Iowa Wins the Cy-Hawk Game on a Late Field Goal
Caden Buhr kicked three field goals, the last a 42-yarder with 15 seconds left, and Iowa beat Iowa State 16-13. Only two touchdowns were scored in the whole game, and that tells you what kind of afternoon it was.
Iowa State got there first. Kyle Konrardy made a 29-yard field goal early in the second quarter, and Jaylen Raynor threw 4 yards to Vince Benetti to make it 10-0. Iowa answered with a 1-yard Hank Brown run at 5:34, then Buhr hit from 45 yards with 28 seconds left in the half to tie it at 10.
After that, field goals. Konrardy made a 51-yarder in the third to put the Cyclones back up 13-10, and Buhr tied it with a 32-yarder at 6:22 of the fourth. Nobody scored a touchdown in the second half. Iowa got the last kick and used it.
Iowa finished with 284 yards to 255 for Iowa State, and neither side threw an interception or lost a fumble. Iowa State ran 34 times for 138 yards but threw for only 117 (10 of 19). Brown was 21 of 30 for 191 yards plus the one score on the ground. Buhr accounted for 10 of Iowa's 16 points by himself (three field goals and the extra point).
Iowa is 2-0 and Iowa State is 1-1. Fantasy-wise this was a low-scoring game with a low-scoring leaderboard: Tony Diaz led all players with 17.5 points on eight catches. Flip that last kick and it is tied at 13. Iowa was down by 10 at its low point and still won.