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WATCH: Hawkeyes strike first on beautiful pass from Nate Stanley to Brandon Smith
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Iowa wasted no time getting on the scoreboard on Friday.
The Hawkeyes opened Friday’s game against Nebraska with the football and pieced together the perfect opening drive. It was an 11-play, 79-yard drive that was capped by a beautiful 15-yard touchdown pass from Nate Stanley to Brandon Smith.
Stanley was 4-of-5 for 50 yards on the drive.
.@HawkeyeFootball wastes no time getting things started. 🔥
Brandon Smith hauls in the toss from Nate Stanley, and it's 7-0 home team at Kinnick: pic.twitter.com/fzfOHPor3U
— Iowa On BTN (@IowaOnBTN) November 23, 2018
The touchdown reception was just Smith’s second of the year. It was the 22nd touchdown toss for Stanley.
While there isn’t much at stake in terms of the postseason in Friday’s game, a win for Iowa gets it to another eight-win season. A victory for the Huskers means wins in five of the final six games.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB