IOWA CITY — Kirk Ferentz’s first-ever game as Iowa ’s head football coach on Sept. 4, 1999, was a 42-7 home loss to Nebraska.

Boy, how things change.

Now Ferentz, in his 27th season leading the Hawkeyes, heads to Lincoln, Nebraska, having won 10 of the past 12 meetings over the Cornhuskers — including a six-game winning streak at Memorial Stadium that stretches back to 2013. Nebraska hasn’t had a home losing streak to any opponent that long since 1960.

Iowa’s six-game winning streak has represented a combination of dominance and elusiveness. There have been two blowouts (38-17 in 2013 and 56-14 in 2017) and four one-score nail-biters, including two games walked off by last-second field goals (in 2019 by Keith Duncan, in 2023 by Marshall Meeder).

The combined score in those six meet

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