DB Tanner Miller had 98 yard interception return in win over Northwestern.
Iowa (4-2, 1-1) celebrates a century of Homecoming Saturday, hosting Indiana (1-6, 0-3). Game time is 11:01 a.m. in Kinnick Stadium (70,585). The game is sold out. The Hawkeyes have defeated Tennessee Tech (34-7), Pittsburgh (31-27), Louisiana-Monroe (45-17) and Northwestern (41-31), all in Kinnick Stadium. Iowa was defeated, 44-41 in three overtimes, at Iowa State and at Penn State, 13-3. Indiana owns a 38-21 win over South Carolina State. The Hoosiers have lost to Ball State (27-20), Virginia (34-31), North Texas (24-21), Penn State (16-10), Illinois (41-20) and Wisconsin (59-7).
BTN (HD) will televise the contest to a national cable audience. Eric Collins, Chris Martin and Dionne Miller will call the action.
Iowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles the play-by-play, with color commentator Ed Podolak and sideline reporter Rob Brooks. The Hawkeye Radio Network includes more than 40 stations throughout the state. The game can also be heard on Sirius channel 117 and XM channel 196.
Iowa holds a 53-41-5 (.561) record in 99 homecoming games. Iowa has won its last two homecoming games, defeating Penn State 24-3 last season and Michigan 30-28 in 2009 after losing its homecoming contest in 2007 and 2008. Iowa won seven straight from 2000-06. Iowa will play Indiana for the 15th time on homecoming. The Hawkeyes are 8-5-1 against the Hoosiers on homecoming. The Hoosiers won each of the last two games when visiting for Iowa's homecoming, including a 38-20 win in 2008 and a 38-31 victory in 1999. Iowa's most recent homecoming win over Indiana was a 62-0 decision in 1997.
Sophomore DB Tanner Miller was named national Defensive Back of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards for his play in Iowa's win over Northwestern. Miller collected the first interception of his career in the first quarter and returned the theft 98 yards for a touchdown to give Iowa an early 10-0 advantage. Miller recorded a career-high eight tackles in the game, including five solo stops. The 98-yard return ties Iowa's record for longest interception return. Adam Shada had a 98-yard touchdown in a win over Purdue in 2006.
Several Iowa players have earned weekly honors this season:
Junior DB Micah Hyde earned honorable mention honors from the College Football Performance Award for his play at Penn State. Hyde had his third interception of the season in the second half, stopping a PSU drive inside the Iowa red zone. Hyde was also credited with eight tackles, including one tackle for loss, and two pass break-ups. Senior DL Tom Nardo was named Big Ten Conference defensive Player of the Week for his play in Iowa's 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 24. The Big Ten honor is the first for Nardo. Nardo recorded a career-high 12 tackles (six solo, six assists), including two tackles for loss and a shared QB sack. Junior QB James Vandenberg earned honorable mention honors from the College Football Performance Awards for his play vs. Louisiana-Monroe. Vandenberg completed 21-32 passes for 270 yards and three touchdowns in Iowa's 45-17 win. His scoring strikes covered 13, 17 and 23 yards and he scored on a one-yard run. Senior P Eric Guthrie received honorable mention honors from the College Football Performance Awards for his play vs. Louisiana-Monroe. Guthrie averaged 48 yards on his two punts vs. ULM. He has at least one punt of 50 yards or more in three straight games. QB James Vandenberg was named Big Ten Conference offensive Player of the Week for his play in leading Iowa to a 31-27 win over Pittsburgh. The Big Ten honor is the first for Vandenberg. He led Iowa's second half rally against Pittsburgh, rushing for one touchdown and throwing three touchdown passes in the final 17 minutes. His totals against Pitt included 31-48 passes for 399 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception. QB James Vandenberg was one of eight quarterbacks named by the Manning Award as its "Stars of the Week" following Iowa's win over Pittsburgh. The award was established by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004. Vandenberg has also been nominated for the Quarterback Performance of the Year honor, which is also based on fan voting. QB James Vandenberg earned honorable mention recognition for quarterbacks from the College Football Performance Awards for his play in Iowa's win over Pittsburgh. Junior DB Micah Hyde earned honorable mention recognition from the College Football Performance Awards for his play in Iowa's 31-27 win over Pittsburgh. Hyde collected two interceptions, the second coming with 1:41 remaining in the game to end Pitt's final possession. Hyde also had 10 tackles, including nine solo stops. Sophomore PK Mike Meyer was named national Placekicker of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards for his play in Iowa's 44-41 three-overtime loss at Iowa State. Meyer was also one of three kickers to earn "Stars of the Week" recognition from the Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicker Award. Meyer made all four field goal attempts, connecting from 42, 20, 50 and 34 yards. The 50-yard kick is a career best and the 34-yard effort came in the third overtime period. Sophomore LB Christian Kirksey earned honorable mention recognition from the College Football Performance Awards for his play at Iowa State. He had a career-high 13 tackles at Iowa State, including 11 solo stops, two tackles for loss and a QB sack. He also caused and recovered an Iowa State fumble while making a tackle and had one pass break-up. Senior WR Marvin McNutt, Jr. earned honorable mention recognition from the College Football Performance Awards for his play in a win over Tennessee Tech. McNutt, Jr. had six receptions for 140 yards and two touchdowns. Senior DB Shaun Prater earned honorable mention recognition from the College Football Performance Awards for his play against Tennessee Tech. Prater had an 89-yard touchdown return in Iowa's win, the fifth longest on school history.
