Notre Dame Football: 3 reasons Irish should renew series with Iowa

Although it’s not the most attractive matchup in college football, here’s why Notre Dame football should renew its series with Iowa.

The last time the Iowa Hawkeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish met on the football field was October 5, 1968. At that time, we were exactly a month away from the Presidential Election between Richard Nixon and Hubert H. Humphery, RFK had been assassinated exactly four months earlier, and the number one song in America was The Beatles’ “Hey Jude”. Notre Dame beat up on a mediocre Iowa team by a final score of 51-28.

A lot has changed since that last meeting in 1968, Iowa eventually climbed out of the cellar and have only had two head coaches since 1979. In the same time period, the Irish have been through eight head coaches. Since 1979, Notre Dame has an overall record of 306-163-4, in that same span Iowa has gone 286-186-6, which shows both programs are around the same level of success, although either fanbase might tell you different.

But the point I am trying to make, it is really unfortunate that Notre Dame and Iowa have yet to rekindle their rivalry especially with the similarities between both programs in recent decades. Rumors swirled that Iowa was possibly looking at a series with the Irish that would take place at Soldier Field in Chicago, but it ultimately went to Big Ten West rival, Wisconsin. But these three reasons that will be listed might be compelling enough to get people to think.