3 More Iowa Football Start Times Announced

Hawkeyes Know Kickoff for Six Games in '23

Players from Iowa (right) and Nebraska line up for a field goal attempt by the Huskers on Nov. 25, 2022 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Rob Howe/HawkeyeNation.com)

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Start times for three Iowa 2023 football games were announced on Wednesday by the Big Ten Conference in conjunction with BTN, ESPN, CBS, NBC and FOX television networks.

The Hawkeyes open the season with three straight non-conference games. The Sept. 2 season-opener against Utah State is slated for an 11 a.m. (CT) kickoff on FS1.

The annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game at Iowa State begins at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 9 and will be televised on FOX and Iowa’s nonconference finale against Western Michigan will also have a 2:30 p.m. start time, airing on BTN.

FryFest is also part of opening weekend. Slated for Friday, Sept. 1, FryFest is held at the Iowa River Landing and celebrates everything Hawkeye. The Iowa Letterwinners Club will celebrate the 2023 Hall of Fame class throughout the weekend.

Iowa’s road contest at Penn State (Sept. 23) was previously announced as a primetime 7 p.m. telecast on CBS. That kickoff time has changed to 6:30 p.m.

Iowa’s Homecoming game is Oct. 7, with the Hawkeyes hosting Purdue. The contest against the Boilermakers will kick at either 2:30, 3, or 6:30 p.m. with the network broadcast yet to be determined.

The final game of the regular season, Friday, Nov. 24 at Nebraska, will begin at 11 a.m. with CBS carrying the game.

Kickoff times for all other games will be selected during the in-season 12-/6-day selection process, per the media rights agreements between the Big Ten Conference and its television partners.

Fans can request football season tickets by visiting hawkeyesports.com/footballtickets. Season ticket holders can currently confirm their 2023 order. Fight for Iowa mobile passes are currently on sale, while mini plan ticket packages will be on sale June 5 for donors and June 8 for general public. Group tickets and Hawkeye Village ticket sales begin July 5, while single game tickets go on sale for donors on July 17 and to the general public on July 20.

University of Iowa faculty/staff should contact the University of Iowa Athletics Ticket Office for season tickets. The UI Athletics Ticket Office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office telephone number is 1-800-IA-HAWKS.

For game-day parking information, visit hawkeyesports.com/footballparking.

Iowa’s 2023 football schedule (all times CT):

Sept. 2 Utah State 11 a.m., FS1

FryFest, Hall of Fame, Educator Day, presented by the Eastern Iowa Airport

Sept. 9 at Iowa State 2:30 p.m., FOX

Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series

Sept. 16 Western Michigan 2:30 p.m., BTN

Gold Out Game, presented by Harvest Kick-off

Sept. 23 at Penn State 6:30 p.m., CBS
Sept. 30 Michigan State

Black Out Game, presented by Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Oct. 7 Purdue 2:30/3/6:30 p.m.

Homecoming

Oct. 14 at Wisconsin TBA

Oct. 21 Minnesota TBA

ANF Black & Gold Spirit Game, presented by Iowa Farm Bureau

Oct. 28 Open

Nov. 4 vs. Northwestern TBA (Wrigley Field)

Nov. 11 Rutgers TBA

Military Appreciation Game
Nov. 18 Illinois

Senior Day, presented by GreenState Credit Union

Nov. 24 at Nebraska 11 a.m., CBS