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Recap: Iowa football crushes UMass to give Ferentz Big Ten wins record

Recap: Iowa football crushes UMass to give Ferentz Big Ten wins record
TO BE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE, LET’S TALK IOWA. NO REASON THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BLOWN OUT UMASS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. MINUTEMEN ZERO TWO WITH LOSSES TO TEMPLE AND BRYANT. IF THERE’S SUCH THING AS A GET RIGHT GAME, THIS WAS IT FOR THE HAWKEYES AND FOR KIRK FERENTZ. HISTORY WAS MADE AS THE HAWKEYES WERE TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER THAT SATURDAY NIGHT LOSS IN THE CY-HAWK GAME LAST WEEK. MARK GRONOWSKI JUST 127 PASSING YARDS THROUGH TWO GAMES. THOSE NUMBERS WENT UP QUICKLY IN THIS ONE. FIRST DRIVE TOOK THREE PLAYS AND IT’S CAPPED OFF GRONOWSKI FINDING SETH ANDERSON OVER THE MIDDLE ON THE RPO. HAWKEYES TAKE A SEVEN NOTHING LEAD. SECOND DRIVE. THAT CONNECTION HOOKS UP AGAIN, THIS TIME JUST FOR THREE YARDS. HAWKEYES LEAD 13. NOTHING AFTER THE MISS PATTY, THE TEAM WAS CRUISING AND THEY KEPT ON ADDING. AND HOW ABOUT A THIRD TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST QUARTER ALONE? KADEN WIEGMANN BOUNCING OUTSIDE 20 YARDS OUT. IT’S 20 NOTHING IOWA LOOKING GOOD. THAT’S A BEAUTY OF A DRIVE RIGHT THERE. I BET CADEN’S CLOSE TO A SCRATCH HANDICAP. BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY NIGHT. MARK GRONOWSKI ON THE RUN. IT WAS 23 SEVEN AT THIS POINT. QB DRAW MAKES IT 30 TO 7. KIRK FERENTZ WAS GETTING A HALF CLOSER TO 206. SECOND HALF. WE HAVE OUR FIRST SPECIAL TEAMS TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON. KADEN WIEGERT DID IT ON THE GROUND EARLIER. HE’S GOING TO DO IT IN A BIG WAY HERE. ALL AMERICAN LAST YEAR AND HE’S PROVEN WHY RIGHT HERE. 95 YARDS TO THE HOUSE. AIN’T TOO SHABBY. HAWKEYES DO EXACTLY EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN THIS GAME. THEY TAKE OUT SOME MUCH NEEDED ANGER AND PERHAPS SOME FRUSTRATION ON UMASS 47. THE FINAL 47 SEVEN. THE FINAL. KIRK FERENTZ 206 WINS. THE BIG TEN. HEAD COACH MOST ALL TIME.
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Recap: Iowa football crushes UMass to give Ferentz Big Ten wins record
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Kirk Ferentz passed legendary Ohio State coach Woody Hayes for the most wins at a Big Ten school in league history with Iowa's resounding win over UMass. Iowa football vs. UMass: Score updates, highlights, stats and moreThe Hawkeyes improved to 2-1 on the year.WATCH: Hawkeye players celebrate Kirk Ferentz's wins recordFinal: Iowa 47, UMass 7Here's how it happened.Hank Brown hits KJ Parker for a touchdown to extend leadWhat's one step beyond a blowout? Whatever it is, that's what this game has become.Iowa is now up 47-7 with 11:04 to go.Iowa scoring drive: 10 plays, 57 yards, 4:05WATCH: Kaden Wetjen breaks 95-yard punt return for a touchdownvlog's Shannon Ehrhardt caught this perfect angle of Wetjen's punt return.End of third quarter: Hank Brown in for Mark Gronowski with Iowa leading by 33It'll be the backups closing out the game for Iowa's offense, leading 40-7.True freshman RB Nathan McNeil just took his first carry of the night for a 5-yard gain.Hawkeyes cap 16-play drive with field goalIowa is on the board again, but some red zone woes stalled the drive shy of the end zone.Mark Gronowski actually fumbled on third down near the goal line, but the ball went out of bounds to keep possession with the Hawkeyes.It's 40-7 with 2:58 left in the third quarter.Iowa scoring drive: 16 plays, 61 yards, 8:11Kaden Wetjen breaks 95-yard punt return touchdownKaden Wetjen. House call.The Hawkeye return specialist returned this one 95 yards, splitting defenders around midfield and breaking away for the score.That makes it 37-7 in favor of the Hawkeyes.Halftime: Iowa 30, UMass 7Pretty comfortable first half for the Hawkeyes, and the passing attack showed life. Mark Gronowski has 160 passing yards and a pair of touchdowns, plus another touchdown on the ground.Gronowski runs it in before halftimeIowa took advantage of the good field position.A quick drive was capped by a 13-yard rushing touchdown by Mark Gronowski. That makes it 30-7 with 26 seconds to go in the half.Iowa scoring drive: 7 plays, 49 yards, 1:02UMass turns it over on downsOnce again, Iowa will start with great field position. A fourth-and-4 pass attempt by Grant Jordan fell incomplete, so Iowa will take over with 1:28 on the clock and the ball at the UMass 49.Drew Stevens misses field goalAfter Iowa forced another punt, the Hawkeyes had to settle for a 38-yard field goal thanks to a third-and-long incompletion.Drew Stevens missed the 38-yard kick wide right, so it stays 23-7.Drew Stevens hits 54-yard kick to extend leadThe special teams woes didn't extend to