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Saturday, October 25
Iowa City, IA
2:30 PM
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Game 8: Minnesota at Iowa
10/22/2025 8:55:00 AM | Football
THE ESSENTIALS
Date/Time:Â Oct. 25, 2025 / 2:30Â p.m.
Site:Â Iowa City, Iowa
Stadium:Â Kinnick Stadium
Surface:Â FieldTurf
Capacity:Â 69,250
Series Overall:Â Minnesota leads 63-53-2
Streak Overall:Â Minnesota lost 1
Series in Iowa:Â Minnesota trails 24-32-1
Streak in Iowa:Â Minnesota won 1
First Meeting:Â Minnesota won 42-4 in Iowa City (11/2/1891)
Last Meeting:Â Minnesota lost 31-14 in Minneapolis (9/21/2024)
Television: CBS // Brad Nessler (PXP), Gary Danielson (Analyst), Jenny Dell (Reporter)
Gopher Radio: KFAN FM 100.3 | SiriusXM: 390; SXM App // Mike Grimm (PXP), Darrell Thompson (Analyst), Justin Gaard (Reporter), Tanner Hoops (Host), Dan Rowbotham (Engineer)
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
1. Meeting for the 95th season in a row (every year since 1931), RV/NR Minnesota (5-2, 3-1 B1G) travels to NR/RV Iowa (5-2, 3-1) to face the Hawkeyes Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. on CBS and the Gopher Radio Network.
2. Saturday marks the 119th all-time matchup between Minnesota and Iowa, and it's also the 91st battle for Floyd of Rosedale, a 15.5-inch high, 21-inch long bronze statue of a prized hog (a full history of which can be found on Page 58 of the Game Notes). First played for in 1935, the all-time series record for Floyd could not be much closer as the Hawkeyes hold a slight lead at 45-43-2. After winning in Kinnick Stadium in 2023, Minnesota is looking for consecutive wins in Iowa City for the first time since 1979 and 1981..
3. Minnesota's defense was relentless in last Friday's 24-6 win over No. 25 Nebraska, recording nine sacks, the most in Gopher records dating to 1977. Five of those sacks came in the first half, their most in any half since at least 2019. Karter Menz and Anthony Smith each tallied 2.5 sacks, tying each other for the most by a Gopher player in the P.J. Fleck era and the most by a Gopher at Huntington Bank Stadium. With Jaxon Howard adding 2.0 sacks, Friday's game marked the first time since at least 1995 that Minnesota had three players record 2.0+ sacks in one game. Coupled with a 7-sack performance against Rutgers, Minnesota is the only team in the FBS this year with multiple games of least 7.0 sacks. Additionally, that's the most such performances by any Big Ten team since the start of the 2024 season.
4. Redshirt freshman Drake Lindsey is having a standout debut season as the starter in the Maroon and Gold. He's 129-of-208 (62.0 percent) for 1,437 yards with 10 touchdowns and three interceptions, good for an efficiency rating of 133.0. Among FBS freshmen with at least 100 pass attempts this year, Lindsey is fourth in touchdown percentage (4.8), fifth in passing touchdowns (10) and interception percentage (1.4), sixth in pass attempts, seventh in completions, efficiency rating and passing yards per attempt (6.9), eighth in completion percentage, ninth in passing yards and yards per completion (11.1), and 10th in passing yards per game (205.3). Lindsey has already established himself as one of the top freshman QBs in Minnesota history as he's second all-time among Gopher freshmen for passing yards and is tied for second in passing touchdowns. Adam Weber holds both records with 2,895 passing yards and 24 touchdowns thrown. More on Lindsey can be found on Page 5 of the Notes.
5. The 2025 campaign is the ninth for P.J. Fleck at Minnesota. He is the fifth-longest tenured coach in program history and the second-longest active tenured coach in the Big Ten. Fleck's record stands at 63-41, putting him fifth in program history in overall wins and games coached (104), in addition to ranking fourth in Big Ten wins (37). One more victory will tie Fleck with Glen Mason (1997-06) for fourth in program history (see box right). Fleck's overall win percentage of .606 is third best among Minnesota coaches with at least 45 games under their helm behind only Henry L. Williams (.786, 1900-21) and Bernie Bierman (.716, 1932-41, '45-50). In his 13th season overall as a college head coach, Fleck is 93-63 (.596).
