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Iowa took care of business after a rocky start vs. Troy.The Hawkeyes are 2-1 entering Big Ten play.Iowa football vs. Troy: Live score updates, stats, highlights and moreHere's how Saturday unfolded.Final: Iowa 38, Troy 21The Hawkeyes put the game away with a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter.Iowa outgained Troy 462-253, including a 284-24 edge in rushing yards. The Hawkeyes also tallied 25 first downs and showed a bit more life in the red zone than last week, capitalizing on three red zone trips with two touchdowns.Hawkeyes take over with 3:05 to go; Brendan Sullivan checks inIowa can probably run this out of it wants to, leading 38-21.Brendan Sullivan has come in for Iowa, so perhaps the Hawkeyes will let him throw a few times.Jaziun Patterson breaks another touchdown runThe Hawkeye run game really woke up in the second half.Jaziun Patterson took off down the left side for 39 yards and a touchdown, making it 38-21 with 6:01 to go. Iowa has 262 rushing yards for the game.Iowa scoring drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 3:15Hawkeye defense clamps downA pair of sacks and an incomplete pass led to a poor drive for Troy. Brian Allen and Ethan Hurkett were each credited with sacks on the drive.Iowa takes over with a 10-point lead and 9:16 on the clock. Iowa can put this one away with a good drive.Kaleb Johnson breaks touchdown run to extend the leadKaleb Johnson's explosiveness has been a huge boost for Iowa's offense this year.The Hawkeye back ran up the middle for 33 yards and a touchdown to make it 31-21 with 12:05 to go.Iowa scoring drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:53End of third quarter: Iowa 24, Troy 21Iowa's defense has been burned twice for deep touchdowns, but the Hawkeyes still lead by three. Iowa has the ball at its own 36 when the fourth quarter gets going.Tucker Kilcrease finds Devonte Ross for another touchdownDevonte Ross has his third touchdown of the game.Iowa has had no answer for the speedy Troy wideout. This time he went 62 yards down the left sideline and caught the deep ball for a score, eerily similar to his first touchdown.It's 24-21, Iowa, late in the third.Troy scoring drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:32Troy makes a quarterback changeTucker Kilcrease is in at quarterback for Troy, replacing Matthew Caldwell after Caldwell's pick-six.Jermari Harris extends Iowa lead with pick-sixIowa has built up a lead now, thanks to a 28-yard interception return for a touchdown by cornerback Jermari Harris.The Hawkeye corner has his second pick of the season.Iowa leads 24-14 with 2:30 to go in the third after Harris' touchdown.Iowa goes backward, punts to TroyThe Hawkeye offense couldn't build upon the momentum.Iowa went backward three yards and punted back to Troy. The punt was fair caught at the Troy 11, and that's where the Trojans will begin their next drive.Hawkeye defense tees off on TroyIowa forces fourth and a mile (29, to be exact) after a big sack by Max Llewellyn.Iowa special teams nearly made another catastrophic mistake. Kaden Wetjen muffed the ensuing punt, but John Nestor beat two Trojans to the ball to recover it at the Iowa 42.The Hawkeyes will take over with a 17-14 lead and 4:21 on the clock in the third quarter.Brendan Sullivan passes to Addison Ostrenga to give Iowa the leadIowa went with Sullivan again inside the 10, and he made it pay off.Sullivan kept it along the left side and tossed it a couple of yards ahead to Addison Ostrenga for an easy score. Sullivan's first pass as a Hawkeye is a touchdown.Iowa leads 17-14 after the PAT.Iowa scoring drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 4:30Hawkeyes get the ball back after puntIowa takes over at its own 30 after a punt rolls out of bounds. It's still 14-10, Troy.Iowa punts to open third quarterThat's not what Iowa needed.A sack of Cade McNamara led to third and long, and the Hawkeyes couldn't get anything going.Troy takes over, leading 14-10, with 12:10 to go in the third quarter. The Trojans will have it at their own 20.Halftime: Troy 14, Iowa 10Ouch.Iowa surrendered 149 passing yards in the first half and a long punt return touchdown. The Hawkeyes are trailing at half against an 0-2 Sun Belt team.Iowa will get the ball to open the second half, however.McNamara sacked; Iowa punt returned for a touchdownA six-yard loss on a McNamara sack forces Iowa to punt. Dakin's punt was returned 77 yards by Devonte Ross for a touchdown.Troy leads 14-10 with exactly 1:00 to go in the half.Two-minute timeoutIowa has third-and-2 at its own 40-yard line with 2:00 left in the half. Cade McNamara has completed four passes this drive, albeit all on short throws.Hawkeyes get a stopIowa forced a punt and will take over at the 20-yard line after a touchback. It's still 10-7 with 3:33 to go in the half.Of note: Troy has used all three of its timeouts and Iowa has used two timeouts. Iowa settles for field goalAfter a pair of long runs, Iowa got