the field goal kicking unit.Stevens drilled a long kick to widen the lead again. There's 9:50 to go in the first half.Mark Gronowski is 9-for-14 for 142 yards and a pair of touchdowns.Iowa scoring drive: 6 plays, 30 yards, 1:53UMass scores to cut into leadA wild scramble from QB Grant Jordan saw him weave backward about 15 yards before cutting to the left and ultimately finding the end zone.It's 20-7, Iowa, with 11:50 to go in the half.UMass scoring drive: 4 plays, 21 yards, 2:20UMass blocks Rhys Dakin's puntUMass may have an opening after blocking a Rhys Dakin punt. UMass starts at the Iowa 21 for its next series.End of first quarter: Iowa 20, UMass 0All Hawkeyes in this one.Total yardage: Iowa 160, UMass -10.UMass goes backwardIs it too early to wave the white flag?UMass is now at -10 total yards of offense following a third-down sack. Iowa has the ball at its own 48 after another punt.Kaden Wetjen scores to extend Iowa leadWetjen took the end around to the left side from 20 yards out for another score. This one is already in blowout territory, and it's still the first quarter. It's 20-0 with 2:08 to go in the opening period.Iowa scoring drive: 7 plays, 52 yards, 3:25UMass forced to punt again Iowa will once again have favorable starting field position after forcing a quick punt.The Hawkeyes have it at their own 48. UMass has -10 rushing yards through two drives.Seth Anderson scores againA concerted effort to open up the passing attack is paying off so far.Mark Gronowski found Seth Anderson again for a touchdown, this time from 3 yards out.It's 13-0 after Drew Stevens' PAT banged off the left upright.Iowa scoring drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 3:32Hawkeyes force three-and-out; Kaden Wetjen breaks long punt returnA booming 57-yard punt for UMass was quickly negated by Wetjen, who returned it 39 yards to the UMass 39. Iowa will start its second drive in UMass territory.Hawkeyes strike quicklyThe air raid Hawkeyes?Three plays, including two deep throws by Mark Gronowski, and Iowa leads 7-0.The first deep ball was to Sam Phillips for 45 yards. That was followed up by a 20-yard strike to Seth Anderson for a touchdown.It's 7-0 after just 91 seconds.Iowa scoring drive: 3 plays, 68 yards, 1:25Hawkeye fans are ready How to watch and stream Iowa football vs. UMassWhen: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13Where: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa CityTV: Big Ten NetworkLivestream: Fox SportsGame day weather forecastIt's going to be hot and mostly sunny Saturday in Iowa City, with a high of 94 degrees.Tickets for Iowa football vs. UMass at Kinnick StadiumTickets are sold out, but there are still seats available on the secondary market.Iowa partners with SeatGeek for resale tickets. As of Thursday, two tickets together were available for as low as $30 apiece.You can find Iowa football tickets here.What to know about UMass footballSimply put, UMass shouldn't cause too much trouble for Iowa.The Minutemen jumped up from the FCS to the FBS in 2012. Since then, UMass has not registered a single winning season. Its best season since 2012 was a pair of back-to-back 4-8 records in 2017 and 2018.UMass finished 2-10 a year ago and let go of coach Don Brown. He was replaced this past offseason by Joe Harasymiak, most recently the defensive coordinator at Rutgers from 2022-24.Harasymiak's tenure at UMass has not gotten off to an ideal start. UMass is 0-2, losing 42-10 to Temple in Week 1 and following it up with a 27-26 home loss to Bryant, an FCS team with a 2-10 record a year ago. In fact, The Athletic listed UMass as the worst of all 136 FBS teams in its updated rankings after Week 2.UMass has used three quarterbacks so far, but none of them has thrown a touchdown pass.Iowa football vs. UMass betting odds: over/under, spreadFanDuel Sportsbook lists Iowa as a 35.5-point favorite.The over/under is set at 42.5 points.Big College Kickoff: Another chance for Iowa offense to get going against UMass Big College Kickoff: Kirk Ferentz needs one win to break Big Ten recordStream vlog's 'Big College Kickoff' Saturday morningYou can stream vlog's "Big College Kickoff" live on Very Local at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday through Nov. 29. vlog sports' Jeff Dubrof will host, with Shannon Ehrhardt live from Iowa City or Ames each week.Very Local is a streaming channel that offers 24/7 access to vlog news, weather, original series and more. Download the Very Local App for free on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or smartphone.Click here to learn more about Very Local.Follow Very Local on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Kirk Ferentz passed legendary Ohio State coach Woody Hayes for the most wins at a Big Ten school in league history with Iowa's resounding win over UMass.

