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Recap: Michigan State tops Iowa, 32-20, thanks to 6 field goals

Recap: Michigan State tops Iowa, 32-20, thanks to 6 field goals
A LITTLE BIT. LET’S TURN THE PAGE THOUGH TO THE IOWA HAWKEYES A RECORD OF FOUR AND TWO ON THE SEASON. IOWA CONTROLS ITS OWN DESTINY MOVING FORWARD. ONLY TWO LOSSES, OF COURSE. FOURTH RANKED OHIO STATE, NINTH RANKED IOWA STATE. BUT THAT ONE CONFERENCE LOSSES TO OHIO STATE, AS I MENTIONED, THAT KIND OF KEEPS THEM IN THE RACE SINCE 2020, IOWA IS 14 AND FIVE IN ROAD GAMES AND HAS A WINNING ROAD RECORD DATING BACK TO THE START OF THE 2018 SEASON. LAST WEEK’S GAME FOR WASHINGTON, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, 40 POINTS AGAINST THE BIG TEN OPPONENT, FIRST TIME THEY’VE DONE THAT IN THREE YEARS, CENTER LOGAN JONES EXPECTS THAT IMPROVEMENT TO CONTINUE. THE EXECUTION PART. THAT’S THE BIGGEST THING, TOO. LIKE YOU LOOK AT OUR WIDE RECEIVERS, OUR QUARTERBACKS, THEIR TIMING AND EVERYTHING, THEY’RE JUST ON THE SAME PAGE AND THEN THE RUNNING BACKS WHERE THEY NEED TO HIT, LIKE ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS, LIKE IT’S JUST STARTING TO CLICK AND CLICK. IT’S THE FIRST TRIP TO EAST LANSING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017. MICHIGAN STATE WON THAT GAME 17 TO 10. IT’S BECOME A GUARANTEE THAT CALEB JOHNSON, THE RUNNING BACK FOR THE HAWKEYES, WILL HAVE A BIG GAME TODAY TO SAY HE IS IOWA’S OFFENSE WOULD NOT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS. THESE ARE JUST SILLY JOHNSON TALLIES FOR OVER 43% OF IOWA’S YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE. HE ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR 65% OF THE TEAM’S TOUCHDOWNS. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, HE HAS OVER 44% OF THE TEAM’S TOTAL POINTS. THESE NUMBERS ARE MAKING AN IMPACT NATIONALLY. HE IS SECOND IN THE COUNTRY IN RUSHING YARDS WITH 937. HE IS ALSO SECOND IN YARDS PER GAME WITH JUST OVER 156. JOHNSON, NOT THE ONLY HAWKEYE HAVING A DOMINANT SEASON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL, JAY HIGGINS IS HAVING HIMSELF ONE TO REMEMBER. HIGGINS CURRENTLY LEADS THE BIG TEN IN TACKLES AND RANKS NINTH NATIONALLY, 62 TACKLES ON THE SEASON THAT AVERAGES OUT TO OVER TEN PER GAME. HE ALSO HAS TWO INTERCEPTIONS, TWO FORCED FUMBLES ON THE YEAR. HIS PERFORMANCE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A STRONG RUN DEFENSE THAT HAS
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Recap: Michigan State tops Iowa, 32-20, thanks to 6 field goals
Iowa falls to 4-3 on the year after Saturday's loss at Michigan State.Iowa at Michigan State score, stats, highlights and moreHere's how it happened.Final: Michigan State 32, Iowa 20Iowa is now 4-3 after this loss.Michigan State gained 468 yards of offense compared to 283 for Iowa. The Spartans did not punt even one time.Michigan State punches it in to extend leadThat might just do it.MSU ate up a bunch of time off the clock and capped it off with a 1-yard touchdown rush by Nate Carter. It's 32-20, Michigan State, with 2:03 left to play.Iowa needs a miracle now.Michigan State scoring drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:19Kaleb Johnson breaks huge run on first playKaleb. Johnson.The Hawkeye superstar had been quiet today... until now. He broke the first play of the drive for a 75-yard touchdown run. Iowa's 2-point conversion was no good, so it's 25-20, MSU. But that score now makes it a one-score game with 7:22 left.Iowa scoring drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:12Jonathan Kim adds another field goalThis may go down as the Jonathan Kim game.Kim just made a 46-yard kick to capitalize on the good field position. Iowa is in a hole now, trailing 25-14 with 7:34 to go. Kim has made six field goals tonight.Michigan State scoring drive: 6 plays, 2 yards, 3:18Cade McNamara picked offThat hurts.Cade McNamara was picked off on second-and-13 trying to find Luke Lachey deep downfield, but the pass was nowhere close. MSU has the ball at Iowa's 30 after the return.Michigan State tacks on yet another field goalIt's raining threes in East Lansing.This time, Jonathan Kim drilled a bomb from 55 yards out. Michigan State got into field goal range after a 10-yard run on