Senior day ended on a high note as the Iowa Hawkeyes survived against Michigan State.
Head coach Jonathan Smith's Spartans had lost seven straight games heading into Kinnick Stadium as they were winless in Big Ten play. Iowa may have jumped out to a 7-0 lead, but it wasn't thanks to their offense.
. The offense remained nonexistent for most of the game as MSU took a 17-7 lead. What could've been a disaster turned into aUltimately, there's a reason not many teams were looking at fifth-year senior quarterback Mark Gronowski in the transfer portal. Iowa decided to take a chance on the two time FCS Champion, and upon doing so he became the all-time winningest QB in college football history. Gronowski made plenty of mistakes, but when his team needed him the most, he stepped up. Gronowski delivered two absolute darts, one for a late touchdown and the other to set up a game winning field goal. He still loves to use his legs, but without those two throws, Iowa would've suffered their most disappointing loss in recent memory.Knowing Michigan State's quarterbacks were banged up coming into this game, Iowa didn't let them have anything easy. This was an extremely physical game, and most of that was due to the Hawkeyes constantly attacking freshman QB Alessio Milivojevic. The Hawkeyes finished with a pair of sacks and an astonishing seven tackles for loss. After their defense failed to clutch up in the past two weeks, they did their part and forced a MSU punt on 4th and 2 with under a minute remaining. Smith's decision to punt came back to cost them, but nothing was coming easy against this Hawkeyes defense.November 22, 2025 Wetjen will go down as one of the standouts of this 2025 season. Without him on special teams, who knows where this team would be. He became the first player in B1G history to have three punt return touchdowns and a kick return touchdown in a single season. Not only that, but Wetjen broke Tim Dwight's school record with six career return touchdowns. His contributions on special teams don't go unnoticed, and if his touchdown wasn't enough, he was a huge part of setting up the game tying touchdown down the stretch.Jordon Lawrenz serves as the Eastern United States College Recruiting beat writer On SI. Jordon is an accomplished writer covering the NFL, MLB, and college football/basketball. He has contributed to PFSN’s and Heavy’s NFL coverage. Having graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay with a Sports Communication and Journalism degree, Jordon fully embraced the sports writing lifestyle upon his relocation to Florida.
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