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Iowa football: Making sense of lopsided history vs Michigan

In sixty games against the Michigan Wolverines, the Iowa football squad has emerged victorious just 15 times.

If this were Nebraska, anytime you bring up the upset victory over #3 Michigan in 2016, they would simply point to this landslide historical victory.

But as one of our contributors pointed out, not so fast on that.

Prior to 2000, the Iowa football team had won just eight games against Michigan. The Wolverines were an absolute powerhouse, and they inflicted their will on the Hawks. Fair point.

But since Kirk Ferentz has taken over the program, the Iowa football team is 7-6 against Michigan with four of those losses coming in the Lloyd Carr era.