You can read Minnesota's complete game notes here.
Date/Time:Â Oct. 25, 2025 / 2:30Â p.m.
Site:Â Iowa City, Iowa
Stadium:Â Kinnick Stadium
Surface:Â FieldTurf
Capacity:Â 69,250
Series Overall:Â Minnesota leads 63-53-2
Streak Overall:Â Minnesota lost 1
Series in Iowa:Â Minnesota trails 24-32-1
Streak in Iowa:Â Minnesota won 1
First Meeting:Â Minnesota won 42-4 in Iowa City (11/2/1891)
Last Meeting:Â Minnesota lost 31-14 in Minneapolis (9/21/2024)
Television: CBS // Brad Nessler (PXP), Gary Danielson (Analyst), Jenny Dell (Reporter)
Gopher Radio: KFAN FM 100.3 | SiriusXM: 390; SXM App // Mike Grimm (PXP), Darrell Thompson (Analyst), Justin Gaard (Reporter), Tanner Hoops (Host), Dan Rowbotham (Engineer)
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
1. Meeting for the 95th season in a row (every year since 1931), RV/NR Minnesota (5-2, 3-1 B1G) travels to NR/RV Iowa (5-2, 3-1) to face the Hawkeyes Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. on CBS and the Gopher Radio Network.
2. Saturday marks the 119th all-time matchup between Minnesota and Iowa, and it's also the 91st battle for Floyd of Rosedale, a 15.5-inch high, 21-inch long bronze statue of a prized hog (a full history of which can be found on Page 58 of the Game Notes). First played for in 1935, the all-time series record for Floyd could not be much closer as the Hawkeyes hold a slight lead at 45-43-2. After winning in Kinnick Stadium in 2023, Minnesota is looking for consecutive wins in Iowa City for the first time since 1979 and 1981..
3. Minnesota's defense was relentless in last Friday's 24-6 win over No. 25 Nebraska, recording nine sacks, the most in Gopher records dating to 1977. Five of those sacks came in the first half, their most in any half since at least 2019. Karter Menz and Anthony Smith each tallied 2.5 sacks, tying each other for the most by a Gopher player in the P.J. Fleck era and the most by a Gopher at Huntington Bank Stadium. With Jaxon Howard adding 2.0 sacks, Friday's game marked the first time since at least 1995 that Minnesota had three players record 2.0+ sacks in one game. Coupled with a 7-sack performance against Rutgers, Minnesota is the only team in the FBS this year with multiple games of least 7.0 sacks. Additionally, that's the most such performances by any Big Ten team since the start of the 2024 season.
4. Redshirt freshman Drake Lindsey is having a standout debut season as the starter in the Maroon and Gold. He's 129-of-208 (62.0 percent) for 1,437 yards with 10 touchdowns and three interceptions, good for an efficiency rating of 133.0. Among FBS freshmen with at least 100 pass attempts this year, Lindsey is fourth in touchdown percentage (4.8), fifth in passing touchdowns (10) and interception percentage (1.4), sixth in pass attempts, seventh in completions, efficiency rating and passing yards per attempt (6.9), eighth in completion percentage, ninth in passing yards and yards per completion (11.1), and 10th in passing yards per game (205.3). Lindsey has already established himself as one of the top freshman QBs in Minnesota history as he's second all-time among Gopher freshmen for passing yards and is tied for second in passing touchdowns. Adam Weber holds both records with 2,895 passing yards and 24 touchdowns thrown. More on Lindsey can be found on Page 5 of the Notes.
5. The 2025 campaign is the ninth for P.J. Fleck at Minnesota. He is the fifth-longest tenured coach in program history and the second-longest active tenured coach in the Big Ten. Fleck's record stands at 63-41, putting him fifth in program history in overall wins and games coached (104), in addition to ranking fourth in Big Ten wins (37). One more victory will tie Fleck with Glen Mason (1997-06) for fourth in program history (see box right). Fleck's overall win percentage of .606 is third best among Minnesota coaches with at least 45 games under their helm behind only Henry L. Williams (.786, 1900-21) and Bernie Bierman (.716, 1932-41, '45-50). In his 13th season overall as a college head coach, Fleck is 93-63 (.596).
You can read Minnesota's complete game notes here.
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