third-and-22, and Kim did the rest. That's a huge swing for Michigan State, which looked like it would need to punt it back to Iowa.There's 11:52 on the clock. Iowa trails by 8.Michigan State scoring drive: 7 plays, 38 yards, 3:57End of third quarter: Michigan State 19, Iowa 14That third quarter was much better than the first two for Iowa, but the Hawkeyes still trail.Iowa has 15 minutes to complete the comeback.Brendan Sullivan runs it in to cut into leadAnother promising drive ends with a touchdown.This time, Brendan Sullivan scampered in on a goal-line package to make it 19-14.There's 49 seconds left on the clock in the third quarter.Iowa scoring drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 3:39Michigan State extends the lead with touchdown passMichigan State answers right back.A long run from Aidan Chiles got the Spartans into Iowa territory. A few plays later, he found Montorie Foster Jr. in the end zone from 18 yards out to cap the drive with a touchdown.The other problem for Iowa: that drive chewed up more than five minutes. Iowa trails, 19-7, with 4:34 to go in the third quarter.Michigan State scoring drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:18Hawkeyes score on first drive of second halfHow about that response from the offense?Iowa marched right down the field, mostly through the air, and capped it off with a beautiful back shoulder throw from Cade McNamara to Reece Vander Zee for a score.That makes it 12-7 in favor of Michigan State. That was by far Iowa's best drive of the night.Iowa scoring drive: 8 plays, 58 yards, 4:59Halftime: Michigan State 12, Iowa 0Jonathan Kim is human, after all. The Michigan State kicker missed wide left on a 55-yard attempt as time expired in the half, so it ends at 12-0.Iowa was outgained 250-58 in the half and gave up 15 first downs while only gaining 2. Cade McNamara is 3-for-9 for 30 yards. None of McNamara's three completions have gone to a wide receiver.The Hawkeyes have plenty of adjustments to make during the halftime break.Hawkeyes go three-and-out once againThe offense has no answers.A short pass on second-and-1 was behind Kaleb Johnson in the flat and fell incomplete. A rush attempt on the following play went nowhere, and Iowa will send it back to MSU with 1:36 left in the half.Michigan State will have it at the 29-yard line with two timeouts.Michigan State adds another field goal for 12-0 leadA third down conversion courtesy of a TJ Hall pass interference got MSU deep into Iowa territory, and once again, the Hawkeye defense got a key stop — thanks to an MSU false start on fourth-and-2 — and forced a field goal.Jonathan Kim is now 4-for-4 after hitting the 29-yard kick. It's 12-0 with 2:28 to go in the half.Michigan State scoring drive: 9 plays, 69 yards, 5:58Iowa forced to punt againThe good news: Iowa got two first downs on that series, its first two of the game.The bad news: Zero points. A pair of incomplete passes in MSU territory ended the drive at the 43-yard line, and Rhys Dakin's punt went into the end zone for a touchback and a net of just 23 yards.Michigan State adds a third field goalThe Sparty special teams have done a good job early. It's 9-0, courtesy of three field goals from Jonathan Kim. The Hawkeye defense has given up more than 170 yards, but critical stops in their own territory have kept MSU out of the end zone.Iowa will get the ball back with 11:48 left in the half.Michigan State scoring drive: 7 plays, 42 yards, 3:18End of first quarter: Michigan State 6, Iowa 0Iowa's offense needs to figure something out after wasting great field position on that last drive. MSU holds a 131-17 lead in yardage and a 7-0 lead in first downs after the first quarter.Hawkeyes can't capitalize on short fieldOuch.Starting at the MSU 45, Iowa gets 5 yards on a Kaleb Johnson run, has two incomplete passes and is forced to settle for a 57-yard field goal. Drew Stevens pushed it right, and Iowa is still scoreless despite having great field position.Koen Entringer picks off Aidan ChilesIowa needed a spark and just got one.Koen Entringer picked off a deep ball on third down. It's Iowa ball in MSU territory after the pick.Iowa goes three-and-out againIt's a slow start all around for the Hawkeyes. With third-and-2, Iowa got