Saturday's Notebook: Injury Ends Smith's Big Day

IOWA CITY — Iowa wide receiver Brandon Smith had a career day in Saturday's 26-20 win over Purdue at Kinnick Stadium, but he left the game with an injury late in the fourth quarter.

"As far as the injury goes, so far it's positive," Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. "They did a fluoro or whatever, but sounds like maybe a bone bruise or kick or that type of thing so we'll keep our fingers crossed on that."

Smith set career highs in receptions (9) and receiving yards (106). It was his first career 100-yard receiving game.

"Yeah, some of the big plays, obviously, were involving him," Ferentz said.

Other Iowa notes:

• Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley made his 33rd consecutive start, the second longest streak by a Hawkeye QB in program history (Chuck Long, 47).

• Stanley passed for 260 yards, raising his career total to 7,122. He passed Chuck Hartlieb (6,934) for fourth in school history. Stanley totaled 269 yards of offense, raising his career total to 6,989 yards of total offense, fourth all-time. He passed Matt Rodgers (6,855) on Iowa's all-time list.

• Defensive lineman John Waggoner's 7-yard sack in the second quarter was his first career tackle.

• Running back Tyler Goodson's 1-yard touchdown rush in the third quarter was the first touchdown of his career.

• Wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette caught 3 passes for 57 yards. He has 991 career receiving yards, closing in on becoming the 42nd player in program history to reach 1,000 yards receiving.

• Linebacker Dillon Doyle made his first career start, replacing Kristian Welch, who was injured in last Saturday's 17-12 loss to Penn State.

• Running back Mekhi Sargent's 14-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter ties for Iowa's longest touchdown rush of the season. Iowa has nine touchdown rushes this season.

• Kicker Keith Duncan connected on four field goals (30, 44, 42, 38). He is 10-11 on field-goal tries of 40 yards or more this season

• Michael Sleep-Dalton's 63-yard punt in the fourth quarter was a season-long.

• Defensive back Matt Hankins recovered a fumble in the second quarter. Safety Geno Stone forced the fumble. It was the first career fumble recovery by Hankins, the third career forced fumble for Stone.

• Iowa's defense allowed 33 yards rushing, the lowest total allowed against a Big Ten team since holding Minnesota to 30 yards rushing in 2013. Purdue rushed 18 times, the third lowest total by any opponent in the Ferentz era.

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