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Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com IOWA CITY -- While the weather forecast calls for temperatures tumbling into the 30s Saturday night at Kinnick Stadium, Iowa football players are preparing for something completely [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com Generally speaking, there wasn't a lot of meat on the bone over the weekend on most college football fields across the country. There were a handful of [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com Key play Trailing 14-6 and facing a third-and-22 situation midway through the third quarter, Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley hit Ihmir Smith-Marsette with a 27-yard pass to move [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com IOWA CITY -- Kirk Ferentz figures it goes with the territory in a season-opening game. When the 21st Iowa football team Ferentz has coached kicks off the [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com IOWA CITY -- With Oliver Martin cleared for immediate eligibility by the NCAA and Big Ten, the focus shifts to how the Michigan transfer can help the [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com class='asset-contentsubscriber-premium'> Big Ten football teams will begin chasing a larger and more geographically diverse collection of bowl opportunities beginning in the 2020 season. The conference announced Tuesday [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com class='asset-contentsubscriber-premium'> Isaiah Bruce caught the attention of Iowa football coaches during a camp last summer in Iowa City. Because he did, that allowed Hawkeye assistant coach Seth [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com class='asset-contentsubscriber-premium'> Iowa's latest football commitment makes a quick impression. One day after being offered a scholarship, running back Leshon Williams of Illinois Class 6A power Oak Lawn [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com class='asset-contentsubscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY -- LeVar Woods doesn't sit up a night, scribbling the latest special-teams gimmick for the Iowa football team on a scrap of paper. Now [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com class='asset-contentsubscriber-premium'> History helped Iowa's newest football commitment find his future. Highly recruited Elijah Yelverton, a Texas tight end who had his pick of three dozen Football Bowl [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com IOWA CITY -- Reese Morgan always understood that there was more to being a football player than how tall you stood or how much you weighed. The [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.comIt didn't take long for Iowa's latest football commitment to say 'yes.'When Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz offered Cedar Rapids Xavier linebacker Ethan Hurkett a scholarship during the Hawkeyes' [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.comIowa continues to add pieces to its 2019 football recruiting class, and Saturday it added a graduate transfer in an area of need.Zach VanValkenburg, named the defensive lineman [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.comIOWA CITY -- Iowa addressed needs on the opening day of college football's February signing period, adding a defensive lineman, defensive back and punter to a 2019 recruiting [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.comclass='asset-contentsubscriber-premium'>Even before Amani Hooker and Anthony Nelson announced plans to leave early for the NFL draft, Kirk Ferentz suggested any February additions to Iowa's 2019 football recruiting class [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.comclass='asset-contentsubscriber-premium'>Iowa added an experienced leg Friday to the collection of candidates who will compete for the starting punting job for the 2019 season.Michael Sleep-Dalton, the starting punter at [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.comIowa added an experienced leg Friday to the collection of candidates who will compete for the starting punting job for the 2019 season.Michael Sleep-Dalton, the starting punter at [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.comclass='asset-contentsubscriber-premium'>Iowa's football season will end in familiar territory, playing in the Outback Bowl for the sixth time in 15 years, while Iowa State will complete its season for [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com class='asset-contentsubscriber-premium'> What: Purdue (4-4, 3-2) Where: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Ind. When: Saturday, 2:30 p.m. TV: ABC or ESPN2 More from this section BYU offense vs. Northern [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> BRONX, N.Y. - Akrum Wadley held onto his most valuable player trophy from Wednesday's Pinstripe Bowl as tightly as he did the football in the final [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> BRONX, N.Y. - In 60 minutes of football in the Pinstripe Bowl on Wednesday at frigid Yankee Stadium, Iowa surprised, frustrated, stunned and won. Mostly, the [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> NEW YORK CITY - Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is on the brink of a milestone when the Hawkeyes face Boston College in today's Pinstripe Bowl. The [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - Cut from the same cloth, Iowa's Pinstripe Bowl match-up against a gritty