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Iowa vs Northwestern: A history lesson

ghostOfHomer777

HB Heisman
May 20, 2014
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Results over the past decade:

'05: 27-28 NW
'06: 7-21 NW
'07: 28-17 Iowa
'08: 17-22 NW
'09: 10-17 NW
'10: 17-21 NW
'11: 41-31 Iowa
'12: 17-28 NW
'13: 17-10 Iowa
'14: 48-7 Iowa

I'd throw out the '06 and '14 results because those marked years when Iowa and Northwestern were, respectively, MASH units. Each team essentially "lost the will" to fight in those games.

Every other year has been a dogfight of a game. These two programs know each other intimately well - and neither team is entering the game willing to concede a thing. Both teams feature high quality defenses. Northwestern is young on O, while Iowa is "dinged" on O.

Both team will be very motivated! Should be a great game!
 
And while our struggles with Northwestern can't be understated.........if we win tomorrow:

4 out of the last 5. If Iowa wins, maybe it's because Ferentz did start taking this game, at least, more seriously.....
 
Completely depressing they beat our '08, '09, '10 teams - so much talent for iowa not to win each year in that stretch. NW basically accounted for 30% of our losses those years.
 
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