On Saturday, both the Iowa Hawkeyes and their rival the Iowa State Cyclones shutout their opponents. #18 Iowa defeated Ball State 45-0 and Iowa State defeated Northern Iowa 27-0. This got me thinking, "When was the last time that Iowa and Iowa State both recorded a shutout win on the same Saturday?" According to data on http://cfbdatawarehouse.com, the last time it happened was on September 18, 1999. On that day, Iowa beat Northern Illinois 24-0 and Iowa State won at UNLV 24-0. This is only the second time this has happened since 1958!
Ball State had not been shutout in 61 straight games, which was the second longest non-shutout streak in school history. The Hawkeyes racked up 562 yards of offense, while Ball State could only muster 112 yards. Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi was 19 of 25 through the air with 288 passing yards and three touchdowns. Adam Robinson led the Hawkeyes on the ground, rushing for 115 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries. After the game, Robinson said, "I think I did okay to provide a spark for the offense, but I couldn't have done it without the offensive line."
Iowa's defense saw a big game from defensive lineman Mike Daniels, who had six tackles (four of them for a loss) and one sack. Linebacker Jeremiah Hunter said the defensive line "did everything today...I give them a lot of credit."
Iowa State's special teams came up big in their win over UNI. Cyclone kicker Grant Mahoney nailed two field goals, ISU blocked a UNI field goal attempt, and the Cyclones had a successful fake field goal that led to a touchdown later in the drive. The defense was also a focal point of the win, since ISU had two interceptions returned for touchdowns.
This Saturday, Iowa hosts Penn State and Iowa State hosts Texas Tech.
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