IOWA CITY - You’ll have to excuse Ricky Stanzi for the occasional sway and stumble. That happens when you have the weight of an entire team on your back.
Stanzi is pretty much Iowa’s offense. He’ll “aw shucks” it and, certainly at times, you might not want to admit it, but it was never more true than in Saturday night’s 30-28 victory over Michigan.
The junior completed 20 of 38 for 283 yards, an interception returned for a TD and two TD passes, and led an Iowa offense that didn’t finish enough, but still wound up taking a sweet knee after free safety Brett Greenwood picked off UM’s Denard Robinson with 46 seconds left.
The No. 12 Hawkeyes (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) moved to 6-0 for the first time since 1985. The Wolverines fell to 4-2, 1-2.
After missing three games with an ankle injury, tight end Tony Moeaki caught six passes for 105 yards and two TDs, including a 42-yarder with 12:56 left in the fourth quarter that ended up being the winning points.
Iowa’s defense was bloodied, but still forced five turnovers out of the Wolverines, including Greenwood’s game-sealer, game-winner and game-finisher.
The Hawkeyes travel to Wisconsin (5-1, 2-1) next week. The Badgers fell 31-13 at Ohio State.
Say what you want about Stanzi. He made mistakes, but he carried an offense that never really found its footing Saturday night before 70,585 at Kinnick Stadium.
Full game reportReplay the live blog of the game with The Gazette's Marc Morehouse, Mike Hlas and Scott Dochterman.
View game action photos hereView photos of fans and tailgaters around Kinnick Stadium
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