A Trip Down Memory Lane
I have to be honest. I only own three Penn State programs. I did the 1984 game last season and the 2003 game isn't exactly in the distant past.
That left me with a 1975 program. The only problem is all I know about the game is the score. The Hawks got whooped 30-10. I usually supplement my feeble memory with resources like old Cedar Rapids Gazette or Des Moines Register articles. Failing that, I leaf through one of the Hawkeye books I have sitting on my shelf.
This week though, I was too busy to get to the library and it turns out that this game was so forgettable that it only merited one sentence in any of my other Hawkeye resources.
So there will be no Trip Down Memory Lane, merely a short walk around the block.
The Hawks came in 0-2 having lost 27-12 to Illinois and 10-7 at Syracuse.
Penn State won their first two games 26-25 at Temple and 34-14 at home against Stanford. A trip to Columbus resulted in a 19-7 Nittany Lion loss.
Coming in the Hawkeyes were led in rushing Rod Wellington (107, 4.9) and Bob Holmes (101, 4.6)
Dubuque native Tom McLaughlin was the QB (7-25, 107 yards) with Jim McNulty leading all receivers with only three catches.
Two Hawkeyes finished the season as all-Americans, tackle Rod Walters and guard Joe Devlin.
Let’s take a look at the two deeps from the game, followed by our week photo feature from the program.
Iowa Offense
TE - Yocum 6-2, 230, Grine 6-1, 218
LT - Walters 6-4, 256, Leonard 6-3, 270
LG - Devlin 6-5, 277, Boettner 6-2, 232
C - Jim Hilgenberg 6-2, 218, Myers 5-11, 256
RG - Butler 6-3, 251 (father of Zach) , Davis 6-2, 240 (father of Calvin)
RT - Ladick 6-2, 240, Klimczak 6-4, 250
SE - Schultz 5-11, 175 (son of BB coach Dick), McNulty 6-0, 191
QB - McLaughlin 6-1, 203, Caldwell 6-0, 201
LH - Jensen 6-5, 233, Schick 6-0, 195
RH - Wellington 6-1, 218, Donovan 6-1, 188
FB - Holmes 6-1, 236, Fetter 6-0, 207
Punter - Matter 5-11, 243
Iowa Defense
LE - Moore 6-2, 197, Phillips 6-5, 232
LT - Marsh 6-6, 256, Dye (Iowa City icon Tyrone Dye) 6-5, 246
NG - Bryant 6-0, 230, Trocano 6-0, 223
RT - Benschoter 6-2, 244, Willis 6-3, 250
RE - Washington 6-6, 230, Wagner 6-2, 209
LLB - Jackson 6-1, 240, Feuerbach 6-0, 230
RLB - Armington 6-2, 217, Campbell 5-10, 199
LC - Elliott (yes, that Elliott) 5-10, 175, Caldwell (former Wake Forest head coach) 5-11, 182
LS - Burks 6-0, 200, Danzy 6-1, 190
RS - Penney 6-0, 188, Elliott
RC - Stech 6-0, 184, Salter 6-2, 170
PK - Quartaro 6-1, 211
Penn State Offense
TE - Stutts 6-1, 222, Shuler 6-3, 2-5
LT - Benson 6-3, 259, Dorney 6-5, 245
LG - Rafferty 6-3, 238, Trail 6-3, 235
C - Argenta 6-3, 227, Shurki 6-5, 256
RG - Thomas 6-3, 241, Williot 6-2, 234
RT - Reihner 6-4, 244, Renaud 6-3, 249
SE - Barvinchak 6-1, 187, Ellis 6-2, 192
QB - Andress 6-2, 200, Carroll 6-5, 206
HB - Mauti 5-11, 183, Petchel 5-10, 194
FB - Taylor 5-9, 200, Suhey 6-0, 205
FL - Donovan 6-0, 181, Milot
Punter - Bahr 5-9, 166
Penn State Defense
LE - Crosby 6-3, 215, Diange 6-2, 203
LT - Quinn 6-3, 235, Petruccio 6-4, 221
RT - Coder 6-3, 229, Dunn 6-2, 234
RE - Zmudzin 6-2, 197, Sidler 6-3, 220
OLLB - Kriston 5-10, 211, Allerman 6-3, 218
ILLB - Rosecrans 6-1, 228, Wanamaker 6-3, 224
IRLB - Buttle 6-2, 228, DePaso 6-2, 214
ORLB - Hostetler 6-1, 208, Hite 6-0, 203
LHB - Johnson 6-0, 185, Bush 6-0, 185
SAF - Petercuskie 5-11, 175, Giotto 6-1, 188
RHB - Odell 5-10, 179, Bush
PK - Bahr