Quarterback Mark Gronowski ran for 130 yards and two touchdowns Saturday night and Iowa rallied from a 21-10 third-quarter deficit to edge visiting Penn State 25-24 in Iowa City.
Gronowski's 67-yard run set up the winning score, an 8-yard run on a jet sweep by receiver Kaden Wetjen with 3:54 remaining. The Nittany Lions' final chance to win ended on a 4th-and-4 incompletion as a scrambling Ethan Grunkemeyer tried to hit Trebor Pena over the middle with 1:14 remaining.
Gronowski completed 10 of 16 passes for 68 yards, bringing the Hawkeyes (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten Conference) within 21-16 via a 4-yard touchdown run at the 4:19 mark of the third quarter. Drew Stevens added a 31-yard field goal to trim the deficit to two before Ryan Barker converted from 32 for Penn State with 4:56 left in the gam