Conference Finals, 2025

played in Louisiana, LA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Iowa Bulls	3	3	0	7	-	13
Louisiana Pirates	0	0	3	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:52 IOW - Bucky Baxter 19 field goal
2Q: 11:24 IOW - Bucky Baxter 40 field goal
3Q: 01:56 LOU - Jeffrey Burroughs 41 field goal
4Q: 11:59 IOW - Tyrone Kinney 6 run (Bucky Baxter extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:52 IOW - Bucky Baxter 19 field goal
2Q: 11:24 IOW - Bucky Baxter 40 field goal
3Q: 01:56 LOU - Jeffrey Burroughs 41 field goal
4Q: 11:59 IOW - Tyrone Kinney 6 run (Bucky Baxter extra point)

Team Statistics IOW LOU
Record 13-6 13-5
First Downs 15 15
- by Rushing 10 2
- by Passing 5 13
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 261 281
- Offensive Plays 61 77
- Yards per Play 4.28 3.65
Net Rushing Yards 165 76
- Rushing Attempts 32 19
- Yards per Rush 5.16 4.00
Net Passing Yards 96 205
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 16 - 0 56 - 25 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 105 216
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/9 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 3.31 3.53
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 7/21
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.5 9.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 3/5
Penalties/Yards 4/25 8/55
Punt Returns/Yards 4/77 3/26
Kick Returns/Yards 1/31 4/61
Interception Ret./Yards 2/16 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 24
Time of Possession 29:53 30:07

Team Statistics	IOW	LOU
Record	13-6	13-5
First Downs	15	15
- by Rushing	10	2
- by Passing	5	13
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	261	281
- Offensive Plays	61	77
- Yards per Play	4.28	3.65
Net Rushing Yards	165	76
- Rushing Attempts	32	19
- Yards per Rush	5.16	4.00
Net Passing Yards	96	205
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 16 - 0	56 - 25 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	105	216
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/9	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	3.31	3.53
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	7/21
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.5	9.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	3/5
Penalties/Yards	4/25	8/55
Punt Returns/Yards	4/77	3/26
Kick Returns/Yards	1/31	4/61
Interception Ret./Yards	2/16	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 36	OWN 24
Time of Possession	29:53	30:07

Drive Charts

Iowa Bulls
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:15	OWN 20	12	78	Field Goal
1	4:21	0:53	OWN 37	3	5	Punt
1	2:23	3:27	OWN 33	6	8	Punt
2	13:13	1:57	OPP 29	3	6	Field Goal
2	7:41	2:40	OWN 42	4	15	Punt
2	1:50	1:26	OWN 29	5	40	Missed FG
3	12:40	2:58	OWN 37	5	18	Punt
3	4:50	0:50	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
3	1:48	4:57	OWN 44	10	56	Touchdown
4	10:44	2:11	OWN 43	6	17	Punt
4	2:37	0:32	OWN 3	3	8	Punt
4	0:36	0:36	OPP 42	1	-2	Game

Louisiana Pirates
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:45	4:24	OWN 18	9	18	Punt
1	3:28	1:05	OWN 21	3	4	Punt
2	13:56	0:43	OWN 17	3	1	Interception
2	11:16	3:35	OWN 25	6	21	Punt
2	5:01	3:11	OWN 20	6	3	Punt
2	0:24	0:24	OWN 38	2	-3	Half
3	15:00	2:20	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	9:42	4:52	OWN 20	12	76	Interception
3	4:00	2:12	OWN 36	4	40	Field Goal
4	11:51	1:07	OWN 16	3	0	Punt
4	8:33	5:56	OWN 20	20	77	Downs
4	2:05	1:29	OWN 41	6	1	Downs

Game MVP: Gus Domsten, Iowa Bulls

Rushing Statistics

Iowa	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Gus Domsten	20	117	5.85	24	5	0
Tyrone Kinney	11	50	4.55	17	1	1
Josh Gruden	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Louisiana	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
B.J. Brandon	12	54	4.50	26	1
Leroy Rickles	6	12	2.00	6	0
Karl Matthews	1	10	10.00	10	1

