Penn State Stat Comparison and Notes

• Iowa has won 7 of 8 against Penn State
• 6 of the last 10 matchups between PSU and Iowa have been decided by a touchdown or less
• Paterno is the longest tenured Big Ten coach at 45 years, Ferentz is second with 12
• Iowa has only allowed 3 teams score on their opening drive out of the last 30
• DJK needs 130 yards receiving and 13 catches to become the career leader in each category
• Iowa's roster includes 36 players that achieved at least a 3.0 GPA last semester
• Iowa is 1 of 11 teams nationally to have the same full time coaching staff for the last three seasons
• Iowa has outscored their opponents 60-14 in the second half this season
• Iowa is averaging 7.7 yards on 1st down this season
• Iowa's heaviest player is 310 pounds

Night Games

In a recent interview with ESPN.com Kirk Ferentz let it out that Iowa will have three night Big Ten games this year, the only problem is that two of those will be away. Their first contest underneath the lights will be on September 26th at Happy Valley against the Penn State Nittany Lions. They then have a home night game against Michigan on October 10th. The final night Big Ten contest of the season will be in East Lansing against Michigan State. There is also a possibility that the Arizona home game on September 19th will be at the very least an afternoon game as they probably won't make Arizona start a game at 9 AM their time. Stay tuned for more details about night games played by the Hawks. Also don't look for the matchup against Ohio State to be a true night game as there is a rule in the Big Ten that doesn't allow night games in November. The latest that game could start is 2:30, but that probably depends on how both teams start the season.