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Defense spurs Iowa in Orange Bowl victory
Run-stopping was the key to Iowa's victory in the Orange Bowl on Tuesday night, as the defense slowed Georgia Tech's triple option. Iowa did just about everything right in its 24-14 win over Georgia Tech in the 76th Orange Bowl on Tuesday night. The Hawkeyes defense stopped the Yellow Jackets' triple-option attack, which was the nation's No. 2 rushing offense.
The Iowa offense started fast with 14 first-quarter points and made timely plays late in the game to secure the victory. About the only thing Iowa -- or rather its coach, Kirk Ferentz -- didn't do right came in the postgame news conference, when Ferentz named the wrong opponent his team had just beaten.
This was a different challenge,'' Ferentz said of stopping the triple option, an offense his team had never faced in his 11 years at Iowa. ``. . . Our whole group up front did a good job. Everybody played great football. That's what it takes against a team like Georgia Tech. They put the pressure on all 11 guys
