IOWA CITY — The recipe for an Iowa football upset special against No. 12 Indiana was about to become reality.

And then … the Hawkeyes threw the game away.

All Iowa needed was a 5-yard completion to all but seal a victory at Kinnick Stadium. But backup quarterback Hank Brown flipped a screen pass wide left, Drew Stevens’ subsequent field-goal attempt also went wide left, and the Hoosiers took advantage by marching their way to a 20-15 victory before 69,250 disappointed fans at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 27.

Elijah Sarratt’s 49-yard touchdown catch on third-and-10 with 1 minute, 28 seconds left was the difference. Sarratt beat one-on-one coverage from Deshaun Lee, and quarterback Fernando Mendoza delivered a strike over the middle to break a 13-13 tie, sending the Hawkeyes into thei

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