Blue & White Brew 10/16: Road Turf

Women's soccer plays at Purdue tonight!

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Penn State Brew Crew
October 16, 2025


🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

What else are we serving up in today’s Brew?

⚽️ Road turf
⛳️ Last fall tournament
🦁 And much, much more!

🏈 Penn State football visits -/RV Iowa on Saturday for a Big Ten contest. Kickoff is set for at 7 p.m. on Peacock.

  • Penn State meets Iowa for the 33rd time in program history. PSU leads the all-time series, 18-14, including a 10-6 mark in road games and a 12-11 advantage as Big Ten foes. In 2023, the Nittany Lions earned a 31-0 win. Drew Allar threw four touchdown passes, including two to Tyler Warren. The Nittany Lions held the Hawkeyes to 76 total yards and four first downs on just 33 plays. PSU forced four takeaways, all fumble recoveries.

  • Terry M. Smith will coach his first game as Penn State's interim head coach. Smith, a three-year starter at wide receiver and 1991 graduate, is in his 12th year on the Penn State coaching staff. He has served 12 seasons as Penn State's defensive recruiting coordinator and cornerbacks coach and the last five seasons as associate head coach. Smith has helped Penn State to 12-consecutive Top 25 recruiting classes and has guided seven cornerbacks get drafted into the NFL since 2015, tied-most nationally.

  • Iowa is 4-2 this season with a 2-1 mark in Big Ten play after a 37-0 win at Wisconsin last Saturday. The Hawkeyes gained 319 yards, including 210 on the ground. Iowa scored on four rushing touchdowns, including two by Xavier Williams and one each by Kamari Moulton and Mark Gronowski. On defense, the Hawkeyes forced three takeaways.

🦁 ROAR+ | Meet Penn State Football's interim head coach, Terry Smith, in this special from the Vault.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Away From Home. Penn State women’s soccer hits the road today, playing at Purdue in a crucial Big Ten matchup.

With three regular season matches left, the Nittany Lions sit in eighth place in the conference standings with 11 points.

🔺 Jersey Boys. Penn State men’s tennis travels to Princeton, N.J. this weekend to compete at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships Oct. 16-21.

🔺 Last Round. Penn State women’s golf travels to Virginia Beach this weekend to tee it up at the Evie Odom Invitational hosted by Old Dominion, its last tournament of the fall season.

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Leading The Pack. Penn State football’s Nick Dawkins has been named a semifinalist for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year!

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🦁 Have a great Thursday, everyone!