IOWA CITY – Iowa will face Rutgers on Saturday in the fourth all-time meeting between the Hawkeyes and the Scarlet Knights.
Rutgers (6-3, 3-3) at Iowa (7-2, 4-2) \\ Saturday, Nov. 11 \\ 2:40 p.m. (CT) \\ TV: BTN \\ Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network/KRUI
Kinnick Stadium \\ Military Appreciation Day \\ Iowa City, Iowa
The Hawkeyes sit at 4-2 in Big Ten Conference play in 2023, which put them in a one game lead in the West Division with three games remaining in the regular season. Iowa has won two Big Ten West Division titles (2015, 2021).
SERIES RESULTS
The Hawkeyes are 3-0 against the Scarlet Knights, winning twice in Piscataway and once in Iowa City.
9/24/2016 – Iowa defeats Rutgers, 14-7 (A)
9/7/2019 – Iowa defeats Rutgers, 30-0 (H)
9/24/2022 – Iowa defeats Rutgers, 27-10 (A)
During the lone meeting in Kinnick Stadium in 2019, Iowa allowed just five first downs, 47 passing yards and 125 yards total offense in 2019. The Hawkeyes sit at 4-2 in Big Ten Conference play in 2023, which put them in a one game lead in the West Division with three games remaining in the regular season. Iowa has won two Big Ten West Division titles (2015, 2021).
Three of Iowa’s most prominent offensive players — QB Cade McNamara, TE Luke Lachey and TE Erick All — are sidelined with season-ending injuries.
The Hawkeyes have eight interceptions through nine weeks (to rank 47th nationally), including Sebastian Castro’s 30-yard pick-six in the road win at Iowa State. The interception return for a touchdown extended Iowa’s streak to 16 consecutive seasons (and 21 of the last 23 years). It is the second-longest active streak nationally.
All seven University of Iowa home football games are sold out for the 2023 season. It is the second consecutive season that the Hawkeyes have sold out the stadium for the entire season.
Former University of Iowa All-America defensive back Desmond King will serve as honorary captain when the Hawkeyes host Rutgers on Saturday on Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 2:40 p.m. (CT) and the game will be televised on Big Ten Network.
King has played for four teams in six seasons in the NFL, most recently with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2023. He earned first-team All-America recognition in 2015 and 2016. As a junior, King was the recipient of the Jim Thorpe Award as the top defensive back in the nation and earned unanimous consensus All-America honors. He was the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year and one of five finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year.
King holds Iowa records for career starts (51) and games played (53), helping Iowa win 35 games from 2013-16. He tied the Iowa single-season record with eight interceptions in 2015 and ranks fourth in career interceptions (14). King is one of four Hawkeyes to have three interception returns for a touchdown. He totaled 263 career tackles, and his 88-yard touchdown return versus Maryland is the eighth-longest in school history.
