Live from Kinnick Stadium, the Register's Chad Leistikow and Tyler Tachman dissect Iowa 's 18-16 loss to Oregon on a last-second field goal from Atticus Sappington.A tug-of-war ensued for four quarters, with neither team leading by more than nine points all afternoon. It appeared Iowa (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten Conference) had landed the final blow when Mark Gronowski scored on a fourth-down quarterback draw with 1:51 left. The two-point conversion, though, was unsuccessful after Kamari Moulton was just out of bounds on a tipped pass. That gave Oregon (8-1, 5-1) an opening to swipe things late.

The Iowa defense could’ve escaped late with one final stop, but Oregon’s potent ground attack prevented the Hawkeyes from pulling this riveting upset. A 261-yard ground performance, buoyed by Noah Whittin

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