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Podcast: Hawkeye Recap - History of Iowa Hawkeyes Football and Basketball
Episode: Ep 030: Recap of Iowa vs Nebraska Football history 1891-1919
Description: In this podcast, we look at this week's opponent Nebraska and the games played from 1891 through 1919. There have been 53 football games played against Nebraska, and Iowa is 20-30-3 all-time (40%).
Fry was 1-3 all time (25%), with the only win in 1981, and losses in 1979, 1980 and 1982. Ferentz is 8-6 (57%), but lost the first 4 (99, 2000, then 2011 and 2012). He won 8 of the next 10, including 7 in a row from 2015 to 2021.
In 1896, they played twice due to controversy over how the first game ended. From 1903 to 1917, Nebraska was 8-0-1. From 1931 to 1941, they also won 8 straight. There was a big gap...