Official Site of the Hawkeyes · Oct 21, 2015
Hawkeyes No. 4 in Rush Defense After 7 Games
By DARREN MILLER
hawkeyesports.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa defense is putting F-U-N into fundamentals during an undefeated first seven weeks of the 2015 season.
The Hawkeyes (7-0 overall, 3-0 Big Ten Conference) are in the West Division driver’s seat and a salty defense has a lot to do with getting there. Iowa is fourth in the nation in Football Bowl Subdivision in rushing defense (74.1 yards per game), 10th in scoring defense (15.3 points per game), and 12th in total defense (294.3 yards per game).
Those are impressive (and improved) numbers compared to 2014 when the Hawkeyes allowed 168.3 rushing yards, 25.6 points, and 344.2 total yards a game.