Riley Moss returned two first-half of interceptions for touchdowns and No. 18 Iowa beat No. 17 Indiana 34-6 on Saturday.
Iowa intercepted three of Michael Penix Jr.’s passes and had a fourth wiped out by a roughing-the-passer name.
“We had been very prepared,” Moss acknowledged. “We absolutely won thanks to film (uncover about), and our preparation. Our recreation opinion as of late used to be to cease the extensive plays, stick with it prime. We made them work for their yards, and their aspects.”
Tyler Goodson rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown for the Hawkeyes. Spencer Petras had a 9-yard touchdown speed and achieved 13 of 27 passes for 145 yards.
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“I don’t are desirous to reveal I’m greatly surprised, but I’m very delighted,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz acknowledged. “It’s exact crew protection. I do know that sounds mundane. Nonetheless that’s how we play.”
Penix, coming off a knee smash unhurried final season, had four interceptions in six video games final season. He used to be 14 of 31 for 156 yards forward of coming out early within the fourth quarter.
“We had to play greater,” Indiana coach Tom Allen acknowledged. “You might maybe maybe deserve to play high-stage soccer out of the gate against a crew fancy this, and we didn’t.”
It used to be the seventh consecutive take for the Hawkeyes courting to final season. It used to be simplest the third loss for Indiana in its final 18 season openers.
Iowa opened the game with two touchdowns in exactly over two minutes. Goodson had a 56-yard touchdown speed on the fourth offensive play. Three plays into the Hoosiers’ first possession, Moss intercepted a race that went thru the fingers of Indiana receiver D.J. Matthews and returned it 30 yards for a win.
“I was more or less sitting there,” Moss acknowledged. “(Penix) threw the ball, so I made a ruin on it to take a witness at to take care of (Matthews). I noticed the ball pop up. I purchased grand excited. I was foaming at the mouth to take the ball. I didn’t impress I scored a touchdown. I was fancy, ‘Holy cow, that took area.’”
Moss had a 55-yard interception return for a touchdown within the second quarter to push the lead to 28-3.
“I did my job, and exact things came from that,” Moss acknowledged.
Caleb Shudak had field dreams of 41 and 35 yards for Iowa.
DOWN, BUT NOT OUT
Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum went down with a minor smash on Petras’ touchdown speed, but bought up to play the rest of the game.
Linderbaum acknowledged he used to be hit within the thigh by a persons’ helmet.
“Handsome rather banged up,” acknowledged Linderbaum, a preseason Linked Press All-American. “I run to be aesthetic.”
“I was rather apprehensive for Lindy within the starting up,” Petras acknowledged. “Nonetheless there’s not any tougher guy in soccer than Tyler Linderbaum. I knew as quickly as I noticed him strolling that he might maybe perhaps be all ideal.”
SWINTON SUSPENDED
Indiana sophomore wide receiver Javon Swinton served a one-recreation suspension for violation of crew principles.
Swinton performed in eight video games final season and had four receptions for 52 yards. He used to be No. 2 on the depth chart at indisputably one of many three receiver positions.
THE TAKEAWAY
Iowa’s protection, which hasn’t allowed an opponent to attain greater than 24 aspects in a recreation within the final 23 video games, used to be opportunistic. The Hawkeyes’ offense struggled at occasions, their rapid originate had the Hoosiers scrambling the the rest of the style.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Hawkeyes might maybe maybe additionally simply peaceful jump heading into subsequent Saturday’s recreation at No. 7 Iowa Verbalize. The Hoosiers, within the preseason Linked Press pollfor the first time since 1969, had been nationally ranked for 11 consecutive weeks.
UP NEXT
Indiana: vs. Idaho Saturday.
Iowa: at Iowa Verbalize Saturday.
