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# News Quiz: Thanksgiving Football In Iowa Has A History
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/news-quiz-thanksgiving-football-in-iowa-has-a-history/
- Published: 2016-11-22T21:00:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:24:29.000Z
- Description: The state of Iowa's history of Thanksgiving football goes back quite a few years. How far? Find out in this IowaWatch news quiz.
- Author: IowaWatch
- Tags: iowawatch, News Quizzes, Black Friday games, College football in Iowa, Heroes game, Iowa football, Iowa State University, Iowa-Nebraska football, Nebraska football, University of Iowa, University of Nebraska, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

![University of Iowa Football Game, 1900. ](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.

Once again Thanksgiving weekend football is in Iowa City for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes’ Black Friday game against the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers at Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 25 and the Iowa State University Cyclones’ game the following day in Ames against the West Virginia Mountaineers.

The state of Iowa’s history of Thanksgiving football goes back quite a few years. How far? Find out in this IowaWatch news quiz that we like bringing out each Thanksgiving weekend over the past few years. Click the answers and see the old photos:

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