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Panthers could play Iowa in football
Northern Iowa could fill slot on Hawkeyes' schedule for 2005.
By RANDY PETERSON
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
06/04/2004
Series history
LAST TIME: Iowa and UNI have not played since the Hawkeyes' 66-0 win on Sept. 6, 1997 in Iowa City.
RECORD: Iowa has a 12-1 record, including six shutouts in the series with the Panthers.
ONE TIME: UNI beat Iowa, 11-5, on Nov. 5, 1898.
Athletic directors from Iowa and Northern Iowa are talking about scheduling a football game to be played in 2005 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.
"I've told Northern Iowa that we will look for a way to put them on the 2005 schedule," Iowa athletic director Bob Bowlsby said Thursday.
Northern Iowa athletic director Rick Hartzell said he would do everything he can to make the first football game between the schools since 1997 become reality.
"I think what's going to happen is that Iowa's going to ask us to play, and we're most likely going to say yes," Hartzell said Thursday.
Iowa is scrambling to replace Missouri, which backed out of the first two games of a four-game contract that was signed in 1994. The first game was supposed to be Sept. 3, 2005 in Iowa City.
Bowlsby approached Hartzell about the teams playing that day at Kinnick Stadium. Northern Iowa declined because of a Sept. 1 home game against Drake.
"We worked four years to get Drake on the schedule; we finally got an agreement and I ain't moving the game," Hartzell said. "It wouldn't be fair to Drake. It wouldn't be fair to anybody, because it's a great game for both of us."
Two weeks later, Sept. 17 in Iowa City, would be more likely, despite both schools having conflicts - Iowa hosting Ball State, and Northern Iowa hosting South Dakota State.
"Ball State wants to get out of the game," Bowlsby said. "They've handled it professionally, and they've done everything they should, including getting to us real early.
"Unlike Missouri, Ball State said if you can't work it out, we'll play."
Missouri unconditionally broke the first two years of the Iowa contract in favor of playing games against Arkansas State.
Hartzell seemed to think Sept. 17 would work.
"We'd have to move the South Dakota State game, but I think we could get it to work," Hartzell said.
Once every four years, NCAA rules allow Division I-A schools to count a victory against a I-AA school, such as Northern Iowa, toward bowl eligibility. Iowa beat the Panthers, 66-0, when the teams last met in 1997.
Last season, Iowa finished with a 10-3 record after beating Florida, 38-17, in the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. Northern Iowa had a 10-3 record after losing at Delaware, 37-7, in the quarterfinal round of the I-AA playoffs.
Iowa also had Nebraska on the list of potential replacements for Missouri.
"We spoke, but it's not going to work, because they need a home game in 2005, and so do we," Bowlsby said. "We're talking with a couple other schools that I can't talk about publicly right now, because of the strategic aspects of it. We're not the only ones that are talking to them. It would get a little messy if it gets out."
Panthers could play Iowa in football
Northern Iowa could fill slot on Hawkeyes' schedule for 2005.
By RANDY PETERSON
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
06/04/2004
Series history
LAST TIME: Iowa and UNI have not played since the Hawkeyes' 66-0 win on Sept. 6, 1997 in Iowa City.
RECORD: Iowa has a 12-1 record, including six shutouts in the series with the Panthers.
ONE TIME: UNI beat Iowa, 11-5, on Nov. 5, 1898.
Athletic directors from Iowa and Northern Iowa are talking about scheduling a football game to be played in 2005 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.
"I've told Northern Iowa that we will look for a way to put them on the 2005 schedule," Iowa athletic director Bob Bowlsby said Thursday.
Northern Iowa athletic director Rick Hartzell said he would do everything he can to make the first football game between the schools since 1997 become reality.
"I think what's going to happen is that Iowa's going to ask us to play, and we're most likely going to say yes," Hartzell said Thursday.
Iowa is scrambling to replace Missouri, which backed out of the first two games of a four-game contract that was signed in 1994. The first game was supposed to be Sept. 3, 2005 in Iowa City.
Bowlsby approached Hartzell about the teams playing that day at Kinnick Stadium. Northern Iowa declined because of a Sept. 1 home game against Drake.
"We worked four years to get Drake on the schedule; we finally got an agreement and I ain't moving the game," Hartzell said. "It wouldn't be fair to Drake. It wouldn't be fair to anybody, because it's a great game for both of us."
Two weeks later, Sept. 17 in Iowa City, would be more likely, despite both schools having conflicts - Iowa hosting Ball State, and Northern Iowa hosting South Dakota State.
"Ball State wants to get out of the game," Bowlsby said. "They've handled it professionally, and they've done everything they should, including getting to us real early.
"Unlike Missouri, Ball State said if you can't work it out, we'll play."
Missouri unconditionally broke the first two years of the Iowa contract in favor of playing games against Arkansas State.
Hartzell seemed to think Sept. 17 would work.
"We'd have to move the South Dakota State game, but I think we could get it to work," Hartzell said.
Once every four years, NCAA rules allow Division I-A schools to count a victory against a I-AA school, such as Northern Iowa, toward bowl eligibility. Iowa beat the Panthers, 66-0, when the teams last met in 1997.
Last season, Iowa finished with a 10-3 record after beating Florida, 38-17, in the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. Northern Iowa had a 10-3 record after losing at Delaware, 37-7, in the quarterfinal round of the I-AA playoffs.
Iowa also had Nebraska on the list of potential replacements for Missouri.
"We spoke, but it's not going to work, because they need a home game in 2005, and so do we," Bowlsby said. "We're talking with a couple other schools that I can't talk about publicly right now, because of the strategic aspects of it. We're not the only ones that are talking to them. It would get a little messy if it gets out."
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