Before the last two games, you have to go back to September 22, 2018 to find an Iowa loss by more than 1 possession. 28-17, Wisconsin. If you remember, we led that game with under a minute to go. So if we don’t count that, the next 2 were back to back games in 2017: 38-14 Wisconsin and 24-15 Purdue (coincidentally, both of these came immediately after 55-24). So we’ve lost just 5 games by more than 8 points in 5 seasons and they are all to Wisconsin and Purdue. Before that would be the Capital One Bowl against Florida, and when Saquon abused us in Happy Valley, both at the end of 2016.
Probably why these last two losses hurt so much because to not even be in the game or have a chance in this recent run is pretty rare.
Probably why these last two losses hurt so much because to not even be in the game or have a chance in this recent run is pretty rare.
