In response to the tremendous number of requests we've received for the 1985 Michigan @ Iowa contest, ESPN Classic will present the classic Big 10 match-up on Sunday, December 24 at noon ET.

As Jim Martin of Grayslake put it: "I would like to see the 1985 Iowa vs. Michigan game. The game is a classic Big 10 game involving No. 1 vs. No. 2. Played in a rain storm, the final play field goal is arguably the biggest moment in Iowa's football history."

Well Jim, and the hundreds of others who requested the game, enjoy! Here's a classic moment from Oct. 19, 1985 to help tide you over until the Christmas Eve day program:

Iowa 12 Michigan 10
Oct. 19, 1985

Rob Houghtlin, the junior placekicker for No. 1 Iowa, didn't even have a scholarship until last spring. Today, with the Hawkeyes trailing by one point with time for one more play, the Miami of Ohio transfer is called upon to kick a 29-yard field goal -- with the rain coming down and the wind in his face -- to defeat No. 2 Michigan before a capacity crowd at Iowa City.

Houghtlin has accounted for all nine Iowa points, with three field goals, but a miss from 44 yards out 7 1/2 minutes earlier had snapped his streak of 10 consecutive field goals and kept Iowa behind, 10-9. Defensive back Mike Bolan, Houghtlin's friend since high school, attempts to calm the kicker by making him sing the Iowa fight song. "So I wouldn't think about the kick," Houghtlin says.

Houghtlin, who had not practiced for the last two weeks because of a strained muscle in his kicking leg, boots the ball through the uprights to give Iowa a dramatic 12-10 victory.