No. 9 Iowa 35, Iowa State 7

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Nearly all of Iowa's 11 victories came down to the fourth quarter last season. The Hawkeyes don't seem to be interested in such drama this season.

Adam Robinson rushed for a career-high 156 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries as No. 9 Iowa crushed Iowa State 35-7 Saturday for its third straight win over the rival Cyclones.

Ricky Stanzi threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score for the Hawkeyes (2-0), who scored touchdowns on four of their first five drives.

Stanzi threw short TD passes to Marvin McNutt and Allen Reisner, and his 1-yard TD plunge gave Iowa a 28-0 lead at halftime.

Iowa has outscored its opponents 56-7 in the first half this season, a welcome change from its nailbiting antics of a year ago, when it won four games by three points or less.

"We were happy to get off to a fast start. It definitely takes a lot of pressure off," said Stanzi. "Getting off to that early lead is a confidence builder for those young guys and for the whole offense."

The Hawkeyes, who've never been much for style points, kept it simple and still blew out the Cyclones. Iowa ran the ball 50 times behind the duo of Robinson and Jewel Hampton, who played his first game since 2008.

Hampton, who redshirted last season following knee surgery and was suspended for last week's game for disciplinary reasons, added 84 yards on 20 carries, including a 2-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.

Robinson's 39-yard touchdown run made it 35-0 in the third quarter.

"We have a good 1-2 punch with those guys running together," Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said.

Iowa State's Austen Arnaud threw three interceptions in the third quarter and finished 20 of 44 for 197 yards. The Cyclones (1-1) scored their first touchdown against Iowa since 2006 on Arnaud's 8-yard TD pass to Darius Darks with 1:51 left, but that was little consolation for a program that's seen their rival blow past them two years in a row.

Iowa thumped the Cyclones 35-3 on the road last year, and the Hawkeyes looked remarkably efficient in burying Iowa State this time. Iowa had scored 70 unanswered points on Iowa State until Arnaud's touchdown toss in garbage time.

"I'm a glass half-full kind of guy," Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads said. "I thought we played a heck of a football game. They talk about Iowa as a contender for the national championship, and they should."