The Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers game is going to be a big highlight for Black Friday of college football’s 2025 season. The game has even been tabbed as one of CBS’s top must-see games of the 2025 season due to its intensity and drama.
Let’s look at everything you need to know ahead of this week’s super showdown of these two teams.
Iowa vs. Nebraska Game Details
Date: Friday, November 28, 2025
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
How to Watch
TV Channel: CBS
Live Stream: Fubo, Paramount+
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network, Huskers Radio Network
Where Do Iowa and Nebraska Stand Heading Into Week 14?
Nebraska is fresh off an embarrassing 37-10 loss at Penn State last weekend, which dropped the Cornhuskers to 7-4 this season.
Matt Rhule’s squad has battled issues stopping the run all season, and Penn State took full advantage of that weakness to control the game. The loss has only increased the pressure on Rhule, as the calls for his firing continue to grow louder.
Meanwhile, Iowa will enter this week with the same 7-4 record and is riding the momentum of a 20-17 win over Michigan State last week. The Spartans held a 17-7 lead heading into the fourth quarter, but Iowa responded with 13 straight points in the final period to complete the comeback. That win also snapped Iowa’s two-game losing streak against Oregon and USC.
In conference play, Nebraska sits at 4-4 in the Big Ten, while Iowa holds a 5-3 record. The latest PFSN College Football Playoff Rankings place Nebraska at No. 52 and Iowa at No. 30.
In the Nebraska vs Iowa series, the Cornhuskers lead the all-time series at 30-22-3, but Iowa has been dominant since 2015, suffering only one loss to the Cornhuskers in 2022. Recent games have been particularly close, with four of Iowa’s wins since 2018 coming by just three points.
This season, Nebraska averages 379.6 yards per game (75th in FBS), including 242.8 passing yards (54th) and 136.8 rushing yards (87th), scoring 30.5 points per game (47th). Iowa’s offense is less prolific, as it is producing 309.4 yards per game (122nd), with 134.8 passing yards (131st) and 174.5 rushing yards (50th), while scoring 27.9 points per game (69th).
On defense, Nebraska allows 307.5 yards per game (20th), with a strong passing defense of 138.8 yards allowed per game (2nd) but a weaker run defense at 168.7 yards per game (97th), giving up 21.5 points per game (38th).
Meanwhile, Iowa boasts a stingy defense that allows just 267.9 yards per game (8th), including 166.3 passing yards (12th) and 101.6 rushing yards (14th), while giving up only 15.1 points per game (9th).