Game Preview: Heroes Game at Nebraska

• The Hawkeyes clinched the outright Big Ten West Division title with its 15-13 victory over Illinois on Senior Day on Nov. 18. Iowa will play the winner of Saturday’s Ohio State/Michigan game in the Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 3 in Indianapolis.
• Iowa has won three Big Ten West Division crowns under head coach Kirk Ferentz (2015, 2021, 2023).
• The Hawkeyes are 9-2 overall and 6-2 in Big Ten play. It is the 10th time Iowa has won nine games under Ferentz. Iowa has won 10 or more games seven times under Ferentz.
• Sweet November. Iowa has won 17 of its last 18 games in the month of November, dating back to 2019.
• Woody, Amos & Kirk… Ferentz’s win over Illinois was the 195th of his career, moving him past Michigan’s Bo Schembechler for third place in career wins as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Ferentz only trails Woody Hayes (205) and Amos Alonzo Stagg (199).
• P Tory Taylor is the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week for the third time this season after averaging 51.6 yards on eight punts in the win over Illinois. Five Hawkeyes have earned seven Big Ten weekly honors this season — DB Sebastian Castro, DB Cooper DeJean, LB Nick Jackson, Taylor (3) and K Drew Stevens. Iowa has had the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week five times in 2023.

SERIES HISTORY

• Friday’s game is the 54th meeting in the all-time series with Nebraska holding a 30-20-3 advantage. The series began with a 22-0 Iowa victory in 1891.
• The Hawkeyes have won seven of the last eight and eight of the last 10 meetings. Iowa’s 56 points in 2017 are the most in the series’ 54-game history.
• The last five meetings have all been decided by seven points or less.
• The Hawkeyes have won the last five meetings in Lincoln, but the Huskers lead 15-7-1 all-time in games played in Lincoln. Iowa’s 38-17 win in 2013 was its first win at Nebraska since 1943.
• The 1999 Iowa-Nebraska game in Kinnick Stadium marked Kirk Ferentz’s first game as Iowa’s head coach.
• The first 10 games in the series were played in either Omaha (eight games) or Council Bluffs (two games). The series was even at 4-4-2 in those 10 meetings.

SERIES RESULTS

11/25/1891 W 22-0 (N)
11/24/1892 T 10-10 (N)
11/25/1893 L 18-20 (N)
11/29/1894 L 0-36 (N)
11/19/1895 L 0-6 (N)
11/26/1896 T 0-0 (N)
11/28/1896 W 6-0 (N)
11/25/1897 L 0-6 (N)
11/24/1898 W 6-5 (N)
11/4/1899 W 30-0 (N)
10/31/1903 L 6-17 (H)
11/5/1904 L 6-17 (A)
10/31/1908 L 8-11 (H)
10/23/1909 T 6-6 (A)
11/22/1913 L 0-12 (A)
11/21/1914 L 7-16 (H)
11/20/1915 L 7-52 (A)
11/25/1916 L 17-34 (H)
10/13/1917 L 0-47 (A)
10/5/1918 W 12-0 (A)
10/4/1919 W 18-0 (H)
11/22/1930 W 12-7 (H)
11/7/1931 L 0-7 (A)
11/5/1932 L 13-14 (H)
11/25/1933 L 6-7 (A)
10/14/1934 L 13-14 (A)
11/20/1937 L 0-28 (#11) (A)
11/19/1938 L 0-14 (H)
11/9/1940 L 6-14 (#12) (A)
11/22/1941 L 13-14 (A)
9/26/1942 W 27-0 (A)
11/20/1943 W 33-13 (A)
11/4/1944 W 27-6 (H)
11/24/1945 L 6-13 (A)
10/12/1946 W 21-7 (H)
9/22/1979 L 21-24 (#7) (H)
9/20/1980 L 0-57 (#6) (A)
9/12/1981 W 10-7 (#7) (H)
9/11/1982 L 7-42 (#3) (A)
9/4/1999 L 7-42 (#5) (H)
9/23/2000 L 13-42 (#1) (A)
11/25/2011 L 7-20 (#22) (A)
11/23/2012 L 7-13 (#17) (H)
11/29/2013 W 38-17 (A)
11/28/2014 L 34-37 (OT) (H)
11/27/2015 W 28-20 (A)
11/25/2016 W 40-10 (#15) (H)
11/24/2017 W 56-14 (A)
11/23/2018 W 31-28 (H)
11/29/2019 W 27-24 (A)
11/27/2020 W 26-20 (H)
11/26/2021 W 28-21 (A)
11/25/2022 L 17-24 (H)