Live from Kinnick Stadium, the Register's Chad Leistikow and Tyler Tachman break down Iowa football's thrilling win over Penn State. It was far from a clean performance, but Iowa football did enough to escape.
The Hawkeyes (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten Conference) got all they could handle and then some from a Nittany Lions squad still reeling from James Franklin’s firing on Oct. 12. Iowa didn’t grab the lead for good until Kaden Wetjen’s 8-yard touchdown run with 3:54 remaining. The Hawkeyes then forced a turnover on downs and bled the rest of the clock to secure the win.
Mark Gronowski didn’t throw for a ton of yards, but he made Penn State pay on the ground. The Iowa quarterback rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns, single-handedly setting up the Hawkeyes’ final score with a 67-yar