It wasn’t pretty, but the Iowa Hawkeyes escaped Minneapolis with a win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 14-7. The Floyd of Rosedale trophy will return to Iowa City and the Hawkeyes are back in the thick of things in the Big Ten West, improving to 4-2 on the season and 2-1 in conference play.
It was another hard-nosed, defensive-minded game for both teams. The Hawkeyes took a mere 3-0 lead into the second half despite dominating the first half. In fact, Iowa had a measly six points until late into the fourth quarter when Akrum Wadley burst through the Minnesota defense for the game-winning 54-yard touchdown with 5:28 remaining.