W   43 - 24 

It took a second-half scoring blitz, but 24th-ranked Iowa overcame a Minnesota comeback to knock off the Gophers 43-24, securing it's second consecutive bowl trip and retaining Floyd of Rosedale for the fourth-straight year. Iowa took a quick 17-0 lead midway through the second quarter in workman-like fashion, but Minnesota, boasting a lethal yet erratic offense, stormed back with 10 points in the second and seven to start the third to tie the game at 17. Iowa responded with a scoring barrage of its own. Richard Willock's fumble recovery in the end zone for a touchdown after Michael Burger had carried 64-yards to the one-yard line, gave Iowa the lead. The Hawkeye defense recorded a a safety after a bad Minnesota snap, and the offense followed with Matt Sherman's 53-yard scoring bomb to Tim Dwight, giving Iowa a 33-17 lead with two minutes remaining in the third quarter. The Hawkeyes, who improved to 8-3 and 6-2 in the Big Ten, added a Zach Bromert field goal and a 14-yard run from Sedrick Shaw, his second of the game, to put the game away. Shaw gained 108 yards on the night to catapult himself beyond 1,000 yards rushing for the year - his third-straight. His first score, a five-yard run in the first quarter, also pushed him past Ronnie Harmon as Iowa's all-time leading touchdown scorer.

	1	2	3	4	F
Iowa	10	7	16	10	43
Minnesota	0	10	7	7	24