By JAMES ALLAN
hawkeyesports.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Floyd, come on home.
The eighth-ranked University of Iowa football team moved to 10-0 for the first time in school history with a 40-35 victory over Minnesota in front of a sellout crowd of 70,585 Saturday night inside Kinnick Stadium.
The is Iowa’s seventh straight over Minnesota in Iowa City and brings the coveted traveling trophy, Floyd of Rosedale, to the Stew and LeNore Hansen Football Performance Center after a year hiatus.
“We expected this to be a tough, hard-fought football game, and it was,” said UI head coach Kirk Ferentz.