INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Iowa will play No. 3 Michigan in the Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 3 in Indianapolis for the second time in three years. The game will be televised on FOX.
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Dec. 2, 2023
Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium (70,000)
Surface: Field Turf
TV: FOX
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network/KRUI
Series Record: Michigan leads, 44-15-4
Neutral Site Record: Michigan leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: Michigan won 27-14 on 10/1/22 in Iowa City
The Hawkeyes clinched the outright Big Ten West Division title with its 13-10 victory at Nebraska in the regular season finale.
The Hawkeyes finished the regular season with a 10-2 overall and 7-2 in Big Ten play. It is the seventh time Iowa has notched its 10th victory during the regular season (five times under Ferentz) and the 11th 10-win season in program history (eight under Ferentz).
Iowa is 0-2 in Big Ten Championship Game history.
Michigan State used a 22-play, 84-yard scoring drive in the fourth quarter — a drive that spanned 9:04 — to score the game-winning touchdown with 27 seconds left to down Iowa, 16-13, in 2015. The Spartan win spoiled Iowa’s undefeated season.
Michigan led 14-3 in the first quarter and scored 21 points in the second half to down the Hawkeyes 42-3 in the 2021 Big Ten Championship Game. Iowa QB Cade McNamara and TE Erick All were members of that Wolverines’ team (both players are out for the season with injuries).
THE SERIES
• Michigan holds a 44-15-4 advantage in the series that began with a 28-5 Iowa win in 1900. The first meeting between the two teams was played in Detroit and the second in Chicago.
• The Wolverines have won the last three meetings, including a 27-14 victory last season in Kinnick Stadium.
• It is the second meeting in the Big Ten Championship Game. The Wolverines won, 42-3, in 2021 in Indianapolis.
