Rain, cold and snow are no stranger to fans of the University of Iowa football team. In 2013, for instance, the temperature fell to 18 and degrees wind chill temperatures hit zero as the Hawkeyes played Michigan in the coldest game in the team’s history. In 2015, workers cleared nearly nine inches of snow from Kinnick Stadium after a storm pounded the area for 15 hours.
“There is no manual for this,” athletic director Gary Barta said as crews raced to clean up the stadium, working throughout the evening to prepare for the noon kickoff.