Alec Ingold and Beau Benzschawel celebrate UW's 28-17 win over Iowa with the Heartland Trophy
David Stluka
28
Winner Wisconsin WIS 3-1 , 1-0
17
Iowa IOWA 3-1 , 0-1
Winner
Wisconsin WIS
3-1 , 1-0
28
Final
17
Iowa IOWA
3-1 , 0-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
WIS Wisconsin 0 7 7 14 28
IOWA Iowa 0 7 10 0 17

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Red bull: Badgers power past Hawkeyes

No. 18 Wisconsin uses fourth-quarter rally to defeat Iowa under the lights

IOWA CITY, Iowa  - The Wisconsin football team showed that the Big Ten West will likely run through Madison yet again.

Alex Hornibrook threw a 17-yard TD pass to A.J. Taylor with 57 seconds left and No. 18 Wisconsin bounced back from last week's loss by rallying past Iowa 28-17 on Saturday night.

Jonathan Taylor had 113 yards rushing and Alec Ingold ran for a 33-yard score with 22 seconds left for the Badgers (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten), who also got a major leg up on the Hawkeyes — perhaps their biggest threat in their quest for a third straight West title — in the league opener.

"It wasn't a perfect game by any means, but it was a great team win," Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said. "They stepped up and made plays when they had to."

Wisconsin marched 88 yards in 10 plays on the game-deciding drive, capped when Hornibrook found an open Taylor for his third touchdown of the game.

Hornibrook finished 17 of 22 passing for 205 yards, and his three TDs were a season high.

The Badgers took advantage of a short field caused by an Iowa fumble to go up 14-10 on Hornibrook's 12-yard TD pass to Danny Davis. The Hawkeyes responded with Nate Stanley's second touchdown throw to Noah Fant, from a yard out, to make it 17-14 with 1:37 left in the third quarter.

Iowa (3-1, 0-1) seemed to have the Badgers pinned, but Wisconsin overcame one of the nation's best defenses in winning its fifth straight in Iowa City.

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Stanley threw for 222 yards on 14 of 23 passing, but he was picked off on a deflected ball with 38 seconds left. Ingold then broke free, making the final margin seem a lot bigger.

After a bye next week, the Badgers host Nebraska on Oct. 6.


 

The AP contributed to this article.

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