By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer IOWA CITY — Defense and special teams have long been Iowa’s identities in football. Cooper DeJean is this year’s poster child. DeJean’s breakout 2022 season earned him a spot on this year’s Associated Press preseason All-America first team, ...
By ERIC OLSON The Associated Press IOWA CITY — Playing in a national championship game that attracted a record television audience and bringing back the star player who transcends the sport has taken Iowa women’s basketball to unprecedented levels of popularity in the state. A record ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara will miss the rest of the season because of a torn knee ligament and Deacon Hill will be the starter against Purdue this week, coach Kirk Ferentz announced Tuesday. McNamara tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the first half ...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma emphatically handled business and finally can focus on its showdown with Texas. Dillon Gabriel passed for 366 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two scores, and No. 14 Oklahoma rolled past Iowa State 50-20 on Saturday night to set up a battle of unbeatens at ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — Cooper DeJean’s 70-yard punt return with less than four minutes to play helped give Iowa a 26-16 win over Michigan State on Saturday night. Iowa’s Ethan Hurkett recovered a fumble by Michigan State wide receiver Tre Mosley on the Spartans’ next possession to help ...
Iowa's 31-0 loss at Penn State certainly didn't help Hawkeyes offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz in his bid to meet metrics required for him to keep his job after this season. The game marked the first time since 2000 the Hawkeyes were shut out and lowered their season average to 21.3 points ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sitting in the locker room at halftime, Penn State’s defensive ends agreed they were onto something. Having suffocated Iowa to that point, the Nittany Lions were confident they could keep it up. “We felt like it should be a shutout,” defensive end Dani ...
AMES (AP) — Rocco Becht passed for 348 yards and three touchdowns as Iowa State held on to beat Oklahoma State 34-27 Saturday in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams. The Cyclones (2-2) were averaging just 16.7 points per game, the lowest total among Power 5 schools, but Becht ...
ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio defensive lineman Rodney Mathews picked off a deflected pass late in the fourth quarter to preserve a 10-7 upset win by the Bobcats over Iowa State on Saturday afternoon. The Cyclones began a drive at their own 12-yard-line after a booming Ohio punt with 2:21 left. But on ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa’s running game hadn’t been much of a factor in the first two weeks of the season. The Hawkeyes turned in one of their better rushing efforts in a while, and it took several backs to do it. Cade McNamara threw for two touchdowns and freshman Kamari Moulton scored ...
ATHENS, Ohio — The Iowa State football team looks to bounce back from its Cy-Hawk loss on the road as it faces Ohio on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. The game will be televised by ESPNU. The Cyclones (1-1 overall) staged a late rally against the Hawkeyes, but came up short in a 20-13 ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer IOWA CITY — Jaziun Patterson might be the most popular third-string running back in the country this week. No. 25 Iowa (2-0) hosts Western Michigan (1-1) in Iowa City on Saturday, and Patterson is coming off his best performance in the Cy-Hawk Game ...
Iowa State (1-1) at Ohio (2-1), Saturday, noon ET (ESPN2) Line: Iowa State by 3, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Iowa State leads 8-0. WHAT'S AT STAKE? The Cyclones are without quarterback Hunter Dekkers and some other players because of a gambling scandal. Behind ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — The teenage son of University of Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery was found guilty Tuesday of failure to yield to a pedestrian who later died from injuries suffered in the crash. A judge found Jonathan McCaffery, 17, guilty of the simple misdemeanor in the crash, ...
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Iowa wide receiver Nico Ragaini has been reprimanded by the Big Ten for his comment about officiating in last week’s game against Iowa State, the conference announced Wednesday. Ragaini gave an obscenity-laced response to a reporter Tuesday when asked if he thought ...
AMES (AP) — Jaziun Patterson rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown, Iowa’s defense made a final stand in the last two minutes, and the Hawkeyes beat Iowa State 20-13 on Saturday to take back the CyHawk Trophy and give Kirk Ferentz his 200th win as a Division I coach. “This was just an ...
By ERIC OLSON The Associated Press Iowa State quarterback Hunter Dekkers is among three athletes from his school and two from Iowa who have pleaded guilty to underage gambling. The five were among more than a dozen athletes from the two schools who faced criminal charges in connection to a ...
By ANDREW LOGUE The Associated Press AMES — Jeremiah Cooper’s two first-half interceptions set the tone for Iowa State’s 30-9 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday, easing the pressure on a Cyclones offense rocked by suspensions and departures. Cooper returned his first career ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The Associated Press IOWA CITY — The play call wasn’t designed to help Cade McNamara make a big debut as Iowa’s quarterback. “We’re not that cerebral,” coach Kirk Ferentz joked. “We were just trying to score.” McNamara’s first pass for the No. 25 ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The Associated Press IOWA CITY — New Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara wants complete command of the offense, right down to how the Hawkeyes break a huddle. “I definitely want to start every play with a good break,” he said. “If we’re not in sync, it looks a little ...