stuffed for just a gain of a yard and elected to punt it away on fourth down.Through two drives, Kaleb Johnson has been held to a single yard on three carries.MSU takes over at its own 17 after the Dakin punt.Spartans tack on another field goalTwo drives, two field goals for Michigan State. This one comes from just one yard farther than the last, a 43-yard kick to make it 6-0.Michigan State is up to 57 rushing yards on 7 attempts.Michigan State scoring drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 3:27Hawkeyes go three-and-outTwo passes (one incomplete) and a run resulted in just three total yards, so Iowa is forced to punt it away on the opening drive.It's a good one from Rhys Dakin. Michigan State will have it at the 11-yard line after his punt.Michigan State scores first with Jonathan Kim field goalThe Spartans didn't face much resistance on their opening drive until they got deep into Iowa territory. A critical third down stop stalled the drive, but Michigan State capitalized with a 42-yard field goal attempt to take an early lead.Michigan State ran it four times for 31 yards on that opening series and gained three first downs.It's 3-0 Michigan State with 11:02 left in the opening quarter.Michigan State scoring drive: 8 plays, 52 yards, 3:58Iowa wins coin toss, defers to second halfThe home team will have the ball first. Iowa elects to kick off to begin the game.Iowa football injury report: Sebastian Castro updateTwo players — Lineman Beau Stephens and tight end Addison Ostrenga — are out for the Hawkeyes, per the Big Ten-mandated injury report.Notably, one player is listed as questionable. That would be star safety Sebastian Castro, one of the team's leaders and the anchor of the secondary.You can see injury reports for both Iowa and Michigan State here.How to watch Iowa at Michigan State football on TVWhen: 6:30 p.m. CT, Saturday, Oct. 19Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MichiganTV: NBCLivestream: Peacock TVOnline radio: Hawkeye Radio NetworkMichigan State vs. Iowa football series historyYou won't find too many series that are this close after this many games.Iowa and Michigan State are meeting for the 50th time this Saturday. Iowa owns a 25-22-2 all-time lead. Neither team has won more than three games in a row in the series in the last 30 years.Iowa is currently on a two-game winning streak in the series, winning at Kinnick Stadium last year and in 2020. The Hawkeyes last won in East Lancing in 2012, an overtime battle in which Hawkeye kicker Mike Meyer drilled four field goals.This will be the first night game in East Lansing between the two programs since 2009, when Ricky Stanzi and Marvin McNutt connected for a 7-yard touchdown on the game's final play to win the game.Michigan State vs. Iowa football betting odds, over/underIowa is a 5.5-point favorite Saturday against Michigan State, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The total is set at 40.5 points.Iowa at Michigan State football ticketsThe Spartans partner with SeatGeek for secondary tickets. Two tickets together from SeatGeek were listed as low as $28 apiece (before fees) as of Friday afternoon.What to know about 2024 Michigan State footballMichigan State is in its first year under head coach Jonathan Smith, who arrived after six seasons at Oregon State.In Year 1 at MSU, Smith has had mixed results. The Spartans are 3-3 but have lost three in a row, two of which were against top-10 teams (Oregon and Ohio State). Michigan State took down Maryland, 27-24, in Week 2 for its first Big Ten win of the season.The Spartans have struggled offensively, averaging 19.8 points per game (118th in the country). They have committed three or more turnovers in four different games this year.Defensively, Michigan State has not yet allowed anyone to pass for 300 or more yards, but its last three opponents have seen success on the ground. Boston College, Ohio State and Oregon combined to rush for 550 yards and six touchdowns against the MSU defense, each eclipsing the 150-yard mark.Michigan State scoresMichigan State 16, Florida Atlantic 10Michigan State 27, Maryland 24Michigan State 40, Prairie View A&M 0Boston College 23, Michigan State 19Ohio State 38, Michigan State 7Oregon 31, Michigan State 10

