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Dominating defense, Iowa forces five turnovers in shutout – American Press
Dominating protection, Iowa forces 5 turnovers in shutout
Printed 8:00 am Saturday, September 10, 2022
- The Yellow Jackets’ Connor Roy, No. 49, stops Rayne working again Darian Chevalier for a loss Friday evening at Iowa Excessive College. (Dennis Babineaux / Particular to the American Press)
By Damian Juneau
Particular to American Press
IOWA — The Iowa Yellow Jackets used a stellar defensive efficiency Friday evening in taking a 43-0 shutout victory over the Rayne Wolves.
Iowa (2-0) compelled two fumbles and got here away with three interceptions, two by Joe Natali. Iowa additionally restricted to Rayne (1-1) to 52 dashing yards and 90 passing yards.
“I couldn’t be prouder of our protection with the way in which they stepped up tonight they usually performed an entire sport,” stated Iowa head coach Tommy Johns. “We talked about it coming in that we must get some turnovers, and we have been capable of that.
“They do an awesome job over at Rayne with the offense they usually offered us some issues on protection at occasions. To have the ability to do some issues in opposition to a few of the offensive weapons they’ve, I couldn’t be happier.”
The Yellow Jackets wasted little time scoring on the opening drive. The drive took greater than 6 minutes when Cole Corbello scored on a 9-yard run for a 7-0 lead.
Iowa’s protection held Rayne’s offense out of sync all through the primary half as they have been unable to get into Iowa territory. Iowa took a 15-0 lead on a 49-yard rating by Ronald Younger with 5:24 to play within the second quarter.
The ultimate landing of the primary half got here on a 68-yard run by Johnathon Walker to offer Iowa a 22-0 lead with 3:36 to play.
The Yellow Jackets’ protection continued the strain early within the third quarter. Cohen Charles intercepted a Dylan Judice move and returned it 23 yards to offer Iowa a 29-0 lead with 9:38 to play within the quarter.
Younger scored his second landing late within the quarter on a 33-yard run with 3:46 to play. The ultimate rating of the sport got here with 2:09 left when J’Vien Fontenot scored on a 90-yard run.
Iowa completed with 315 dashing yards and 46 passing yards. Younger completed with 142 yards on 14 carries.
“We preached to our offense all week that we needed to get off to a fast begin,” Johns stated. “Final week we have been a little bit sluggish however that was one thing to get on these guys as fast as attainable and we held on.”
Rayne was led by Juwan Daniel’s 51 yards dashing on 14 carries.