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Hawkeyes Roll Gophers, Northern Iowa Blows Out McNeese State
Iowa and UNI join Iowa State's win on Thursday to keep the state's regent universities perfect in football this week.
It was a good week for football for Iowa teams. Let's see a quick rundown of what went down.
Iowa 23, Minnesota 7: When the play does the talking (the Gazette)
Iowa played the physical card over and over and over in Saturday’s 23-7 victory over Minnesota before 51,382 fans at TCF Bank Stadium.
Running back Mark Weisman rolled up 147 yards and the Hawkeyes (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten) outgained the Gophers (4-1, 0-1) 246 yards to 30. That’s the physical card. That’s the backbreaker. That’s the Hawkeyes running to the left and having left tackle Brandon Scherff sit on the Gophers chest. That’s Minnesota, which came into the game averaging 282.25 rushing yards, make fire on a rock of a defense.
Northern Iowa rolls over McNeese State 41-6 (Associated Press)Sawyer Kollmorgen passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, and rushed for 30 yards and another touchdown, to lead Northern Iowa over McNeese State 41-6 Saturday.
Northern Iowa (4-0) dominated from start to finish, limiting McNeese State (4-1) to just 280 total yards and recovered three fumbles.
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Iowa State finally pulled the trigger Thursday night on that pistol offense it uses to various degrees of success.
We finally saw the Aaron Wimberly Express — the speed-of-light tailback about whom everyone has been hearing since the Iowa Western Community College all-American said he was headed to Ames.
He did a lot of everything during a 38-21 victory against Tulsa at H.A. Chapman Stadium, not the least of which was giving a sense of confidence to a team that enters the uncertainty of Big 12 play at home next Thursday against Texas.
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