Iowa falls to 4-3 on the year after Saturday's loss at Michigan State.

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Here's how it happened.

Final: Michigan State 32, Iowa 20

Iowa is now 4-3 after this loss.

Michigan State gained 468 yards of offense compared to 283 for Iowa. The Spartans did not punt even one time.

Michigan State punches it in to extend lead

That might just do it.

MSU ate up a bunch of time off the clock and capped it off with a 1-yard touchdown rush by Nate Carter. It's 32-20, Michigan State, with 2:03 left to play.

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Iowa needs a miracle now.

Michigan State scoring drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:19

Kaleb Johnson breaks huge run on first play

Kaleb. Johnson.

The Hawkeye superstar had been quiet today... until now. He broke the first play of the drive for a 75-yard touchdown run. Iowa's 2-point conversion was no good, so it's 25-20, MSU. But that score now makes it a one-score game with 7:22 left.

Iowa scoring drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:12

Jonathan Kim adds another field goal

This may go down as the Jonathan Kim game.

Kim just made a 46-yard kick to capitalize on the good field position. Iowa is in a hole now, trailing 25-14 with 7:34 to go. Kim has made six field goals tonight.

Michigan State scoring drive: 6 plays, 2 yards, 3:18

Cade McNamara picked off

That hurts.

Cade McNamara was picked off on second-and-13 trying to find Luke Lachey deep downfield, but the pass was nowhere close. MSU has the ball at Iowa's 30 after the return.

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Michigan State tacks on yet another field goal

It's raining threes in East Lansing.

This time, Jonathan Kim drilled a bomb from 55 yards out. Michigan State got into field goal range after a 10-yard run on third-and-22, and Kim did the rest. That's a huge swing for Michigan State, which looked like it would need to punt it back to Iowa.

There's 11:52 on the clock. Iowa trails by 8.

Michigan State scoring drive: 7 plays, 38 yards, 3:57

End of third quarter: Michigan State 19, Iowa 14

That third quarter was much better than the first two for Iowa, but the Hawkeyes still trail.

Iowa has 15 minutes to complete the comeback.

Brendan Sullivan runs it in to cut into lead

Another promising drive ends with a touchdown.

This time, Brendan Sullivan scampered in on a goal-line package to make it 19-14.

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There's 49 seconds left on the clock in the third quarter.

Iowa scoring drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 3:39

Michigan State extends the lead with touchdown pass

Michigan State answers right back.

A long run from Aidan Chiles got the Spartans into Iowa territory. A few plays later, he found Montorie Foster Jr. in the end zone from 18 yards out to cap the drive with a touchdown.

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The other problem for Iowa: that drive chewed up more than five minutes. Iowa trails, 19-7, with 4:34 to go in the third quarter.

Michigan State scoring drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:18

Hawkeyes score on first drive of second half

How about that response from the offense?

Iowa marched right down the field, mostly through the air, and capped it off with a beautiful back shoulder throw from Cade McNamara to Reece Vander Zee for a score.

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That makes it 12-7 in favor of Michigan State. That was by far Iowa's best drive of the night.

Iowa scoring drive: 8 plays, 58 yards, 4:59

Halftime: Michigan State 12, Iowa 0

Jonathan Kim is human, after all. The Michigan State kicker missed wide left on a 55-yard attempt as time expired in the half, so it ends at 12-0.

Iowa was outgained 250-58 in the half and gave up 15 first downs while only gaining 2. Cade McNamara is 3-for-9 for 30 yards. None of McNamara's three completions have gone to a wide receiver.

The Hawkeyes have plenty of adjustments to make during the halftime break.

Hawkeyes go three-and-out once again

The offense has no answers.

A short pass on second-and-1 was behind Kaleb Johnson in the flat and fell incomplete. A rush attempt on the following play went nowhere, and Iowa will send it back to MSU with 1:36 left in the half.

Michigan State will have it at the 29-yard line with two timeouts.

Michigan State adds another field goal for 12-0 lead

A third down conversion courtesy of a TJ Hall pass interference got MSU deep into Iowa territory, and once again, the Hawkeye defense got a key stop — thanks to an MSU false start on fourth-and-2 — and forced a field goal.

Jonathan Kim is now 4-for-4 after hitting the 29-yard kick. It's 12-0 with 2:28 to go in the half.

Michigan State scoring drive: 9 plays, 69 yards, 5:58

Iowa forced to punt again

The good news: Iowa got two first downs on that series, its first two of the game.

The bad news: Zero points. A pair of incomplete passes in MSU territory ended the drive at the 43-yard line, and Rhys Dakin's punt went into the end zone for a touchback and a net of just 23 yards.

Michigan State adds a third field goal

The Sparty special teams have done a good job early. It's 9-0, courtesy of three field goals from Jonathan Kim. The Hawkeye defense has given up more than 170 yards, but critical stops in their own territory have kept MSU out of the end zone.

Iowa will get the ball back with 11:48 left in the half.

Michigan State scoring drive: 7 plays, 42 yards, 3:18

End of first quarter: Michigan State 6, Iowa 0

Iowa's offense needs to figure something out after wasting great field position on that last drive. MSU holds a 131-17 lead in yardage and a 7-0 lead in first downs after the first quarter.

