Matchup Overview

The Iowa and Penn State have met 18 times in NCAAF since 2001. Iowa hold a clear edge in the all-time series, 10–8. Iowa have had the upper hand recently, going 3–2 in their last 5 meetings. Their most recent matchup ended 25–24 in favor of Iowa on October 18, 2025.

Next Meeting

No upcoming game scheduled between these teams this season.

All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 18 games from available historical data.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Oct 18, 25	2025 W8	Iowa	25–24	Penn State
Sep 23, 23	2023 W4	Iowa	0–31	Penn State
Oct 8, 21	2021	Penn State	20–23	Iowa
Nov 20, 20	2020	Iowa	41–21	Penn State
Oct 11, 19	2019	Penn State	17–12	Iowa
Oct 26, 18	2018	Iowa	24–30	Penn State
Sep 22, 17	2017	Penn State	21–19	Iowa
Nov 4, 16	2016	Iowa	14–41	Penn State
Oct 19, 12	2012	Penn State	38–14	Iowa
Oct 7, 11	2011	Iowa	3–13	Penn State
Oct 1, 10	2010	Penn State	3–24	Iowa
Sep 25, 09	2009	Iowa	21–10	Penn State
Nov 7, 08	2008	Penn State	23–24	Iowa
Oct 5, 07	2007	Iowa	7–27	Penn State
Oct 22, 04	2004	Iowa	6–4	Penn State
Oct 24, 03	2003	Penn State	14–26	Iowa
Sep 27, 02	2002	Iowa	42–35	Penn State
Sep 28, 01	2001	Penn State	18–24	Iowa

Games before the 2022 season: Data from SportsDataverse, used under CC BY 4.0.