Getty TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 01: Nate Stanley #4 of the Iowa Hawkeyes passes during the 2019 Outback Bowl against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Raymond James Stadium on January 1, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
In a first for Iowa, the Hawkeyes will begin the football season with a home night game when they take on Miami (OH) at Kinnick Stadium.
The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be televised on Fox Sports 1. If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of the game on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV Stick or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming services:
Fox Sports 1 is one of the 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which is largely tailored towards sports. Additionally, FuboTV also has this game available in 4K (on compatible devices).
You can start a free seven-day trial of FuboTV right here, and you can then watch a live stream of Iowa vs Miami (OH) on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which will allow you to watch the game on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
Fox Sports 1 is included in Hulu With Live TV, which comes with 60-plus live TV channels and Hulu’s extensive on-demand library of TV shows and movies.
You can sign up for Hulu with Live TV right here, and you can then watch a live stream of Iowa vs Miami (OH) on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu With Live TV comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as the option to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of space and the ability to fast-forward through commercials.
Sling TV’s “Sling Blue” bundle comes with 40-plus live TV channels, including Fox Sports 1.
You can start a free seven-day trial of Sling TV right here, and you can then watch a live stream of Iowa vs Miami (OH) on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, or other streaming device via the Sling TV app. You can also watch the game on the ESPN app if you sign in using your Sling TV credentials.
If you can’t watch live, cloud DVR is available as an add-on.
Miami Ohio vs Iowa Preview
Iowa is kicking off its 21st season under head coach Kirk Ferentz, making his tenure with the Hawkeyes older than most of his players.
Last year the Hawkeyes finished 9-4 and won the Outback Bowl 27-22 over Mississippi State. They enter this team as the 20th ranked team in the AP poll.
A player to watch will be wide receiver Oliver Martin, who transferred in the offseason from Michigan and got word that he would be eligible this week. He’ll help out after Iowa saw both of its stellar tight ends — Noah Fant and T.J. Hockenson — leave for the NFL draft.
“It was 11:42, 11:43 this morning. I only know that because we were going to watch practice tape at 11:45,” Ferentz said on his radio show when recalling getting the news that Martin would be able to play on Saturday. “Needless to say, we were really pleased to get it and it was fun to tell Oliver and share that news with him as well.
“We’re all happy about that. We’re just happy to have him join our football team. If it had gone the other way, we would have lived with that and looked forward to having him join us next fall.”
Miami finished 6-6 a year ago and missed out on a bowl game, but have some fairly high expectations heading into the year. In the MAC media poll, the RedHawks were picked to finish second, behind only Ohio.
But Miami hasn’t had the most success against the Big Ten, losing their last 13 games against opponents from the conference.
“They’re crazy big and physical,” head coach Chuck Martin said. “They’re really good at getting after the quarterback. Typically, they punch you right in the mouth. It’s an awesome challenge.”
Iowa is known to play a somewhat boring brand of football, but they do so very effectively.
“You watch games and they just plod along, and the other team is up and it looks like they’re being outplayed, and then you look up in the fourth quarter and Iowa has the lead because Iowa just does what it does,” Martin told the Dayton Daily News. “They’re not going to be nice to us. There’s no inching your way into this.”
Iowa will face Rutgers next week, but then will travel to Ames to take on rival Iowa State on Sept. 14.
Miami gets Tennessee Tech next on Sept. 7.