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# News Quiz: Long Tradition of Thanksgiving Football
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/news-quiz-long-tradition-of-thanksgiving-football-2/
- Published: 2015-11-23T12:00:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:24:30.000Z
- Description: Thanksgiving weekend football has become as much a part of the holiday festivities as the turkey. When the Hawkeyes go up against the University of Nebraska and the Cyclones face West Virginia on Thanksgiving weekend, they will participate in long-standing traditions. Just how long-standing? Find ou
- Author: IowaWatch
- Tags: iowawatch, News Quizzes, Cyclones, Football, Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa State University, Thanksgiving, University of Nebraska, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

![University of Iowa Football Game, 1900. Frederick W. Kent Collection, University of Iowa Library and Archives.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/d3/cdd3c059-8898-40b1-bcf7-cb2d3aa89775/content/images/2026/09/Iowa_football_team_in_play_The_University_of_Iowa_1900-1-1.jpg)

University of Iowa Football Game, 1900\. Frederick W. Kent Collection, University of Iowa Library and Archives.

*(This is a throwback from a news quiz published last year.)*

Thanksgiving weekend football has become as much a part of the holiday festivities as the turkey. When the Hawkeyes go up against the University of Nebraska and the Cyclones face West Virginia this weekend, they will participate in long-standing traditions. Just how long-standing? Find out in this IowaWatch news quiz:

\[quiz key=”1E8UX6wHCi8zOb\_WiotyuxfR0MsAkYXYOs2cODTFmEhc” title=”Iowa’s Long Tradition of Thanksgiving Football” answerstyle=”bullets” Byline=”Lauren Mills/IowaWatch”\]