Gameday central: Michigan football at Iowa
Michigan Wolverines football is set for its first road game of the season. It’ll take on the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday afternoon. Here’s everything you need to get ready for kickoff.
Game time, TV channel, how to watch: Michigan football vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
Venue: Kinnick Stadium (Iowa City, Iowa)
Kickoff: 12:05 p.m. ET
TV: FOX
Stream: Fox Sports or the Fox Sports app
On The Call: Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (color), Jenny Taft (sideline)
Radio: LEARFIELD Michigan Sports Network, anchored by WWJ 950 AM in the Detroit area, with Doug Karsch (play-by-play), Jon Jansen (color) and Jason Avant (sideline) on the call. Karsch and Jansen are regular contributors to TheWolverine.com. Click here for the full list of radio affiliates to find the station in your area. The radio broadcast can also be streamed through MGoBlue.com.
Series Facts: This will be the 63rd meeting between the schools. Michigan holds a 43-15-4 lead in the series and has won 14 of the last 22 games. The Wolverines also have claimed victory in six of their last 10 trips to Kinnick Stadium, with one tie (6-3-1). Michigan won last year’s matchup with Iowa 42-3 in the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis as well as the prior meeting (10-3 on Oct. 5, 2019). Iowa’s last win in the series came on Nov. 12, 2016, a 14-13 win at Kinnick.
Betting: Michigan vs. Iowa
Michigan is a 10.5-point favorite over Iowa, with the over/under set at 42 points.
Michigan and Iowa are both 2-2 against the spread this season. The total has gone under in three of each team’s four games to this point.
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TheWolverine.com predictions
Chris Balas: U-M 20, Iowa 13 (Iowa +10.5, u42)
Clayton Sayfie: U-M 28, Iowa 10
(U-M -10.5, u42)
Anthony Broome: U-M 23, Iowa 14 (Iowa +10.5, u42)
John Borton: U-M 27, Iowa 17 (Iowa +10.5, o42)
Doug Skene: U-M 20, Iowa 14 (Iowa +10.5, u42)
Weather report: Iowa City forecast
Weather.com projects it to be mostly sunny and 63 degrees with a zero-percent chance of rain and winds out of the northeast at 6 MPH at kickoff. It’s expected to get up to 71 degrees by 3 p.m. CT.
For tailgating purposes, it’ll be 47 degrees and sunny at 8 a.m. and the temperatures will quickly rise throughout the morning.
Michigan pregame reading
• Previewing Michigan vs. Iowa with a Hawkeyes insider
• Keys to the Game: Michigan football at Iowa
• Inside the fort: Michigan football injuries, intel, hoops, and more
• Five burning questions for Michigan football ahead of big test at Iowa
• Tale of the tape: Sizing up U-M football vs. Iowa
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• ITF EXTRA: Michigan confident heading into Iowa, Derrick Moore, Eyabi Okie ready for bigger roles
• Michigan football position to watch this week: The QB’s biggest test yet
