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THE GAME NOTES: A look at the facts and figures from Iowa's win over Middle Tennessee State

Hawkeyes put up impressive offensive numbers.
Jeffrey Becker/USA Today Sports

Iowa's offense saw a lot of the Kinnick Stadium turf in Saturday's 48-3 win over Middle Tennessee State.

The Hawkeyes had 644 yards of total offense, the most in Kirk Ferentz's 21 season as head coach. The previous high mark was 613 against Minnesota in 2005.

Iowa had 351 rushing yards, the fourth most in the Ferentz era.

Other notes:

• Iowa's Nate Stanley made his 30th consecutive start at quarterback. The only other players in school history with 30 or more consecutive starts at quarterback are Chuck Long (47), Matt Sherman (32), and Matt Rodgers (31). Stanley is 21-9 in his starts.

• Stanley improved to 11-0 all-time against nonconference opponents — 9-0 in the regular season, 2-0 in bowl games.

• Stanley totaled 275 yards of offense, raising his career total to 6,244, sixth most in school history. He passed C.J. Beathard (5,991) in today's game.

•  Stanley threw two touchdown passes, raising his career total to 60. He has 17 career multi-touchdown games. He is one of three players in school history to throw 60 or more touchdowns (Drew Tate, 61; Chuck Long, 74).

• Kicker Keith Duncan kicked a career long 49-yard field goal on Iowa's second possession. He connected on a 42-yard attempt in the third quarter. He is 6-6 on attempts of 40 yards or longer this season.

• Duncan's miss from 39 yards was his first of the season. He is 10-of-11 on field goal attempts this season.

• Defensive end Davyion Nixon had a career high seven tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss (14 yards). He registered his first career sack.

• Running back Toren Young rushed for a career-high 131 yards. It is his first career 100-yard rushing game.

• Wide receiver Tyrone Tracy had a career-high 85 yards receiving.

• Tight end Shaun Beyer's 27-yard reception is a career-long.

• Wide receiver Brandon Smith set career highs in receptions (6), receiving yards (71), and receiving touchdowns (2).

• Running back Tyler Goodson rushed for a career-high 97 yards on a career-high 12 attempts.

• Three Hawkeyes scored their first career rushing touchdowns — fullback Brady Ross (1), wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette and quarterback Spencer Petras (1)

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John Bohnenkamp
JOHN BOHNENKAMP

I was with The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa) for 28 years, the last 19-plus as sports editor. I've covered Iowa basketball for the last 27 years, Iowa football for the last six seasons. I'm a 17-time APSE top-10 winner, with seven United States Basketball Writers Association writing awards and one Football Writers Association of America award (game story, 1st place, 2017).

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