Aubrey Devine Aubrey A . Devine ( November 21 , 1897 in Des Moines , Iowa – December 15 , 1981 ) was a college football player for the University of Iowa . He is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame . Background . Aubrey Devine and his brother , Glenn , came to the University of Iowa in 1918 , after playing high school football for Des Moines West High School ( now closed ) . By their sophomore years , they were both inserted into the starting lineup . Glenn was a defensive standout and a solid blocker , while Aubrey eventually became the starting quarterback . Aubrey also played defensive back , punter , kicker , punt returner , and kick returner . Iowa had a 5 - 2 record in 1919 . Aubrey Devine kicked the game - winning field goal as Iowa defeated Minnesota , 9 - 6 . Devine also accounted for all of Iowa ' s points in leading the Hawkeyes to wins over Northwestern and Iowa State . For his efforts , Devine was a first team All - Big Ten selection as a sophomore . In 1920 , Devine teamed up with fullback Gordon Locke , a sophomore . Locke powered the ball into the line , while Devine used his speed to run the ball to the outside . Devine scored Iowa ' s first touchdown and then threw a game - winning pass as Iowa defeated Indiana , 14 - 7 . Devine and Locke each scored two touchdowns as Iowa defeated Minnesota , 28 - 7 , for the third consecutive year . It was the first time that Minnesota had been defeated three years in a row by a single opponent . In the last game of 1920 , Devine passed for a touchdown , rushed for a touchdown , and intercepted three passes in a victory over Iowa State . Devine led the Big Ten in scoring in 1920 and was again named first team All - Big Ten . The 1921 Season . Aubrey Devine was the team captain of the 1921 Hawkeyes , arguably the greatest team in school history . In the second game of the season , Iowa faced Notre Dame , coached by Knute Rockne . It was Iowa ' s first meeting with Notre Dame , and their captain was Eddie Anderson , who would coach Iowa from 1939 - 1949 . The Irish had not lost a game since 1918 , a span of 20 straight wins . Devine kicked the game - winning field goal as Iowa pulled a 10 - 7 upset . Two games later , Devine accounted for all of Iowa ' s points in a 13 - 6 win over Purdue . Devine scored the game - winning touchdown on a punt return that sports historian Clark Shaughnessy called " one of the 12 greatest individual plays in the history of football " . But Iowa ' s next game against Minnesota would be Devine ' s signature game . Devine accounted for 464 total yards and six touchdowns as Iowa defeated Minnesota , 41 - 7 . It was then the most points ever scored against Minnesota , and it was the most scored against Minnesota in the first sixty years of their program . Devine passed for two touchdowns , rushed for four touchdowns , and kicked five extra points . He rushed for 162 yards , passed for 122 yards , and had 200 return yards on kicks , punts , and interceptions . Hall of Fame Minnesota coach Henry L . Williams called Devine " the greatest player who ever stepped on our field . " The next week against Indiana , Devine rushed for 183 yards and four more touchdowns and passed for 102 yards before leaving the game in the third quarter . Devine scored 57 points in consecutive weeks . A win the following week over Northwestern gave Iowa a 7 - 0 final record , and a perfect 5 - 0 mark in the Big Ten . It was Iowa ' s second Big Ten title and the first outright Big Ten title in Hawkeye history . Not only did Iowa not lose a game , the 1921 Hawkeyes never trailed an opponent all season . Aubrey Devine led the conference in scoring for the second time and was named first team All - Big Ten for the third straight year . He was a consensus first team All - American in 1921 , the second in school history after teammate Lester Belding in 1919 . Devine ' s 895 yards rushing in 1921 is still an Iowa season record for a quarterback , and he led Iowa in rushing , passing , and scoring each of his three years in uniform . The incomparable Aubrey Devine gains near unanimous support from those who saw him play as the greatest player ever to wear a Hawkeye uniform , greater even than Nile Kinnick . Honors . Devine was more than just a great football player . He earned nine varsity letters , as he was a three - time letter winner in basketball and track as well as football . He also won the Big Ten Medal for excellence in athletics and academics . After graduation , Aubrey Devine coached basketball in 1924 and 1925 at the University of Denver . Devine was an assistant football coach from 1925 - 1936 at Southern California under Howard Jones . Devine left coaching for law school and eventually became an attorney for the Veteran ' s Administration . He retired in California and lived to be 94 years old . Devine was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973 . In 1989 , Iowa fans selected an all - time University of Iowa football team during the 100th anniversary celebration of Iowa football , and Aubrey Devine was selected to the offensive backfield . Devine was one of just five football players inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in the Hall ' s inaugural year in 1951 , joining Nile Kinnick , Duke Slater , Jay Berwanger , and Elmer Layden . In 1999 , " Sports Illustrated " selected Aubrey Devine as the 15th greatest sports figure in the history of the state of Iowa .