Iowa falls to Nebraska 20-7 in inaugural Heroes Game

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes in the inaugural Heroes Game, 20-7, in Lincoln.

Iowa's offense never got off the ground against the Blackshirts, failing to reach the endzone until the closing minutes of the game.

The loss dropped the Hawkeyes to 7-5 overall and 4-4 in Big Ten play.

Michigan State had locked up the Legends division title the previous week with a 55-3 stomping of Indiana.

The bowl schedule will be announced on Dec. 4.

For postgame analysis, videos and photos follow the blogs of The Gazette's Marc Morehouse, Mike Hlas and Scott Dochterman.

Check out Morehouse at http://thegazette.com/category/blogs/on-iowa/

Or see what Hlas has to say at http://thegazette.com/category/blogs/the-hlog/

Step into Doc's office at http://thegazette.com/category/blogs/docs-office/

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