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The Iowa victory is another one to chalk up to the defense and special teams as the Hawkeyes ‘ offense struggled to gain momentum throughout the night. Regarding offensive yardage, the Cornhuskers outgained the Hawkeyes,

The Nebraska Cornhuskers dominated the Iowa Hawkeyes in every statistical category except for one on Friday night: The final score. Despite out-gaining Iowa 334 to 164 and winning the time of possession in convincing fashion (39:01 to 20:59),

Iowa football seemed dead in the water until the Hawkeyes' fortunes began to change in the third quarter vs. Nebraska. Drew Stevens finished the deal.

Stevens got his chance after defensive end Max Llewellyn forced and recovered a fumble by Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola at the Huskers’ 36-yard line with 20 seconds left. Two runs by Kaleb Johnson took the clock down to three seconds left before Stevens kicked the game-winner.