SEATTLE — Jeremy Hecklinski made first career start and picked up his first win as Iowa routed Washington 41-24 on the road Friday.
Hecklinski led the Hawkeyes (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) to the win while going 14-of-19 for 202 yards and three touchdowns. Kamari Moulton put together a career-best 208 yards with two touchdowns on 26 rush attempts.
Iowa handed the Huskies (3-3, 0-3 Big Ten) their third straight loss while outgaining them 465-317 and holding them to minus-3 rushing yards.
Here's how it played out:
Hawkeyes score first on Buhr field goal
Q1 12:30 | Iowa 3, Washington 0
Caden Buhr connected on a new career-long with a 51-yard field goal to put Iowa in front 3-0 after a seven-play, 32-yard drive.
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Hecklinski went 0-of-2 on the opening drive with one throw away while the Hawkeyes rushed four times for 32 yards.
Hawkeyes add another field goal
Q1 7:07 | Iowa 6, Washington 0
After forcing a three-and-out on Washington's first drive, Iowa again mounted a scoring drive to push its lead to six.
Hecklinski connected on his first two passes of the game with a 15-yard completion to Zach Ortwerth and a 30-yard pass to Reece Vander Zee.
Buhr finished off the drive with a 27-yard field goal.
Kamari Moulton breaks four tackles on way to touchdown
Q1 0:10 | Iowa 13, Washington 0
After trading punts, Iowa scored the game's first touchdown with 10 seconds remaining in the first quarter.
The Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, native broke four tackles on a 56-yard touchdown run on the first play of the Hawkeyes' fourth drive of the day.
Jeremy Hecklinski, DJ Vonnahme give Hawkeyes three-score lead
Q2 9:05 | Iowa 20, Washington 0
Hecklinski started to find a rhythm on the Hawkeyes' fifth drive of the game. The third-year quarterback completed both of his pass attempts on the drive for 13 yards (to Tony Diaz) and a 20-yard touchdown to DJ Vonnahme.
Vonnahme caught the pass at the line of scrimmage before racing to the endzone.
Jeremy Hecklinski, DJ Vonnahme link up for another score
Q2 5:07 | Iowa 27, Washington 0
Hecklinski followed up his 2-for-2 drive with a 3-of-3 drive for another touchdown connection with Vonnahme.
Hecklinski connected with Diaz for three yards and seven yards (plus a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty). The touchdown pass to Vonnahme went for 24 yards as Hecklinski found the tight end on a play action boot.
Huskies add late field goal before halftime
Q2 1:58 | Iowa 27, Washington 3
Washington ended Iowa's shutout bid with a field goal late in the first half.
Tyler Robles added a 30-yard field goal on the first play out of the two-minute timeout to trim the Hawkeyes' halftime advantage to 24.
Huskies backup quarterback leads touchdown drive
Q3 11:10 | Iowa 27, Washington 10
Washington starting quarterback Demond Williams sustained an injury on the drive which ended in the Robles field goal.
Stanford transfer quarterback Elijah Brown took over under center and led a touchdown drive to begin the second half. He went 6-of-6 for 59 yards and a touchdown to Chris Lawson to cap an eight-play, 75-yard drive.
Hecklinski throws third touchdown pass
Q3 7:05 | Iowa 34, Washington 10
Iowa only needed eight plays to respond to the Huskies' touchdown with a touchdown of their own. Hecklinski took advantage of a coverage bust on a called blitz to connect with a wide-open Reece Vander Zee for the score.
Hecklinski went 3-of-3 on the drive for 44 yards, including a 31-yard pass to Vander Zee earlier in the series.
Washington makes it a two-score game
Q3 1:25 | Iowa 34, Washington 18
Washington made it two touchdowns in two drives to start the second half with an 11-play, 75-yard touchdown drive. The Huskies added a two-point conversion to cut Iowa's lead to a two-possession, 16-point lead.
A pair of penalties on the Hawkeyes' secondary extended the drive after Washington advanced inside the Iowa 10-yard line. The Huskies finally scored a touchdown on their seventh play inside the 10.
Kamari Moulton scores second touchdown of day
Q4 12:06 | Iowa 41, Washington 18
Hecklinski continued to lead an efficient Iowa offense for its fifth touchdown of the day. He completed both of his pass attempts for 42 yards.
Moulton rushed six times for 33 yards and the touchdown to finish off the eight-play, 75-yard drive.
Washington adds late score
FINAL | Iowa 41, Washington 24
Washington added a touchdown on the game's final play as Brown found Mason James for a three-yard touchdown pass.
Ethan Petrik is a University of Iowa beat writer for the Lee Enterprises network. Follow him on X or send him an email at ethan.petrik@wcfcourier.com.
