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 | |  | | Iowa (7-2) | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | | Northwestern (6-3) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Northwestern: Dan Persa 2 yd run (Stefan Demos kick) | | | Iowa: Michael Meyer 32 yd FG | | | Iowa: Marvin McNutt 5 yd pass from Ricky Stanzi (Michael Meyer kick) | | | Iowa: Koulianos 70 yd pass from Ricky Stanzi (Michael Meyer kick) | | | Northwestern: Jeremy Ebert 6 yd pass from Dan Persa (Stefan Demos kick) | | | Northwestern: Demetrius Fields 20 yd pass from Dan Persa (Stefan Demos kick) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Northwestern | Iowa | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 17 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 419 | 371 | | Total Plays | 82 | 71 | | Average Gain | 5.1 | 5.2 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 101 | 101 | | Rushes | 39 | 28 | | Average per rush | 2.6 | 3.6 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 318 | 270 | | Completions-attempted | 32-43 | 23-43 | | Sacked | 4 | 3 | | Yards Lost | -28 | -21 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 1 | 1 | | Interceptions | 1 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 0 | 0 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 6 | 6 | | Penalty Yards | 62 | 39 | | Time of Possesion | 31:9 | 28:51 | | Punts | 6 | 7 | | Punt Average | 43.67 | 42.86 | | Return Yards | 0 | -1 |
| Passing | | Northwestern | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Dan Persa | 32 | 43 | 318 | 2 | 1 | 7.4 | | | Iowa | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Ricky Stanzi | 23 | 41 | 270 | 2 | 1 | 6.6 | | | Team | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rushing | | Northwestern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Mike Trumpy | 15 | 51 | 0 | 3.4 | | | Dan Persa | 18 | 50 | 1 | 2.8 | | | Adonis Smith | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.5 | | | Venric Mark | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Arby Fields | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3.0 | | | Team | 2 | -4 | 0 | -2.0 | | | Iowa | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Adam Robinson | 22 | 108 | 0 | 4.9 | | | Marcus Coker | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4.7 | | | Team | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6.0 | | | Ricky Stanzi | 2 | -15 | 0 | -7.5 | |
| Receiving | | Northwestern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Drake Dunsmore | 8 | 65 | 0 | 8.1 | | | Jeremy Ebert | 6 | 60 | 1 | 10.0 | | | Mike Trumpy | 5 | 55 | 0 | 11.0 | | | Sidney Stewart | 5 | 46 | 0 | 9.2 | | | Charles Brown | 2 | 33 | 0 | 16.5 | | | Demetrius Fields | 2 | 28 | 1 | 14.0 | | | Tony Jones | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Rashad Lawrence | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | | | Iowa | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Marvin McNutt | 7 | 72 | 1 | 10.3 | | | Allen Reisner | 6 | 66 | 0 | 11.0 | | | Derrell Johnson-Koulianos | 5 | 104 | 1 | 20.8 | | | Adam Robinson | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Brad Herman | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | |
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