Game #1 vs. Wyoming @HawkeyeFootball Game Notes 2017 IOWA HAWKEYES SEASON OPENER: WYOMING AT IOWA RESULTS/SCHEDULE 0-0, 0-0 B1G IOWA HAWKEYES THE SETTING 9/2 Wyoming 11:01 a.m/BTN Record: 0-0 Date: Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 9/9 at Iowa State 11 a.m./ESPN/ESPN2 Ranking: NR Loca on: Iowa City, Iowa 9/16 North Texas 2:30 p.m./ESPN2 Ranking: NR Stadium: Kinnick Stadium (70,585) 9/23 Penn State* TBD Head Coach: Kirk Ferentz Surface: Field Turf Kickoff : 11:01 a.m. (CT) 9/30 at Michigan State* TBD Alma Mater: Connec cut Overall Record: 147-113 (21 yrs) Series: Iowa leads 2-0 10/7 Illinois (HC)* 11:01 a.m. Record at Iowa: 135-92(18 yrs) TV: BTN 10/14 Open Kevin Kugler, play-by-play 10/21 at Northwestern* TBD MaƩ Millen, analyst 10/28 Minnesota (FW)* TBD WYOMING COWBOYS Lisa Byington, analyst 11/4 Ohio State* TBD Record: 0-0 Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network & KRUI Radio Gary Dolphin, play-by-play Ranking: NR 11/11 at Wisconsin* TBD Ed Podolak, color analyst Ranking: NR 11/18 Purdue* TBD Rob Brooks, sideline reporter Head Coach: Craig Bohl 11/24 at Nebraska* 3 p.m./FS1 Live Audio: hawkeyesports.com (Hawkeye All-Access) Alma Mater: Nebraska * -- Big Ten Conference Game Live Stats: hawkeyesports.com Overall Record: 118-56 (14 yrs) Twi er: @TheIowaHawkeyes / @IowaFBLive Record at Wyoming: 14-24 (3 yrs) WYOMING RESULTS/SCHEDULE Satellite Radio: Sirius Channel 119; XM Channel 196 0-0, 0-0 MWC 9/2 at Iowa 11:01 a.m/BTN 9/9 Gardner-Webb 3 p.m. 9/16 Oregon 6 p.m. 9/23 Hawai’i* TBA Senior LB Josey Jewell is a preseason fi rst team All-American by the Associated Press; he’s 9/30 Texas State 3 p.m. on the Big Ten Conference Preseason Players to Watch List, and is named on fi ve na onal 10/7 Open 1 award watch lists: Lo Impact, Bednarik, Butkus, Nagurski, and Wuerff el. 10/14 at Utah State* 3:30 p.m. 10/21 at Boise State* TBA Iowa is the only FBS team with two players that rushed for 1,000-plus yards in 2016. 10/28 New Mexico* TBA Senior RB Akrum Wadley led the Hawkeyes in rushing yards (1,081), and senior gradu- 11/4 Colorado State* 6 p.m. 2 ate transfer RB James Butler rushed for 1,336 yards at Nevada in 2016. 11/11 at Air Force* TA RB Akrum Wadley, who rushed for 1,081 yards in 2016, could become the fourth Hawkeye 11/18 Fresno State* 1 p.m. in program history to produce back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons, and the fi rst since 11/25 at San Jose State* TBA 3 Fred Russell went back-to-back in 2002 (1,355) and 2003 (1,264). * -- Moutain West Conference Game Iowa’s quarterbacks have a combined 13 career pass a empts, and its receiving corps has 2017 BIG TEN only one player (Ma VandeBerg) with a career recep on as a Hawkeye. COACHES TELECONFERENCE 4 The Big Ten coaches teleconferences are held each Since Ferentz’s fi rst season in 1999, Iowa has had more AP top-10 fi nishes than Miami, Tuesday beginning Aug. 29, with the fi nal weekly call Nebraska, Notre Dame, Penn State, and Tennessee. scheduled for Nov. 21. Media wishing to par cipate 5 in the teleconference can contact the Big Ten Offi ce at 847-696-1010 to obtain the call-in informa on. All Kinnick Stadium’s playing surface is new in 2017, and for the fi rst me in the fi eld’s 89-year mes listed below are central me: 6 history, a Tigerhawk is featured at midfi eld. 11:00 Chris Ash, Rutgers 11:08 Jim Harbaugh, Michigan Ferentz teams have fi nished in the Associated Press top-10 on fi ve occasions, and in four 11:16 Paul Chryst, Wisconsin of those seasons the Hawkeyes were led by a fi rst-year starter -- Banks in 2002, Nathan 11:24 Mike Riley, Nebraska 7 Chandler in 2003, Drew Tate in 2004, and C.J. Beathard in 2015. 11:32 Mark Dantonio, Michigan State 11:40 Kirk Ferentz, Iowa 11:48 P.J. Fleck, Minnesota Iowa’s off ensive line has a combined 117 starts. 11:56 Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 8 12:04 Lovie Smith, Illinois 12:12 DJ Durkin, Maryland Seniors Ike Boe ger, Boone Myers, and Sean Welsh; juniors James Daniels, Lucas LeGrand, 12:20 Jeff Brohm, Purdue and Keegan Render, and sophomore Levi Paulsen, all started at least one game for an 12:28 James Franklin, Penn State 9 off ensive line that won the Joe Moore Award in 2016. 