Today marks the first game of the 2023 season the Hawkeyes will take the field without their new starting QB after former Michigan starter Cade McNamara tore his ACL on Iowa’s second drive of the game against Michigan State in week five.
In McNamara’s absence, backup Deacon Hill, himself a transfer from Wisconsin, came on in relief and finished the day 11 of 27 passing for 115 yards with one TD and one interception. The performance wasn’t spectacular, but it was perhaps better than the stats showed. Iowa receivers dropped six passes that were largely on the money and would have raised Hill’s completion percentage from 41% to 63%.