We all know the narrative about KF-coached teams and how they get better as the season goes along. For a time in the middle portions of his career at Iowa, some began to wonder if that was a myth. But with the hard evidence I bring to you below, I think we can safely remove the tag of that being fiction. It seems that Iowa teams generally strive to be peaking, or at least playing their best ball by around Game 10. That might not always mean playing a complete game (as we saw last week), or even that they'll win. But the records speak for themselves over the last 7+ seasons. Iowa finds ways to win in the final quarter of the season.
(And yes, I'm aware that we aren't exactly always playing the toughest teams on the schedule in November, but many of these games are against key division rivals.)
2015-
Minnesota W 40-35
Purdue W 40-20
At Nebraska W 28-20
2016-
#2Michigan W 14-13
At Illinois W 28-0
Nebraska W 40-10
2017-
At #8Wisconsin L 38-14
Purdue L 24-15
At Nebraska W 56-14
2018-
Northwestern L 17-10
At Illinois W 63-0
Nebraska W 31-28
2019-
#8 Minnesota W 23-19
Illinois W 19-10
At Nebraska W 27-24
2020* (won't count covid year, but we went 4-0 in November)
2021-
Minnesota W 27-22
Illinois W 33-23
At Nebraska W 28-21
2022-
Wisconsin W 24-10
At Minnesota W 13-10
14-game winning streak in month of November.
5-2 in Game 10s
6-1 in Game 11s
6-0 in Game 12s/Nebraska ass whoopin's
*Full 12-game schedule records only
17-3 overall in final 3 games of the regular season since 2015 (Or 20-3 if you wanna count the covid year.)
(And yes, I'm aware that we aren't exactly always playing the toughest teams on the schedule in November, but many of these games are against key division rivals.)
2015-
Minnesota W 40-35
Purdue W 40-20
At Nebraska W 28-20
2016-
#2Michigan W 14-13
At Illinois W 28-0
Nebraska W 40-10
2017-
At #8Wisconsin L 38-14
Purdue L 24-15
At Nebraska W 56-14
2018-
Northwestern L 17-10
At Illinois W 63-0
Nebraska W 31-28
2019-
#8 Minnesota W 23-19
Illinois W 19-10
At Nebraska W 27-24
2020* (won't count covid year, but we went 4-0 in November)
2021-
Minnesota W 27-22
Illinois W 33-23
At Nebraska W 28-21
2022-
Wisconsin W 24-10
At Minnesota W 13-10
14-game winning streak in month of November.
5-2 in Game 10s
6-1 in Game 11s
6-0 in Game 12s/Nebraska ass whoopin's
*Full 12-game schedule records only
17-3 overall in final 3 games of the regular season since 2015 (Or 20-3 if you wanna count the covid year.)
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