Passing Statistics

Iowa	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Josh Gruden	28	16	105	1/9	0	16	0	65.3

Louisiana	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Karl Matthews	56	25	216	2/11	0	35	2	40.4

Receiving Statistics

Iowa	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Gus Domsten	3	5	6	2.00	3	3
FB Charles Mahoney	3	5	15	5.00	7	8
WR Floyd Horton	2	4	14	7.00	0	9
TE Paul Prior	2	3	15	7.50	0	8
RB Tyrone Kinney	2	3	11	5.50	4	8
WR Troy Wiggins	2	3	23	11.50	8	16
WR Earl Jordan	2	3	21	10.50	4	15
TE Ricardo Andruzzi	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Tony Sotiroff	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Louisiana	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Tyrus Rasmussen	11	18	140	12.73	24	35
WR Jared Schultz	3	8	4	1.33	1	4
TE Roy Cress	3	4	11	3.67	0	6
WR Tim Selby	3	10	47	15.67	9	33
TE Donnell Shrawder	2	2	9	4.50	2	7
RB B.J. Brandon	1	1	9	9.00	5	9
WR Bryan Edwards	1	5	-3	-3.00	0	-3
RB Leroy Rickles	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1
FB Lamar Harriman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Martin Bishop	0	5	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Iowa	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Sherman Palmer	1	0	0.00	0
CB Steve Ward	1	16	16.00	0

Louisiana	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Iowa	Fumb	Recov	Force
Steve Ward	1	0	0
Agile Abe McWilliams	0	1	0
Marcus Craig	0	0	1

Louisiana	Fumb	Recov	Force
Karl Matthews	1	0	0
Donnell Merkerson	0	1	0
Bryan Edwards	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Iowa	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rodney Brown	7	323	46.1	33.9	51	2

Louisiana	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Eric Stone	6	287	47.8	35.0	62	3

Kicking Statistics

Iowa	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bucky Baxter	2/3	1/2	0/0	40	1/1

Louisiana	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jeffrey Burroughs	1/1	1/1	0/0	41	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Iowa	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steve Ward	4	77	19.3	0

Louisiana	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernard Connell	3	26	8.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Iowa	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sherman Palmer	1	31	31.0	0

Louisiana	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lorenzo Hackett	4	61	15.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Iowa	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Riddick Chiang	7	2	0.0	16	50
ILB Jerry Wolfe	6	1	0.0	17	51
OLB Steven Finley	5	0	0.0	13	32
CB Josh Lyons	4	3	0.0	11	45
S Howard Henry	4	0	0.0	19	42
CB Sherman Palmer	3	1	0.0	17	52
CB Jimmie Fuller	3	0	0.0	12	46
DE Charles Talley	2	0	1.0	3	14
DT Phillip Jarboe	2	0	0.0	15	51
OLB Deon Schwartz	2	0	0.0	11	29
OLB Duane Henson	2	0	0.0	3	10
CB Randall Meade	2	0	0.0	5	24
ILB Marcus Craig	1	0	1.0	2	5
CB Steve Ward	1	1	0.0	7	18
S Duane Owens	1	0	0.0	4	22
DT Ross Hartman	1	0	0.0	16	39
DE Rico Oswalt	0	1	0.0	6	16
DT Ty Stover	0	1	0.0	11	34

Louisiana	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Marcus Cunningham	6	0	1.0	23	19
S Ed Mueller	6	2	0.0	20	26
OLB Nolan Moynihan	5	3	0.0	20	24
ILB Jay Ingram	5	1	0.0	8	11
CB Calvin Turner	4	1	0.0	24	21
CB Lorenzo Hackett	3	1	0.0	24	22
CB Otis Manns	2	1	0.0	24	18
S Korey Wasson	2	1	0.0	32	29
S Dan Lopes	2	1	0.0	13	12
DT Arnold Grier	2	1	0.0	13	9
DE Jeremy Duda	2	1	0.0	22	20
DT Erik Money	2	0	0.0	16	11
DE Will Lofton	2	0	0.0	16	16
DT Gary Vines	2	0	0.0	31	27
OLB Derrick Sommerfeld	1	2	0.0	25	17
OLB Dave Stuart	1	1	0.0	16	10
WR Jared Schultz	1	0	---	---	---
QB Karl Matthews	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Jamal Harper	0	1	0.0	6	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Iowa	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Charles Talley	1.0	0	0	14
ILB Marcus Craig	1.0	0	0	5
DT Phillip Jarboe	0.0	1	1	51
DT Ross Hartman	0.0	1	0	39
ILB Jerry Wolfe	0.0	0	2	51
DE Brent Churchill	0.0	0	1	33
DT Ty Stover	0.0	0	1	34

Louisiana	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Marcus Cunningham	1.0	2	0	19
DT Gary Vines	0.0	2	1	27
OLB Dave Stuart	0.0	1	0	10
OLB Nolan Moynihan	0.0	1	0	24

Pass Defense Statistics

Iowa	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Josh Lyons	4	3	0	45
CB Sherman Palmer	3	2	1	52
CB Jimmie Fuller	3	2	0	46
S Riddick Chiang	2	2	0	50
ILB Jerry Wolfe	2	1	0	51
OLB Deon Schwartz	2	1	0	29
OLB Steven Finley	2	0	0	32
S Howard Henry	1	2	0	42
CB Steve Ward	1	0	1	18
DE Charles Talley	1	0	0	14
DT Phillip Jarboe	1	0	0	51
S Duane Owens	1	0	0	22
DT Ross Hartman	1	0	0	39
OLB Duane Henson	1	0	0	10
CB Randall Meade	0	1	0	24

Louisiana	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Nolan Moynihan	4	1	24
ILB Jay Ingram	3	0	11
S Dan Lopes	2	0	12
CB Calvin Turner	2	0	21
OLB Dave Stuart	1	1	10
S Korey Wasson	1	1	29
DE Marcus Cunningham	1	0	19
S Ed Mueller	1	0	26
CB Lorenzo Hackett	1	0	22

Blocking Statistics

Iowa	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Darrin Barlow	4	7	1	30	0	29
Charlie Conaty	4	6	1	24	1	20
Russell Calvin	3	6	0	23	0	21
Howie Morton	1	2	0	31	0	28
Charles Mahoney	1	1	0	16	0	14
Marlon Gracia	1	1	0	11	0	9
Paul Prior	1	1	0	27	0	17
Darren Jefferson	0	5	0	32	0	29
Mickey Cote	0	2	0	8	0	9

Louisiana	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kendrick Ogden	2	5	18	1	50
Lawrence Noyes	1	2	17	1	54
Randy Tchoukaleff	0	9	18	0	50
Bob Nager	0	1	15	0	50
A.J. Durham	0	1	3	0	12

Special Teams Tackles

Iowa	Tackles	STPlays
Josh Lyons	2	25
Ricardo Andruzzi	1	16
Tony Sotiroff	1	15
Marlon Gracia	1	14
Agile Abe McWilliams	1	10
Trevor Ayala	1	3

Louisiana	Tackles	STPlays
Shannon Yazzie	2	12
Bryan Edwards	2	12
Cornelius Robbins	1	10

