Play of the Game: Koehn is Able

DOWN, DISTANCE:

Fourth and 2 at Pittsburgh's 39

SCORE/TIME

: Game tied 24-24, 0:02 left in the game

FORMATION, PERSONNEL

: Iowa - traditional field goal formation; Pittsburgh - 10 at the line of scrimmage, one deep returner

WHAT HAPPENED

: Iowa kicker Marshall Koehn drilled a 57-yard field goal as time expired. It was the second-longest kick in Iowa football history.

WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT:

The score gave Iowa a three-point victory.

THE QUOTE 1

: 'I was on the sidelines, I was watching the kick. I had full faith that Marshall has the leg to nail that kick. They called a timeout. The first time he mishit it and he still almost made it. It was a mistake on their part when I saw they called a timeout. I was like, ‘Man, he's going to hit this next one. There's almost no doubt in my mind he's going to hit it.' It's one of the best feelings I've ever felt when he hit that field goal.” - Iowa QB C.J. Beathard

THE QUOTE 2

: 'It's crazy, I was on YouTube and I was looking up the Daniel Murray kick (against Penn State in 2008) this past week before we were in the hotel, and it was just a moment I wanted to experience and that's a guy I've always looked up to and that was a great kick in Iowa history. I just wanted to watch that kick because it's an amazing kick and an amazing play. Maybe I would get the chance to do that and tonight happened to be the night.” - Iowa kicker Marshall Koehn

THE QUOTE 3

: 'There was, you know, whatever you do, it doesn't work, then you're wrong, I guess, one of those deals. But didn't seem to faze him at all. It looked like a Rob Houghtlin moment, quite frankly, out there when he looked over at our bench. It looked like he was pretty confident.” - Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz

THE ANALYSIS

: Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard scrambled for eight yards on third-and-10 to put the Hawkeyes on the Pitt 39-yard line and immediately called Iowa's final timeout. Iowa lined up on the left hash mark and right before the snap, Pitt Coach Pat Narduzzi called timeout. That negated Koehn's short field-goal attempt, which could have been returned by Pitt wide receiver Tyler Boyd. The timeout allowed Koehn to get a second shot at the field goal. He drilled it through the uprights with about five yards to spare to give Iowa its first 3-0 start in six years.

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