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October 19, 1929 – The new Iowa Stadium is dedicated. A rainy Saturday afternoon, the Hawkeyes played to a 7-7 tie with Illinois.
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Renamed Kinnick Stadium in 1972, Iowa Stadium first opened in 1929, replacing Iowa Field. It was constructed in only seven months with groundbreaking and construction beginning in March, 1929. Workers labored around the clock using lights by night with horses and mules as the primary heavy-equipment movers. The first football game was played here on October 5th. The opponent is Monmouth College, with the Hawkeyes winning the game, 46–0.

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GREAT NEWS! On October 14, 2026, the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) officially announced that our application for listing had been accepted. Thus, the Iowa City Municipal Airport Terminal now becomes the 96th iconic building in Johnson County, Iowa to be honored with a NRHP listing! Kudos to Friends of Historic Preservation (FHP) – who sponsored this project, Keiran Reynolds – our FHP student intern who spent hours researching for us, and to the architectural historian and preservationist, Paula Mohr – who helped guide us through this project over a lengthy application process!

Fact is that over one million people fly in and out of the Eastern Iowa Airport – located in Cedar Rapids – each year. Yet, did you know, when the original plans for a regional airport were created back in the early-to-mid 1950’s – Iowa City was to be the location for that busy airport?

Designed by Iowa City’s famed architect – Henry L. Fisk – the Iowa City Municipal Airport’s Administration Building & Terminal opened to the public in June 1953.

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October 1895 – The first football game is played in the new Iowa Field – which is part of the SUI Athletic Park located west of Old Capitol, adjacent to the Iowa River.
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Sadly, the Hawkeyes lose this one to Doane College (Nebraska) 10-0. The first win in Iowa Field won’t come until the following year: October 3, 1896 vs. Drake 32-0.

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