Iowa football vs. UMass: Score updates, highlights, stats and more

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The Hawkeyes improved to 2-1 on the year.

WATCH: Hawkeye players celebrate Kirk Ferentz's wins record

Final: Iowa 47, UMass 7

Here's how it happened.

Hank Brown hits KJ Parker for a touchdown to extend lead

What's one step beyond a blowout? Whatever it is, that's what this game has become.

Iowa is now up 47-7 with 11:04 to go.

Iowa scoring drive: 10 plays, 57 yards, 4:05

WATCH: Kaden Wetjen breaks 95-yard punt return for a touchdown

vlog's Shannon Ehrhardt caught this perfect angle of Wetjen's punt return.

End of third quarter: Hank Brown in for Mark Gronowski with Iowa leading by 33

It'll be the backups closing out the game for Iowa's offense, leading 40-7.

True freshman RB Nathan McNeil just took his first carry of the night for a 5-yard gain.

Hawkeyes cap 16-play drive with field goal

Iowa is on the board again, but some red zone woes stalled the drive shy of the end zone.

Mark Gronowski actually fumbled on third down near the goal line, but the ball went out of bounds to keep possession with the Hawkeyes.

It's 40-7 with 2:58 left in the third quarter.

Iowa scoring drive: 16 plays, 61 yards, 8:11

Kaden Wetjen breaks 95-yard punt return touchdown

Kaden Wetjen. House call.

The Hawkeye return specialist returned this one 95 yards, splitting defenders around midfield and breaking away for the score.

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That makes it 37-7 in favor of the Hawkeyes.

Halftime: Iowa 30, UMass 7

Pretty comfortable first half for the Hawkeyes, and the passing attack showed life. Mark Gronowski has 160 passing yards and a pair of touchdowns, plus another touchdown on the ground.

Gronowski runs it in before halftime

Iowa took advantage of the good field position.

A quick drive was capped by a 13-yard rushing touchdown by Mark Gronowski. That makes it 30-7 with 26 seconds to go in the half.

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Iowa scoring drive: 7 plays, 49 yards, 1:02

UMass turns it over on downs

Once again, Iowa will start with great field position. A fourth-and-4 pass attempt by Grant Jordan fell incomplete, so Iowa will take over with 1:28 on the clock and the ball at the UMass 49.

Drew Stevens misses field goal

After Iowa forced another punt, the Hawkeyes had to settle for a 38-yard field goal thanks to a third-and-long incompletion.

