Iowa Hawkeyes ©	Northwestern Wildcats
Played October 3, 1981 at Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois

  

 

Teams' Belt Records

 

Team	Belt Reigns	Overall Record				Home Record				Away Record				Neutral Record
		W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
Iowa ©	1	1	2	0	.333	1	1	0	.500	0	1	0	.000
Northwestern	0	0	1	0	.000	0	1	0	.000

 

                          Previous Belt Meetings:       None

 

 

First-year coach Dennis Green prepared his 0-3 Northwestern Wildcats to host the 2-1 Iowa Hawkeyes of coach Hayden Fry.  The Wildcats had lost 23 straight games & this game would not be the breakout for them.  Iowa scored 30 points in the 1^st quarter & the Hawkeyes’ defense held the Wildcats to just 78 total yards on their way to a 64-0 win to extend the Northwestern losing streak which would eventually reach 34 games.  Iowa's RB Eddie Phillips opened the scoring with a 12-yard touchdown run & RB Norm Granger followed with a 6-yard touchdown run as the Hawkeyes broke to a 14-0 lead.  Iowa's CB Lou King blocked a Northwestern punt out of the end zone to get credit for a safety, Phillips scored on a 15-yard touchdown run & CB Ivory Webb returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown as Iowa took a 30-0 just 8 minutes into the game.  The Wildcats had no answers for the Hawkeyes offensive onslaught.  Iowa's WR Jeff Brown caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from QB Gordy Bohannon & Bohannon connected with WR Dave Moritz on a 26-yard touchdown pass as the lead was pushed to 43-0.  Hawkeyes' RB Owen Gill scored on a 20-yard run as Iowa took the 50-0 lead into the 4^th quarter.  A 2-yard touchdown run by RB Glenn Buggs & a 74-yard punt return for a touchdown by Brown finished the scoring.  The Hawkeyes’ defense recorded 7 sacks while holding Northwestern to just 6 yards rushing & 72 yards passing.  Iowa finished the season 8-4; Big Ten Co-Champs & ranked 18^th nationally while the Wildcats finished 0-11.  Northwestern would play for The Belt again in 2003.