10/22/1960 (1960-1961)

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

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W 21 - 14

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Head Coach: Forest Evashevski
Attendance: 59,200

RECAP

Iowa jumped to a 21-0 lead, and held off a late comeback to stay unbeaten.

Iowa's 1960 season had another miraculous play in the second quarter when defensive lineman, Dayton Perry returned a fumble recovery 84 yards for a touchdown. Purdue quarterback, Bernie Allen who would go on to play over 900 games in Major League baseball fumbled the ball right into Perry's arms with :50 seconds left in the first half. The play gave Iowa a 14-0 lead at the half. The Hawkeyes then came out in the second half and put up another touchdown, when Wilburn Hollis scored his second touchdown of the day on a 6 yard run, making the score 21-0 with 9:00 to play in the third quarter. Purdue answered right away with a touchdown of their own, and made things interesting in the fourth when they tacked on another to make the game a one score game. Iowa was able to control the ball and minimize Purdue's passing attach to hold on for the win.

Iowa set a Big Ten record by scoring in 70 straight games. The last time Iowa was shut out was in 1952 against Notre Dame.

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Iowa 0 14 7 0 21

Purdue 0 0 7 7 14

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PLAYER GAME QUOTES

It seemed as though it took me at least 5 minutes to run for that touchdown. It as my first touchdown in my whole life. How far did I go? Eighty-four yards-wow! That was the first time I ever carried the ball. How's that for an average-84 yards a shot! All I thought about when that ball popped into my arms was run-just run. I thought I'd never get there. I'll bet I looked over my left shoulder 12 times-on almost every step. I kept seeing that big number 86 and I thought sure we was gaining on me. Another 10 yards and I'm afraid I'd have pooped out. It was like a dream.
-- Dayton Perry
Dayton talking about his 84 yard fumble recovery, returned for a touchdown against Purdue.

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DETAILED TEAM STATS

Statistics	Iowa	Purdue
Rushing 1st Downs	13	8
Passing 1st Downs	1	9
Penalty 1st Downs	0	1
Total First Downs	14	18
Rushing Attempts	45	43
Rushing Yards	243	108
Rushing TDs	2	1
Yards per Rush	5.4	2.5
Passes Completed	2	18
Passes Attempts	12	26
Pass Completion %	16.7%	69.2%
Passing TDs	0	1
Passing Yards	28	164
Passing Yards per Completion	14.0	9.1
Passing Yards per Attempt	2.3	6.3
Touchdowns	2	2
Total Plays	57	69
% of Rushing Plays	78.9%	62.3%
% of Passing Plays	21.1%	37.7%
Total Offense	271	272
Yards per Play	4.8	3.9
Lost Fumbles	1	4
Interceptions	2	0
Turnovers	3	4
Penalties	5	5
Penalty Yards	46	40
Yards per Penalty	9.2	8.0
Possession Time

2025-2026 FB Record
6 - 3
(3 games remaining)

2025-2026 MBB Record
2 - 0
(29 games remaining)

2025-2026 WBB Record
2 - 0
(27 games remaining)

2025-2026 W Record
1 - 0
(22 games remaining)

2025-2026 WW Record
2 - 0
(18 games remaining)

10/22/1960 (1960-1961)

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

Kinnick Stadium [Iowa City, Iowa]

#1 Iowa vs #10 Purdue #1 Iowa Hawkeyes Football vs #10 Purdue on 10/22/1960 - HawkeyeRecap.com