2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team The 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Hawkeyes , led by 12th year head coach Kirk Ferentz , were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City , Iowa . Iowa came off of a 11 – 2 season in 2009 , in which they finished with a number 7 ranking and a victory over Georgia Tech in the 2010 Orange Bowl . Many players from the previous season returned , including Ricky Stanzi , Derrell Johnson - Koulianos , Marvin McNutt , Adrian Clayborn and Tyler Sash , which led to high expectations among Hawkeye fans . The Hawkeyes finished the regular season 7 – 5 ( 4 – 4 Big Ten ) and earned a trip to the Insight Bowl , where they faced the Missouri Tigers . The Hawkeyes won the game 27 – 24 and finished the season 8 – 5 . Regular season . Eastern Illinois . " at Kinnick Stadium , Iowa City , Iowa " Running back Adam Robinson carried the ball 24 times for 109 yards and 3 touchdowns , while Stanzi , the quarterback , threw for 229 yards and one touchdown as the Hawkeyes won with relative ease . Also scoring for Iowa was Paki O ' Meara , who blocked an Eastern Illinois punt and returned it 16 yards . Trailing 21 - 0 , Eastern Illinois ' only points came on a second - quarter drive that included a fake punt and an 11 - yard touchdown pass from Brandon Large to Von Wise . On the next possession , Stanzi took a tumble onto the turf and limped off to the sidelines , creating concern among the sellout crowd , but Robinson and backup James Vandenberg would lead them down the field for another score . Stanzi would later return . Iowa State . " at Kinnick Stadium , Iowa City , Iowa " From the get - go , the Hawkeyes were in control of the game , receiving the opening kickoff and scoring seven minutes later on a 9 - yard Marvin McNutt pass from Ricky Stanzi . Iowa State would see the ball for just 1 : 26 in the first quarter , going three and out on their only drive , giving it back to Iowa , who would increase its lead to 14 - 0 on the next possession , which lasted into the early second quarter . In all , Iowa possessed the ball for over 35 minutes , passing for 275 yards and rushing for another 204 along the way . The Cyclones , meanwhile , endured a replica of the poor performance they put forward against Iowa in 2009 , being limited to 179 yards in three quarters . Quarterback Austen Arnaud , who threw for four interceptions in that game , was picked off three more times this year . However , after going 17 quarters without scoring an offensive touchdown against Iowa , ISU finally found the end zone with 1 : 46 remaining in the game , on an 8 - yard touchdown pass from Arnaud to Darrius Darks . Ohio State . In July 2011 Ohio State vacated all of their 2010 victories in response to the NCAA infractions committed by five players , which Coach Jim Tressel had covered up at the time . This included their victory against the Hawkeyes . Missouri ( Insight Bowl ) . @ Tempe , AZ Despite the disappointing season , Iowa mopped up Missouri , the third place Big 12 Conference team , 27 - 24 to end the season on a high note .