gibbons kick) Michigan 7–0 1 3:39 Iowa C. J. Fiedorowicz 5-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Tied 7–7 2 8:31 Michigan A. J. Williams 2-yard pass from Devin Gardner (Brendan Gibbons kick) Michigan 14–7 2 0:41 Michigan Jeremy Gallon 9-yard pass from Devin Gardner (Brendan Gibbons kick) Michigan 21–7 3 13:35 Iowa Tevaun Smith 55-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Michigan 21–14 4 12:11 Iowa Mark Weisman 9-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Tied 21–21 4 6:02 Iowa Mike Meyer 34-yard field goal Iowa 24–21

See also: 2013 Michigan Wolverines football team

Iowa was able to avenge a humbling loss in Ann Arbor from the previous season.

At Nebraska

Iowa at Nebraska
Heroes Game

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 7 10 14 38 Cornhuskers 0 3 7 7 17 Date: November 29 Location: Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE Game start: 11:00 AM CST Elapsed time: 3:24 Game attendance: 91,260 Game weather: 33 °F (1 °C), Sunny, Wind 15 mph (24 km/h) S Referee: Alex Kemp TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 0:16 Iowa C. J. Fiedorowicz 10-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 7–0 2 5:15 Iowa Mark Weisman 1-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 14–0 2 0:31 Nebraska Pat Smith 33-yard field goal Iowa 14–3 3 10:14 Nebraska Ameer Abdullah 5-yard run (Pat Smith kick) Iowa 14–10 3 6:04 Iowa Mike Meyer 31-yard field goal Iowa 17–10 3 4:46 Iowa Kevonte Martin-Manley 24-yard pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 24–10 4 11:25 Nebraska Quincy Enunwa 15-yard pass from Ron Kellogg III (Pat Smith kick) Iowa 24–17 4 9:17 Iowa Mark Weisman 2 Yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 31–17 4 3:33 Iowa C. J. Beathard 4-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 38–17

See also: 2013 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry

Iowa won for the first time in the series since 1981 and for the first time in Lincoln since 1943.

Vs. LSU (Outback Bowl)

Iowa vs. LSU
Outback Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 0 0 7 7 14 • No. 14 Tigers 7 7 0 7 21 Date: January 1 Location: Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL Game start: 12:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:27 Game attendance: 51,296 Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), Rainy, Wind 9 mph (14 km/h) NNE Referee: Greg Burks TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, Lisa Salters Source:	Vacated Box Score
Scoring summary 1 10:59 LSU Anthony Jennings 2-yard run (Colby Delahoussaye kick) LSU 7-0 2 7:23 LSU Jeremy Hill 14-yard run (Colby Delahoussaye kick) LSU 14-0 3 5:52 Iowa Mark Weisman 2-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) LSU 14-7 4 2:02 LSU Jeremy Hill 37-yard run (Colby Delahoussaye kick) LSU 21-7 4 1:42 Iowa Kevonte Martin-Manley 4-yard pass from C. J. Beathard (Mike Meyer kick) LSU 21-14

Main article: 2014 Outback Bowl

See also: 2013 LSU Tigers football team

Players in the 2014 NFL Draft

See also: 2014 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club	Ref
C. J. Fiedorowicz	Tight End	3	65	Houston Texans
Christian Kirksey	Outside Linebacker	3	71	Cleveland Browns
Anthony Hitchens	Outside Linebacker	4	119	Dallas Cowboys