10/5/1968 (1968-1969)

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

Iowa vs #5 Notre Dame Iowa Hawkeyes Football vs #5 Notre Dame on 10/5/1968 - HawkeyeRecap.com

L 28 - 51

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Head Coach: Ray Nagel
Attendance: 58,043
Start Time: 01:30 PM CST

RECAP

A huge traffic jam kept many fans from missing the opening quarter. It was a first quarter looked promising for the young 29 point underdog Hawkeyes against the mighty Irish, but the inexperience of 10 sophomores started to catch up. The Notre Dame offense was hard to stop, amassing a school record 35 first downs and gaining 587 yards. Denny Green scored 2 TDs for the Hawks. Al Bream caught 4 passes for 106 yards. Larry Lawrence replaced the injured Eddie Podolak at QB, and completed 11 of 25 passes for 210 yards. Fullback Tim Sullivan also did not play because of an injury.

Irish backup quarterback Joe Theisman came in towards the end of the game and completed one pass for 14 yards. He also returned punts for Notre Dame

One of the Notre Dame greats and a member of the four horsemen, Elmer Layden was present for the game. Layden went to high school at Davenport Central High School. He was also the NFL commissioner in the 1940's.

1 2 3 4 F

Iowa 14 0 7 7 28

Notre Dame 21 10 6 14 51

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PLAYER GAME QUOTES

We are learning from these losses, and we have had enough of them. We must have played three of the top teams in the country and they all knew they had been in a ball game. You can quote me on one thing-We will beat Indiana.
-- Ken Price

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DETAILED TEAM STATS

Statistics	Iowa	Notre Dame
Total First Downs	16	35
Rushing Attempts	32	78
Rushing Yards	69	331
Rushing TDs	2	5
Yards per Rush	2.2	4.2
Passes Completed	12	16
Passes Attempts	27	26
Pass Completion %	44.4%	61.5%
Passing TDs	2	1
Passing Yards	246	256
Passing Yards per Completion	20.5	16.0
Passing Yards per Attempt	9.1	9.8
Touchdowns	4	6
Total Plays	59	104
% of Rushing Plays	54.2%	75%
% of Passing Plays	45.8%	25%
Total Offense	315	587
Yards per Play	5.3	5.6
Lost Fumbles	0	1
Interceptions	1	1
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties
Penalty Yards	35	43
Yards per Penalty	0	0
Possession Time

2026-2027 FB Record
5 - 1
(6 games remaining)

2025-2026 MBB Record
24 - 13

2025-2026 WBB Record
27 - 7

2025-2026 W Record
12 - 6

2025-2026 WW Record
15 - 1

10/5/1968 (1968-1969)

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

Iowa vs #5 Notre Dame Iowa Hawkeyes Football vs #5 Notre Dame on 10/5/1968 - HawkeyeRecap.com