Yes, my son and I were at that game. You are not understating how hot it was as totally clear skies, blistering sun, and I cant remember about the humidity but I am sure it was high enough. It was terribly hot and a few Sept games at kinnick have been close to that bad with a lot of people fainting and getting heat stroke.
We bought tickets very late and were up by the north endzone scoreboard and got some occasional shade which was great. I remember by the second half if not some of the 2nd quarter looking down at the main stands and watching people just walk out of the sun to the concourse to get some shade which made for a good number of empty seats. I am sure there were some spouses of fans from both teams who were not super huge football or fans who told themselves this aint worth it.
Brutal but we both thought Iowa played well against a highly regarded and ranked team. There were a couple of late game chances for Iowa where K Kasper caught a slant for what could have been a huge gain if not a TD but was just barely ankle tackled by a safety and hawks later punted. And K STate had a real good returner who iirc had a long punt return to seal the win. The hawks played them very close.
I would like to see that game again.
