Iowa at Northwestern
Saturday, November 8, 1919 Share
Iowa beat Northwestern 14–7. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 7–3–1.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 44°F
In the newspapers

South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 9, 1919, page 8
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NORTHWESTERN LOSES GAME TO IOWA TEAM By Associated Press CHIC co Nov 8 CHICAGO, Nov. Southwestern university lost it’s fourth conference game Saturday, being defeated by Iowa, IA to Z. The Northwestern line was unable to Poll back the battering attacks of the IOwan backs who plunged through for substantial gains on almost every play. Fighting hard in the pinches the Purple players kept Iowa from pill ing up big score. Twice the North western line held when the Orange and Black had only inches to go to gain additional toUchdOwns. Aubrey Devine, quarterback for Iowa, scored both touchdowns for his team, displayed good generalship and made many good gains

Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 9, 1919, page 1
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University Of Iowa Wins From Northwestern, ID to I Northwestern Field, Evanston. ILL.,. Nov. 8.-The University of Iowa foot ball team, with superior batkfield, defeated Northwestern today, IA to 7. The Iowa backs punched through the Purple line when gains were needed. while Northwestern was unable to make consistent gains. Both teams tried hard for touch down in the final period, but the quarter ended without further scor- ING
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)
Iowa 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa–Northwestern gameIowa leads 55–28–3 in 86 meetings, counting the 75 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 gameat ChicagoNov. 15, 1919
- SeasonIowa in 1919
- ProgramIowa history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. IndianaNov. 15, 1919
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1919
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