Participation

Iowa	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Josh Lyons	---	---	11	45	25	81
Sherman Palmer	---	---	17	52	2	71
Darren Jefferson	32	29	---	---	10	71
Jerry Wolfe	---	---	17	51	1	69
Phillip Jarboe	---	---	15	51	1	67
Riddick Chiang	---	---	16	50	1	67
Howard Henry	---	---	19	42	2	63
Josh Gruden	32	29	---	---	---	61
Jimmie Fuller	---	---	12	46	1	59
Darrin Barlow	30	29	---	---	---	59
Howie Morton	31	28	---	---	---	59
Ross Hartman	---	---	16	39	2	57
Charlie Conaty	24	20	---	---	10	54
Brent Churchill	---	---	13	33	1	47
Ty Stover	---	---	11	34	2	47
Paul Prior	27	17	---	---	2	46
Steven Finley	---	---	13	32	---	45
Russell Calvin	23	21	---	---	---	44
Ricardo Andruzzi	14	12	---	---	16	42
Earl Jordan	19	21	---	---	1	41
Deon Schwartz	---	---	11	29	---	40
Randall Meade	---	---	5	24	11	40
Gus Domsten	20	18	---	---	1	39
Charles Mahoney	16	14	---	---	8	38
Grant Brockway	---	---	8	25	3	36
Marlon Gracia	11	9	---	---	14	34
Agile Abe McWilliams	11	12	---	---	10	33
Troy Wiggins	14	15	---	---	4	33
Floyd Horton	15	15	---	---	1	31
Duane Henson	---	---	3	10	18	31
Steve Ward	---	---	7	18	6	31
Tyrone Kinney	12	10	---	---	8	30
Melvin Farmer	9	8	---	---	10	27
Duane Owens	---	---	4	22	---	26
Charles Talley	---	---	3	14	8	25
Mickey Cote	8	9	---	---	7	24
Rico Oswalt	---	---	6	16	1	23
Gary Hite	0	0	---	---	20	20
Tony Sotiroff	1	2	---	---	15	18
Myron Martinez	2	0	---	---	10	12
Marcus Craig	---	---	2	5	1	8
Bucky Baxter	0	0	---	---	7	7
Rodney Brown	0	0	---	---	7	7
Trevor Ayala	1	1	---	---	3	5
Louie Garrett	0	0	---	---	3	3
Grady Merrell	0	0	---	---	---	0

Louisiana	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Karl Matthews	19	58	---	---	---	77
Kendrick Ogden	18	50	---	---	7	75
Tyrus Rasmussen	12	47	---	---	13	72
Lawrence Noyes	17	54	---	---	---	71
Bob Nager	15	50	---	---	3	68
Randy Tchoukaleff	18	50	---	---	---	68
Calvin Turner	---	---	24	21	22	67
Korey Wasson	---	---	32	29	3	64
Gary Vines	---	---	31	27	3	61
Cole Randle	17	39	---	---	4	60
Lorenzo Hackett	---	---	24	22	13	59
Tim Selby	12	39	---	---	---	51
Jared Schultz	11	39	---	---	---	50
Otis Manns	---	---	24	18	6	48
Ed Mueller	---	---	20	26	2	48
Nolan Moynihan	---	---	20	24	3	47
Marcus Cunningham	---	---	23	19	4	46
Dave Stuart	---	---	16	10	19	45
Derrick Sommerfeld	---	---	25	17	3	45
Jeremy Duda	---	---	22	20	3	45
B.J. Brandon	13	31	---	---	---	44
Leroy Rickles	6	22	---	---	13	41
Martin Bishop	11	28	---	---	---	39
Will Lofton	---	---	16	16	6	38
Cornelius Robbins	---	---	14	14	10	38
Rex Lavallee	6	24	---	---	7	37
Bryan Edwards	2	23	---	---	12	37
Roy Cress	9	19	---	---	7	35
Erik Money	---	---	16	11	7	34
Donnell Merkerson	12	15	---	---	1	28
Arnold Grier	---	---	13	9	5	27
Dan Lopes	---	---	13	12	1	26
Lamar Harriman	3	8	---	---	13	24
Donnell Shrawder	3	9	---	---	12	24
Shannon Yazzie	1	10	---	---	12	23
A.J. Durham	3	12	---	---	7	22
Jay Ingram	---	---	8	11	1	20
Tyrone Bishop	1	11	---	---	7	19
Jamal Harper	---	---	6	8	2	16
Chuck Madkin	---	---	4	4	---	8
Bernard Connell	0	0	---	---	8	8
Eric Stone	0	0	---	---	7	7
Greg Bunting	---	---	1	1	4	6
Jeffrey Burroughs	0	0	---	---	3	3
Gino Beane	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jon Greer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	89	8.1
Middle	6	16	2.7
Right	14	62	4.4
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	31	15.5
Middle	11	29	2.6
Right	6	16	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Iowa	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Josh Gruden	28	16	0	0	3	3	6	1	0

