The Iowa Hawkeyes are set to open Big Ten play with a road trip to Piscataway, New Jersey to take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Saturday evening. This marks Iowa’s first game away from historic Kinnick Stadium in 2022, though it will be the Hawkeyes’ second straight night game after Iowa defeated the Nevada Wolfpack 27-0 over the course of a little more than seven hours spanning last Saturday night and into Sunday morning.
The win in the non-conference finale gave the Hawkeye offense a much needed jolt in the arm. Iowa returned a trio of wide receivers to meaningful action and seemingly opened up the downfield passing game.