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Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz talks turnovers, scouting Purdue

IOWA CITY — Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz was pleased with his team's performance in its 24-10 win over Northwestern, except for one thing — turnovers.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 10, 2026, 9:13 PM UTC
Key points
  • "We really don't know, but then the bigger picture is too is that (Purdue head coach Barry Odom is) a defensive coach.
  • The most impressive things to Ferentz, though, are Purdue's "turnover-takeaway margin and the same thing with penalties." "A lot of times, those things don't always match up," Ferentz said of the margins on takeaways and penalties.
  • "But they've done a really good job of that." Purdue fired former defensive coordinator Kevin Kane last week after the team's loss to Maryland, where they gave up 27 points in the second half.

He's a really good coach, was a good defensive coach, I can't imagine the structure is going to change a lot." Ferentz on the running back room's success Five Hawkeye running backs have rushed for over 100 yards this season: Kamari Moulton, L.J.

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  • To me, it's concentration, and again, it's tackling too." Ferentz is optimistic, though, that the Hawkeyes will do a better job as they approach the last few games of the season.
  • With a new person calling the plays for the Boilermakers' defense, Ferentz and the Hawkeyes have to prep for just about every possibility.
  • "I don't think I've ever been involved in a season where you have five backs that have had 100-yard gains," Ferentz said.
  • "That's hard to do." Ferentz said that success comes from the players, everyone is stepping up and doing their jobs.
  • But if you get guys doing some things that maybe they think they could, then you know, all of a sudden, you start to, you know, gain a little traction." This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register:.

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