The first football team at Penn was formed in 1892, with James R. Howard serving as captain. The first full season of football was in the year 1896. Penn's first undefeated football team was in 1904 (7-0), and Penn's first Iowa Conference…
Basketball at Penn really started taking off in 1900. They became Hawkeye Conference champs in 1914-15, and Iowa Conference champs in 1970-71. Both men's and women's basketball went on to become state champs multiple times during the 70's and 80's.…
Spanish Influenza ravaged the state of Iowa starting in the fall of 1918. This inevitably led to a statewide quarantine in October of 1918. Penn College closed from October 14, 1918 to November 4, 1918. On November 21, 1918, President McGrew ordered…