Louisiana	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Karl Matthews	56	25	4	4	4	14	5	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	6	20	1.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	61	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	2	24	4.8
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	-3	-0.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	14	57	2.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	6	94	7.2
Long (19+ Yds)	16	2	68	4.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Iowa	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
RB Gus Domsten	5	3	0	6	18
FB Charles Mahoney	5	3	0	15	14
WR Floyd Horton	4	2	1	14	15
TE Paul Prior	3	2	1	15	17
RB Tyrone Kinney	3	2	1	11	10
WR Troy Wiggins	3	2	0	23	15
WR Earl Jordan	3	2	0	21	21
TE Ricardo Andruzzi	1	0	0	0	12
WR Tony Sotiroff	1	0	0	0	2

Louisiana	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tyrus Rasmussen	18	11	2	140	3	47
WR Tim Selby	10	3	2	47	1	39
WR Jared Schultz	8	3	0	4	0	39
WR Bryan Edwards	5	1	0	-3	0	23
WR Martin Bishop	5	0	0	0	0	28
TE Roy Cress	4	3	0	11	0	19
RB Leroy Rickles	2	1	0	-1	0	22
TE Donnell Shrawder	2	2	0	9	0	9
RB B.J. Brandon	1	1	0	9	0	31
FB Lamar Harriman	1	0	0	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Iowa	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Gus Domsten	1	1	1.00	5.85
Tyrone Kinney	1	6	6.00	4.55

Louisiana	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
B.J. Brandon	1	2	2.00	4.50
Leroy Rickles	1	6	6.00	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Iowa	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Josh Gruden	6	3	26	4.33	3.75

Louisiana	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Karl Matthews	9	4	15	1.67	3.86

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Iowa	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Gus Domsten	2	1	3	1.50	1.20
TE Paul Prior	1	1	8	8.00	5.00
WR Troy Wiggins	1	0	0	0.00	7.67
WR Earl Jordan	1	1	15	15.00	7.00
WR Tony Sotiroff	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Louisiana	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jared Schultz	2	1	4	2.00	0.50
WR Tim Selby	2	0	0	0.00	4.70
WR Martin Bishop	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB B.J. Brandon	1	1	9	9.00	9.00
TE Roy Cress	1	1	3	3.00	2.75
RB Leroy Rickles	1	1	-1	-1.00	-0.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Iowa	Rushes	Conversions
Gus Domsten	6	4

Louisiana	Rushes	Conversions
B.J. Brandon	1	0
Leroy Rickles	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Iowa	Att	Comp	Conversions
Josh Gruden	8	3	2

Louisiana	Att	Comp	Conversions
Karl Matthews	18	11	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Iowa	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Floyd Horton	3	1	0
FB Charles Mahoney	2	1	1
RB Gus Domsten	1	0	0
RB Tyrone Kinney	1	1	1
TE Ricardo Andruzzi	1	0	0

Louisiana	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tyrus Rasmussen	7	5	3
WR Jared Schultz	4	1	1
WR Tim Selby	3	3	2
TE Roy Cress	1	1	0
WR Bryan Edwards	1	0	0
WR Martin Bishop	1	0	0
TE Donnell Shrawder	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,300 (72,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,500 (19,900)
End Zone 9,700 (14,300)
Mezzanine 5,600 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 8,800 (12,700)
Club Seats 8,300 (14,100)
Luxury Boxes 3,400 (3,400)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,300 (72,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,500 (19,900)
End Zone	9,700 (14,300)
Mezzanine	5,600 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	8,800 (12,700)
Club Seats	8,300 (14,100)
Luxury Boxes	3,400 (3,400)