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Iowa defeated UMass 47-7, with the passing game showing signs of improvement.

Quarterback Mark Gronowski had his best game as a Hawkeye, throwing for 179 yards and two touchdowns.

Gronowski has shown steady improvement in each of the first three games of the season.

IOWA CITY — It took Iowa football all of three offensive snaps to score its first touchdown against UMass on Sept. 13. The Hawkeyes got on the board in less than two minutes to jumpstart a 47-7 rout that made Kirk Ferentz the winningest coach in Big Ten history.

After quarterback Mark Gronowski kept it himself for a short gain on Iowa’s first offensive play of the game, he found Sam Phillips for the type of explosive passing play that Hawkeye fans have been starving for.

The 45-yard connection with P

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