Drew Stevens missed the 38-yard kick wide right, so it stays 23-7.

Drew Stevens hits 54-yard kick to extend lead

The special teams woes didn't extend to the field goal kicking unit.

Stevens drilled a long kick to widen the lead again. There's 9:50 to go in the first half.

Mark Gronowski is 9-for-14 for 142 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Iowa scoring drive: 6 plays, 30 yards, 1:53

UMass scores to cut into lead

A wild scramble from QB Grant Jordan saw him weave backward about 15 yards before cutting to the left and ultimately finding the end zone.

It's 20-7, Iowa, with 11:50 to go in the half.

UMass scoring drive: 4 plays, 21 yards, 2:20

UMass blocks Rhys Dakin's punt

UMass may have an opening after blocking a Rhys Dakin punt. UMass starts at the Iowa 21 for its next series.

End of first quarter: Iowa 20, UMass 0

All Hawkeyes in this one.

Total yardage: Iowa 160, UMass -10.

UMass goes backward

Is it too early to wave the white flag?

UMass is now at -10 total yards of offense following a third-down sack. Iowa has the ball at its own 48 after another punt.

Kaden Wetjen scores to extend Iowa lead

Wetjen took the end around to the left side from 20 yards out for another score. This one is already in blowout territory, and it's still the first quarter. It's 20-0 with 2:08 to go in the opening period.

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Iowa scoring drive: 7 plays, 52 yards, 3:25

UMass forced to punt again

Iowa will once again have favorable starting field position after forcing a quick punt.

The Hawkeyes have it at their own 48. UMass has -10 rushing yards through two drives.

Seth Anderson scores again

A concerted effort to open up the passing attack is paying off so far.

Mark Gronowski found Seth Anderson again for a touchdown, this time from 3 yards out.

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It's 13-0 after Drew Stevens' PAT banged off the left upright.

Iowa scoring drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 3:32

Hawkeyes force three-and-out; Kaden Wetjen breaks long punt return

A booming 57-yard punt for UMass was quickly negated by Wetjen, who returned it 39 yards to the UMass 39. Iowa will start its second drive in UMass territory.

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Hawkeyes strike quickly

The air raid Hawkeyes?

Three plays, including two deep throws by Mark Gronowski, and Iowa leads 7-0.

The first deep ball was to Sam Phillips for 45 yards. That was followed up by a 20-yard strike to Seth Anderson for a touchdown.

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It's 7-0 after just 91 seconds.

Iowa scoring drive: 3 plays, 68 yards, 1:25

Hawkeye fans are ready

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How to watch and stream Iowa football vs. UMass

  • When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13
  • Where: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City
  • TV: Big Ten Network
  • Livestream:

Game day weather forecast

It's going to be hot and mostly sunny Saturday in Iowa City, with a high of 94 degrees.

Tickets for Iowa football vs. UMass at Kinnick Stadium

Tickets are sold out, but there are still seats available on the secondary market.

Iowa partners with SeatGeek for resale tickets. As of Thursday, two tickets together were available for as low as $30 apiece.

You can .

What to know about UMass football

Simply put, UMass shouldn't cause too much trouble for Iowa.

The Minutemen jumped up from the FCS to the FBS in 2012. Since then, UMass has not registered a single winning season. Its best season since 2012 was a pair of back-to-back 4-8 records in 2017 and 2018.

UMass finished 2-10 a year ago and let go of coach Don Brown. He was replaced this past offseason by Joe Harasymiak, most recently the defensive coordinator at Rutgers from 2022-24.

Harasymiak's tenure at UMass has not gotten off to an ideal start. UMass is 0-2, losing 42-10 to Temple in Week 1 and following it up with a 27-26 home loss to Bryant, an FCS team with a 2-10 record a year ago. In fact, after Week 2.

UMass has used three quarterbacks so far, but none of them has thrown a touchdown pass.

Iowa football vs. UMass betting odds: over/under, spread

FanDuel Sportsbook lists Iowa as a 35.5-point favorite.

The over/under is set at 42.5 points.

Big College Kickoff: Another chance for Iowa offense to get going against UMass

Big College Kickoff: Kirk Ferentz needs one win to break Big Ten record

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