Penn State Sports Magazine
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P R E G A M E R E P O R T P E N N S T A T E @ I O W A T I M E 7 : 3 0 P . M . , S E P T . 2 3 | T V A B C IOWA FACTS COACH Kirk Ferentz (Connecti- cut, '78) COACH'S RECORD 138-92 in 19 seasons at Iowa; career record: 150-113 in 22 seasons 2017 RECORD 3-0 RECORD VS. PSU The Nittany Lions lead the all-time series, 14- 12. MOST RECENT MEETING Saquon Barkley ran for 167 yards and Penn State thrashed the vis- iting Hawkeyes, 41-14, last No- vember. GOOD NEWS Iowa has won its past five Big Ten openers. The last time the Hawkeyes lost their conference opener was in 2011. Their oppo- nent? Penn State, which pulled out a 13-3 win at Beaver Stadium. BAD NEWS Ferentz compiled an impressive 8-3 record against Joe Paterno, but he hasn't had much luck against Paterno's successors, Bill O'Brien and James Franklin. Since 2012, Iowa is 0-2 against the Nit- tany Lions and has been outscored 79-28. DID YOU KNOW? Now in his 19th season with the Hawkeyes, Ferentz is the longest- tenured active coach in the Foot- ball Bowl Subdivision. He was hired on Dec. 2, 1998 to succeed Hayden Fry. Next on the list of longest-tenured coaches is Gary Patterson, whose first season at TCU was in 2001. Aside from Fer- entz, the only Big Ten coaches with more than 10 years at their current schools are Northwest- ern's Pat Fitzgerald and Michigan State's Mark Dantonio. M A T T H E R B | M A T T @ B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M The last time a top-five opponent ventured into Kinnick Stadium after dark to face Iowa, things did not go as expected. The opponent was then- No. 2 Michigan, which was chasing a spot in the College Football Playoff but found itself in a low- scoring slugfest. The Hawkeyes were coming off a 41-14 loss at Penn State just a week earlier, but they weren't demoralized. If anything, they were more determined than ever to come up with a season-defining win. And that's just what they did, as Keith Duncan hit a 33-yard field goal on the final play of the game to give Iowa a 14-13 victory and send the crowd of 70,585 into hysterics. The other big winner that night was Penn State, which suddenly and unexpectedly LET THERE BE LIGHTS Iowa hopes to parlay its night-game atmosphere into an upset of PSU 1 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 , 2 0 1 7 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M Iowa defensive end Parker Hesse tries to chase down Saquon Barkley during last year's game at Beaver Stadium. Photo by Steve Manuel