Iowa at Chicago

Saturday, November 15, 1919

Chicago beat Iowa 9–⁠6. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 8–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayIowa5–⁠2 in 1919
6
HomeChicago5–⁠2 in 1919
9

FinalHigh 42°F, low 24°F

In the newspapers

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: CH|CAC0'S STAR QUARTER KICKS WIN over iowa Percy Graham Starts Serie: Of Rushes, Landing Ball : Near Goal, and Boots 1t Over. !,

    Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], November 16, 1919, page 27

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    CH|CAC0’S STAR QUARTER KICKS WIN over iowa Percy Graham Starts Serie: Of Rushes, Landing Ball : Near Goal, and Boots 1t Over. !, Chicago, Nov. l5.-Percy Graham Z agile, redheaded quarterback for the University of Chicago, pushed, showed and finally kicked his team to a 9 to 6 victory over Iowa. 1t was the lowa’s teams second defeat of the big Ten” season. : Graham, with the game nearing a close and the score to 6, began a series of brilliant dashes that brought the ball to within 20 yards Of lowa’s goal and when the Orange and Black held he drop-kicked for the winning three points. Graham also scored Chicago’s touchdown, skirting right end for five yards aft er he and his teammates had carried the ball down the field by driving attack Iowa’s only touchdown came in the first period and resulted from series OF forward r]sses. Aubray Devine tossing pass to his brother G. Devine, who went across the Chicago goal. A. Devine missed goal XII Iowa made a desperate effort e score in the final period ard wher the whistle blew was OF Chicago’s two-yard line. .

  • The Rock Island Argus's story: TITLES in CONFERENCE next SATURDAY Tale and Harvard Meet 1t Cam. :, bFidge IN Annual Battle Ohio Plays Illinois.

    Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., November 18, 1919, page 16 (results column)

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    TITLES in CONFERENCE next SATURDAY Tale and Harvard Meet 1t Cam. :, bFidge IN Annual Battle Ohio Plays Illinois. Chicago, Nov. 1S.-The 1919 foot ball season will practically close With the playing of next Saturdays games. Of which the features are the clashes between Illinois and Ohio State ut Columbus and Yale end Harvard at Cambridge. After the most eventful season In History. year featured by upsets. the western conference champion will be determined at Columbus. Ohio State, by virtue Of It’s clean record, will have numerous sup porters, while Illinois, which has improved so per cent since its defeat by Wisconsin In midseason, will not lack for admirers. Illini Schedule Harder. OF the two contenders. the down. staters are deserving of most consideration. Coach Zuppke’s eleven has met six conference teams, beat ing five and losing to one. The Orange and Blue eleven came from behind in the, Iowa and Minnesota games to snatch victory out Of the 1lre, and this fact alone may go a long way toward deciding the is sue Saturday. While Ohio State and Illinois are settling the big question. other conference teams will be in action agains. each other to determine their final ratings. Local football followers will journey to Stage field to see the annual clash between Chicago and Wisconsin. The battle between Maroon and Cardinal gives promise Of being Just as close and interesting as most of the games played on the Midway this fall. The Badgers shovel they are team Of strength and power by holding Ohio to a 3 to 0 score last Saturday, while Chicago fought with great deter minat.on to win from Iowa, 9 to 6. Gophers at Ann Arbor. Unless Coach Yost accomplishes what appears to be the impossible at Ann Arbor, Minnesota will be returned victor in the closing game of the season for both teams. Following its defeats by Ohio State, Chicago and Illinois, Michigan will make a great effort on Saturday to close its season with q victory. I Minnesota did not play last Saturday and Coach Williams has had two weeks in which to prepare his eleven. The Gophers lost to Iowa and Illinois by narrow margins and must be considered an aggregation of power. In former years, Michigan has defeated Minnesota with inferior teams. and this season may by no exception. Minnesota will be in Chicago on Thursday and will work out on Northwestern field. Purple Eleven Goes East. Northwestern will board the rat tier Thursday morning for the east, where Rutgers will be met at New ark. The PUPPIES victory over In diana last Saturday by the narrow margin Of one point will help the morale Of the team immensely. With a victory to their credit, the players will go into Saturdays game with a determination which would not have been exerted II Northwestern had lost, to Indiana. Athletic Director Lee left yesterday for New York city to make final hotel arrangements. Notre Dame, which has not been beaten this year, will clash with Purdue at Lafayette in a game Of importance to the combating elevems. The state championship is in volved, while the South Bend elev. en- must keep its slate clean to lay partial claim to the western title Both elevens have been pointed fol this game since mid-season. Iowa. Title ut Stake. Iowa and Ames will come togeth. e. ct Iowa City in another game which involves state title. Ames has q 8 to 0 victory over Nebrasks to its credit and has beaten othel fAir1y strong elevens west of tn, river. Iowa, however, should b, the victor, because 1t has playet consistent football all season ant has shown itself to be q team o