Fourteen Hawkeye players were named to Phil Steele's College Football midseason all-Big Ten team. Senior DB Shaun Prater was the only Iowa player named to the first team. Those earning second team recognition included sophomore RB Marcus Coker and senior WR Marvin McNutt, Jr. on offense, senior DE Broderick Binns and sophomore LB James Morris on defense, and senior punter Eric Guthrie and sophomore PK Mike Meyer . Third team recognition was given to junior WR Keenan Davis , junior center James Ferentz , junior tackle Riley Reiff on offense and senior tackle Mike Daniels , sophomore linebacker Christian Kirksey , junior cornerback Micah Hyde and senior safety Jordan Bernstine on defense. Iowa and Wisconsin led all teams with 14 players named to the three teams.
Iowa has won 53 of its last 64 games (.828) in Kinnick Stadium, dating back to the 2002 season. Iowa recorded a school-record 22-game home winning streak between 2002-05, which ended with an overtime loss to Michigan. Iowa is 21-4 (.840) at home since the start of the 2008 season and 24-1 (.960) in its last 25 non-conference home games. Iowa has won 12 straight non-conference home games since the final game of 2007.
Iowa's Leadership Group for the 2011 season includes four seniors, five juniors, four sophomores, one redshirt freshman and one true freshman. Permanent team captains are named at the conclusion of each season. The Leadership Group includes seniors Broderick Binns , Mike Daniels , Marvin McNutt, Jr. and Tyler Nielsen ; juniors Greg Castillo , James Ferentz , Micah Hyde , Riley Reiff and James Vandenberg ; sophomores Marcus Coker , Casey Kreiter , James Morris and Brett Van Sloten ; redshirt freshman Brandon Scherff and true freshman Jake Rudock .
As a team, Iowa is fifth nationally in fewest penalty yards per game (33.3), seventh in net punting (41.2), tied for seventh in red zone offense (95.7%), tied for 10th in red zone defense (69.2%), tied for 12th in fewest penalties per game (4.2), and tied for 21st in fewest turnovers (eight). Individually, DB Micah Hyde is tied for 13th with three interceptions, PK Mike Meyer is tied for sixth in field goals per game (1.8) and tied for 23rd in scoring (9.2), LB James Morris is tied for 13th in tackles (10.6), P Eric Guthrie is 24th in punting (43.2), LB Christian Kirksey is tied for 24th in tackles (9.7) and tied for 13th in solo tackles (5.8), WR Marvin McNutt, Jr. is 30th in receiving yards per game (95.5) and tied for 43rd in receptions per game (5.8).
