Game Notes: at Iowa

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The No. 17/17 Indiana football program will begin the 2021 season on the road in Iowa City against No. 18/18 Iowa on Saturday (Sept. 4) at Kinnick Stadium. The Hoosiers are among the top 25 in the national polls for the 11th straight week and will begin a season with a Big Ten opponent for the third time under fifth-year head coach Tom Allen.

INDIANA (17 AP/17 USA Today) at IOWA (18 AP/18 USA Today)
Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium
Saturday, Sept. 4 | 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT
TV: Big Ten Network | RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network

Setting The Scene
• No. 17/17 Indiana kicks off its 137th season of football at No. 18/18 Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 4. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CST/3:30 p.m. EST at Kinnick Stadium (69,250; Field Turf) on BTN.
• IU is ranked in the preseason for the first time since 1969 and has appeared in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll for 11-straight weeks, a program record.
• The Hoosiers AP Top 25 streak shares the 13th-longest active streak in the nation.
• Indiana has won 15-of-17 season openers, including last year's 36-35 overtime victory over No. 8 Penn State.
• IU will open with a Big Ten foe for the third time in Tom Allen's five campaigns: No. 2 Ohio State (2017) and No. 8 Penn State (2020).
• This marks the 13th time the Hoosiers have started with a ranked opponent and third time in five years.
• Indiana will kick off a campaign against Iowa for the fourth time and the first time since 1980.
• The Hawkeyes own a 2-1 record in the three previous starters with wins in Bloomington (16-7 on Sept. 13, 1980; 27-0 on Sept. 29, 1956).
• IU dropped UI, 30-26, in the lone matchup in Iowa City on Sept. 8, 1979.
• Indiana and Iowa are meeting for the first time since 2018 and the first time at Kinnick Stadium since 2014.
• The Hoosiers have earned victories in their last three road season openers.

The Coaches
• The 2020 American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, Tom Allen's 24 wins (24-22 overall record) are the most for an Indiana head football coach over his first four seasons. Allen was also named the 2020 Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (Big Ten coaches vote) and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year (Big Ten media vote). (full bio on page 14)
• Kirk Ferentz is 168-106 (.613) in his 23rd season at Iowa. He is the school's all-time winningest coach and sits
fourth in B1G history. Ferentz served as Maine's head coach (1990-92) and owns a 180-127 (.586) career record.

News & Notes
• The Hoosiers are 14-7 overall and 11-5 in Big Ten play since the start of 2019.
• Indiana's 14 wins share fourth and 11 victories share third in the B1G during that span.
• The 11 wins are tied for the most in school history over a two-year span (1987-88).
• IU has won 11 of its last 14 league games, its most successful stretch in program history.
• The Hoosiers have played in consecutive January bowl games (2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and 2021 Outback Bowl) for the first time in school history.
• Indiana (6-2, 6-1 Big Ten) finished the 2020 season with a No. 12 final rating from the Associated Press, its highest final ranking since 1967 (No. 4).

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