Northwestern at Iowa

Saturday, November 6, 1920

Iowa beat Northwestern 20–⁠0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 8–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayNorthwestern3–⁠4 in 1920
0
HomeIowa5–⁠2 in 1920
20

FinalHigh 50°F, low 45°F, 0.41 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: NORTHEASTERN FALLS BEFORE IOWA. 20 TO 0

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 7, 1920, page 8

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    NORTHEASTERN FALLS BEFORE IOWA. 20 TO 0 IOWA CITY. Ia, Nov. 6.-Iowa university defeated Northwestern here today by the score Of 20 to 0. Coach Jones’ rejuvenated Hawkeyes played a stellar game which. cou- Dled with the inability Of the Northwestern backs 10 gain, spelled an easy victory for the Iowa team. Locke scored the first touchdown i’m tho initial period when he carried the hall ~ Yards through the line. Aubrey Devine scored the second touchdown in the third period and Jacqua the third and final touch down i’m the fourth period Score by innings. Iowa ............ 0 s 10 Northwestern 1853. q q o. o Summary: Iowa scorinE-Tou CHI downs Locke a. Devire. Jacqua; Goals after touchdowns. \. Devine ..

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: Football Results

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 8, 1920, page 11 (results column)

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    Football Results RICHMOND. Kalamazoo Normal, 6; Earlham, 0. INDIANA. Centre, “a; DePauw, 0. Butler, 81; Franklin, 10. Notre Dame, IS; Purdue, 0. BIG TEN. Illinois, 8; Chicago, 0. Ohio State, IA; Michigan, I. Wisconsin, 8; Minnesota, 0. Iowa, 20: Northwestern, 0. INTERSEcTIoNAL. Penn State, 20; Nebraska, 0. Detroit, 65; Tufts, 2. WEST. ST Xavier, Sc; Rose Poly, 0. Denison, Il; Ohio, u, 0. Akron, IA; Hiram, I. Observation-Disclosures, II; Muskingum, 0 Oberlin, 90 Western Reserve, :. Mt. Union. So; Case, 0. Nevada, 81; Utah Aggies, 0. \ Utah, 1; Colorado, 0. Missouri, 10; Kansas Aggies, I. North Dakota Aggies. I; Fargo, o. Oklahoma, 81; Kansas, 9. Drake, IA: Washington, 6. Haskell Indians, 6; Marquette. 3. Wittenberg, 10; Ohio Northern, I. Miami, Z; Ohio Wesleyan, 0. Stanford 3; Washington, 0. State College, So; Mt. ST. Charles, South Dakota, Z; North Dakota, T., Heidelberg, 81: ‘Otterbein, 2. EAST. Harvard, IA: Princeton, IA. Yale, IA; Brown. 10. Pittsburgh, 81; Pennsylvania, 81. Navy, 81; Georgetown, 6. Syracuse, IA; Washington and JET ferson, 0. Dartmouth, IA Cornell. 3. Swarthmore. 81; Columbia, :. New Hampshire. :; Colby, :. Army, SO; Lebanon Valley, 0. Williams, 50: Hamilton. Z. Rochester, 81: Colgate, Il. Johns Hopkins. II; Haverford. 10. Maryland State. IA; Catholic IT,, Carnegie Tech, AZ: Allegheny, 0. West Virginia, IA; Washington ant Lee, 10. SOUTH. Georgia Tech. :; Clemson, 0. Alabama, IA: Vanderbilt, :. Tennessee, 40; Pennsylvania, 0. Virginia, 0; Georgia, 0. Davidson. q; South Carolina. 0. North Carolina State, 81; William and Mary. 0. Mississippi A, and NJ, 20; Mississir pi. 0. Kentucky. :: Cincinnati. 6.

  • The The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat's story: Football Results

    The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat, Keokuk, Iowa, November 8, 1920, page 6 (results column)

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    Football Results Harvard, II; Princeton, IA. Yale, IA; Brown, 10. Penn State, 20; Nebraska, 0. Pittsburgh, 27; Pennsylvania, q. Connecticut Wesleyan, z; Amherst, O. Navy, q; Georgetown. 6. 4 Dickinson, II; Franklin and Mar shall, 0. : Chicago, 0; Illinois, 3. Wisconsin, 3; Minnesota, o. University OF Detroit, 60; Tufts college, 2. Ohio, IA; Michigan, Z. Notre Dame, %; Purdue, 0. Centre, “a; DePauw. 0. Lake Forest, o; Beloit college, z. Oberlin, 20; Western Reserve, Z. Ames, II; Creighton, Q. Oklahoma, 81; Kansas, 9. Washington, 6; Drake, A. Army, So; Lebanon Valley, 0. University of Denver, is; Colorado School of Mines, s. Colorado college, 20; University OF Wyoming, II. Iowa, 20; Northwestern, 0. Milliken, 49,; Shurtleff, 0. Kalamazoo college, Z; Albion col 1ege, 8. Coe, IA; Grinnell, 0. Bradley, IA; Illinois Wesleyan, 10. Bloomington high, 40; Peoria Manual, g. Jacksonville high. z; Waverly high, 6. Champaign high. 60; Danville high, o. Missouri, 10; Kansas Aggies, O. st. Ambrose academy, 35; Gene SEQ, Z: Davenport, SO; Clinton high, o. Illinois college, %; Monmouth col lege, 0.

  • The The Topeka state journal's story: SATURDAY FOOTBALL Saturdays Football Results.

    The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 8, 1920, page 5 (results column)

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    SATURDAY FOOTBALL Saturdays Football Results. saturdays Football Results. Illinois, 8; Chicago, o. Michigan, Z; Ohio State, IA. Wisconsin, 8; Minnesota, 3. Centre, 81; Depauw, 0. Tufts. 2; Detroit. IS. Butler, 81; Franklin, 10. Purdue. o; Notre Dame, 2s. Iowa. 20; Northwestern, 0. Harvard, IA; Princeton, IA. Pennsylvania, 21; Pittsburg, 81. Cornell, 8: Dartmouth, IA. Yale, IA; Brown, 10. Pennsylvania State, 20; Nebraska O.. . New York university, Z; Union, 9. Army. So; Lebanon Valley, 0. Wyoming university, II; Colorado college, 20. Knox. 3; Ripon, Z. Dawson, 81; University of South Carolina, 0. Washington, s.; Drake, IA. Stanford, 8; Washington. 0. Multnomah, o; Gonada, 10. Whiteman. ID: University of Mon tana, z. Springfield college, s5; Trinity, o. Ames. II; Creighton, o. Coe IA; Grinnell, o. Denver university. 16; Colorado Miners. 6. Utah university. I; Colorado university. o. Bradley. IA; Illinois Wesleyan, 10. Georgetown, 6; Navy, 81. Oklahoma, 21; Kansas, 8. Missouri, 10; Kansas Aggies, Z. Haskell Indians 6; Marquette uni versity, 8.

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 55–⁠28–⁠3 in 86 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Iowa 40, Northwestern 14
2023Iowa 10, Northwestern 7
2022Iowa 33, Northwestern 13
2021Iowa 17, Northwestern 12
2020Northwestern 21, Iowa 20
2019Iowa 20, Northwestern 0

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