Iowa at Northwestern

Saturday, November 17, 1917

Northwestern beat Iowa 25–⁠14. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 5–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayIowa3–⁠5 in 1917
14
HomeNorthwestern5–⁠2 in 1917
25

FinalHigh 69°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: Purple Beats Iowans 25-14

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 18, 1917, page 1

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    Purple Beats Iowans 25–⁠14 Associated Press Service: CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-Northwestern triumphed over Iowa, 25 to IA, in a bitterly contested game today. CHUCK” Laun. the Iowa fullback. although suffering from injuries. scored both Of his teams touch downs He was forced 10 retire in the fourth period after being knocked unconscious. Both teams used forward passes with success. The lineup: Northwestern (25) Iowa 90 Marquard ..... Reed Left end. TCwnley ......... Bleeder Left tackle UlIlcn ................ BLOCK Left guard. Lynch ................ bhdlg Center Mulder ..........- Hunseelman Right guard. Randolph ..... Greenwood Right tackle. Aries ................ Pyles Right end. Chderhlll -.....-....... jenkins Quarterback. fiOlhNs ......... ............ laws Right halfbeck. ElhngwoOd .... Peterson Left halfback. hOehleF ......-.- Laun FullbaclJ Scores by periods: Northwestern 100 10 s O-25 Iowa ..0 Z 0–⁠14 Northwestern scoring: Touch downs. Ellingwpod, Aries I. Goals from touchdowns, Underhill Iowa scoring: TOuchdOwns. Laun 2. Goals from tOuChdowns. Davis, 2 Referee-Berch. Earlham. I’M pire-Reed. Michigan. Head lines man-Ray, Illinois. Field judge knight. Michigan. Time of periods Is minutes each.

  • The Evening star's story: TRIUMPH FOR NORTHWESTERN Defeats Iowa in Bitterly Contested Gridiron Game, Is to H.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1917, page 1

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    TRIUMPH FOR NORTHWESTERN Defeats Iowa in Bitterly Contested Gridiron Game, Is to H. CHICAGO. November 17.-Northwest. ern triumphed over Iowa. rs to IA. in a bitterly contested game today. “chuck” Laun. the Iowa fullback. all though suffering from injuries. scored both of his teams touchdowns. He was forced to retire in the fourth period after being knocked unconscious. Both teams used forward passes with suo- CESS -. =

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northwestern 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 55–⁠28–⁠3 in 86 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.

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2022Iowa 33, Northwestern 13
2021Iowa 17, Northwestern 12
2020Northwestern 21, Iowa 20
2019Iowa 20, Northwestern 0

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