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Iowa Tops Michigan State, 26-16
10/1/2023 12:18:00 AM | Football
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Michigan State football team fell at Iowa on Saturday night, 26-16, before a crowd of 69,250 at Kinnick Stadium. The Spartans (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) held a 16-13 lead after three quarters, but the Hawkeyes (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) rallied to score 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to earn the comeback win.
MSU outgained Iowa, 349-222, and held advantages in first downs (20-15), rushing yards (156-61) and passing yards (193-161), but turned the ball over four times.
With the score tied at 16, Iowa's Cooper DeJean ran a punt back 70 yards for a touchdown with just 3:45 remaining to give the Hawkeyes the lead for good. Iowa added a late field goal with under a minute left to make the final 26-16.
Redshirt sophomore running back Nate Carter recorded his third 100-yard game of the season with 108 yards on a season-high 20 carries. In the passing game, Montorie Foster Jr. hauled in a career-best eight receptions for 79 yards, while tight end Maliq Carr had six catches for 43 yards in the first half alone before leaving the game with an injury.
Redshirt junior Noah Kim was 25-of-44 passing for 193 yards, but threw three interceptions.
Jonathan Kim made a career-high three field goals, including a Kinnick Stadium record with his 58-yarder as time expired in the first half. He also connected on a 31 and 32-yarder in the first half, although his fourth attempt, a 50-yarder, hit the uprights and missed in the third quarter.
Malik Spencer and Cal Haladay led the Spartans with eight tackles apiece.
"You cannot fault their effort," said Michigan State interim head coach Harlon Barnett on his team's performance. "I have been saying this the last couple weeks, we have to play with more discipline concerning the penalties, the turnovers and things like that. That is what we must clean up if we want to come out on the other end of what we have been coming out on here lately.
"This is the first game since I've been in this position where we were leading in a game and it felt good. We were playing well, but we have to be able to finish at the end if we are going to win football games in the Big Ten. We know that. Like I said, applaud the effort. The effort is outstanding. We just have to play smarter with more disciplined football."
Iowa opened the game with a field-goal drive, but the Spartans answered with their own field goal at the 3:48 mark in the first quarter to tie the game at 3 as Kim drilled a 31-yard attempt.
Kim made his second field goal of the half, this time from 32 yards out, with 11:04 left in the second quarter to put Michigan State on top, 6-3.
On their fourth series of the half, the Spartans drove the ball to the Iowa 20-yard line, but Kim's pass on first-and-10 was intercepted in the end zone. The Hawkeyes took advantage of the turnover and went on a five-play, 80-yard touchdown drive in just 2:16, capped by Deacon Hill's 13-yard pass to Erick All, to go back on top, 10-6.
Kim closed the first half with a 58-yard field goal as time expired, which was the longest in Kinnick Stadium history and the fourth-longest in school history, to trim the deficit to 10-9.
The Spartans threw an interception on their first series of the second half, but on the very next play, Tunmise Adeleye forced a fumble on Iowa running back Leshon Williams, and Haladay picked up the ball and ran 42 yards for the touchdown to make it 16-10 in favor of MSU. It marked the third career defensive TD for Haladay, which ties a school record.
Michigan State recorded its second turnover of the third quarter on Angelo Grose's interception, but the Spartans didn't get a first down on the ensuing series after getting stopped on fourth-and-1 from the Iowa 30-yard line. MSU's defense stepped up and didn't allow a Hawkeye first down on the ensuing series, but Iowa's Drew Stevens did kick a 53-yard field goal to trim the Spartan lead to 16-13 midway through the quarter.
The Hawkeyes tied it at 16 with 5:19 left in the fourth quarter before taking the lead on the 70-yard punt return for a score by DeJean.
Michigan State has a bye next weekend and returns to action at Rutgers on Saturday, Oct. 14 at noon.
MSU outgained Iowa, 349-222, and held advantages in first downs (20-15), rushing yards (156-61) and passing yards (193-161), but turned the ball over four times.
With the score tied at 16, Iowa's Cooper DeJean ran a punt back 70 yards for a touchdown with just 3:45 remaining to give the Hawkeyes the lead for good. Iowa added a late field goal with under a minute left to make the final 26-16.
Redshirt sophomore running back Nate Carter recorded his third 100-yard game of the season with 108 yards on a season-high 20 carries. In the passing game, Montorie Foster Jr. hauled in a career-best eight receptions for 79 yards, while tight end Maliq Carr had six catches for 43 yards in the first half alone before leaving the game with an injury.
