11/14/1981 (1981-1982)

Camp Randall Stadium [Madison, Wisconsin]

Iowa @ Wisconsin Iowa Hawkeyes Football @ Wisconsin on 11/14/1981 - HawkeyeRecap.com

W 17 - 7

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Head Coach: Hayden Fry
Attendance: 78,731

RECAP

Iowa's surprising 1981 march to the Rose Bowl included a defensive masterpiece. Wisconsin had an edge in that race to Pasadena when it hosted Iowa on Nov. 14, 1981. Madison had been awash in Rose Bowl hype the week of the game. But the Hawkeyes jumped out to a 17-0 halftime lead, on a Tom Nichol field goal and a pair of short touchdown runs by Phil Blatcher.

That's when Iowa coach Hayden Fry put all his chips on the shoulders of his defense and the leg of all-America punter Reggie Roby.

Wisconsin had just one first down and 29 yards of offense in that first half of the 17-7 loss. Iowa finished the game with just seven first downs, but moved the ball well enough to keep it out of Wisconsin's hands. And Roby averaged 53.7 yards on seven punts. One of his two 55-yarders went out-of-bounds on the Wisconsin 3.

The Badgers didn't score until quarterback Jess Cole connected with Thad McFadden on a 55-yard score with just more than 2 minutes remaining.

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Iowa 3 14 0 0 17

Wisconsin 0 0 0 7 7

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Statistics	Iowa	Wisconsin
Total First Downs	7	15
Rushing Attempts	40	36
Rushing Yards	123	43
Rushing TDs	2	0
Yards per Rush	3.1	1.2
Passes Completed	11	18
Passes Attempts	17	39
Pass Completion %	64.7%	46.2%
Passing TDs	2	1
Passing Yards	118	190
Passing Yards per Completion	10.7	10.6
Passing Yards per Attempt	6.9	4.9
Touchdowns	4	1
Total Plays	57	75
% of Rushing Plays	70.2%	48%
% of Passing Plays	29.8%	52%
Total Offense	241	233
Yards per Play	4.2	3.1
Lost Fumbles	1	2
Interceptions	2	3
Turnovers	3	5
Penalties	14	3
Penalty Yards	101	15
Yards per Penalty	7.2	5.0
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2024-2025 FB Record: 8 - 4

2024-2025 MBB Record: 7 - 1
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2024-2025 WBB Record: 8 - 0
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11/14/1981 (1981-1982)

Camp Randall Stadium [Madison, Wisconsin]

Camp Randall Stadium [Madison, Wisconsin]

Iowa @ Wisconsin Iowa Hawkeyes Football @ Wisconsin on 11/14/1981 - HawkeyeRecap.com