Iowa at Northwestern
Saturday, November 17, 1917 Share
Northwestern beat Iowa 25–14. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 5–3–1.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 49°F
In the newspapers

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.

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.
The series
Every Iowa–Northwestern gameIowa leads 55–28–3 in 86 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.
| 2024 | Iowa 40, Northwestern 14 | |
| 2023 | Iowa 10, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 33, Northwestern 13 | |
| 2021 | Iowa 17, Northwestern 12 | |
| 2020 | Northwestern 21, Iowa 20 | |
| 2019 | Iowa 20, Northwestern 0 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateNov. 24, 1917
- SeasonIowa in 1917
- ProgramIowa history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. MichiganNov. 24, 1917
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1917
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