Redshirt junior Noah Kim was 25-of-44 passing for 193 yards, but threw three interceptions.
Jonathan Kim made a career-high three field goals, including a Kinnick Stadium record with his 58-yarder as time expired in the first half. He also connected on a 31 and 32-yarder in the first half, although his fourth attempt, a 50-yarder, hit the uprights and missed in the third quarter.
Malik Spencer and Cal Haladay led the Spartans with eight tackles apiece.
"You cannot fault their effort," said Michigan State interim head coach Harlon Barnett on his team's performance. "I have been saying this the last couple weeks, we have to play with more discipline concerning the penalties, the turnovers and things like that. That is what we must clean up if we want to come out on the other end of what we have been coming out on here lately.
"This is the first game since I've been in this position where we were leading in a game and it felt good. We were playing well, but we have to be able to finish at the end if we are going to win football games in the Big Ten. We know that. Like I said, applaud the effort. The effort is outstanding. We just have to play smarter with more disciplined football."
Iowa opened the game with a field-goal drive, but the Spartans answered with their own field goal at the 3:48 mark in the first quarter to tie the game at 3 as Kim drilled a 31-yard attempt.
Kim made his second field goal of the half, this time from 32 yards out, with 11:04 left in the second quarter to put Michigan State on top, 6-3.
On their fourth series of the half, the Spartans drove the ball to the Iowa 20-yard line, but Kim's pass on first-and-10 was intercepted in the end zone. The Hawkeyes took advantage of the turnover and went on a five-play, 80-yard touchdown drive in just 2:16, capped by Deacon Hill's 13-yard pass to Erick All, to go back on top, 10-6.
Kim closed the first half with a 58-yard field goal as time expired, which was the longest in Kinnick Stadium history and the fourth-longest in school history, to trim the deficit to 10-9.
The Spartans threw an interception on their first series of the second half, but on the very next play, Tunmise Adeleye forced a fumble on Iowa running back Leshon Williams, and Haladay picked up the ball and ran 42 yards for the touchdown to make it 16-10 in favor of MSU. It marked the third career defensive TD for Haladay, which ties a school record.
Michigan State recorded its second turnover of the third quarter on Angelo Grose's interception, but the Spartans didn't get a first down on the ensuing series after getting stopped on fourth-and-1 from the Iowa 30-yard line. MSU's defense stepped up and didn't allow a Hawkeye first down on the ensuing series, but Iowa's Drew Stevens did kick a 53-yard field goal to trim the Spartan lead to 16-13 midway through the quarter.
The Hawkeyes tied it at 16 with 5:19 left in the fourth quarter before taking the lead on the 70-yard punt return for a score by DeJean.
Michigan State has a bye next weekend and returns to action at Rutgers on Saturday, Oct. 14 at noon.
Team Stats
MSU
IOW
Total Yards
349
222
Pass Yards
193
161
Rushing Yards
156
61
Penalty Yards
94
25
1st Downs
20
15
3rd Downs
3
2
4th Downs
1
0
TOP
33:48
26:12
1st Quarter
MSU 0, IOW 3
IOW - Stevens,Drew 40 yd field goal 8 plays, 53 yards, TOP 03:35
MSU 3, IOW 3
MSU - Kim,Jonathan 31 yd field goal 6 plays, 43 yards, TOP 03:22
2nd Quarter
MSU 6, IOW 3
MSU - Kim,Jonathan 32 yd field goal 14 plays, 61 yards, TOP 06:09
MSU 6, IOW 10
IOW - All,Erick 13 yd pass from Hill,Deacon (Stevens,Drew kick) 5 plays, 80 yards, TOP 02:16
MSU 9, IOW 10
MSU - Kim,Jonathan 58 yd field goal 6 plays, 35 yards, TOP 00:35
3rd Quarter
MSU 16, IOW 10
MSU - Haladay,Cal 42 yd fumble recovery (Kim,Jonathan kick)
MSU 16, IOW 13
IOW - Stevens,Drew 53 yd field goal 4 plays, -5 yards, TOP 02:02
4th Quarter
MSU 16, IOW 16
IOW - Stevens,Drew 36 yd field goal 7 plays, 20 yards, TOP 02:28
MSU 16, IOW 23
IOW - DeJean,Cooper 70 yd punt return (Stevens,Drew kick)
MSU 16, IOW 26
IOW - Stevens,Drew 34 yd field goal 6 plays, 14 yards, TOP 02:30
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