Iowa faces Missouri-University of Iowa Athletics in the Transperfect Music City Bowl

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa football team will face No. 19 Missouri in the 2024 TransPerfect Music City Bowl on December 30 in Nashville, Tennessee. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. (CT) at Nissan Stadium and the game will be broadcast on ESPN broadcast on television. The matinee will be the only bowl game on December 30th.

MUSIC CITY BOWL TICKET INFORMATION
The Iowa Athletics Ticket Office will accept Music City Bowl ticket requests from all fans beginning Monday, December 9th through the day before the game (December 29th).

Fans are asked to log in to their UI Ticket account before Friday, December 13th as ticket order processing (based on priority) will begin on December 13th. Fans are encouraged to monitor their email inbox for order information and visitation Bowl Central for updated information.

IOWA IN THE POST-SEASON; IN THE MUSIC CITY BOWL
The Hawkeyes will be making their 37th bowl game appearance and second Music Bowl appearance.

Iowa defeated Kentucky 21-0 in the 2022 Music City Bowl. The Hawkeyes and Tigers were scheduled to participate in the 2020 Music City Bowl, but the game was canceled due to COVID-19 issues within Missouri’s program.

The Hawkeyes have won four of their last six bowl games. Iowa is 18-17-1 all-time in bowl competition.

“The Hawkeyes are excited to travel to Nashville and participate in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. Scott and his staff provide a first-class event for our student-athletes, coaches and fans. We look forward to seeing many Hawkeyes on Broadway.”

Beth Goetz, Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie, Director of Athletics

IOWA VS. MISSOURI
The Hawkeyes are 6-7 all-time against Missouri. All but one of the meetings took place between 1892 and 1910 – a 27-24 Iowa victory over the 14th-ranked Tigers in the 2010 Insight Bowl.

Iowa won its last contest against Missouri 27-24 in the 2010 Insight Bowl in Tempe, Arizona.

Iowa has an 8-9 all-time record in bowl games against current Southeastern Conference (SEC) opponents. This will be the fifth time in six seasons that Iowa will play an SEC school in a bowl game.

“We are thrilled to accept the invitation to play Missouri in the 2024 Transperfect Music City Bowl,” said University of Iowa Moon Family Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz. “On behalf of the Hawkeye football program, I would like to thank Scott Ramsey and the Board of Directors for selecting us to represent the Big Ten Conference. Nashville is a great city and the Music City Bowl staff does an incredible job putting on a first-class event.

“I believe our fans will be excited about the chance to see this Hawkeye team play again at a venue not far from Iowa. As a team, we are looking forward to three more weeks together with this group of players. The Music City Bowl is a great opportunity for our team to compete once again to complete the 2024 season. We can’t wait to get there.”

IOWA IN 2024
The Hawkeyes won four of their final five regular-season games and finished fifth in the new 18-team conference with eight overall and six Big Ten victories. Moon Family Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz has led the Hawkeyes to eight or more wins in each of the last nine full seasons.

Senior Jay Higgins was named the Butkus-Fitzgerald Big Ten Linebacker of the Year, junior Kaleb Johnson was named the Ameche-Dayne Big Ten Running Back of the Year and senior Kaden Wetjen was named the Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist Year. Johnson is also a finalist for the Doak Walker Award.

Iowa was the only Big Ten program to have three different players earn position honors. Wetjen is the fourth Hawkeye to earn top return specialist honors from the Big Ten and the third in four years, while Higgins is the third Hawkeye to be honored as the conference’s top linebacker.

Iowa had 20 players earn All-Big Ten honors, including first-team honorees Higgins (linebacker), Johnson (running back), Wetjen (return specialist), Connor Colby (guard) and Logan Jones (center) . Rhys Dakin (punter), Luke Elkin (long snapper) and Gennings Dunker (tackle) earned second-team honors, while Sebastian Castro (defensive back), Jermari Harris (defensive back) and Drew Stevens earned third-team honors.

The Hawkeyes are bowl eligible for the 23rd time in the last 24 seasons under head coach Kirk Ferentz. Iowa has a 10-10 record in bowl games under Ferentz, including a 21-0 win over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl. Since 2001, only Ohio State and Wisconsin have won more bowl games (including the FBS championship game) than Iowa as members of the Big Ten.