GAME THREAD: NCAAF: IOWA (2-1) at WISCONSIN (3-0)

MADISON, Wisconsin (Ticker) -- Wisconsin turned to P.J. Hillwhen the going got tough.


Hill scored the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourthquarter Saturday as the Badgers held off Iowa, 17-13, in arugged Big Ten Conference opener for both teams.


Hill carried 29 times for 113 yards as Wisconsin extended thenation's longest winning streak to 13 games and improved to 21-1in the last 22 home night games since 1995.


Trailing 10-7 mid-fourth quarter, Wisconsin (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten)turned to its bread-and-butter. An all-conference preseasonselection, Hill imposed his will on a tough Hawkeyes defense.

The 5-11, 227-pound Hill carried 10 times for 43 yards, andcapped the drive with a two-yard score to put the Badgers up,14-10, with 9:42 left.


It was the first rushing touchdown allowed by the stingy Iowa(2-2, 0-1) defense, which entered the game ranked fifthnationally and third in scoring defense (6.0).


Iowa's Darrell Johnson-Koulianos nearly returned the ensuingkickoff for a score but was tripped up by the kicker atmidfield.


Two plays later, Jake Christensen hit James Cleveland on acrossing route for 25 yards down to the Wisconsin 14. However,the drive stalled and Iowa had to settle for a 37-yard fieldgoal from Daniel Murray to cut the lead to 14-13 with 3:13remaining.


On their next drive, the Badgers continued to pound the Hawkeyeswith Hill until reserve running back Lance Smith broke off a30-yard run down the left sideline to the Wisconson 42.

Wisconsin stretched the lead to 17-13 on a 40-yard field goal byTaylor Mehlhaff with 2:02 left.


Iowa turned the ball over on downs on the ensuing possession,sealing Wisconsin's win.


The Hawkeyes entered the game as the only team in the nation notto allow an offensive touchdown. That ended in this one, butit not without a fight.


Trailing, 3-0, after Murray's field goal with 2:28 left in thesecond quarter, Wisconsin finally found a groove on offense.

Tyler Donovan completed four straight passes for 52 yards,driving the Badgers to the Hawkeyes 27. One play later, Hillripped off a 17-yard run and appeared to be headed to the endzone, but the ball was stripped at the 1. It rolled into theend zone, and a scrum ensued with Wisconsin recovering it for anapparent touchdown.


But after a review, the officials ruled there was an inadvertantwhistle during the end-zone scrum and placed the ball at the3-yard line.


It made no difference, as Donovan hit Travis Beckum on a slantfor a three-yard score and a 7-3 lead with 43 seconds left inthe second quarter.


Johnson-Koulianos helped Iowa answer by making a spectacularone-handed grab down the left sideline for a 21-yard score and a10-7 lead with four seconds left in the half.


Christensen completed 17-of-37 passes for 169 yards and onetouchdown, while Donovan completed 12-of-23 passes for 138 andwith one touchdown and one interception.

 

NCAAF: IOWA at WISCONSIN

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
IOWA 13
WISCONSIN (9) 17 FINAL</div>

 

NCAAF: IOWA at WISCONSIN

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
IOWA 0 10 0 3 13
WISCONSIN (9) 0 7 0 10 17 FINAL

IOWA-FG, D Murray 41 YD 12:32 2nd Qtr
WISCONSIN-TD, T Beckum 3 YD PASS FROM T Donovan (T Mehlhaff
KICK) 14:17 2nd Qtr
IOWA-TD, D Johnson-Koulianos 21 YD PASS FROM J
Christensen (D Murray KICK) 14:56 2nd Qtr
WISCONSIN-TD, P Hill 2 YD RUN (T Mehlhaff KICK) 5:18 4th
Qtr
IOWA-FG, D Murray 37 YD 8:31 4th Qtr
WISCONSIN-FG, T Mehlhaff 40 YD 12:58 4th Qtr


IOWA WISCONSIN
First downs 13 17
Rushed-yards 26-59 49-166
Passing yards 169 138
Sacked-yards lost 4-18 3-28
Return yards 66 -2
Passes 17-37-0 12-23-1
Punts 10-34.4 8-47.6
Fumbles-lost 0-0 4-2
Penalties-yards 3-23 5-40
Time of possession 25:20 34:40


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: IOWA-Albert Young 10-33, Damian Sims 7-27, Jake Christensen
8-11, James Cleveland 1-MINUS 12. WISCONSIN-P.J. Hill 29-113, Lance
Smith 5-37, Tyler Donovan 13-11, David Gilreath 1-7, - Team 1-MINUS
2.

