IOWA CITY — Iowa more than doubled its season passing output in week three.

The Hawkeyes, who mustered 131 passing yards, the second least in the country, through the first two games, racked up 234 air yards in a 47-7 win over UMass in week three.

On Tuesday, head coach Kirk Ferentz called the performance a step forward.

“Three weeks into it, I think there’s been progress each week, especially what we see in practice,” Ferentz said. “… (There are) still things we can get better at, ball placement at times could be better, and then if you get your hands on a ball, you’d sure like to think we can come up with it.

“If we’re going to move forward, we have to do a little better job with both those things.”

According to Ferentz, Iowa’s passing attack suffered from a “protection buster” duri

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