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Iowa football defeated Rutgers 38-28, showing significant growth after a previous loss to Iowa State.

Quarterback Mark Gronowski had a standout performance with 186 passing yards and three rushing touchdowns.

The victory marked an important step in the team's development, keeping hopes alive for a successful season.

Needing a field goal to tie or a touchdown to take the lead, Iowa football went down quietly in Ames a couple of weeks ago.

The Hawkeyes’ offense had a chance to come up big in the clutch but instead went nowhere: short completion, sack, sack, incompletion. That essentially sealed Iowa State’s three-point Cy-Hawk win on Sept. 6.

The circumstances weren’t exactly the same on Sept. 19 in Piscataway, N.J. Iowa had much more time left to work with after

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