There was no shortage of ink spilled on Iowa's chaotic QB situation this week, with walk-on transfer Jackson Stratton making his first career start at Maryland as announced by head coach Kirk Ferentz on Tuesday.
If Iowa's offense was supposed to struggle Saturday, though, nobody got that memo to the running backs room.
Johnson logged a career-high 35 rushes en route to 164 yards and one notable touchdown as the Hawkeyes ground out a 29-13 win in College Park, rushing for 268 yards as a team. Iowa rushed 58 times, compared to Stratton's 10-for-14 day passing for 76 yards.
Ferentz said his team's goals were, well, backfield-forward. "You know, try to minimize throwing, but also maximize clock if we could," said Ferentz.
Johnson's two-yard score in the second quarter set the Iowa single-season record for rushing touchdowns with 21, topping Shonn Greene's legendary 2008 campaign and cementing the junior tailback's place in the Hawkeye record books.
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If Iowa's offense was supposed to struggle Saturday, though, nobody got that memo to the running backs room.
Johnson logged a career-high 35 rushes en route to 164 yards and one notable touchdown as the Hawkeyes ground out a 29-13 win in College Park, rushing for 268 yards as a team. Iowa rushed 58 times, compared to Stratton's 10-for-14 day passing for 76 yards.
Ferentz said his team's goals were, well, backfield-forward. "You know, try to minimize throwing, but also maximize clock if we could," said Ferentz.
Johnson's two-yard score in the second quarter set the Iowa single-season record for rushing touchdowns with 21, topping Shonn Greene's legendary 2008 campaign and cementing the junior tailback's place in the Hawkeye record books.
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Kaleb Johnson and the Iowa backfield never got the memo that Saturday was supposed to be a struggle.
