IOWA CITY — No. 14 Iowa hosts No. 5 Ohio State in the second Big Ten matchup of the season on Saturday.
The Hawkeyes (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) are looking to build off a 20-19 last-second win over Michigan last week. The Buckeyes (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) rolled to a 42-19 win over Illinois in Ohio Stadium.
Broadcast coverage of Saturday's game, which kicks off at 2:30 p.m., is available on CBS and the Hawkeye Radio Network. For a list of local stations, visit hawkeyesports.com/hawkeye-radio-network or stream the broadcast on YouTube.
Availability Report
Defensive backs Tyler Brown and Kyler Gerardy are out for Saturday's contest. Brown missed the first two games of the season but return for a Week 3 win over Northern Iowa and the win over Michigan. Brown accounted for nine total tackles (four solo) last week.
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Gerardy has been out for the entire season after suffering an injury during the first week of fall camp.
Ohio State will be without running back Anthony "Turbo" Rogers, wide receiver Amari Valerio-Hudson, linebacker Braxton Rembert and offensive linemen Jaxon Powell, Phillip Daniels and Vasean Washington. Daniels started all 13 games for the Buckeyes and earned Third Team All-Big Ten honors.
Cornerback Jay Timmons is considered a game-time decision.
Ohio State capitalizes on Hank Brown turnover for first touchdown
Q1 13:18 | Ohio State 7, Iowa 0
Hank Brown fumbled on the second play of the contest as the Buckeyes' defense blanketed his receivers while the rush got home.
Ohio State only needed two plays on a drive which started at the Iowa 14-yard line to score the games first touchdown. Julian Sayin found Devin McCuin for a 15-yard touchdown. Linebacker Landyn Van Kekerix slipped while covering McCuin, leaving the senior wide open for the score.
Hawkeyes responds with Caden Buhr field goal
Q1 10:01 | OSU 7, Iowa 3
Iowa managed to march down to the field to the Ohio State 25-yard line on its second drive of the day.
The Hawkeyes offense failed to convert on second-and-2 and third-and-2 before settling for the 43-yard field goal from Caden Buhr to cut the Buckeyes' lead to four.
Buckeyes push lead to 7 with Connor Hawkins kick
Q1 4:17 | OSU 10, Iowa 3
Ohio State answered Iowa's 11-play, 50-yard drive which ended in a field goal with a 10-play, 50-yard drive that ended in a field goal.
The Buckeyes drove down to the Hawkeye 10-yard line before settling for a 28-yard field goal on fourth-and-6.
Buhr connects on second field of first quarter
END Q1 | OSU 10, Iowa 6
Iowa again failed to find the end zone after driving into Ohio State territory. Qua Russaw got home and dropped Brown for a loss of 10 on a third-down sack to force a fourth-and-20 field goal.
Buhr converted on the 48-yard try to cut the lead back down to four.
Jeremiah Smith finds endzone before half
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.
