As the Big Ten Conference gets set to reveal its 2024 league scheduling model and opponents in a special edition of “B1G Live” on the Big Ten Network at 3:30 p.m. CT, details about the Iowa Hawkeyes‘ 2024 schedule appear to be leaking.
Brett McMurphy of the Action Network included three Iowa games in his list of 10 dates on the Big Ten’s 2024 conference slate that will reportedly soon be unveiled in this afternoon’s announcement.
Per McMurphy, Iowa will play each of the two newcomers in 2024. The Hawkeyes would travel to USC and then host UCLA. McMurphy’s sources also indicate there will be a road trip for Iowa to Ohio State.
McMurhpy also reports that Michigan plays at USC, Ohio State at UCLA, Wisconsin at Michigan, UCLA at Michigan, Wisconsin at USC, Nebraska at UCLA, and USC at Penn State.
Big Ten’s 2024 conference schedule, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ, includes:
Michigan at USC
Ohio State at UCLA
Wisconsin at Michigan
Iowa at USC
UCLA at Michigan
Wisconsin at USC
Nebraska at UCLA
Iowa at Ohio State
USC at Penn State
UCLA at Iowa— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) June 8, 2023
Iowa owns all-time marks of 3-7 versus USC and 3-6 versus UCLA. The Hawkeyes’ most recent trip to USC was a 55-0 loss on Oct. 2, 1976. Iowa earned road wins over USC in both the 1950 and 1961 seasons, topping the Trojans, 20-14, on Sept. 29, 1950, and, 35-34, on Oct. 7, 1961.
Of course, the most recent meeting between the pair came in the 2019 Holiday Bowl when Iowa routed USC, 49-24. Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley threw two touchdown passes and Hawkeye receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette scored on a 6-yard touchdown run, a 98-yard kickoff return and a 12-yard touchdown grab. All of those scores for Smith-Marsette came in the second quarter to lead the blowout.
Meanwhile, Iowa and UCLA haven’t met since the 1986 Rose Bowl to cap a historic 1985 Hawkeye season. The Bruins beat Iowa, 45-28, in quarterback Chuck Long’s final game.
Iowa has hosted UCLA three times in its history, losing 41-25 on Sept. 24, 1949, topping the Bruins 21-10 on Sept. 21, 1974, and beating UCLA 20-7 on Sept. 26, 1981.
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