October 19, 1929 – The new Iowa Stadium is dedicated. A rainy Saturday afternoon, the Hawkeyes played to a 7-7 tie with Illinois.

Renamed Kinnick Stadium in 1972, Iowa Stadium first opened in 1929, replacing Iowa Field. It was constructed in only seven months with groundbreaking and construction beginning in March, 1929. Workers labored around the clock using lights by night with horses and mules as the primary heavy-equipment movers. The first football game was played here on October 5th. The opponent is Monmouth College, with the Hawkeyes winning the game, 46–0.

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