12:36 Urban Meyer, Ohio State 12:44 Tom Allen, Indiana Iowa is 15-3 in season openers since 1999 and 15-1 since 2001.The Hawkeyes average 10 35.9 ppg in the 14 wins, and 11.3 ppg in the three losses. facebook.com/hawkeyefootball hawkeyesports.com youtube.com/gohawkstv @hawkeyefootball Game #1 vs. Wyoming @HawkeyeFootball Game Notes 4 NATHAN STANLEY | SO | 6-5 | 235 28 TOREN YOUNG | R-FR | 5-11 | 220 Menomonie, Wisconsin (Menomonie) Madison, Wisconsin (Monona Grove) • 0 career starts/7 career games played • 0 career games played/redshirted in 2016 QB • 1 of 10 true freshman to play in 2016 RB • Team Leader Award, offense, in 2016 • 5-of-9 career passing, 62 yards • Blue-Grey All-American as a high school senior • 1st true freshman QB to play since Drew Tate in ‘03 • Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-State • 0 career rushing attempts • 333 carries, 2,779 yards, 28 TDs as a senior 8 TYLER WIEGERS | JR | 6-4 | 225 20 JAMES BUTLER | SR | 5-9 | 210 Lake Orion, Michigan (Detroit County Day) Bloomingdale, Illinois (Saint Francis) • 0 career starts/4 career games played • Graduate transfer from Nevada QB • 3-of-4 career passing, 32 yards RB • Earned undergraduate degree in three years • Last pass attempt was Oct. 17, 2015 at NW • Ranks 8th in career rushing at Nevada with 3,313 yards • Redshirted in 2014 • Nevada MVP and outstanding Offensive Player in 2016 • Biomedical engineering major • 2-time honorable mention All-Mountain West Conference 25 AKRUM WADLEY | SR | 5-11 |195 89 MATT VANDEBERG | SR | 6-1 | 190 Newark, N.J. (Weequahic) Brandon, S.D. (Brandon Valley) • 4 career starts/30 career games played • 16 career start/37 career games played • Maxwell/Doak Walker Award Watch Lists WR • Missed 9 games in ‘16, granted medical redshirt for ‘17 RB • Career and team-high 1,081 rushing yards in ‘16 • 65 rec. in ‘15 ranks third in single-season history • Returning leader in rec. (36) and rec. yds (315) • 19 straight games played with reception • Ranks 18th in career rushing yards (284-1,763) • Graduated and got married in Spring, 2017 52 BOONE MYERS | SR | 6-5 | 310 80 DEVONTE YOUNG | SO | 6-0 | 200 Webster City, Iowa (Webster City) Waldorf, Maryland (North Point) • 22 career starts/27 career games played • 0 career starts/12 career games played LT • Joined team as a walk-on in 2013 WR • 1 of 10 true freshman to play in 2016 • Put on scholarship prior to 2014 • Recorded no statistics as a freshman • 2017 Leadership Group • First team all-state as a high school senior • Environmental science major • Conference player of the year as a high school senior 64 KEEGAN RENDER | JR | 6-4 | 310 84 NICK EASLEY | JR | 5-11 | 203 Indianala, Iowa (Indianola) Newton, Iowa (Newton/Iowa Western CC) • 7 career starts/27 career games played • 0 career starts/0 career games played LG • Started 8 games in ‘16: 7 at LG, 1 at RG WR • NJCAA All-American in 2016 • First career start vs. NDSU (9/17/16) • Single-season school record 954 rec. yards in 2016 • Appeared in all 14 games in 2015 • First team all-conference as a freshman and sophomore • Redshirted in 2014 • HS school record for TDs in game, season, and career 78 JAMES DANIELS | JR | 6-4 | 295 TE NOAH FANT | SR | 6-4 |252 Warren, Ohio (Harding) Omaha, Nebraska (Omaha South) • 13 career starts/24 career games played • 0 career starts/11 career games played C • Remington Trophy Watch List • 9 receptions, 70 yards, one TD in 2016 • Outland Trophy Watch List TE • 1 career TD, 5-yard reception at Purdue • 2016 third team All-Big Ten • Career highs in rec. (3) and yards (25) at Illinois • 2016 Sophomore All-American (Campus Insiders) • 1 of 10 true freshman to play in 2016 79 SEAN WELSH | SR | 6-3 | 295 38 T.J. HOCKENSON | R-FR | 6-5 | 243 Springboro, Ohio (Springboro) Chariton, Iowa (Chariton) • 36 career starts/39 career games played • 0 career starts/0 career games played RG • Outland Trophy Watch List TE • Redshirted in 2016 • Second team preseason All-American by SI.com • Elite fi rst team all-state as high school senior • 2016 second team All-America (USA Today) • High school records for receiving yards in game, season and career • 2016 third team All-Big Ten • High school tight end and defensive back 75 IKE BOETTGER | SR | 6-6 | 307 45 DRAKE KULICK | SR | 6-1 | 240 Cedar Falls, Iowa (Cedar Falls) Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine) • 19 career starts/27 career games played • 6 career starts/25 career games played RT • 2016 honorable mention All-Big Ten FB • Moved from LB to FB priot to 2014 • Graduated in Spring 2017 (Enterprise Leadership) • 2016 Academic All-Big Ten, Coaches Apprecation Award • 2017 Leadership Group • Graduated in Spring, 2017 • Moved from TE to OL in 2013 • Joined team in 2013 as a walk-on Game #1 vs.