By The Numbers: Iowa vs. Purdue

The Hawkeyes got out to a fast start against the Wildcats last week, scoring on 2 of their first 3 drives, but then things stalled a bit. There were some decent drives to be sure, but they were ended by turnovers and the offense could only muster another 3 points. Braeden Jackson’s 2nd KO return for a TD (in 5 total attempts on the season) helped salt the win away, but it’s hard to feel particularly great about the offense stalling out for more than half the game.

Thankfully, the defense played a full game and shut down NW at nearly every turn. Yeah, they gave up a meaningless (ref-assisted) TD in garbage time, but still, they shut down the 20th total offense in the country (even if they…