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Baggot: Five things to know – Badgers battle for Heartland Trophy

Baggot: Five things to know - Badgers battle for Heartland Trophy


Check out these scores from the last 20 games pitting the Wisconsin football team versus Iowa.

UW has knocked off the Hawkeyes 10 times going back 22 years: 27-7, 24-22, 28-17, 38-14, 17-9, 26-24, 28-9, 31-30, 38-16, 17-13 and 24-21.

The Badgers have also fallen to Iowa 10 times going back to 2002: 15-6, 24-10, 28-7, 10-6, 20-10, 38-16, 20-10, 30-7, 27-21 and 20-3.

A closer look shows the Badgers have scored 96 points (9.6 ppg) in their 10 losses, five of which saw them score in single digits. In its 10 wins, Wisconsin has scored 298 points (29.8 ppg), which includes seven outings of at least 25 points.

Which teams will show up for this Big Ten Conference duel at 6:30 p.m. at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa? It sure looks like more of the same.

Wisconsin (5-3 overall, 3-2 in the Big Ten) and the Hawkeyes (5-3, 3-2) have remarkably similar statistics.

Scoring offense? Iowa 29 and the Badgers 27.

Scoring defense? UW 19.0 and the Hawkeyes 19.0

Total defense: Wisconsin 311, Iowa 316.

Here are five more things to know:

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