The Iowa Hawkeyes threw the ball 50 times, and only gave their running backs 17 carries. There are times when that works, but last Saturday was not one of them. A concern would be that 5 of those 17 resulted in a negative yardage play. Those negative plays put the inconsistent offense in a place that often leads to a punt. However, Iowa experienced enough winning battles on the line to warrant more carries for the running backs who ran so effective against Purdue the previous week.
Winning Box Numbers
Iowa’s most effective carries came out of looks where Iowa could win the “numbers” game.