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2015 SCHEDULE MINNESOTA AT IOWA DATE/OPPONENT TIME TV RESULT Date: Nov. 14, 2015 Television: BTN SEPTEMBER (3-1) Time: 7 p.m. CT Kevin Kugler (Play by Play) 3 No. 2 TCU 8 p.m. ESPN L, 23-17 Site: Iowa City, Iowa Matt Millen (Analyst) 12 at Colorado State 2:30 p.m. CBSSN W, 23-20 (OT) Stadium: Kinnick Stadium Lisa Byington (Sideline) 19 Kent State 11 a.m. BTN W, 10-7 Surface: FieldTurf Radio : KFAN 100.3 26 Ohio # 2:30 p.m. BTN W, 27-24 Capacity: 70,585 Mike Grimm (Play by Play) OCTOBER (1-3) Minnesota Iowa Series: Minnesota 62-44-2 Darrell Thompson (Analyst) 3 at No. 16 Northwestern * 11 a.m. BTN L, 27-0 4-5 Overall 9-0 Overall Streak Minnesota W1 Justin Gaard (Sideline) 10 at Purdue * 2:30 p.m. ESPN W, 41-13 1-4 B1G 5-0 B1G Last: Minnesota won 51-14 Kevin Falness (Host) 17 Nebraska * 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 L, 48-25 on Nov. 8, 2014, in Corbu Stathes (Host) 31 No. 15 Michigan * 6 p.m. ESPN L, 29-26 @GopherFootball #Gophers Minneapolis at Audio: NOVEMBER (0-1) TCF Bank Stadium GopherSports.com 7 at No. 1 Ohio State * 7 p.m. ABC L, 28-14 /GopherFootball Sirius / XM: 136 / 195 14 at No. 8 Iowa * 7 p.m. BTN 21 Illinois * TBA Five things you need to know 28 No. 23 Wisconsin * TBA 1 Minnesota travels to Iowa on Saturday for a night game against the No. 8 Hawkeyes. Once again, the schools will be * Big Ten game # Homecoming All times Central playing for the coveted Floyd of Rosedale, which is a solid bronze pig that is 15.5 inches tall, 21 inches long and weighs 98.3 pounds. Minnesota leads the all-time series 62-44-2 and is 42-36-2 against Iowa when Floyd has been on the MINNESOTA COACHES line. The Gophers enter Saturday’s tilt with possession of Floyd after a rousing 51-14 victory last season in Minneapolis. The Gophers, who scored 51 straight points last year to reclaim Floyd, have won three of the last five meetings with Iowa. Tracy Claeys (SL) Interim Head Coach Matt Limegrover (PB) Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line 2 The 51 points that unranked Minnesota scored on Iowa last year were the most it scored against the Hawkeyes since Brian Anderson (SL) Wide Receivers a 55-7 win in 1949. The 51 points were also the most that Iowa had yielded to an unranked team since that same Jay Nunez (PB) Special Teams 1949 game. The 51 points were also the most that Iowa has allowed since it lost 56-35 to No. 4 Ohio State in 1995 and Jeff Phelps (SL) Defensive Line were also the most that Iowa has allowed under Kirk Ferentz (has coached Iowa for 209 games since 1999). Pat Poore (SL) Running Backs Rob Reeves (SL) Tight Ends/H-Backs 3 Minnesota is in the midst of playing 10 of 16 games against a ranked team in the AP Top 25 (poll started in 1936) for Jay Sawvel (SL) Secondary/Special Teams only the second time in school history. It could be said that Minnesota - according to AP voters - is therefore playing Coordinator its most difficult schedule ever right now. The Gophers previously played 10 ranked teams in a 16-game span, which Mike Sherels (SL) Linebackers included the final three games of the 1990 season, the entire 1991 season and the first two games of the 1992 season Jim Zebrowski (PB) Quarterbacks (highest ranked team in that stretch was No. 4 Michigan). Iowa is ranked No. 8 and will be the fifth ranked team that Gameday Locations: SL - Sideline; PB - Press Box Minnesota will play this season. The Gophers opened the year hosting No. 2 TCU and have played at No. 1 Ohio State, No. 15 Michigan and at No. 16 Northwestern. The Gophers ended 2014 with four straight games against No. 8 Ohio State, No. 21 Nebraska, No. 14 Wisconsin and No. 16 Missouri. Minnesota plays current No. 23 Wisconsin on Nov. 28. GAME 10 SCHEDULE 4 The Gophers play at No. 8 Iowa on Saturday, which leading GOPHERS Nov. 10 11:48 a.m. Coach Claeys weekly Big Ten means that Minnesota will play three straight games Offense teleconference (please contact the B1G for against a top-15 teams (AP rankings at time of game) in No. 15 Total