Leshon Williams scored the sport’s lone landing on an 82-yard breakaway and completed with 174 yards dashing Saturday to govern Iowa to a 15-6 victory over Wisconsin, which misplaced quarterback Tanner Mordecai to a hand trauma.

Iowa (6-1, 3-1 Large Ten) has overwhelmed Wisconsin (4-2, 2-1) in consecutive seasons for the primary date since 2008-09 and will get to conserve ownership of the Heartland Trophy, the 72-pound brass bull that is going to the winner of this annual matchup.

A recreation through which issues already figured to be at a top rate changed into much more of a defensive aim upcoming every crew misplaced a lead offensive participant to a first-half trauma.

Iowa tight finish Erick All used to be carted into the store room upcoming getting injured hour creating a 5-yard catch at the Hawkeyes’ moment line. Wisconsin misplaced Mordecai past due in the second one quarter when he used to be following via on a cross and his throwing hand collision the helmet of Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins.

TV cameras confirmed Mordecai mouthing, “I can’t throw,” in a while upcoming the play games prior to he headed into the store room. That pressured Wisconsin to show to Braedyn Locke, a Mississippi Situation switch who had thrown only one profession cross prior to Saturday.

All’s trauma used to be a plenty setback for an Iowa offense that already misplaced forming quarterback Cade McNamara to a season-ending knee trauma and tight finish Luke Lachey to a most probably season-ending ankle trauma.

The ones accidents pressured each groups to seem somewhere else for playmakers. Williams answered with Iowa’s longest run from scrimmage since Tavian Banks additionally had an 82-yarder in a 63-20 blowout of Iowa Situation in 1997.

With Iowa dealing with third-and-2 early in the second one quarter, Williams made a stutter step within the backfield, blast via a weighty hollow inside of, poor detached from protection Austin Brown’s arm take on aim a couple of lot yards downfield and raced ill the precise sideline.

Next that landing, Iowa received 3 web yards over its upcoming six line, all three-and-outs. But the Hawkeyes by no means trailed because of their protection.

Wisconsin scale down the margin to 7-6 when it drove 60 yards on every of its first two second-half line and capped each with Nathanial Vakos farmland objectives, one from 36 yards out and the alternative from 52.

However Iowa managed the fourth quarter.

Iowa prolonged its govern to 10-6 on Drew Stevens’ 48-yard farmland purpose with 13:08 left. Yahya Twilight sacked Locke and compelled a fumble that Wisconsin take on Riley Mahlman recovered in any case zone for a security with 12:15 extra.

Wisconsin’s latter hope vanished when Aaron Graves pressured a Locke fumble that Higgins recovered on the Badgers’ 39, putting in place Stevens’ 40-yard farmland purpose with 1:55 left.

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