The Michigan State football program will celebrate its 108th homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 19 in prime time. The Spartans host Iowa and the game now has a kickoff time set and a television channel assigned for it.

The game between the Hawkeyes and Spartans is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time and will broadcast on NBC.

Iowa currently has a 3-2 overall record, and a 1-1 record in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes are coming off of a 35-7 loss to then-No. 3-ranked (now No. 2-ranked) Ohio State in Columbus on Saturday, and have a home game versus Washington this coming weekend before taking on Michigan State the following weekend.

Michigan State is on a bye week and will not have a game this coming weekend. The Spartans enter the upcoming game versus the Hawkeyes with a 3-3 overall record (1-2 Big Ten record), following three-straight losses. Most recently, MSU lost to then No. 6-ranked (now No. 3-ranked) Oregon in Eugene by a final score of 31-10 last Friday.

The 2024 matchup between Iowa and Michigan State will mark the 50th meeting in the all-time series. The Hawkeyes have a slight lead in the series, 25-22-2. MSU is 10-10-1 in home against Iowa. The Hawkeyes have won the past two meetings.

Michigan State last defeated Iowa by a final score of 17-10 in East Lansing. The teams have only met twice since then — a 49-7 win by the Hawkeyes in 2020 and a 26-16 victory by Iowa in 2023.

Former Michigan State basketball player Sam Vincent, a 1985 Spartan alumnus, is the 2024 Homecoming Grand Marshal.

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