Kirk Ferentz (pronounced FAIR-rintz, rhymes with parents) is in his 13th season as head football coach at the University of Iowa. His latest contract extension runs through the 2020 season. Ferentz was named the 2009 Dave McClain Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year. He was one of 15 semi-finalists for the 2009 George Munger Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club to the College Coach of the Year. He was the 2009 AFCA Region Three Coach of the Year and one of 10 finalists for the Liberty Mutual national Coach of the Year. Ferentz was honored as the 2002 Associated Press and Walter Camp National Coach of the Year and was the AFCA Regional Coach of the Year in 2002 as well. He was named Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year in 2002, 2004 and 2009. Ferentz guided Iowa to Big Ten titles in 2002 and 2004. Iowa has made two BCS bowl appearances, including a 24-14 win in the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl. Iowa has played in six January bowl games and has four January bowl victories (2004 Outback Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2009 Outback Bowl and 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl). Iowa has posted an 89-43 (.674) overall mark and a 51-31 (.622) Big Ten record the last 10-plus seasons. Ferentz has guided Iowa to nine first division finishes, including a second-place finish in 2009. Iowa was bowl eligible in 2010 for the 10th straight season. The Hawkeyes are 6-3 in bowl games under Ferentz. His six bowl wins tie as third most among all-time Big Ten coaches and he has led Iowa to three straight bowl victories. At Iowa, Ferentz holds an overall record of 93-62 (.600) and a 54-44 (.551) mark in Big Ten games. In his 16th season as a college head coach, he holds a career mark of 105-83 (.559). Fifty-nine of Iowa's 155 games under Ferentz have been decided by seven points or less (27-32) and 46 were played against opponents who were ranked in the top 25 at the time (20-26). Ferentz joined the Iowa staff after serving as assistant head coach and offensive line coach of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. He was part of the Baltimore (Cleveland Browns prior to the move) staff for six years. Ferentz was named head coach of the Maine Bears in 1990 and held that position for three years. Ferentz was a member of Hayden Fry's Iowa staff for nine years as offensive line coach (1981-89). He coordinated Iowa's running game during his first coaching stint at Iowa. Iowa appeared in eight bowl games while Ferentz was an Iowa assistant. Ferentz was born in Royal Oak, Mich., and attended high school in Pittsburgh, Pa. He earned his bachelor's degree in English Education from Connecticut in 1978, where he was a football captain. Kirk received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut in May, 2009. He was inducted into the Upper St. Clair High School Hall of Fame in September, 2002 and the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in May, 2003.
Now in his 13th season as Iowa's head football coach, Kirk Ferentz ranks sixth in longevity among FBS head coaches. Ferentz is second among Big Ten coaches and nationally ranks behind Penn State's Joe Paterno, Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech, Larry Blakeney of Troy, Pat Hill of Fresno State and Mack Brown of Texas.
Kevin Wilson is 1-6 in his first season as a college head coach. Wilson most recently served as an assistant coach at Oklahoma (2002-10). He was the offensive coordinator at Northwestern (1999-2001) before joining the Sooners. He has also served as an assistant coach at Miami, Ohio, North Carolina AT&T, Winston Salem State and North Carolina, his alma mater. Wilson helped Oklahoma post a 6-1 record in Big 12 championship games while playing in seven BCS bowl games and 10 straight bowl games.
Indiana Coach Kevin Wilson was on the staff at Northwestern for three years (1999-2001), with Iowa winning two of three meetings with the Wildcats in those seasons. Indiana assistant Doug Mallory played college football at Michigan (1984-87), where he was a teammate of Iowa assistant Erik Campbell . Iowa and Michigan split four games during those seasons. Mallory also coached at Indiana from 1994-96, with Iowa winning two of three meetings with the Hoosiers in those years. Mallory's father, Bill, is the winningest football coach in Indiana history. Indiana assistant Kevin Johns was a graduate assistant at Northwestern (1999-01) and later served on the Wildcat staff from 2004-10. Northwestern won six of nine meetings with Iowa when Johns was on the Wildcat staff. Indiana assistants Rod Smith and Greg Frey were on the Michigan staff from 2008-10. Iowa defeated the Wolverines in 2009 and 2010. Indiana assistant Brett Diersen was an assistant coach at the University of Dubuque from 2001-03. Indiana assistant Mark Hagen played for the Hoosiers from 1987-91, with Iowa winning two of three games over Indiana during that time frame. Hagen was on the Hoosier staff from 1992-95, helping the Hoosiers split four games with Iowa. Hagen was an assistant coach at Northern Illinois in 1999 when Iowa defeated the Huskies, earning Coach Kirk Ferentz his first win as the Hawkeye head coach. Hagen later coached at Purdue (2002-10). Iowa defeated the Boilermakers in five of seven games during that time. Will Peoples, a strength and conditioning assistant at Indiana, served in that same capacity with the Iowa football program in 2006.
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