Wk 3 · 2026
Northern Iowa Panthers at Iowa Hawkeyes — Sat, Sep 19
Sat, Sep 19 ·
Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City
· FS1
Northern Iowa Panthers
FCS / Other · no games yet
at
4:00pET
no line posted yet
#22 Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. Iowa is ranked #22 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17).
Efficiency · 2025 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Northern Iowa form
L 16-48at NDSUL 7-31at WYO
2025 season
Iowa form
W 40-16at NEBW 20-17vs MSUL 21-26at USCL 16-18vs OREW 41-3vs MINN
2025 season
Northern Iowa this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Iowa this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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Series history · 2006–2026
Iowa leads the series 4–0 · Iowa has won the last 4
4 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
11.0 points toward Iowa
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018-09-15 | Northern Iowa 14 — 38 Iowa | at IOWA | Iowa |
| 2014 | 2014-08-30 | Northern Iowa 23 — 31 Iowa | at IOWA | Iowa |
| 2012 | 2012-09-15 | Northern Iowa 16 — 27 Iowa | at IOWA | Iowa |
| 2009 | 2009-09-05 | Northern Iowa 16 — 17 Iowa | at IOWA | Iowa |
Northern Iowa leaders
No tracked players for this team.
From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.
No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.
Iowa leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Mark Gronowski QB #11 | 150/240, 1529 YDS, 8 TD, 6 INT |
| Hank Brown QB #9 | 11/21, 107 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Kamari Moulton RB #28 | 156 CAR, 783 YDS, 4 TD |
| Mark Gronowski QB #11 | 120 CAR, 491 YDS, 15 TD | |
| Jaziun Patterson RB #4 | 57 CAR, 299 YDS | |
| Receiving | DJ Vonnahme TE #81 | 22 REC, 288 YDS, 2 TD |
| Sam Phillips WR #2 | 16 REC, 261 YDS | |
| Jacob Gill WR #5 | 22 REC, 260 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Reece Vander Zee WR #2 | 11 REC, 186 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Karson Sharar LB #43 | 78 |
| Xavier Nwankpa S #1 | 69 | |
| Koen Entringer DB #5 | 69 | |
| Sacks | Ethan Hurkett DL #49 | 6 |
| Max Llewellyn EDGE #48 | 6 | |
| Aaron Graves DT #95 | 5 | |
| Interceptions | Zach Lutmer DB #6 | 3 |
| Deshaun Lee DB #8 | 2 | |
| Aaron Graves DT #95 | 1 |
Player production is per game from the
2025 season, for players on the current roster.