Iowa Football

Here’s what you need to know about Saturday’s Iowa football season opener against Illinois State.

Fry Fest, held annually before Iowa’s first home football game celebrates the legacy of longtime Iowa head football coach Hayden Fry.

Football and the theater have more in common than you may realize. Actor/director/educator Patrick Du Laney appreciates the grip Hawkeye football has on Iowa City.

Beau Stephens is healthy again and playing with more confidence on Iowa’s veteran offensive line.

Ex-Iowa quarterback Joe Labas made quite the impression in his first in-game opportunity since the 2022 Music City Bowl.

Brock Spack is the all-time winningest head football coach at Illinois State. Prior to that, he was a longtime defensive coordinator at Purdue. In short, he knows Iowa about as well as anyone. The teams play their season openers Saturday morning at Kinnick Stadium.

The mad prophet Hlastradamus is back after a lot of time to get his mind right. He has found something right away that is manna from sports book heaven.

The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems panelists return with their first college football predictions of the 2024 season: Iowa vs. Illinois State, Iowa State vs. North Dakota and Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame.

If you need to know anything about the Redbirds vs. the Hawkeyes Saturday, it’s here and nowhere else. And that’s the truth, Ruth.

Illinois State does not pose as much of a challenge as the Hawkeyes’ previous FCS opponent. Here are three keys and a prediction for Saturday’s game.

In a year when almost everything went right for Iowa’s defense, turnover production was the one exception. The Hawkeyes have been intentional about changing that in 2024.

Here is the 2024 Iowa football schedule with kickoff times, TV channels and streaming options, plus notes about each opponent from The Gazette’s John Steppe.

Wallace was a wide receiver (and eventually, an assistant coach) at Coe who made catches count long before he started guiding All-America linebackers at Iowa.

Iowa’s season opener against Illinois State will “obviously” be different without Kirk Ferentz, but the Hawkeyes are preparing as if it’s “business as usual” this week.

Iowa defensive back Sebastian Castro answered media questions Tuesday about his "cash" position, where he's improved, forcing turnovers, Seth Wallace stepping into the head coach role with Kirk Ferentz suspended for the opener and more.

The game ball from Michigan’s 2022 win over Iowa football went to Connor Stalions for “deciphering signals,” he said in a newly released Netflix documentary.

An ex-Kansas State quarterback are among the Illinois State players to watch during Iowa’s Aug. 31 season opener.

Iowa football’s Week 1 depth chart lists Cade McNamara as the starting quarterback after McNamara competed with Northwestern transfer Brendan Sullivan in fall camp.

If the expanded College Football Playoff existed for the first 25 years of Kirk Ferentz’s tenure, here are the teams that would have made the field.