Many people heading into this game thought it could be a trap for game for the Iowa football program, and it seemed that way for all of five minutes as Indiana marched down the field with easy on their first drive. As the defense has done numerous times this season, they managed to not break as Indiana inched closer to the goal line. Indiana would go on to kick a field goal from the 11-yard line on 4th and 2. This would be the only lead Indiana would have on Iowa all day.
From that point on, it was all Iowa.