| 1st Quarter | | NW | IOWA |
| Northwestern at 15:00 | NW | IOWA |
| | Stefan Demos kickoff for 67 yards returned by Derrell Johnson-Koulianos for 20 yards to the Iowa 23. | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa at 14:50 | NW | IOWA |
| 1st and 10 at IOWA 23 | Ricky Stanzi pass incomplete. | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd and 10 at IOWA 23 | Brandon Wegher rush for 3 yards to the Iowa 26. | | |
| 3rd and 7 at IOWA 26 | Ricky Stanzi pass complete to Marvin McNutt for 74 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 0 | 6 |
| | Daniel Murray extra point GOOD. | 0 | 7 |
| | Daniel Murray kickoff for 61 yards returned by Stephen Simmons for 17 yards to the Nwest 26. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: Iowa drive: 3 plays 77 yards, 01:00 Iowa TD |
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| Northwestern at 14:00 | NW | IOWA |
| 1st and 10 at NW 26 | Mike Kafka pass incomplete to Sidney Stewart. | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd and 10 at NW 26 | Mike Kafka pass complete to Sidney Stewart for 6 yards to the Nwest 32. | | |
| 3rd and 4 at NW 32 | Mike Kafka sacked by Christian Ballard for a loss of 8 yards to the Nwest 24. | | |
| 4th and 12 at NW 24 | Stefan Demos punt for 39 yards out-of-bounds. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: Nwest drive: 3 plays -2 yards, 01:28 Nwest PUNT |
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| Iowa at 12:32 | NW | IOWA |
| 1st and 10 at IOWA 37 | Brandon Wegher rush for 11 yards to the Iowa 48 for a 1ST down. | 0 | 7 |
| 1st and 10 at IOWA 48 | Ricky Stanzi pass complete to Trey Stross for 30 yards to the Nwest 22 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at NW 22 | Brandon Wegher rush for 2 yards to the Nwest 20. | | |
| 2nd and 8 at NW 20 | Brandon Wegher rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Nwest 22. | | |
| 3rd and 10 at NW 22 | Ricky Stanzi pass incomplete. | | |
| 4th and 10 at NW 22 | Daniel Murray 39 yard field goal GOOD. | 0 | 10 |
| | Daniel Murray kickoff for 57 yards returned by Stephen Simmons for 14 yards to the Nwest 27. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: Iowa drive: 6 plays 41 yards, 02:42 Iowa FG |
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| Northwestern at 9:50 | NW | IOWA |
| 1st and 10 at NW 27 | Scott Concannon rush for 5 yards to the Nwest 32. | 0 | 10 |
| 2nd and 5 at NW 32 | NORTHWESTERN penalty 15 yard pass interference accepted. | | |
| 2nd and 20 at NW 17 | Dan Persa rush for 5 yards to the Nwest 22. | | |
| 3rd and 15 at NW 22 | IOWA penalty 15 yard roughing passer on Adrian Clayborn accepted. | | |
| 1st and 10 at NW 37 | Dan Persa rush for 3 yards to the Nwest 40. | | |
| 2nd and 7 at NW 40 | Dan Persa rush for 11 yards to the Iowa 49 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at IOWA 49 | Dan Persa rush for 9 yards to the Iowa 40. | | |
| 2nd and 1 at IOWA 40 | Stephen Simmons rush for 2 yards to the Iowa 38 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at IOWA 38 | Mike Kafka pass incomplete to Jeremy Ebert. | | |
| 2nd and 10 at IOWA 38 | Mike Kafka pass complete to Zeke Markshausen for 7 yards to the Iowa 31. | | |
| 3rd and 3 at IOWA 31 | Mike Kafka sacked by Broderick Binns for a loss of 8 yards to the Iowa 39. | | |
| 4th and 11 at IOWA 39 | Stefan Demos punt for 29 yards, fair catch by Tyler Sash at the Iowa 10. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: Nwest drive: 9 plays 34 yards, 04:19 Nwest PUNT |
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| Iowa at 5:31 | NW | IOWA |
| 1st and 10 at IOWA 10 | Paki O'Meara rush for 4 yards to the Iowa 14. | 0 | 10 |
| 2nd and 6 at IOWA 14 | Paki O'Meara rush for no gain to the Iowa 14. | | |
| 3rd and 6 at IOWA 14 | Ricky Stanzi pass complete to Derrell Johnson-Koulianos for 16 yards to the Iowa 30 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at IOWA 30 | Paki O'Meara rush for 2 yards to the Iowa 32. | | |
| 2nd and 8 at IOWA 32 | Ricky Stanzi pass complete to Brandon Wegher for 14 yards to the Iowa 46 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at IOWA 46 | Ricky Stanzi pass incomplete to Marvin McNutt. | | |
| 2nd and 10 at IOWA 46 | Brandon Wegher rush for 6 yards to the Nwest 48. | | |
| 3rd and 4 at NW 48 | Ricky Stanzi pass incomplete to Derrell Johnson-Koulianos. | | |
| 4th and 4 at NW 48 | Ryan Donahue punt for 37 yards, downed at the Nwest 11. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: Iowa drive: 8 plays 42 yards, 04:33 Iowa PUNT |
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| Northwestern at 0:58 | NW | IOWA |
| 1st and 10 at NW 11 | Dan Persa rush for 4 yards to the Nwest 15. | 0 | 10 |
| 2nd and 6 at NW 15 | Dan Persa rush for no gain to the Nwest 15. | | |
| | End of 1st Quarter | | |
Northwestern 17, 
(4) Iowa 10