Michigan State at Iowa 2015

Drive chart

Michigan State Iowa bar spans the drive · tick marks the start

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FUMBLE

2 pl · 2 yd · 0:51

0–0

7 pl · 22 yd · 2:58

3–0

PUNT

4 pl · 21 yd · 2:42

3–0

INT

3 pl · 15 yd · 1:32

3–0

7 pl · 14 yd · 1:49

3–3

PUNT

3 pl · 5 yd · 2:07

3–3

9 pl · 42 yd · 4:33

3–6

MISSED FG

10 pl · 41 yd · 4:34

3–6

INT

11 pl · 60 yd · 5:03

3–6

PUNT

3 pl · 9 yd · 2:02

3–6

PUNT

4 pl · 13 yd · 1:18

3–6

ON DOWNS

4 pl · 20 yd · 0:31

3–6

PUNT

9 pl · 36 yd · 3:48

3–6

PUNT

3 pl · -2 yd · 2:00

3–6

11 pl · 47 yd · 4:49

6–6

PUNT

3 pl · 5 yd · 0:48

6–6

6 pl · 33 yd · 2:38

9–6

2 pl · 75 yd · 1:08

9–13

PUNT

6 pl · 15 yd · 2:35

9–13

PUNT

5 pl · 26 yd · 2:43

9–13

22 pl · 82 yd · 9:04

16–13

FUMBLE

3 pl · 8 yd · 0:27

16–13

22 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

3	takeaways	1
2	three-and-outs forced	2
3 of 11	scoring drives allowed	4 of 11

No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

3 of 5	field goals	2 of 2
4	punts	5
40.8	punt average	35.6
0	punts inside the 20	0
0	return yards	56
own 29	average drive start	own 23

Michigan State

K	Michael Geiger	3/5 FG · long 47 · 1/1 XP
P	Jake Hartbarger	4 punts · 40.8 avg

Iowa

K	Marshall Koehn	2/2 FG · long 43 · 1/1 XP
P	Dillon Kidd	5 punts · 35.6 avg
KR	Desmond King	2 ret · 52 yds · long 27
PR	Desmond King	1 ret · 4 yds · long 4

K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2025	Michigan State 17 – 20 Iowa
2024	Iowa 20 – 32 Michigan State
2023	Michigan State 16 – 26 Iowa
2020	Michigan State 7 – 49 Iowa
2017	Iowa 10 – 17 Michigan State
2013	Michigan State 26 – 14 Iowa
2012	Iowa 19 – 16 Michigan State
2011	Michigan State 37 – 21 Iowa

Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.