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The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 20 sports, 7 for men and 13 for women; The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the Big Ten Conference (since 1899).
The University of Iowa Football team’s first mascot was a live black bear cub named Burch. Burch was the team’s mascot from 1908-1910. [2] The bear was acquired by Iowa football coach Mark Catlin in 1908 and brought to Iowa City via express. [2] Burch lived at Iowa Field in a cage and went with the team to away games. [3]
The "Hawkeye State" was first recorded as a nickname for Iowa in 1859. Caitlin Clark famously played basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team. Steph Chambers/Staff/Getty Images
Iowa: The Hawkeye State Iowa is known as "The Hawkeye State," a nickname inspired by the character Hawkeye from James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans."
Kinnick Stadium is a stadium located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States.It is the home stadium of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team. Opened in 1929 as Iowa Stadium to replace Iowa Field, it currently holds up to 69,250 people, making it the 7th largest stadium in the Big Ten, and one of the 20 largest university owned stadiums in the nation.
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Iowa's wrestling team defeated Oklahoma and two days later, the men's basketball team played their first game – a loss to Michigan State – in the new arena. [4] An NCAA attendance record for women's basketball was set on February 3, 1985. 22,157 were in attendance at Carver-Hawkeye arena as Iowa lost to rival Ohio State. [7]
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