October 8, 1921 – In the second game of the season – a non-conference game against Knute Rockne’s Fighting Irish – Notre Dame comes into Iowa City with a 20-game win streak, but leave with a 10-7 loss to the Hawkeyes.

In 1921, Iowa had an All-American football player from Clinton that single-handedly took the Hawkeyes to a mythical national championship. A man cut from the same fabric as Nile Kinnick, Duke Slater has largely been forgotten over the last century, primarily because of his skin color. But no more. Beginning in 2021, the Hawkeyes began playing on Duke Slater Field in Kinnick Stadium. Come read this amazing man’s story.

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