Iowa had a season high eight turnovers but they still got the job done over a weak Northwestern. Iowa rushed for 230 yards as their leading halfback Jevon Pugh had 215 of those yards and Jevon rushed for four touchdowns. QB Marvin McNutt added 19 yards on the ground and rushed for a touchdown as well. "We didn't hold onto the ball very well as we fumbled the ball four times and we also threw five interceptions. Luckily we got one of our fumbles back but we still had eight turnovers which we need to bring down if we plan to play well in our bowl game at the end of the season," Coach Pelini added. WR Franklin Newby had 11 punt returns for 252 yards and one of those was a 59 yard return for a touchdown.
On the defensive side, DE Lebron Daniel had some impressive numbers with 10 tackles, 10 for loss, 8 sacks, and a forced fumble.
Joe Bennett was 2 for 2 in field goals and had a 48 long to add to the final score of 48-14.
Iowa has one more team to beat, #65 Minnesota. "A lot is at stake on this game. If we win, we win the Big Ten Conference, for our third year in a row I might add, and we increase our chances to play in the National Championship game at the end of the season." Pelini said.