Iowa leads South Dakota State 5-3, has a football game ever ended 5-3?

The Iowa Hawkeyes took a lead on the South Dakota State Jackrabbits in the third quarter of their FBS vs. FCS matchup in the most Iowa Way possible: A punt pinned on the 1-yard line led to a safety to give the Big Ten team a 5-3 lead in the second half of a college football game in 2022.

Iowa's Tory Taylor had the punt from midfield, and SDSU's Isaiah Davis lost the yard on the first play from scrimmage after the kick.

Since this is Iowa and we know they won't score for a bit, you might be asking yourself “has a college football game ever ended 5-3?” And here's what we know:

Yes, some game has ended 5-3. This handy Scorigami chart for college football has the 5-3 square blocked out, so it indeed has happened. But we haven't quite found a list of games with this unusual final number.

But yes, an Iowa football game might end with a total of eight (8) points scored. Nothing can be more appropriate in the Kirk Ferentz Era.

  
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