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11/22/1969 (1969-1970)

Memorial Stadium [Champaign, Illinois]

Iowa @ Illinois Iowa Hawkeyes Football @ Illinois on 11/22/1969 - HawkeyeRecap.com

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Head Coach: Ray Nagel
Attendance: 30,257

RECAP

The Iowa offense, who had performed well most of the season capped it off with over 600 yards against winless Illinois. Luckily for Illinois the scoreboard didn't work, after some wires had been cut.

Denny Green ran for 114 yards on 13 carries and had a rushing and receiving touchdown. Larry Lawrence completed 16 of 29 passes for 266 yards and two touchdown passes. He also rushed for 48 yards and had one touchdown run on the day.

1 2 3 4 F

Iowa 7 7 7 19 40

Illinois 0 0 0 0 0

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We gave the game ball to John Strief, as fine a student manager as I have ever had.
-- Ray Nagel

Considering everything that happened to us this year, I guess we can't really complain about a 5-5 record. Of course, we are not satisfied. You can't be in this game. I suppose every coach has the impossible dream of an unbeaten season and national championships, but you still have to be practical. Remember we had the boycott last spring that cost us players and valuable time with the ones that returned.
-- Ray Nagel

DETAILED TEAM STATS

Statistics Iowa Illinois

Total First Downs 29 14

Rushing Attempts 53 50

Rushing Yards 334 93

Rushing TDs 4 0

Yards per Rush 6.3 1.9

Passes Completed 16 4

Passes Attempts 29 16

Pass Completion % 55.2% 25%

Passing TDs 2 0

Passing Yards 266 58

Passing Yards per Completion 16.6 14.5

Passing Yards per Attempt 9.2 3.6

Touchdowns 6 0

Total Plays 82 66

% of Rushing Plays 64.6% 75.8%

% of Passing Plays 35.4% 24.2%

Total Offense 600 151

Yards per Play 7.3 2.3

Lost Fumbles 1 2

Interceptions 0 1

Turnovers 1 3

Penalties 5 3

Penalty Yards 73 27

Yards per Penalty 14.6 9.0

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11/22/1969 (1969-1970)

Memorial Stadium [Champaign, Illinois]

Memorial Stadium [Champaign, Illinois]

Iowa @ Illinois Iowa Hawkeyes Football @ Illinois on 11/22/1969 - HawkeyeRecap.com