Jordon Lawrenz, Badgers Wire Wed, October 28, 2026 at 10:20 AM UTC · 1 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Heading into a Week 9 showdown against the newly ranked Wisconsin Badgers , Iowa Hawkeyes head coach cleared the air on his starting quarterback.
On Saturday, Oct. 31, it will indeed be Hank Brown who starts against the Badgers .
This is a Wisconsin defense that hasn't messed around the past few weeks. They held UCLA to just 17 points, though they only scored seven themselves, so that was a heartbreaking loss at the Rose Bowl.
Then, they put together one of the most dominant performances anyone has ever seen against Lincoln Riley , stunning then-ranked No. 15 USC, 24-7.
Iowa is fresh off a surprising loss to unranked Minnesota, but Ferentz elected not to make a QB change.
Brown started the year splitting time with Jeremy Hecklinski, but Hecklinski wasn't able to win that battle, and he's been QB2 ever since.
Brown is a senior who completed just 11 of 21 passes against Minnesota, and while this team relies on the run game, they just lost Kamari Moulton for the rest of the season , so that's a huge blow on offense.
Through six games, Brown is 89/145 with 968 yards, six touchdowns, and three interceptions.
For reference, Hecklinski is 41/67 for 472 yards in five games with four touchdowns to two interceptions.
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