Thursday, March 28

Iowa shuts out Nevada 0-27 in 7-hour affair, date with Rutgers up next


After two weeks of offensive ineptitude, Iowa football fans were desperate for any signs of life, no matter the opponent.

They saw some. And then Mother Nature had other plans.

Iowa defeated Nevada 27-0 in a game that was initially delayed 80 minutes by stormy weather and later subjected to another lengthy delay. In a game that lasted about seven hours and spanned Saturday night into Sunday morning, the Hawkeyes saw season-highs in points (27), total yards (337) and yards per play (5.5) in their final non-conference game of the season .

Of course, that was good to see. And it was expected, Nevada entered Kinnick Stadium with one of the lowest ranked defenses (105th out of 131) in FBS football.

There was cautious optimism in the stadium, aided by pregame news that starting wide receivers Keagan Johnson and Nico Ragaini would play. And starting running back Gavin Williams was at full strength for the first time this season. There were no sweeping declarations to be made, but Iowa’s offense showed a few glimpses of progress just before the Big Ten play begins.




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