All of that holds a lot of sway over the imagination in the minds of people like me from the state of Iowa," says Sen. Tom Harkin about Nile Kinnick, the 1939 Heisman Trophy winner. He's the son ...

A Twitter post by Iowa assistant football coach Brian Ferentz launched discussion and speculation about the gameday atmosphere at Kinnick Stadium. Ferentz wrote Friday: “I know that the stadium ...

What does Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz have against Nile Kinnick? Or, to put it another way, why is Ferentz reluctant to have one of his players breaking one of Kinnick’s records?

Kinnick Stadium has become a house of horrors of sorts for Michigan, who has not won in Iowa City since 2005, with the last four losses being decided by a combined 14 points. In fact, the last ...

Such is the legacy of Kinnick that his likeness is on the face of the coin tossed at the start of every Big 10 football game. He was born on July 9, 1918, in Adel, Iowa, the grandson of a governor.