Iowa Hawkeyes quarterback Mark Gronowski (11) waltzes into the end zone for a touchdown during a game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday, October 18, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

The Penn State football program has faced plenty of adversity throughout the first two months of the 2025 college football season. The Nittany Lions were ranked No. 2 in the country in the preseason AP Top 25 poll,

Penn State football will be without its starting quarterback Drew Allar for the rest of the year after a season-ending injury. Here's more.

Penn State football quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer will get his first college start at Iowa, in place of injured Drew Allar.

A new era for Penn State began on Saturday at Iowa, one without head coach James Franklin and quarterback Drew Allar. But some of the same issues emerged in a 25-24 loss to the Hawkeyes, the Nittany Lions' fourth straight at Kinnick Stadium by five points or less.

IOWA CITY – Penn State did not go down without a fight. But the Nittany Lions’ losing streak is at four games after Iowa erased an 11-point deficit in the second half to edge PSU 25-24 on Saturday night at Kinnick Stadium.

The Nittany Lions had a road win in their possession before the Hawkeyes were able to snatch it away late. Now, a bye week awaits as they prepare for No. 1 Ohio State on Nov. 1

Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski rushed for a career-high 130 yards and two touchdowns, and Kaden Wetjen scored the go-ahead touchdown on an 8-yard run with 3:54 to play, as the Hawkeyes defeated Penn State 25-24 on Saturday night.