Nevada and Iowa are getting together for a Jay Norvell special.
The Wolf Pack head coach, a former Hawkeye star defensive back and assistant coach, was front and center of an announcement on Wednesday that the two schools have scheduled a football game for Sept. 17, 2022 at Kinnick Stadium.
The move rounds out Iowa’s schedule in 2022 and complements existing games against South Dakota State and in-state rival Iowa State in the non-conference slate. The contest against the Mountain West foe will occur during Week 3, right after the annual Cy-Hawk game and ahead of the team’s Big Ten opener at Minnesota that season.
The game is Nevada’s first in the non-conference schedule for that year but is part of a string of Big Ten opponents that the program will travel to over the coming seasons, including a visit to Purdue to open the 2019 campaign and a long trip to Penn State during Week 2 of the 2020 season.
Norvell, for those not familiar with his playing career, led Iowa to a Rose Bowl in 1985 and was an All-Big Ten defensive back. He later joined Hayden Fry’s coaching staff as a graduate assistant alongside current Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz.