Chad pointed out that he mostly faced atrocious defenses during those seasons
I was curious to see if W. Michigan and Iowa had any similar opponents while Lester was HC and they had 5
2017 vs Michigan State Iowa L 10-17/W. Mich L 14-28
2018 vs N. Illinois Iowa W 33-7/W. Mich W 28-21
2019 vs Miami OH Iowa W 38-14/W. Mich W 38-16
2021 vs Michigan Iowa L 3-42/W. Mich L 14-47
2021 vs Kent State Iowa W 30-7/W. Mich W 64-31
Offensive Stats for those games
2017 MSU
Iowa Passing: 32-17-207-0-0 53.1% Rushing: 25-19-1 0.8 Total: 57-226-1 4.0 2 turnovers
W. Mich Passing: 27-12-79-0-1 44.4% Rushing: 36-116-0 3.2 Total: 63-195-0 3.1 1 turnover
2018 N. Ill
Iowa 25-13-143-1-1 52% 48-209-3 4.4 73-352-4 4.8 1 TO
W. Mich 35-19-285-0-0 54.7% 46-94-3 2.0 81-379-3 4.7 1 TO
2019 Miami OH
Iowa 30-21-252-3-0 70% 41-231-2 5.2 71-465-5 6.5 1 TO
W. Mich 25-15-137-2-1 60% 40-173-2 4.3 65-310-4 4.8 1 TO
2021 Michigan
Iowa 38-19-175-0-1 50% 33-104-0 3.2 71-279-0 3.9 1 TO
W. Mich 37-20-191-1-0 54.1% 32-119-1 3.7 69-310-2 4.5 0 TO
2021 Kent State
Iowa 37-26-212-1-0 70.3% 38-206-3 5.4 75-418-4 5.6 1 TO
W. Mich 22-15-307-3-0 68.2% 51-341-5 6.7 73-648-8 8.9 0 TO