The No. 18 Wisconsin Badgers keep the Heartland Trophy for the third straight year after bouncing back from a lackluster upset loss last week against BYU. Under the lights of Kinnick Stadium on Saturday night, UW rebounded in defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes in a 28-17 hard fought Big Ten Conference clash.
Last week saw all units perform poorly against the Cougars. With the defense struggling to stop Iowa’s passing game at times, the offense and special teams picked up their play on Saturday.
Here are the unit grades.
Scoring early, the Badgers had long stretches of inefficiency, punting six of seven drives after their first touchdown.