PASSING: IOWA-Jake Christensen 17-37-169- 0. WISCONSIN-Tyler Donovan
12-23-138- 1.

RECEIVING: IOWA-James Cleveland 4-77, Derrell Johnson-Koulianos 4-45,
Paul Chaney Jr. 4-22, Albert Young 2-15, Damian Sims 2-8, Andy Brodell
1-2. WISCONSIN-Luke Swan 3-62, Kyle Jefferson 3-40, Travis Beckum
4-18, P.J. Hill 2-18.


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MADISON, Wisconsin (Ticker) -- Wisconsin turned to P.J. Hillwhen the going got tough.


Hill scored the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourthquarter Saturday as the ninth-ranked Badgers held off the IowaHawkeyes, 17-13, in a rugged Big Ten Conference opener for bothteams.


Hill carried 29 times for 113 yards as Wisconsin extended thenation's longest winning streak to 13 games and improved to 21-1in the last 22 home night games since 1995.


"I knew it wasn't going to be an easy game," Wisconsin coachBret Bielema said. "We talked about playing a four-quarter gamein our preparation. I think the guys gave us a better practicethis week than anything this year up to this point."

Trailing 10-7 mid-fourth quarter, Wisconsin (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten)turned to its bread-and-butter. An all-conference preseasonselection, Hill imposed his will on a tough Hawkeyes defense.

The 5-11, 227-pound Hill carried 10 times for 43 yards, andcapped the drive with a two-yard score to put the Badgers up,14-10, with 9:42 left.


"P.J. has prided himself on re-defining his body and being ableto play longer fourth-quarter games," Bielema said.

It was the first rushing touchdown allowed by the stingy Iowa(2-2, 0-1) defense, which entered the game ranked fifthnationally and third in scoring defense (6.0).


Iowa's Darrell Johnson-Koulianos nearly returned the ensuingkickoff for a score but was tripped up by the kicker atmidfield.


Two plays later, Jake Christensen hit James Cleveland on acrossing route for 25 yards down to the Wisconsin 14. However,the drive stalled and Iowa had to settle for a 37-yard fieldgoal from Daniel Murray to cut the lead to 14-13 with 3:13remaining.


On their next drive, the Badgers continued to pound the Hawkeyeswith Hill until reserve running back Lance Smith broke off a30-yard run down the left sideline to the Wisconson 42.

Wisconsin stretched the lead to 17-13 on a 40-yard field goal byTaylor Mehlhaff with 2:02 left.


"The huge part of (that drive) was when Lance Smith got in thereand changed the game with his feet and bounced around in theend and made the huge play," Bielema said.


Iowa turned the ball over on downs on the ensuing possession,sealing Wisconsin's win.


"Wisconsin's a good football team," Iowa coach Kirk Ferentzsaid. "They deserved to win, certainly. I thought it was anoutstanding football game. I thought both teams playedextremely hard. Both teams were aggressive.


"I just feel very badly for our guys. We didn't come up here toplay close. That wasn't our goal. I thought our guys playedwith phenomenal effort. That's a good football team. With whatour guys did and how we played, I'm disappointed we didn't getout of here with a win."


The Hawkeyes entered the game as the only team in the nation notto allow an offensive touchdown. That ended in this one, butit not without a fight.


Trailing, 3-0, after Murray's field goal with 2:28 left in thesecond quarter, Wisconsin finally found a groove on offense.

Tyler Donovan completed four straight passes for 52 yards,driving the Badgers to the Hawkeyes 27. One play later, Hillripped off a 17-yard run and appeared to be headed to the endzone, but the ball was stripped at the 1. It rolled into theend zone, and a scrum ensued with Wisconsin recovering it for anapparent touchdown.


But after a review, the officials ruled there was an inadvertantwhistle during the end-zone scrum and placed the ball at the3-yard line.


