No night games at Kinnick Stadium in 2013

By Brendan Stiles

HawkeyeDrive.com

After having one prime time game at Kinnick Stadium each of the past four seasons, the Iowa Hawkeyes won’t be playing any home games under the lights in 2013.

The Big Ten Network announced its slate of 12 prime time games for the upcoming 2013 season, none of which featured Iowa. The Hawkeyes are coming off their first losing season since 2006 after going 4-8 in 2012.

One possibility still remains for a night game this season when Iowa plays at Iowa State on Sept. 14. However, the last time the Hawkeyes and Cyclones met in prime time at Jack Trice Stadium was back in 1999, Kirk Ferentz’s first season as Iowa’s head coach.

Over the next two months, seven kickoff times will likely be announced. The Big Ten’s next announcement will consist of schools’ Homecoming games, as well as Iowa’s Black Friday showdown at Nebraska on Nov. 29. The Hawkeyes’ Homecoming game is Oct. 5 against Michigan State and Iowa is the Homecoming opponent for both Minnesota (Sept. 28) and Ohio State (Oct. 19) this season.

In addition to those four conference games, there will be Iowa’s first three games of the season — the first two at home against Northern Illinois and Missouri State that will be announced by the Big Ten, and the contest at Iowa State, which the Big 12 will announce at a time still to be determined.