Iowa Ruins Wisconsin Coach's Farewell Fete

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Iowa ruined Barry Alvarez&#39;s going away party Saturday, beating No. 19 Wisconsin 20-10 in the coach&#39;s final home game.<br> <br> Alvarez, who will step down after this season but remain as Wisconsin&#39;s athletic director, built a program over the past 16 seasons that has been known for a punishing running game and a solid defense. But Iowa (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) dominated both sides of the ball in the final three quarters.<br> <br> The win makes Iowa bowl eligible while ending the slim hopes Wisconsin (8-3, 5-3) had of sharing the Big Ten title in Alvarez&#39;s last season.<br> <br> Wisconsin seemed poised to send Alvarez out a winner, jumping out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter. But Iowa clamped down from there, holding the Badgers to just 72 more yards until their last drive with the game out of reach. <br> <br> The Badgers&#39; line has been a strength all season, but it gave up nine sacks in a loss to Penn State last week as running back Brian Calhoun was held to just 38 yards. Missing left guard Matt Lawrence, who was injured last week, the Badgers struggled offensively again. John Stocco was constantly under pressure, while Calhoun was held to just 18 yards on 15 carries.<br> <br> Iowa tied up on the game at 10 in the third quarter after an eight-play, 75 yard drive when Drew Tate hit Champ Davis on third-and-goal from the 6.<br> <br> Already thin at defensive line, Wisconsin lost defensive tackle Matthew Shaughnessy on the play, and Iowa seemed to exploit the hole he left behind with its running game.<br> <br> Albert Young ran for 44 yards on the next Iowa drive before Tate hit Ryan Majerus for a 13-yard touchdown pass. The Hawkeyes took their first lead at 17-10. <br> <br> Young finished with 127 yards on 26 carries, the sixth consecutive game he&#39;s gone over the 100-yard mark and seventh time this season. He now has the sixth best rushing season in Iowa history.<br> <br> Despite his struggles Saturday, Calhoun became just the second player in Big Ten history to register 1,000 yards rushing and 500 yards receiving in the same season.<br> <br> Alvarez&#39;s coaching career came full circle Saturday. A high school coach in small-town Iowa back in the 1970s, he got his first coaching job at Iowa under former coach Hayden Fry. After a pit stop at Notre Dame, Alvarez came to Wisconsin for his first head coaching job in college, taking over a program that had been mired in mediocrity and turning it into a consistent winner.<br> <br> In the last game before Alvarez came to Wisconsin, an announced crowd of 29,776 showed up as the Badgers finished the 1989 season 2-9.<br> <br> Saturday, a Camp Randall record crowd of 83,184 was on hand to commemorate Alvarez&#39;s last home game. The school gave out thousands of white towels to fans that read, &#34;Thanks Coach. Job well done.&#34;<br> <br> © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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