Penn State at Iowa

Saturday, November 15, 1930

Iowa beat Penn State 19–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayPenn State3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1930
0
HomeIowa4–⁠4 in 1930
19

FinalHigh 68°F, low 58°F, 0.13 in. of rainAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: BREAKS HELP IOWA DOWN PENN STATE Dolly Irtercepts Two Passes and Rogge Receivers tumble to Decide Issue, 1910.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 16, 1930, page 1

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    BREAKS HELP IOWA DOWN PENN STATE Dolly Irtercepts Two Passes and Rogge Receivers tumble to Decide Issue, 1910. BY the Associated Press. IOWA STADIUM, Iowa City, Iowa, November 15.-Big Ed Dolly, 200-pound center from Rock Island, H., broke up defensive duel to give Iowa a l9-to-0 victory over Penn State today. Dolly intercepted two aerial tries and placed the Hawkeyes close enough to the Fasteners goal to carry the ball over. George Rogge, who went into the game despite injuries, started the Hawk eye scoring by dropping on a punt that Miller fumbled on the Nittany Lions 11-yard line late In the third quarter. Until that time the ball had travelled up and down the field mostly on punts, with neither team making a serious threat. But Sansen and Hickman took advantage Of Rogge’s quick thinking and coll lected 8 yards in two tries, and then Hickman went over right guard for q touchdown. Lloyd Jensvold’s kick was low, and Iowa held only 6-to-0 mar gin as the elevens swung into the final period. Dolly’s first contribution came on a freak play, when the Lions attempted a pass after punt and a penalty had set them back to their 12-yard line. Hoguet, subbing for Lasichit, fullback, tossed a short pass to Kaplan, end, on the line of scrimmage. Kaplan got the ball, Jug gled 1t a moment. then tossed 1t into the hands Of Dolly, who carried It to the 9-yard line. After three plays that net ted 2 yards, Hickman tore through CEN ter for touchdown. Sansen added the point. On the first play after the kick-off Penn State again opened an aerial at tack. the first try falling into Dolly’s arms on States 26-yard line. War rington, substitute halfback. and Leo Jensvold, made yards, but a penalty set the Hawkeyes back S. Hauge. an other backfield substitute, then COM pleted Iowa’s only pass, toss from War rington, for yards, and Warrington plunged to first down on the e-yard line. Two plays later Warrington ran wide around his left end to score, Iowa gained 1913 yards from scrinmage compared to States 40, but the fasteners had q decided edge In the air, gaining SO yards in 6 completed passes out Of 90 tries. Iowa tried 4 with I completed for q 7-yard gain The Hawkeyes made nine first downs TO Penn States seven.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 17, 1930, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are scores of 1m- portant football games played last Saturday afternoon in various parts of the States: Washington State 3; Washington University o. Washington State Frosh 2; Wash ington University Frosh 12. Columbia 0; Brown 6. University of Missouri 0; Nebras- ka 0. Kansas IS; Oklahoma 0. Illinois 28; Chicago 0. Iowa 19; Penn State 0. Oregon State 15 Oregon Univer- sity 0, Stanford 57; California Tech ‘. California 8; Nevada -0s s~s University of Southern Califor- mia 52; Hawaii University o. Army AT; Kentucky Wesleyan 2. Michigan ?; Minnesota O. thio State 16; Pittsburgh T. Yale 10; Princeton 2. St. Marys 20; Fordham 12. Dartmouth 19; Cornell 13. Holy Cross 27; Harvard O. Penn University 34; Georg a Tech 2. Notre Dame 28; Drake ‘. Southern Methodist 20; Navy [. Northwestern 20; Wisconsin [. Santa Clara 58; San Die g Q Marines 0.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Iowa 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 18–⁠15 in 33 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa 25, Penn State 24
2023Penn State 31, Iowa 0
2021Iowa 23, Penn State 20
2020Iowa 41, Penn State 21
2019Penn State 17, Iowa 12
2018Penn State 30, Iowa 24

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