into field goal range and seemed content to settle for three points. The Hawkeyes went empty on third-and-9 but chose to throw a short wide receiver screen for just two yards, setting up a 42-yard field goal attempt for Drew Stevens.It's 10-7 in favor of Iowa after the kick. 6:24 remains in the half.Iowa scoring drive: 6 plays, 51 yards, 2:44Troy scores on long touchdown passTroy didn't take long to answer.After one first down, Troy uncorked a deep pass down the sideline. Devonte Ross darted past TJ Hall and collected the pass for an easy 63-yard touchdown.Troy scoring drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 2:04Kaleb Johnson runs it in for Iowa's first touchdownKaleb Johnson ran right up the middle on first-and-goal from the 4-yard line. That makes it 7-0 with 11:12 to go in the half.Iowa scoring drive: 7 plays, 56 yards, 2:51Brendan Sullivan check in for IowaBrendan Sullivan has checked into the game for first-and-goal for Iowa.Troy didn't like what it saw and took a timeout.Hawkeyes get a stopGood pressure on third down from Ethan Hurkett forced an incompletion and a punt.Iowa has it at its own 44-yard line to begin its next drive. There's 14:03 left in the half and the score remains tied, 0-0.End of the first quarter: Iowa 0, Troy 0 A quiet first quarter is in the books.Time for the wave!Iowa stuffed on fourth downA solid Hawkeye drive ended, once again, without points.Cade McNamara and Kaleb Johnson were stuffed on back-to-back short rushes on third and fourth down in Troy territory. The Trojans take over at their own 17.Trojans move the ball but strip-sack forces puntA strip-sack by Ethan Hurkett on third down led to a big loss. Troy recovered but was forced to punt.Iowa takes over at its own 23-yard line in a scoreless game.Iowa moves the ball but punts on first driveIowa did pick up a pair of first downs, but the drive died near midfield. Rhys Dakin's 52-yard punt bounced into the end zone for a touchback.It's still scoreless in Iowa City with 10:06 to go in the first.Hawkeyes force early puntTroy's first drive is a three-and-out. Iowa will begin its opening possession at its own 17 after a punt.Iowa wins coin toss, defers to second halfIowa will kick off to start the game.Iowa football injury report vs. TroyNo major surprises on the injury report for Iowa.Wide receiver Seth Anderson and linebacker Jayden Montgomery are both listed as out. Anderson is yet to make his first appearance of the season after making eight starts in 2023. Montgomery appeared in Iowa's win over Illinois State but was out last week vs. Iowa State.You can see the injury report here.Jeff Dubrof makes his picks for Week 3How to watch the Iowa vs. Troy football gameWhen: 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14Where: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa CityTV: Fox Sports 1Livestream: Fox Sports Live (cable subscription required)Online radio: Hawkeye Radio NetworkGameday forecast in Iowa CityIowa football vs. Troy ticketsTickets are available through SeatGeek, Iowa's official ticket marketplace.A pair of tickets was available for as low as $29 apiece as of Thursday. You can look for tickets here.Iowa vs. Troy all-time series historyIowa and Troy have never met on the football field, but there is still some familiarity between the programs.Troy head coach Gerad Parker is in his first year at the helm. Parker has coached against Iowa multiple times as an assistant, first at Purdue from 2015-16 and then at Penn State in 2019.Parker got his first head coaching experience in part due to a loss to Iowa. He took over as interim head coach at Purdue for the final six games of 2016 after then-head coach Darrell Hazell was fired following a loss to the Hawkeyes.Parker went 0-6 in his interim stint at Purdue in 2016 and is currently 0-2 in his first year at Troy.Iowa vs. Troy betting spread, over/underThe Hawkeyes are favored by 22.5 points, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Troy is +1280 to win the game outright, which means a Troy upset win would net $128 on a $10 wager.The total is set at 38.5 points.What to know about Troy footballTroy is 0-2, starting the season with a 28-26 loss to Nevada and following it up with a 38-17 loss at Memphis.Against Nevada, Troy scored a touchdown with 21 seconds left to get within two points. The two-point conversion came up empty and Nevada held on for the win.Troy has struggled to defend the run. The Trojans surrendered 214 rushing yards in Week 1 and another 211 in Week 2, along with six total rushing touchdowns allowed. In total, Troy has allowed 425 rushing yards on 63 attempts, an average of 6.7 yards per carry.Troy has defended the passing attack far better, holding both opposing offenses to under 180 passing yards.Troy's defense has not yet forced a turnover.Iowa falls out of AP Top 25Iowa's loss to Iowa State kicked the Hawkeyes out of the AP Top 25 poll released Sunday.Iowa dropped from No. 21 last week to outside the top 25. The Hawkeyes are still receiving votes, however.