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9/16/1978 (1978-1979)

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

Iowa vs Northwestern Iowa Hawkeyes Football vs Northwestern on 9/16/1978 - HawkeyeRecap.com

W 20 - 3

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Head Coach: Bob Commings
Attendance: 56,840

RECAP

Iowa used 3 quarterbacks on the day and scored a touchdown on a half back pass from Rod Morton to Brad Reid in the first quarter. Iowa's second touchdown came on a botched punt by Northwestern, Todd Simonsen scooped up the ball and ran it in for the Hawkeye touchdown. Despite only getting 3 first downs, Iowa led 14-3 at the Half. Pete Gales who was subbed in at quarterback led Iowa to it's only real scoring drive on they day in the 3rd quarter. Reid finished off the drive with a touchdown on a reverse from 10 yards out.

1 2 3 4 F

Iowa 7 7 6 0 20

Northwestern 0 3 0 0 3

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HIGHLIGHTS

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PLAYER GAME QUOTES

This was pretty exciting, I had never scored a touchdown at Iowa before and then I get two today.
-- Brad Reid
Talking about his 2 touchdowns against the Wildcats.

COACH GAME QUOTES

I'm a worry wart, but for some reason I never worried about Northwestern scoring. I just never felt like they could score against our defense
-- Bob Commings

DETAILED TEAM STATS

Statistics Iowa Northwestern

Total First Downs 13 10

Rushing Attempts 54 38

Rushing Yards 167 31

Rushing TDs 1 0

Yards per Rush 3.1 0.8

Passes Completed 3 13

Passes Attempts 9 37

Pass Completion % 33.3% 35.1%

Passing TDs 1 0

Passing Yards 79 158

Passing Yards per Completion 26.3 12.2

Passing Yards per Attempt 8.8 4.3

Touchdowns 2 0

Total Plays 63 75

% of Rushing Plays 85.7% 50.7%

% of Passing Plays 14.3% 49.3%

Total Offense 246 189

Yards per Play 3.9 2.5

Lost Fumbles 5 2

Interceptions 2 1

Turnovers 7 3

Penalties 5 8

Penalty Yards 35 81

Yards per Penalty 7.0 10.1

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9/16/1978 (1978-1979)

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

Iowa vs Northwestern Iowa Hawkeyes Football vs Northwestern on 9/16/1978 - HawkeyeRecap.com