Iconic plays in Iowa football history
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I had, perhaps, the best seat in the house for that one. We were about halfway up the NE stands, and when Chuck turned toward the end zone, he ran directly at us. I actually believe I was one of the first people there that day to see that it was a bootleg. Incredible thrill!
I've got nostalgia for Wayne Larrivee all over again. "Superman wears number 6 and plays for the Iowa Hawkeyes," "Stanzi...McNutt...Touchdown," etc, etc, etc. Wish he was still calling college football.
How about Yanda's pancake block on the ISU defender. The video's been posted enough this site to make the play iconic.
1921 Iowa beats ND 10-7. The great Duke Slater blocks the way for Gordon Locke. Iowa in discussion for mythical NC.
Excellent. but "pancake" does not do this destruction justice!
I thought I have seen just about every Hawkeye football vid on youtube, but just came across this one. This is fantastic.
In the bowl game against Mizzou where Sash picked off a pass and lateraled to Micah Hyde who took it all the way back for a pick 6.
Nick Ma, great video! Outstanding. Jerry Burns on the sidelines, I am guessing 1961-1963 at the latest?
Mike Flagg catching TD passes in 1985. Before 2017 our best ever group of TEs may have been Flagg, Marv Cook and Craig Clark.
Also happy birthday to Nile Kinnick. You should have been one of America's leaders. War takes away too many of our best and brightest.
Two things. Actual gold color. And a black Hawk on the field! We may never get the gold back but how bout a black Hawk like that on the Iowa sideline!!!
Sedge.
Sedge.
Well we are not eating the Hawk! And many of those birds of prey have a long history of co hunters with mankind.
Sedge.
Sedge.
Andy Brodell proved he could fly when he left Texas 1st round draft choice Aaron Ross in dust during 2006 Alamo Bowl.
Actually that video is above re: Insight Bowl and it was Hyde all the way with no lateral. You are thinking of the MSU game back in 2010 at home with the Sash to Hyde lateral...here you go! 6:35 mark.
And for fan vid, none better than dismantling and hauling the Gopher goalposts in the old Metrodome.
I don't know that there's ever been a more "we own you" move in college football.
A underrated play I’ve never been able to find was Broderick Binns INT against Arizona. Not iconic. Dud game, but pretty excellent athleticism.
I'm glad at least one other Hawk fan remembers that. I may not have my yardage correct, but that was a nice tackle for a loss on 3rd down and IIRC it pushed Minnesota's FG attempt back to about 46 yards instead of something more like 42 yards. I had the perfect angle in the upper deck of the Metrodome for that kick as the kicker hooked it about 1 yard left.
Everybody has their Top 10. Nobody’s is better than someone elses Top 10. Enjoy them all.
Yes, you are right. It was not the play I was thinking of. I'm getting old and I can't recall things the way I use to.
Looks like we played Indiana for homecoming in 1963.
Iconic because of who it was, but Bob Sanders’s missed tackle as the gunner on a punt against Minnesota in 2002. Gets back up, chases down the guy from behind, and then forces a fumble. How often does a starter, and at that point shoe-in for second straight year out of three as a 1st team All-Big Ten player, run as a punt gunner on special teams? That’s just how iconic Bob was. You knew he was going to make a play when you needed it, just like Station in the 80’s.
It's an example of why 15-yard penalty is a joke for "intentional" contact/PI. The offense is at the mercy of teams that will do anything--like feigning injury--to disrupt an offense.
This is a great find! Thanks for posting it.
Yes, that looks like Jerry Burns on the sidelines. Fred Ebbs and Tom Davis directing the band. Regarding the Scottish Highlanders, I don't remember them being so large. That had to be near the end of their popularity. Within 10 years fans started booing and membership shrank. Within 20 years they were disbanded.