  • The Evening capital news's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS EAergR!N

    Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, November 16, 1919, page 8 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS EAergR!N AT Observation-Disclosures 6; Brown Z. At Harrisburg--Bucknell IL Get tysburg 0. At New Brunswick-Rutgers q; West virginia, 80. AT Exeter-Andover 10; Exeter 0. OF Boston-Boston College 9; Holy Cross z. At Cedar Rapids-Coe z; Cornell 0. At West Point-Army 81; villa No va 0. At Baltimore Johns Hopkins so: Western Maryland 6. At Newark Swarthmore Ii; Della ware 0. At Williamstown--w Williams Z; AM herst 0. At Dickinson Z; Haverford Z. At Harrisburg. Pa.--Gettysburg o.; Bucknell IL. At Easton-LaFayette “a; Trinity o. AT Bethelehem-Lehigh 80; Muhlenburg Z. AT Lancaster, Pa.-F’ranklin and Marshall o; Ursinius Z. At Rochester-Roches %; Rpi o. At New York-N. Y. U. 8; Stevens “a. At New York-N. Y. Aggies 6; YER mont 10. At Wheeling-Washin and JEFF ferson 81: Bethany 0. At Ithaca-Cornell Freshmen 10. Penn Stat eFreshmen IA. At Anna polis-Navy 121; Colby 0. At New York-Columbia 10: Wesleyan IA. At New Haven-Yale Fresh Z; Harward Fresh 10. At New Haven-Princeton 10; Yale At syracuse-Syracuse 10; Colgate At Philadelphia--Penn 3; Pitt 3. At ambridge-Harvard %; Tufts WESTERN. At Chicago-Chicago, 9; Iowa. 6. At Observation-Disclosures, 30; Michigan. Z. At Madison-Ohi 8; Wisconsin, 0. At Northwestern, 8; In diana, 2. At ianapolis--Wabash, IS; Frank lin, 0. At Springfield, Mo.-Drury, IA: st Louis, o. At st. Louis Missouri. Z; Washing ton o. At South Bend, Ind.-Notre Dame 13; Michigan Aggies, 0, At Lafayette. Ind.-Purdue, “a; De- PAW, o. AT Boulder, ColO.-Ut Tan AsBles, III Colorado u. 7. At Colorado Springs-Colorado Col lege, SO; Denver u. 0. At vermillion, S. D.--South Dakota 6; Drake, 8. At Cedar Rapids-Coe, Z; Cornell, 0 At acknowledgements 10; Kansas, Z At Ames-Ames, Al; Kansas Aggies 0 At Observation-Disclosures, Z; Okla home, s. At Observation-Disclosures 6; Nortf Dakota, 0. At Omaha-Creighton Al; Wyom ing, 0. At Valparaiso. Ind.-Morning Side 81: Valparaiso, 0. At Dubuque-Luther College, g. Doquoque College and Seminary, 81. SOUTH. At acknowledgements O; Georgia Tech, ~27. At Birmingham-Au 4 Miss. A & NJ, O. At. Augusta-Georgia 7: Tulane. I At acknowledgements. SO, Uni versity of Cincinnati ~. Vanderbilt. 10: Virginia. 6. COAST. At Pullman-University of Washing ton. 13: Washington State College. Z. University of Idaho. 13: GonZaga, At Reno-University of Nevada, o; st. Marys College. q. At Los Angeles-Universitv of Cali forpia %. I-niyersity of Utah

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)

Chicago 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Chicago leads 9–⁠3–⁠2 in 14 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1938Iowa 27, Chicago 14
1928Iowa 13, Chicago 0
1920Chicago 10, Iowa 0
1919Chicago 9, Iowa 6
1914Chicago 7, Iowa 0
1913Chicago 23, Iowa 6

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