Boston College team is a fullback's dream. The Hawkeyes' opponent in [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Iowa added a highly-rated, strong-armed California quarterback who was once committed to Oregon State to its 2018 football recruiting class on Friday. Spencer Petras, a 6-foot-5, [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - Before taking one look at tape, Iowa football players already had a reason to respect Pinstripe Bowl opponent Boston College. Jim Reid. The [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> What do Josey Jewell, Akrum Wadley, Marcus Schnoor, the proprietor of the Iowa 80 Truck Stop and two Quad-City area players on the Iowa football team [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> A four-year starter and a player who made the most of his first season in the lineup represent Iowa on the all-Big Ten defensive football teams [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Five things to think about over the next few days following the Iowa football team's 56-14 rout of Nebraska on Friday in Lincoln: 1. The good [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Key play In a 14-14 game, true freshman Ihmir Smith-Marsette took the opening kickoff the third quarter and ran 74 yards with it, positioning Iowa for [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - Statistics suggest the Iowa football team may be able to run across the finish line of its 2017 Big Ten schedule Friday. Although [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> There is no shortage of distractions this week for the Nebraska football team. The heat on the seat of embattled coach Mike Riley seems to get [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Five things to think about following the Iowa football team's 24-15 loss to Purdue on Saturday: 1. The good Iowa's best punt of the day was [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - It wasn't the biting wind. It was the cold slap in the face of reality that Purdue delivered Saturday afternoon that stung the [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - One look at the tape was all it took. Iowa football players understand that this isn't the same Purdue team they literally ran [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Four things that can position the football teams from Iowa and Purdue for success in Saturday's 2:30 p.m. game at Kinnick Stadium: Purdue (4-6, 2-5)1. Play [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Drake Kulick and Josey Jewell expect not only a tear-free, fan-filled Senior Day, they also expect to deal with an improving Purdue football team on Saturday. [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - They've handled Ohio State and been hammered by Wisconsin. Now 10 games into the season, the Iowa football team still searches for some [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Heading into the 11th game of the season, this week's Iowa lineup will look a lot like last week's Iowa lineup. This week's depth chart tweaks, [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - It's not just the gaudy numbers on the stat sheet. Iowa teammates say cornerback Josh Jackson reminds them of Desmond King, the 2015 [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Josh Jackson made history when he returned two interceptions for touchdowns Saturday in the Iowa football team's 38-14 loss at Wisconsin. The Big Ten announced Monday [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Smothered by Wisconsin's defense, Iowa is moving on following a humbling 38-14 loss to the Badgers. That, along with a monster day in the NFL for [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> MADISON, Wis. - Josh Jackson covered more turf in returning two interceptions Saturday than the Iowa offense managed to during an entire football game. That pretty [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Four things the football teams from Iowa and Wisconsin can do to position themselves for success in Saturday's 2:30 p.m. game at Camp Randall Stadium: Wisconsin [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - Nate Stanley is as comfortable at the controls of the Iowa offense as the warm bowl of soup he enjoyed after orchestrating one [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - They understand it will take a nearly perfect game, but this Iowa football team will take the field against third-ranked Ohio State working [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> With a game on the horizon against Iowa next week, the unbeaten Wisconsin football team is limping into the final month of the regular season. Leading [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Five things to think about over the next few days following the Iowa football team's 17-10 win over Minnesota at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday night: 1. [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com IOWA CITY - Different year. Same script. Familiar result. In a repeat performance of what transpired a year ago on the road, the Iowa football team survived [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> IOWA CITY - Different year. Same script. Familiar result. In a repeat performance of what transpired a year ago on the road, the Iowa football team [...]

Byline: Steve Battersonsbatterson@qctimes.com subscriber-premium'> Four things the football teams from Minnesota and Iowa can do to put themselves in a position to win in Saturday's 5:30 p.m. game at Kinnick [...]