Iowa Hawkeyes: Sting of First Loss against Northwe...

points, but we still didn’t get the job done, he said. On the play where Stanzi went down, the junior fumbled a ball batted away by Northwestern's Corey Wootton, which was recovered by Marshall Thomas for the Wildcats first touchdown. As Stanzi lay on the Kinnick turf shaken up, the sideline understood that defensive plays would be crucial in keeping Iowas undefeated hopes alive. We just knew we had to step up, free safety Joe Conklin said. There was a real sense of urgency. We went over ...