IowaatPittPostgameNotes

Sept.20,2014

Iowa(31)defeatedPitt(31),2420,onSaturdayatHeinzField.TheHawkeyesoutscoredthePanthers,173,inthe
secondhalf,and,70,inthefourthquarter.ItmarkedthesecondtimeinasmanymeetingsIowaralliedpassedPittin
thefourthquarter.TheHawkeyesoutscoredthePanthers213inthefourthquarterin2011(W,3127).

Iowahaswonthreestraightroadgames,andfiveofitslastsixontheroad.

EachofIowasfourgamesthisseasonhasbeendecidedbyonepossession.ItmarksthefirsttimeinschoolhistoryIowa
openedtheseasonwithfourstraightgamesdecidedbyonepossession.

Iowaconvertedonallthreefourthdownattempts.TheHawkeyesare6for7onfourthdownthisseason.

Iowaallowedjust53rushingyardsandninefirstdownsinthesecondhalf.

QB C.J. Beathard started the second half for Iowa and threw for a careerhigh 98 yards. His 62yard completion to WR
Damond Powell in the third quarter was a career long. Beathard led Iowa on three straight scoring drives to start the
secondhalf(TD,FG,TD).Hewas7for8for98yardsonIowasthreescoringdrives.

RB Mark Weisman scored two rushing touchdowns today to become the eighth Hawkeye in school history with 20 or
morecareerrushingtouchdowns(Shaw,33;Banks,33:Betts,25;Hudson,24;Young,23;Gill,22;Harmon,22;Weisman,
20)Weismanrushed22timesfor88yardstoday,raisinghiscareertotalto1,974.HepassedLeviMitchellforNo.13all
time.

RBMarkWeismanhasfivecareergamesoftwoormorerushingtouchdowns.

QB Jake Rudock moved into Iowas alltime top 10 among career passing leaders. He threw for 80 yards against Pitt,
raisinghiscareertotalto3,181careerpassingyards,the10thhighesttotalinschoolhistory.

WRDamondPowells62yardreception(C.J.Beathard)inthethirdquarterwasIowaslongestplaythisseason.Itsetup
RBMarkWeismans10yardrushingtouchdown.

K Marshall Koehn connected on a 52yard field goal in the third quarter (0:48). It was a career long and ties for the
eighthlongestinschoolhistory.Koehnrecordedatouchbackonallfivekickoffattempts,raisinghisseasontotalto16.

TEHenryKriegerCoblescoredhissecondcareertouchdown,a13yardpassfromQBJakeRuddock,inthefirstquarter
(0:58).

PDillonKidds51yardpuntinthesecondquarterwasacareerlong.

FS Anthony Gair and CB Maurice Fleming started todays game. It was the first career start for both players. Gair
interceptedapassonthegamesfinalplay.Itwashisfirstcareerinterception.

Redshirt freshman DB Malik Rucker made his Hawkeye debut today. Rucker appeared on special teams. WR Riley
McCarronmadehisseasondebut.

SSJohnLowdermilkledIowaandtiedhiscareerbestwithagamehigh11tackles.

Iowasthirdquarterscoringdrivewent94yardsonsevenplaysin3:18.The94yarddrivewasIowaslongestscoring
drivethisseason.

Instantreplaywasusedthreetimestoday.
1) Pittrunnerdownbyrulepriortofumble,callwasconfirmed(officialreview).
2) Iowareceivershortofthefirstdownline,callwasconfirmed(officialreview).
3) Pittreceiverruledinbounds,callwasconfirmed(officialreview)

Iowasdefenseallowedarushingtouchdownforthefirsttimethisseason(14yards,1stquarter).Thetouchdownwas
alsothefirstfirstquartertouchdownallowedbyIowathisseason.

Iowawonthetossandelectedtoreceive.TheHawkeyeshavewonthetossandelectedtoreceiveinallfourgamesthis
season.In16seasonsasIowasheadcoach,KirkFerentzandtheHawkeyereceivedtheopeningkickoffin154of191
games(9163).Iowahasstartedthegameondefensein37of191gamesunderFerentz(2017).

IowatravelstoPurduetoopentheBigTenseasonSept.27at11a.m.(CT).Itmarksthe12thtimeinKirkFerentzs16
yearsatIowathattheHawkeyesopenconferenceplayontheroad.