No. 20Iowa Hawkeyes

6-2

YES!

Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Minnesota Golden Gophers

5-3 3 – 41

Ranked #20 · 6-2

Final · Sat, Oct 25

Game Details

Kinnick Stadium (Iowa City) · 69,250 fans · CBS

Highlights

Mark Gronowski helps Iowa extend winning streak with 41-3 victory over Minnesota

Mark Gronowski ran for a touchdown and threw for another as Iowa defeated Minnesota 41-3 on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:37 Zach Lutmer runs INT back for an Iowa pick-six

0:39 Iowa goes up 24-0 on Mark Gronowski's TD pass to Reece Vander Zee

0:37 Kaden Wetjen returns the punt for a Hawkeyes TD

0:20 Jeremy Hecklinski scores to tack on to Iowa's lead

Clips play on ESPN

Kinnick Stadium · Iowa City

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MINN	0	0	3	0	3
IOWA	17	14	3	7	41

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Game Leaders

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Drake Lindsey · 16/28, 109 YDS, 3 INTPassing Yards
Xavier Ford · 8 CAR, 25 YDSRushing Yards
Le'Meke Brockington · 6 REC, 54 YDSReceiving Yards
Matt Kingsbury · 1Sacks
Devon Williams · 9Tackles

Iowa Hawkeyes

Mark Gronowski · 12/19, 135 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Kamari Moulton · 15 CAR, 75 YDSRushing Yards
Kaden Wetjen · 3 REC, 49 YDSReceiving Yards
Aaron Graves · 2Sacks
Xavier Nwankpa · 6Tackles

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

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Scoring

Q4 5:30

TD Jeremy Hecklinski 6 Yd Run (Drew Stevens Kick)3–41

Q3 0:03

FG Brady Denaburg 34 Yd Field Goal 3–34

Q3 4:06

FG Drew Stevens 46 Yd Field Goal 0–34

Q2 11:23

TD Kaden Wetjen 50 Yd Punt Return (Drew Stevens Kick)0–31

Q2 13:33

TD Reece Vander Zee 29 Yd pass from Mark Gronowski (Drew Stevens Kick)0–24

Q1 2:57

TD Zach Lutmer 34 Yd Interception Return (Drew Stevens Kick)0–17

Q1 3:19

FG Drew Stevens 34 Yd Field Goal 0–10

Q1 10:06

TD Mark Gronowski 2 Yd Run (Drew Stevens Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Minnesota Golden GophersIowa Hawkeyes

Offense

133 Total Yards 274

109 Passing Yards 141

24 Rushing Yards 133

10 First Downs 13

Efficiency

4-13 3rd Down 4-12

0-1 4th Down 1-1

16/28 Completions 13/20

Turnovers & Clock

3 Turnovers 0

2-15 Penalties 3-35

26:50 Possession 33:10

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Drake Lindsey	16/28	109	3.9	0	3	4.8
Team	16/28	109	3.9	0	3	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Xavier Ford	8	25	3.1	8
Fame Ijeboi	9	17	1.9	6
Grant Washington	1	6	6.0	6
Cam Davis	2	4	2.0	9
Darius Taylor	1	1	1.0	1
Drake Lindsey	4	-29	-7.3	0
Team	25	24	1.0	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Le'Meke Brockington	6	54	9.0	14
Kenric Lanier II	1	20	20.0	20
Cam Davis	2	12	6.0	8
Javon Tracy	2	12	6.0	8
Drew Biber	1	7	7.0	7
Jameson Geers	1	4	4.0	4
Fame Ijeboi	3	0	0.0	5
Team	16	109	6.8	20

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Drake Lindsey	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Maverick Baranowski	9	6	0	0	0	0
Devon Williams	9	3	0	2	0	0
Koi Perich	6	3	0	0	0	0
Kerry Brown	5	5	0	0	0	0
Matt Kingsbury	3	3	1	2	1	0
John Nestor	3	3	0	1	0	0
Darius Green	3	2	0	1.5	0	0
Za'Quan Bryan	3	2	0	0	0	0
Joey Gerlach	3	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Smith	3	0	0	0.5	0	1
Karter Menz	2	2	1	1	0	0
Deven Eastern	2	2	0	0	0	0
Rushawn Lawrence	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jaxon Howard	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Jameson Geers	1	1	0	0	0	0
Greg Johnson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nate Becker	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Riley Sunram	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alan Soukup	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	60	36	2	9	1	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Koi Perich	2	36	18.0	20	0
Team	2	36	18.0	20	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Brady Denaburg	1/1	100.0	34	0/0	3
Team	1/1	100.0	34	0/0	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tom Weston	7	259	37.0	1	0	55
Team	7	259	37.0	1	0	55

Iowa Hawkeyes ▾

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Mark Gronowski	12/19	135	7.1	1	70.7
Jeremy Hecklinski	1/1	6	6.0	0	99.9
Team	13/20	141	7.1	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kamari Moulton	15	75	5.0	0	21
Mark Gronowski	9	24	2.7	1	14
Jaziun Patterson	5	18	3.6	0	6
Kaden Wetjen	1	8	8.0	0	8
Jeremy Hecklinski	1	6	6.0	1	6
Xavier Williams	4	4	1.0	0	2
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	36	133	3.7	2	21

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kaden Wetjen	3	49	16.3	0	28
Reece Vander Zee	1	29	29.0	1	29
Jacob Gill	3	25	8.3	0	11
Zach Ortwerth	2	17	8.5	0	19
Sam Phillips	1	11	11.0	0	11
KJ Parker	1	6	6.0	0	6
Seth Anderson	1	4	4.0	0	4
Nathan McNeil	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	13	141	10.8	1	29

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Xavier Nwankpa	6	5	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Lutmer	5	1	0	0.5	0	0	1
Deshaun Lee	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bryce Hawthorne	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ethan Hurkett	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
Koen Entringer	3	2	0	0.5	0	0	0
Jayden Montgomery	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Weisskopf	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Graves	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
Max Llewellyn	2	2	1	2	0	0	0
Landyn Van Kekerix	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Preston Ries	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
TJ Hall Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaxon Rexroth	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Buffington	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Karson Sharar	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Iose Epenesa	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Joseph Anderson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Devan Kennedy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Maddux Borcherding-Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenneth Merrieweather	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kael Kolarik	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rashad Godfrey Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nolan DeLong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonah Pace	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jeremiah Pittman	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brian Allen Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kaden Wetjen	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	52	32	4	9	1	3	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Zach Lutmer	1	34	1
Cam Buffington	1	26	0
TJ Hall Jr.	1	0	0
Team	3	60	1

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kaden Wetjen	4	80	20.0	50	1
Team	4	80	20.0	50	1

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Drew Stevens	2/2	100.0	46	5/5	11
Team	2/2	100.0	46	5/5	11

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Rhys Dakin	5	192	38.4	1	1	46
Team	5	192	38.4	1	1	46

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