Kickoff times for Iowa’s first three football games of the year were announced Tuesday by the Big Ten. All three will begin at 11 a.m. CDT.

The Hawkeyes will begin the season at home on Sept. 3 against Tennessee Tech, in a game slated to be broadcast on the Big Ten Network. The Black and Gold will then travel to Iowa State on Sept. 10 for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game on Fox Sports before returning to Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 17 to face Pittsburgh on ESPN or ESPN2.

Iowa previously announced the times for three other games, including a 6 p.m. kickoff on Oct. 15 against Northwestern (Big Ten Network) and an 11 a.m. Homecoming start against Indiana (TV to be decided).

The team will conclude the regular season in Lincoln, Neb., on Nov. 25 for an 11 a.m. CST match with the Cornhuskers on ABC.

Times have not yet been announced for six games: Sept. 24 against Louisiana-Monroe, Oct. 8 at Penn State in the Big Ten opener, Oct. 29 at Minnesota, Nov. 5 against Michigan, Nov. 12 against Michigan State, and Nov. 19 in West Lafayette, Ind., against Purdue.

— by Seth Roberts