Illinois defeats Iowa in miserable field-goal fest
Illinois defeated Iowa on Saturday in Big Ten play, 9-6.
That’s right, another football game sans a touchdown, a la the Indianapolis Colts-Denver Broncos epic on Thursday Night Football.
How bad was it? Isaiah Williams of the Fighting Illini had five touches and fumbled three times, losing two to the Hawkeyes.
There were 14 punts. Iowa’s Tory Taylor accounted for 327 yards and dropped three inside the 20.
Illinois’ Hugh Robertson punted 6 times for 249 yards and four wound up inside the 20.
Iowa has played 12 Big Ten games the past two seasons and had fewer than 200 yards passing and zero passing TDs in nine of them.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) October 9, 2022
The final play by Iowa summed up the Hawkeyes’ absent office for this entire season.
Think Cal-Stanford 1982 only this one went absolutely nowhere.
This last play for Iowa was absolute chaos 😵💫 pic.twitter.com/gQs7Ug0HJD
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 9, 2022
Illinois earns their first win vs Iowa since 2008 pic.twitter.com/TI71ojA6LW
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 9, 2022
