• Iowa is one of four teams nationally without a losing record in the College Football Playoff (since 2014), with Alabama, Georgia And Ohio State.
• Iowa is 31-11 in its last 42 trophy rivalry games.
• Diploma Kaden Wetjen earned his third Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honor after recording a 62-yard punt return touchdown in Week 13 against Michigan State – his third punt return this season. He is the only player in Big Ten history to have three PR touchdowns and one KR touchdown in the same season.
• Senior Drew Stevens kicked a 44-yard field goal as time expired to give the Hawkeyes a Senior Day win over Michigan State. It was Stevens’ fourth career game-winning field goal (and his second in a row on a senior day at home).
• Since 2015, Iowa has won nine field goal games in the final 30 seconds of the fourth quarter, three more than any other FBS team over that span.
•QB Marc Gronowski threw his 100th career touchdown pass against Michigan State in Week 13.
• Iowa won seven games for the 21st time under the head coach. Ferentz Kirk.
• Stevens kicked a 58-yard field goal in Week 11 against Oregontying an Iowa and Kinnick Stadium record. He is tied for third longest marks in the NCAA this season.
• Iowa’s defense is eighth nationally in total defense (267.9) and scoring defense (14.5), ninth in first down defense (169), 12th in pass defense (166.3) and 14th in run defense (101.6).
• Gronowski scored a touchdown in Iowa’s first 10 games this season. The streak was the longest ever by a Big Ten quarterback.
• Gronowski’s 13 rushing touchdowns are third in the Big Ten, 11th nationally and tied for second among FBS quarterbacks. The 13 rushing touchdowns is a single-season record for an Iowa quarterback.
• PK Drew Stevens has made 73 career field goals – a record in program history. He is also second in school history in career scoring (334).
• Wetjen, a 2025 Jett Award finalist, is the only player in the country to have both a punt return and a kickoff return in 2025. He is also the only player in the country to score via punt, kickoff, run and pass touchdown – the first player since 2009 to accomplish the feat.
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Here’s how to watch, stream or listen to the game between the Hawkeyes and Huskers.
Advertisers: Play-by-Play: Rich Waltz, Analyst: Ross Tucker, Sideline Reporter: Tiffany Blackmon
TV: CBS at 11:08 a.m. CT on Friday, November 28, 2025
Location: Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network – Gary Dolphin, play-by-play, Pat Angerercolor analyst, Rob Brooks, sideline reporter. Flagship 1040 OMS in Des Moines, 600 WMT AM in Cedar Rapids | 50+ Stations in Iowa | The university network | YouTube | SiriusXM 81
