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Indiana
Hoosiers |
Iowa
Hawkeyes
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Played
October 10, 1981
at Kinnick
Stadium |
Teams'
Belt Records
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Team |
Belt
Reigns |
Overall
Record |
Home
Record |
Away
Record |
Neutral
Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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Indiana |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.000 |
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Iowa © |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
.500 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.500 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.500 |
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Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Indiana |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
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Iowa |
14 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
42 |
Coach Lee Corso’s 1-3 Indiana Hoosiers traveled to
Iowa City to meet coach Hayden Fry’s 15th ranked, 3-1 Iowa
Hawkeyes. Iowa's QB Gordy Bohannon threw 3 touchdown passes & the Hawkeyes
scored 3 touchdowns in less than 4:30 of the 2nd quarter
to help secure a 42-28 victory over the Hoosiers. Indiana took a 7-0 lead
in the 1st quarter when QB Babe Laufenberg threw a 58-yard
touchdown pass to WR Duane Gunn. The Hawkeyes responded with a 2-yard
touchdown run by RB Norm Granger & a 51-yard touchdown pass from Bohannon to
WR Charles Jones for a 14-7 Iowa lead at the end of the 1st
quarter. The Hoosiers tied the game at 14-14 when RB John Roggeman scored
on a 1-yard touchdown run. On the ensuing kick-off, Granger returned the
kick 99 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 10:24 left in the 2nd
quarter. Less than one minute later, Iowa's CB Tracy Crocker recovered an
Indiana fumble at the Hoosiers’ 24-yard line. Three plays later, Bohannon
connected with TE Mike Hufford on a 21-yard touchdown pass giving the
Hawkeyes a 28-14 lead. Three snaps after that, Iowa's CB Jimmy Frazier
intercepted Laufenberg & returned it 47 yards to the Indiana 13-yard line.
Hawkeyes' RB Phil Blatcher finished the Iowa scoring run with a 1-yard touchdown run
for a 35-14 Hawkeyes' lead with 6:04 left in the 2nd quarter. In
the 3rd quarter, Laufenberg & Gunn hooked up for a 71-yard
touchdown pass but Bohannon & Hufford connected on an 11-yard touchdown pass
to keep the margin at 21 points with a 42-21 Iowa lead. The final points
came in the 4th quarter when Indiana's RB Tim Hines scored on a
2-yard touchdown run. Bohannon finished with 185 yards passing with 3
touchdowns & an interception while RB Eddie Phillips rushed for 101 yards. Laufenberg threw
for 297 yards with 2 touchdowns but 4 interceptions while Gunn had 6 catches
for 197 yards with his 2 scores. Iowa finished the season 8-4; Big Ten
Co-Champs & ranked 18th nationally while the Hoosiers finished
3-8. Indiana would play for The Belt again in 2006.
