Minnesota and Iowa release 2025 football schedules

By KAALTV

(ABC 6 News) — The Minnesota Golden Gophers and Iowa Hawkeyes have released their 2025 football schedules.

The Gophers will open their season on August 28 with a matchup against the Buffalo Bulls, and once again, they will close their regular season on November 29 against the Wisconsin Badgers in a battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe.

The Hawkeyes begin their campaign against the Albany Great Danes on August 30 and finish the regular season at Nebraska for the annual Heroes Game on November 28. Iowa plays at Iowa State on September 6 in the Cy-Hawk Game.

The full schedules can be found below, with matchups in bold representing home games:

Minnesota

  • AUG. 28 – BUFFALO
  • SEP. 6 – NORTHWESTERN STATE
  • SEP. 13 – at California
  • SEP. 27 – RUTGERS
  • OCT. 4 – at Ohio State
  • OCT. 11 – PURDUE
  • OCT. 18 – NEBRASKA
  • OCT. 25 – at Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale Game)
  • NOV. 1 – MICHIGAN STATE
  • NOV. 15 – at Oregon
  • NOV. 22 – at Northwestern (Wrigley Field)
  • NOV. 29 – WISCONSIN (Paul Bunyan’s Axe Game)

Iowa

  • AUG. 30 – ALBANY
  • SEP. 6 – at Iowa State (Cy-Hawk Game)
  • SEP. 13 – UMASS
  • SEP. 20 – at Rutgers
  • SEP. 27 – INDIANA
  • OCT. 11 – at Wisconsin
  • OCT. 18 – PENN STATE
  • OCT. 25 – MINNESOTA (Floyd of Rosedale Game)
  • NOV. 8 – OREGON
  • NOV. 15 – at USC
  • NOV. 22 – MICHIGAN STATE
  • NOV. 28 – at Nebraska (Heroes Game)

The Gophers finished their 2024 regular season with a 7-5 record (5-4 in Big Ten play) and will take on the Virginia Tech Hokies in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on January 3.

Iowa finished the regular season at 8-4 overall (6-3 in the Big Ten) and will play the #19 Missouri Tigers in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl on December 30.

Both games will be televised on ESPN.