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9/16/1989 (1989-1990)

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

#24 Iowa vs Oregon #24 Iowa Hawkeyes Football vs Oregon on 9/16/1989 - HawkeyeRecap.com

L 6 - 44

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Head Coach: Hayden Fry
Attendance: 67,700

RECAP

Oregon dominated the Hawkeyes, holding them to 26 yards rushing on 28 carries. Oregon amassed 435 yards on offense, and had starters back at nearly every position, while Iowa had 26 players playing in their first college game.

Tom Poholsky was 8 for 19 with two interceptions and underthrew several receivers. Matt Rodgers replaced him halfway through the 3rd quarter with the score 38-0. He finished the day 12 of 20 passes for 167 yards. He took Iowa 85 yards in eight plays, ending with a short TD run.

The loss was the worst opening defeat in school history.

1 2 3 4 F

Iowa 0 0 0 6 6

Oregon 7 17 14 6 44

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We're not a slow football team by Big Ten standards. We're just slow to the Pac-10 people. We look like we're running in mud compared to 'em. If we had been playing lwo Jima junior college it would have been a whole lot easier. They could've made some of the mistakes they made and we could have won the balIgame.
-- Hayden Fry

We just got our tail kicked real good today. I can imagine every one on our schedule is licking their chops when they look at the film or hear the score. We've done a number on a lot of people through the years and this is their chance for payback.
-- Hayden Fry

DETAILED TEAM STATS

Statistics Iowa Oregon

Total First Downs 12 22

Rushing Attempts 28 42

Rushing Yards 26 137

Rushing TDs 1 2

Yards per Rush 0.9 3.3

Passes Completed 20 23

Passes Attempts 40 34

Pass Completion % 50% 67.6%

Passing TDs 0 3

Passing Yards 237 298

Passing Yards per Completion 11.9 13.0

Passing Yards per Attempt 5.9 8.8

Touchdowns 1 5

Total Plays 68 76

% of Rushing Plays 41.2% 55.3%

% of Passing Plays 58.8% 44.7%

Total Offense 263 435

Yards per Play 3.9 5.7

Lost Fumbles 4 2

Interceptions 3 1

Turnovers 7 3

Penalties 1 3

Penalty Yards 12 29

Yards per Penalty 12.0 9.7

Possession Time 27:15 32:45

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9/16/1989 (1989-1990)

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

#24 Iowa vs Oregon #24 Iowa Hawkeyes Football vs Oregon on 9/16/1989 - HawkeyeRecap.com