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 Parker’s 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 game’s 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 Iowa’s all-time list. … The win was Iowa’s second straight in the series, but Northwestern still has prevailed in six of the last 10 meetings. … The home team, though, has now won five straight in series.