Minnesota Beats No. 15 Iowa 13-10 on Drzewiecki 46 Yard Field Goal as Time Expires

Minnesota beat No. 15 Iowa 13-10 at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Saturday, October 24, 2026. Luke Drzewiecki kicked a 46 yard field goal as time expired for the winning points. The kick was his second field goal of the game and gave Minnesota a win built on one touchdown and two field goals against one touchdown and one field goal for Iowa.

Drzewiecki opened the scoring with a 31 yard field goal in the first quarter. Iowa tied the game 3-3 in the second quarter. Minnesota scored the only points of the third quarter on a rushing touchdown by Darius Taylor, and Iowa tied the game again in the fourth quarter before Drzewiecki's final kick. The quarter scores were Minnesota 3, 0, 7, 3 and Iowa 0, 3, 0, 7. Drzewiecki was 2 of 2 on field goals and 1 of 1 on extra points.

A 39 yard completion sets up the winning kick

The winning drive started at Minnesota's own 27 yard line with 1:39 left, after a 53 yard punt by Boston Everitt. Drake Lindsey completed a 39 yard pass to Jalen Smith to the Iowa 28 yard line. A holding penalty then pushed Minnesota back to third and 13. Darius Taylor ran for 2 yards to the Iowa 29, and Drzewiecki kicked the 46 yard field goal as time expired.

Taylor scored Minnesota's touchdown on a rushing play. In the Sportradar statistics he had 12 carries for 20 yards. Reece Vander Zee scored Iowa's touchdown and had 4 catches for 69 yards for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa uses two quarterbacks and throws two interceptions

Iowa used two quarterbacks. Jeremy Hecklinski, starting for the second time in his career, completed 9 of 16 passes for 62 yards with an interception in the first half. Hank Brown completed 6 of 10 passes in the second half and also threw an interception. Neither quarterback threw a touchdown pass in the reports used for this article, and Iowa's only touchdown came from Vander Zee.

The final score is 13-10 on the records that agree. Hawk Central marked the game FINAL at 13-10, and Sportradar listed the same winner, the same quarter table, and kicking totals that add to 13 for Minnesota and 10 for Iowa. A summary line elsewhere that read 17-14 does not match those records and is not used here.

Minnesota won the game in the last 99 seconds. Lindsey's completion to Smith moved the ball from Minnesota territory to the Iowa 28 in one play, and even after the holding penalty and a short Taylor run, Drzewiecki had a kick he made from 46 yards with no time left.