Iowa 27, Nebraska 24
When: 2:30 PM ET, Friday, November 29, 2019
Where: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Temperature:
35°
Head Official:
Michael Cannon
Attendance:
89039
By Field Level Media
Keith Duncan drilled the game-winning field goal from 48 yards out with one second left to lift No. 17 Iowa to a 27-24 win at Nebraska on Friday.
Ihmir Smith-Marsette scored two touchdowns, one on a kickoff return, to help propel the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten victory.
Iowa (9-3, 6-3 Big Ten) finished with nine wins during the regular season for a second straight year and likely clinched a New Year's Day bowl game.
On the other side, Nebraska (5-7, 3-6) failed to gain bowl-eligibility in Scott Frost's second year as head coach.
Taking over on its own 26-yard line with 32 seconds left, Iowa drove the field and got into field-goal range on a 22-yard pass from Nate Stanley to tight end Sam LaPorta down to the Nebraska 30-yard line.
After spiking the ball, Duncan came on for his game-winner.
Iowa took a 7-0 lead with 11:04 left in the first quarter on a 45-yard touchdown run by Smith-Marsette.
Following a 41-yard field goal by Nebraska's Matt Waldoch, Iowa took a 14-3 lead with 3:08 left in the first on a 55-yard touchdown run by Tyler Goodson.
Iowa took a 17-3 lead with 11:37 left in the second quarter on a 49-yard field goal by Duncan, but Nebraska closed within 17-10 with 8:54 left until halftime on a 38-yard interception return for a touchdown by Cam Taylor-Britt.
It didn't take long for Iowa to regain a two-touchdown lead, as Smith-Marsette ran the ensuing kickoff back 95 yards for a touchdown to make it 24-10.
But the third quarter belonged to Nebraska.
The Cornhuskers cut Iowa's lead to 24-17 with 8:24 left in the third on a 39-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Luke McCaffrey to JD Spielman.
Nebraska then tied the game at 24-24 with 32 seconds left in the third on a 9-yard touchdown run by Wyatt Mazour.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Iowa |
|
Nebraska |
|
Sam Laporta
|
Player |
JD Spielman
|
|
3 |
Receptions |
3 |
|
37 |
Yards |
34 |
|
12.3 |
Avg Yards |
11.3 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Iowa
|
324 |
225 |
99 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2.0 |
0 |
| Nebraska
|
284 |
184 |
100 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
1 |
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