Heartland Trophy
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| Teams | Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Hawkeyes football The Iowa Hawkeyes football team is the interscholastic football team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have competed in the Big Ten Conference since 1900, and are currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association... Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers football The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football... |
| Originated | 2004 |
| Trophy Series | Iowa Leads, 4–3 |
| Current Holder | Wisconsin |
| All Time Series | Tied, 42-42-2 |
The Heartland Trophy is a brass bull
Bull
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that is presented to the winner of the annual Iowa
Iowa Hawkeyes
The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletics teams that represent the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 24 sports, 11 for men and 13 for women. The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and are members of the...
-Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers
The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball...
football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
game. Although the rivalry is over one-hundred years old, the trophy is a relatively new addition. It was first presented in 2004 to Iowa, when they defeated Wisconsin 30–7. In 2005, Iowa spoiled the last home game for Wisconsin head coach Barry Alvarez
Barry Alvarez
Barry Alvarez is a former American football player and coach and currently the Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He served as the head football coach at Wisconsin for 16 seasons from 1990 to 2005, compiling a career college football record of 118–73–4...
, defeating the Badgers at a rain-soaked Camp Randall Stadium
Camp Randall Stadium
Camp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. It has been the home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team in rudimentary form since 1895, and as a complete stadium since 1917. It is located on the center-southern region of the University of Wisconsin campus. The stadium seats...
, by a score of 20–10. The Badgers took possession of the trophy for the first time in 2006, defeating Iowa 24–21 in a back-and-forth affair. Wisconsin evened the Heartland Trophy series in 2007, winning another closely contested game 17–13, under the lights at Camp Randall. In 2008, Iowa took the lead in the trophy series, riding a second-half performance to a lopsided 38-16 victory. The Hawkeyes' second-half performance was key again in 2009, as Iowa won the contest 20-10 in Madison. The 2010 game was decided in the final minute, as the Badgers scored a late touchdown in the devastating 31-30 victory at Kinnick Stadium.
With Big Ten expansion, the Wisconsin and Iowa football teams were placed in separate divisions, thus ending their annual rivalry. The teams now play each other four out of every ten years, with the next meeting to take place in 2013 in Iowa City.
The all-time series between the two schools is tied at 42-42-2.
Game results
| Date | Site | Winning team | Losing team | Series | ||
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| November 20, 2004 | Iowa City Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa... |
Iowa | 30 | Wisconsin | 7 | Iowa 1–0 |
| November 12, 2005 | Madison Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison.... |
Iowa | 20 | Wisconsin | 10 | Iowa 2–0 |
| November 11, 2006 | Iowa City | Wisconsin | 24 | Iowa | 21 | Iowa 2–1 |
| September 22, 2007 | Madison | Wisconsin | 17 | Iowa | 13 | Tied 2–2 |
| October 18, 2008 | Iowa City | Iowa | 38 | Wisconsin | 16 | Iowa 3–2 |
| October 17, 2009 | Madison | Iowa | 20 | Wisconsin | 10 | Iowa 4–2 |
| October 23, 2010 | Iowa City | Wisconsin | 31 | Iowa | 30 | Iowa 4–3 |
See also
- Other Wisconsin traveling trophies:
- Paul Bunyan's AxePaul Bunyan's AxePaul Bunyan's Axe, named after the mythical giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan, is a prize awarded every year to the winner of the college football game between Minnesota and Wisconsin.-History:...
(with MinnesotaMinnesota Golden Gophers footballThe University of Minnesota Golden Gophers are one of the oldest programs in college football history. They compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. The Golden Gophers have claimed six national championships and have an all time record of 646–481–44 as...
)
- Paul Bunyan's Axe
- Other Iowa traveling trophies:
- Floyd of RosedaleFloyd of RosedaleFloyd of Rosedale is the name of a bronze pig trophy that is awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between the Universities of Iowa and Minnesota...
(with MinnesotaMinnesota Golden Gophers footballThe University of Minnesota Golden Gophers are one of the oldest programs in college football history. They compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. The Golden Gophers have claimed six national championships and have an all time record of 646–481–44 as...
) - Cy-Hawk TrophyCy-Hawk TrophyThe Cy-Hawk Trophy is the trophy awarded to the winner of the American college football intra-state rivalry game played annually between Big 12 Conference member Iowa State Cyclones of Iowa State University and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference.Conceived and created as a...
(with Iowa StateIowa State Cyclones footballThe Iowa State Cyclones football team represents Iowa State University in college football. The Cyclones compete in the Big 12 Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. ISU started playing football in 1892, however, it did not become an official sport until 1894...
)
- Floyd of Rosedale