offense Mitch Leidner (2,053 yards) Passing yards Mitch Leidner (1,908) call-in information) Michigan, No. 1 Ohio State and No. 8 Iowa. The last time Minnesota played three straight games against top 15 teams Passing touchdowns Mitch Leidner (10) 12 p.m. Coach Claeys press conference was 2002 when it played No. 6 Ohio State, No. 13 Michigan Passing attempts Mitch Leidner (288) 12:15 p.m. Coach Limegrover press conference Passing completions Mitch Leidner (168) and No. 6 Iowa. Baylor is the only other team scheduled to play 12:30 p.m. Selected player availability Rushing yards Rodney Smith (550) three straight top 15 opponents, as it still faces No. 12 Rushing touchdowns Mitch Leidner (4) Nov. 11 4:15 p.m. practice. Coach Claeys and requested Oklahoma, No. 5 Oklahoma State and No. 13 TCU this year. Rushing attempts Rodney Smith (133) player availability after practice Receiving yards KJ Maye (525) Nov. 12 12 p.m. Gopher Football Weekly on KFAN 5 Minnesota played 8-0 Ohio State last week and faces 9-0 Receiving touchdowns KJ Maye (4) Iowa this week. No other team is scheduled to play two Receptions KJ Maye (49) Nov. 13 No availability Defense Nov. 14 7 p.m. at Iowa straight games against at 8-0 teams (Baylor has consecutive Tackles A. Johnson / Poock (65) games against 8-1 Oklahoma and 9-0 Oklahoma State, while Solo tackles Antonio Johnson (41) UPDATED BIOS, STATS Wake Forest plays 8-1 Notre Dame and then 9-0 Clemson). Assisted tackles Cody Poock (26) Minnesota is one of three Big Ten teams to play No. 1 Ohio Tackles-for-loss Jack Lynn (9.0) Please visit GopherSports.com for updated bios, season State and No. 8 Iowa (Indiana, Illinois are the others). The Sacks Steven Richardson (3.5) stats and career stats. Gophers and Indiana are the only teams to face No. 1 Ohio Interceptions Jalen Myrick (3) Pass breakups Eric Murray / Adekunle State, No. 8 Iowa and No. 15 Michigan this year. Minnesota is Ayinde (5) the only team that plays No. 1 Ohio State, No. 8 Iowa, No. 15 Forced fumbles Eric Murray (3) Michigan and No. 23 Wisconsin (teams combined 33-4 this Fumbles recovered Richardson / Johnson / year). Minnesota is the only team to play No. 1 Ohio State and S. Ekpe / Lynn / Murray (1) No. 2 TCU in the regular season (rankings at time of game). Minnesota at Iowa // Nov. 14, 2015 GOPHERS VS. IOWA FACTS GOPHERS VS. IOWA (ALL-TIME) Overall: 62-44-2 Home: 39-16-1 Away: 23-28-1 Last Gopher Home Win: Nov. 8, 2014 (Minnesota 51, Iowa 14) w w Last Gopher Road Win: Nov. 20, 1999 (Minnesota 25, Iowa 21) 1891 11/2 W 42-4 A 1962 11/10 W 10-0 H Last Iowa Home Win: Sept. 29, 2012 (Iowa 31, Minnesota 13) 1901 10/26 W 16-0 H 1963 11/9 L 13-27 A Last Iowa Road Win: Sept. 28, 2013 (Iowa 23, Minnesota 7) 1902 10/25 W 34-0 A 1964 11/7 W 14-13 H COACHES (record at current school only) 1903 10/17 W 75-0 H 1965 10/16 W 14-3 A Tracy Claeys vs. Iowa: 0-0 1904 11/24 W 11-0 A 1966 10/15 W 17-0 H Kirk Ferentz vs. Minnesota: 10-6 1905 10/21 W 39-0 H 1967 11/4 W 10-0 A GOPHERS' LONGEST STREAKS 1909 10/2 W 41-0 H 1968 11/2 L 28-35 H Current Streak: Won 1 1911 10/28 W 24-6 H 1969 11/1 W 35-8 A Wins Overall: 12 (Nov. 2, 1891-Oct. 28, 1916) 1912 10/26 W 56-7 H 1970 10/31 T 14-14 H Losses Overall: 5 (4 times, last Nov. 17, 2001-Nov. 19, 2005) 1914 10/24 W 7-0 A 1971 10/16 W 19-14 A Home Wins: 12 (Nov. 17, 1923-Nov. 5, 1949) 1915 10/23 W 51-13 H 1972 10/21 W 43-14 H Home Losses: 2 (5 times, last Nov. 16, 2002-Nov. 15, 2004) 1916 10/28 W 67-0 H 1973 10/20 W 31-23 A Away Wins: 6 (Oct. 16, 1965-Oct. 25, 1975) 1918 11/9 L 0-6 A 1974 10/19 W 23-17 H Away Losses: 6 (Nov. 17, 2001-Sept. 29, 2012)* 1919 10/25 L 6-9 H 1975 10/25 W 31-7 A *Ongoing streak 1920 11/13 L 7-28 A 1976 10/23 L 12-22 H MISC. 1921 11/5 L 7-41 H 1977 10/8 L 6-18 A Most Gophers Points - Win: 75 (75-0, Oct. 17, 1903) 1922 11/11 L 14-28 A 1978 10/14 W 22-20 H Fewest Gophers Points - Win: 7 (7-0, Oct. 24, 1914) 1923 11/17 W 20-7 H 1979 10/20 W 24-7 A Most Gophers Points - Loss: 42 (49-42, Nov. 19, 1994) 1924 10/25 L 0-13 A 1980 10/25 W 24-6 H Most Iowa Points - Win: 55 (55-0, Nov.