IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa opened the season in nondescript fashion with a 24-3 win over Wyoming on Saturday, after which Kirk Ferentz, the Hawkeyes’ 19th-year coach, somewhat joyfully announced that the flood of NFL scouts at Kinnick Stadium arrived to watch a visiting player over anyone from his team.
Josh Allen, the Cowboys’ dynamic quarterback considered among the potential headliners in the NFL draft next spring, threw for just 174 yards. Iowa intercepted him twice, and Wyoming did not penetrate the Iowa 20-yard line.
“We just couldn’t get our run game going,” said Allen, who was right but surely could have done more to hurt the Hawkeyes if they had given him time to operate and room to throw downfield.