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Iowa vs. Nebraska In Pioneer Heroes Game On Black Friday

• Iowa is one of four teams nationally to not have a losing record in the College Football Playoff era (since 2014), along with Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State.

• Iowa is 31-11 in its last 42 rivalry trophy games.

• Graduate Kaden Wetjen earned his third Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honors after recording a 62-yard punt return touchdown in Week 13 against Michigan State – his third punt return TD this season. He is the only player in Big Ten history to have three PR touchdowns and a KR touchdown in the same season.

• Senior Drew Stevens drilled a 44-yard field goal as time expired to give the Hawkeyes a Senior Day victory over Michigan State. It was Stevens’ fourth career game-winning field goal (and his second straight on a home Senior Day).

• Since 2015, Iowa has won nine games on a field goal in the final 30 seconds of the fourth quarter, three more than any other FBS team over that period.

• QB Mark Gronowski threw his 100th career touchdown pass against Michigan State in Week 13.

• Iowa has won seven games for the 21st time under head coach Kirk Ferentz.

• Stevens made a 58-yard field goal in Week 11 against Oregon, tying an Iowa and Kinnick Stadium record. It is tied for the third-longest make in the NCAA this season.

• The Iowa defense is eighth nationally in total defense (267.9) and scoring defense (14.5), ninth in first-down defense (169), 12th in passing defense (166.3) and 14th in rushing defense (101.6).

• Gronowski scored a touchdown in Iowa’s first 10 games this season. The streak was the longest by a Big Ten quarterback all-time.

• Gronowski’s 13 total rushing TDs are third in the Big Ten, the 11th-most nationally and tied for the second-most among FBS quarterbacks. The 13 rushing TDs are a single season record by an Iowa quarterback.

• PK Drew Stevens has made 73 career field goals — the most 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 nation to have both a punt and kickoff return TD in 2025. He is also the only player in the country to score via a punt, kickoff, rushing and passing touchdown — the first player since 2009 to accomplish the feat.

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Here is how to watch, stream or listen to the game between the Hawkeyes and the Huskers. 

Announcers: Play-By-Play: Rich Waltz, Analyst: Ross Tucker, Sideline Reporter: Tiffany Blackmon

TV: CBS at 11:08 AM CT on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025

Location: Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network- Gary Dolphin, play-by-play, Pat Angerer, color analyst, Rob Brooks, sideline reporter. Flagship 1040 WHO in Des Moines, 600 WMT AM in Cedar Rapids | 50+ stations in Iowa | The Varsity Network | YouTube | SiriusXM 81

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