Looking back: Photos of Melrose Avenue outside Kinnick on Iowa Hawkeye football game days

Fans walk along Melrose Ave. while tailgating before the Iowa vs Iowa State football game Saturday Sept. 8, 2012, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

Iowa State senior Cory Miller bites into a turkey leg prior to the Iowa-Iowa State game on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012.

Iowa football fans throw confetti in the air before entering Kinnick Stadium to see the Hawkeyes battle Illinois State in the season opener on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

The crowds of fans and tailgaters jam Melrose Ave. south of Kinnick Stadium Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, pregame ahead of the Iowa Hawkeyes hosting Iowa State.

Megan Doyle, 9, of Iowa City, does backflips and gymnastics on Melrose Ave while waiting for the Iowa, Iowa State Kick off on Saturday September 10th, Iowa City Iowa.

Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz walks into the stadium from the team bus before a NCAA Big Ten Conference football game, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

The Melrose Avenue Players Club, of Waterloo, San Antonio and Omaha, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, while tailgating before the Iowa game against Nebraska in Iowa City.

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is surrounded by fans as he arrives before the team's game against Nebraska at Kinnick Stadium.

A sign on the tree along Melrose Avenue in Iowa City shows the way to the Hawkeye Poet's reading the day of the Cy-Hawk game Sept. 11, 2010.

Fans tailgate off of Melrose Avenue before the Cy-Hawk NCAA football game on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.

Young fans waive from a window on Melrose Court before the Iowa football game against Miami of Ohio in Iowa City on Sat., Aug. 31, 2019.

S0914ISUIOWA -- Saturday Sept. 13, 2008 -- Des Moines Register photo by Rodney White -- PREGAME -- Iowa State vs Iowa at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa -- Waukee, Iowa, roomates MAtt Frawley, left and Bill Wright, right, tailgate Saturday morning off Melrose Ave..

Former Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi cheers as the Iowa football busses pull up on Melrose before a NCAA Big Ten Conference football game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Penn State, Saturday, Oct., 12, 2019, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

Iowa fans dressed as "seniors" skate by on Melrose Ave. Saturday morning before the Iowa / Ohio State football game.

University of Northern Iowa students, but diehard Iowa fans, Emily Herbst, left, Kelly Hess, Amber Wallingford and Wes Hunt, right, use a megaphone to cheer the Hawkeyes in the middle of Melrose Ave. Saturday Sept. 13, 2008, pregame.

Pete Peraud's 1145 Melrose Tailgate, of Coralville, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, while tailgating before the Iowa game against Nebraska in Iowa City.

Iowa fans tailgate in Lot 48 near Melrose Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 before the Iowa-Northwestern Football game.

University of Iowa students enter Kinnick Stadium for the game against Northern Illinois on Aug. 31. 2013.

Hawkeye fans walk across the Melrose Avenue bridge near Kinnick stadium before the Iowa vs. Missouri State game on Saturday, September 7, 2013.

Hawkeye fans play corhole in Lot 48 near Melrose Avenue before the Iowa-Northwestern Football game on November 10, 2018.

Football fans fill Melrose Avenue prior to the Hawkeyes' game against Miami (Ohio) at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016.