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per The Gazette:
2. The Rivalry
As mentioned above, this game has been a “trophy” game since the 1935 season, but the rivalry dates much longer than that.
Iowa and Minnesota first met in 1891, in Iowa City. The Gophers won, 42-4. Minnesota actually won the first 12 games. Iowa finally broke through with a 6-0 win in 1918. The Hawkeyes then won five in a row.
Minnesota holds a 62-47-2 advantage in the series, but Iowa has dominated in recent years.
The Hawkeyes have won three in a row, including last year’s 17-10 win in Iowa City, and have won five of the last six meetings, 13 of the last 17.
3. Running Man
Gophers Coach P.J. Fleck, who “rowed the boat” to national prominence at Western Michigan in 2016, is quite a character.
Some of his antics while at Western Michigan and Minnesota have made headlines, like having the Navy SEALS drop out of a plane to let a player know he was going on scholarship.
Fleck also is a runner and was featured in Runner’s World Magazine in August.
He gets up early and hits the road around 4:30 a.m.
https://www.thegazette.com/iowa-football-game-vs-minnesota-gophers-5-things-to-know-preview-20181002
Go Gophers!!
2. The Rivalry
As mentioned above, this game has been a “trophy” game since the 1935 season, but the rivalry dates much longer than that.
Iowa and Minnesota first met in 1891, in Iowa City. The Gophers won, 42-4. Minnesota actually won the first 12 games. Iowa finally broke through with a 6-0 win in 1918. The Hawkeyes then won five in a row.
Minnesota holds a 62-47-2 advantage in the series, but Iowa has dominated in recent years.
The Hawkeyes have won three in a row, including last year’s 17-10 win in Iowa City, and have won five of the last six meetings, 13 of the last 17.
3. Running Man
Gophers Coach P.J. Fleck, who “rowed the boat” to national prominence at Western Michigan in 2016, is quite a character.
Some of his antics while at Western Michigan and Minnesota have made headlines, like having the Navy SEALS drop out of a plane to let a player know he was going on scholarship.
Fleck also is a runner and was featured in Runner’s World Magazine in August.
He gets up early and hits the road around 4:30 a.m.
https://www.thegazette.com/iowa-football-game-vs-minnesota-gophers-5-things-to-know-preview-20181002
Go Gophers!!