The Big Ten Conference college football teams Michigan Wolverines and Iowa Hawkeyes meet to play against one another regularly during the NCAA Football season. The teams first met in Detroit, Michigan, in 1900 and have played more than 55 times since. Through the 2010 game, Michigan leads the series with 40 wins, 12 losses and four ties.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532

In 2010, Michigan hosted Iowa at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Saturday, October 16, 2010, with the Hawkeyes winning 38-28.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302890130 Iowa came in ranked 14th in the USA Today Coaches Poll and 15th in the AP College Football Poll while Michigan, fresh off a loss to the Michigan State Spartans, dropped to 24th in the coaches poll and was unranked in the AP Poll.http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/week/7

• 2010: Iowa 38 - Michigan 28http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302890130
• 2009: Iowa 30 - Michigan 28http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532
• 2006: Michigan 20 - Iowa 6http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532
• 2005: Michigan 23 - Iowa 20http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532
• 2004: Michigan 30 - Iowa 17http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532
• 2003: Iowa 30 - Michigan 27http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532
• 2002: Iowa 34 - Michigan 9http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532
• 2001: Michigan 32 - Iowa 26http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532
• 1998: Michigan 12 - Iowa 9http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532
• 1999: Michigan 28 - Iowa 24http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532
• 1994: Michigan 29 - Iowa 14http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1532

Continuing on from their success in the 2009 season, the Iowa Hawkeyes came into the game against Michigan with a 4-1 record, including a perfect 1-0 in Big Ten games. Under quarterback Ricky Stanzi, the Hawkeyes won their first two games of the season against the Eastern Illinois Panthers and Iowa State Cyclones before they were upset on September 18, 2010, by the Arizona Wildcats. Iowa bounced back from the loss, winning their next two including defeating the Ball State Cardinals and shocking the Nittany Lions with a score of 24-3.http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/2294/iowa-hawkeyes

Attempting to improve on two-consecutive losing seasons, the Michigan Wolverines began the season with a perfect 5-0 record. To open the year, the Wolverines defeated the UConn Huskies, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Massachusetts Minutemen, Bowling Green Falcons and Indiana Hoosiers. Heisman Trophy contender Denard Robinson carried the team, including leading the NCAA in rushing, but had a poor showing on October 9, 2010, when Michigan lost to in-state rival Michigan State.http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/130/michigan-wolverines