It made no difference, as Donovan hit Travis Beckum on a slantfor a three-yard score and a 7-3 lead with 43 seconds left inthe second quarter.


Johnson-Koulianos helped Iowa answer by making a spectacularone-handed grab down the left sideline for a 21-yard score and a10-7 lead with four seconds left in the half.


Christensen completed 17-of-37 passes for 169 yards and onetouchdown, while Donovan completed 12-of-23 passes for 138 andwith one touchdown and one interception.

 

MADISON, Wisconsin (Ticker) -- Wisconsin turned to P.J. Hillwhen the going got tough.


Hill scored the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourthquarter Saturday as the ninth-ranked Badgers held off the IowaHawkeyes, 17-13, in a rugged Big Ten Conference opener for bothteams.


Hill carried 29 times for 113 yards as Wisconsin extended thenation's longest winning streak to 13 games and improved to 21-1in the last 22 home night games since 1995.


"I knew it wasn't going to be an easy game," Wisconsin coachBret Bielema said. "We talked about playing a four-quarter gamein our preparation. I think the guys gave us a better practicethis week than anything this year up to this point."

Trailing 10-7 mid-fourth quarter, Wisconsin (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten)turned to its bread-and-butter. An all-conference preseasonselection, Hill imposed his will on a tough Hawkeyes defense.

The 5-11, 227-pound Hill carried 10 times for 43 yards, andcapped the drive with a two-yard score to put the Badgers up,14-10, with 9:42 left.


"P.J. has prided himself on re-defining his body and being ableto play longer fourth-quarter games," Bielema said.

It was the first rushing touchdown allowed by the stingy Iowa(2-2, 0-1) defense, which entered the game ranked fifthnationally and third in scoring defense (6.0).


Iowa's Darrell Johnson-Koulianos nearly returned the ensuingkickoff for a score but was tripped up by the kicker atmidfield.


Two plays later, Jake Christensen hit James Cleveland on acrossing route for 25 yards down to the Wisconsin 14. However,the drive stalled and Iowa had to settle for a 37-yard fieldgoal from Daniel Murray to cut the lead to 14-13 with 3:13remaining.


On their next drive, the Badgers continued to pound the Hawkeyeswith Hill until reserve running back Lance Smith broke off a30-yard run down the left sideline to the Wisconson 42.

Wisconsin stretched the lead to 17-13 on a 40-yard field goal byTaylor Mehlhaff with 2:02 left.


"The huge part of (that drive) was when Lance Smith got in thereand changed the game with his feet and bounced around in theend and made the huge play," Bielema said.


Iowa turned the ball over on downs on the ensuing possession,sealing Wisconsin's win.


"Wisconsin's a good football team," Iowa coach Kirk Ferentzsaid. "They deserved to win, certainly. I thought it was anoutstanding football game. I thought both teams playedextremely hard. Both teams were aggressive.


"I just feel very badly for our guys. We didn't come up here toplay close. That wasn't our goal. I thought our guys playedwith phenomenal effort. That's a good football team. With whatour guys did and how we played, I'm disappointed we didn't getout of here with a win."


The Hawkeyes entered the game as the only team in the nation notto allow an offensive touchdown. That ended in this one, butit not without a fight.


Trailing, 3-0, after Murray's field goal with 2:28 left in thesecond quarter, Wisconsin finally found a groove on offense.

Tyler Donovan completed four straight passes for 52 yards,driving the Badgers to the Hawkeyes 27. One play later, Hillripped off a 17-yard run and appeared to be headed to the endzone, but the ball was stripped at the 1. It rolled into theend zone, and a scrum ensued with Wisconsin recovering it for anapparent touchdown.


But after a review, the officials ruled there was an inadvertantwhistle during the end-zone scrum and placed the ball at the3-yard line.


It made no difference, as Donovan hit Travis Beckum on a slantfor a three-yard score and a 7-3 lead with 43 seconds left inthe second quarter.


Johnson-Koulianos helped Iowa answer by making a spectacularone-handed grab down the right sideline for a 21-yard score anda 10-7 lead with four seconds left in the half.


Christensen completed 17-of-37 passes for 169 yards and onetouchdown, while Donovan completed 12-of-23 passes for 138 andwith one touchdown and one interception.