1941

The first major change in the football rules since 1906 allowed for free substitution, ushering in the age of the specialist in intercollegiate football.

September 27
The mood was not good after Iowa beat Drake in the season opener, 25-8. “A photograph of a London blackout would be a picture of sweetness and light compared to the Iowa locker room as the team filed in after its…victory over Drake university,” reported Johnny Nichols in The Daily Iowan. “The squad as a group was about as verbose as a dyspeptic clam. There was no noise except the rip of tape and the slamming of locker doors…. Every man on the squad gave the impression that it was his own personal fault the score wasn’t 50 to 0.”

Fullback Bill Green scores an Iowa touchdown in the Hawkeyes' 25-8 victory over Drake.

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