Iowa Hawkeyes football once again delivered a befuddling defensive performance and couldn't rally with a fifth-string quarterback.

PASADENA, Calif. - Two vastly different scenes developed about a couple-hundred feet away from each other on Friday night in Pasadena. Anyone in the seating bowl was treated to a postgame fireworks show while Katy Perry's hit song "Firework" blared through the Rose Bowl speakers.

The points came off the board, but the Hawkeyes advanced to the UCLA 24. On a 3rd-and-8 at the 22, Stratton threw a 10-yard pass to Jacob Gill. On a 3rd-and-14 at the Bruins’ 16, Stratton hit Gill for 15 yards. Kamari Moulton ran for a 1-yard TD, and the game was tied at 17 with 11:27 left in the game.

Kirk Ferentz and Iowa football weren't into the excuse-making business with the Hawkeyes' travel West to the Rose Bowl.

Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz doesn't want to hear any excuses concerning his team's loss to the UCLA Bruins.

Following a disappointing 20-17 Friday night loss from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., against UCLA, the Iowa Hawkeyes (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) find themselves completely out of consideration in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll.