IOWA CITY – Senior Nate Stanley threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns, Toren Young added a career-high 131 yards rushing and 14th-ranked Iowa throttled Middle Tennessee 48-3 on Saturday, moving to 4-0 for the third time in 10 years.
Brandon Smith caught both of Stanley's touchdown throws for the Hawkeyes.
Iowa gained 644 yards ahead of a two-week stretch in which the Hawkeyes travel to No. 20 Michigan and host 12th-ranked Penn State. The Hawkeyes looked ready for that gauntlet against Middle Tennessee (1-3), going 10-fror-16 on third downs, 3-for-3 on fourth downs and 6-for-6 in the red zone.
Iowa also didn't commit a turnover for the third game in a row.
"For the most part, we controlled every phase of the game, which was good to see," coach Kirk Ferentz said. "We're playing clean football right now."
Iowa racked up 358 of those yards in the first half and scored on its first four drives, a stretch headlined by an 18-yard touchdown throw from Stanley to Smith, to jump ahead 24-0 midway through the second quarter.
Ihmir Smith-Marsette's 14-yard touchdown run off a jet sweep pushed Iowa's lead to 34-3 with 2:19 left in the third quarter.
The Hawkeyes rushed for 351 yards on 51 carries.
