Northwestern Wildcats vs Iowa Hawkeyes Match Player Stats On Nov 01, 2014

Iowa 48, Northwestern 7: Mark Weisman ran for 94 yards and matched a career high with three touchdowns as the Hawkeyes dominated the visiting Wildcats.

Jake Rudock went 12-of-19 for 239 yards and a touchdown for Iowa (6-2, 3-1 Big Ten), which hit season highs in points and total yards (483). The Hawkeyes, who are now bowl-eligible for the 13th time in the last 14 seasons, also received 106 yards and a TD on 15 carries from backup tailback Akrum Wadley, who gave Weisman a rest in the second half.

Northwestern (3-5, 2-3), meanwhile, was paced by 96 rushing yards and a touchdown from freshman tailback Justin Jackson but dropped its third straight game. Quarterbacks Trevor Siemian and Zack Oliver were a combined 9-of-24 for 75 yards for the Wildcats, who failed to score in double digits for the first time this season and finished with a season-low 180 total yards.

Iowa led 38-7 at halftime, and after a scoreless third quarter added a Marshall Koehn 24-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. Akrum capped off the rout with a 5-yard scoring run with 3:17 remaining. Iowa started fast with Jonathan Parkerกฏs 54-yard return on the opening kickoff and never slowed down, scoring on Weisman's 8- and 14-yard runs and a 48-yard Koehn field goal to jump out to a 17-0 lead.

Linebacker Ben Niemann blocked and recovered a Northwestern punt for a touchdown on the gameกฏs next possession. The Hawkeyes tacked on a 31-yard Rudock-to-Tevaun Smith scoring pass and an 8-yard Weisman TD run in the second quarter to cap off the 38-7 first half in which they scored as many TDs (five) as the Wildcats had first downs.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Weisman now has 29 career rushing touchdowns to rank third on Iowaกฏs all-time list. กญ The win was Iowaกฏs second straight in the series, but Northwestern still has prevailed in six of the last 10 meetings. กญ The home team, though, has now won five straight in series.