Hawkeyes can't capitalize on short field

Ouch.

Starting at the MSU 45, Iowa gets 5 yards on a Kaleb Johnson run, has two incomplete passes and is forced to settle for a 57-yard field goal. Drew Stevens pushed it right, and Iowa is still scoreless despite having great field position.

Koen Entringer picks off Aidan Chiles

Iowa needed a spark and just got one.

Koen Entringer picked off a deep ball on third down. It's Iowa ball in MSU territory after the pick.

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Iowa goes three-and-out again

It's a slow start all around for the Hawkeyes. With third-and-2, Iowa got stuffed for just a gain of a yard and elected to punt it away on fourth down.

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Through two drives, Kaleb Johnson has been held to a single yard on three carries.

MSU takes over at its own 17 after the Dakin punt.

Spartans tack on another field goal

Two drives, two field goals for Michigan State. This one comes from just one yard farther than the last, a 43-yard kick to make it 6-0.

Michigan State is up to 57 rushing yards on 7 attempts.

Michigan State scoring drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 3:27

Hawkeyes go three-and-out

Two passes (one incomplete) and a run resulted in just three total yards, so Iowa is forced to punt it away on the opening drive.

It's a good one from Rhys Dakin. Michigan State will have it at the 11-yard line after his punt.

Michigan State scores first with Jonathan Kim field goal

The Spartans didn't face much resistance on their opening drive until they got deep into Iowa territory. A critical third down stop stalled the drive, but Michigan State capitalized with a 42-yard field goal attempt to take an early lead.

Michigan State ran it four times for 31 yards on that opening series and gained three first downs.

It's 3-0 Michigan State with 11:02 left in the opening quarter.

Michigan State scoring drive: 8 plays, 52 yards, 3:58

Iowa wins coin toss, defers to second half

The home team will have the ball first. Iowa elects to kick off to begin the game.

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Iowa football injury report: Sebastian Castro update

Two players — Lineman Beau Stephens and tight end Addison Ostrenga — are out for the Hawkeyes, per the Big Ten-mandated injury report.

Notably, one player is listed as questionable. That would be star safety Sebastian Castro, one of the team's leaders and the anchor of the secondary.

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How to watch Iowa at Michigan State football on TV

When: 6:30 p.m. CT, Saturday, Oct. 19

Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan

TV: NBC

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Michigan State vs. Iowa football series history

You won't find too many series that are this close after this many games.

Iowa and Michigan State are meeting for the 50th time this Saturday. Iowa owns a 25-22-2 all-time lead. Neither team has won more than three games in a row in the series in the last 30 years.

Iowa is currently on a two-game winning streak in the series, winning at Kinnick Stadium last year and in 2020. The Hawkeyes last won in East Lancing in 2012, an overtime battle in which Hawkeye kicker Mike Meyer drilled four field goals.

This will be the first night game in East Lansing between the two programs since 2009, when Ricky Stanzi and Marvin McNutt connected for a 7-yard touchdown on the game's final play to win the game.

Michigan State vs. Iowa football betting odds, over/under

Iowa is a 5.5-point favorite Saturday against Michigan State, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The total is set at 40.5 points.

Iowa at Michigan State football tickets

The Spartans partner with SeatGeek for secondary tickets. were listed as low as $28 apiece (before fees) as of Friday afternoon.

What to know about 2024 Michigan State football

Michigan State is in its first year under head coach Jonathan Smith, who arrived after six seasons at Oregon State.

In Year 1 at MSU, Smith has had mixed results. The Spartans are 3-3 but have lost three in a row, two of which were against top-10 teams (Oregon and Ohio State). Michigan State took down Maryland, 27-24, in Week 2 for its first Big Ten win of the season.

The Spartans have struggled offensively, averaging 19.8 points per game (118th in the country). They have committed three or more turnovers in four different games this year.

Defensively, Michigan State has not yet allowed anyone to pass for 300 or more yards, but its last three opponents have seen success on the ground. Boston College, Ohio State and Oregon combined to rush for 550 yards and six touchdowns against the MSU defense, each eclipsing the 150-yard mark.

Michigan State scores

  • Michigan State 16, Florida Atlantic 10
  • Michigan State 27, Maryland 24
  • Michigan State 40, Prairie View A&M 0
  • Boston College 23, Michigan State 19
  • Ohio State 38, Michigan State 7
  • Oregon 31, Michigan State 10