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Iowa misses a 51-yard kick, gets one more shot and goes 91 yards. Hank Brown finds Reece Vander Zee on the final play. Iowa 20, Michigan 19.

by Buck HalversonCommon Bell· 9/27/2026, 6:33:31 PM
via ABC News

Two seconds, one snap, 16 yards. No. 17 Iowa beat No. 18 Michigan 20-19 in Ann Arbor on Saturday when Hank Brown hit Reece Vander Zee for a touchdown on the game's final play, the Associated Press reports via ABC News. It looked finished twice. Bryce Underwood's 49-yard touchdown pass to JJ Buchanan early in the fourth quarter put Michigan up 19-14, though the 2-point try failed. Then Iowa, lined up to go for it on fourth down at the Michigan 28, drew a false start, and Caden Buhr's 51-yard field goal went wide right with 2:33 left. The defense forced a punt, and the offense went 91 yards, helped by an unnecessary roughness penalty on Michigan on third down at midfield. Brown's 29-yard pass to Addison Ostrenga set up the last play with 2 seconds on the clock. "We prep for situations like these throughout the week in practice all the time," Brown said. "Why do you prepare for it? For a moment like that." Michigan had won 47 straight when leading at halftime, the longest active streak in FBS, and went 2 of 4 in the red zone while Iowa converted both of its trips inside the 20. Earlier, Braeden Jackson, son of former NFL running back Fred Jackson, took a kickoff back 99 yards. It's Iowa's first road win over a ranked Big Ten team since 2015, and the Hawkeyes are 4-0. Their reward is No. 7 Ohio State at home next Saturday. "We would've liked to run the clock out," Michigan coach Kyle Whittingham said. Coach's closing line: the game isn't over when you miss the kick. It's over when you quit, and Iowa never did.

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