Iowa at Ohio State
Saturday, October 27, 1923 Share
Iowa beat Ohio State 20–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 2–0 as played.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, October 28, 1923, page 15
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Iowa Downs Ohio State COLUMBUS, O., Oct 27.--Iowa excel led in all departments of the game and defeated Ohio State 20 to in the annual gridiron battle between the two teams at Ohio Stadium here today. It was Ohios second defeat of the season at the hands of a Big Ten foe and marked an Iowa come back after the Hawkeyes bowed to Illinois last week. The Iowans, who scored two touch- downs and a pair of field goals. demonstrated their supremacy at ev- cry stage of the contest mad except ing for a few desultory flashes of form. the Buckeyes were completely outplayed throughout.

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 28, 1923, page 59
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IOWA GOOD IN EVERY WAY IN DEFEATING OHIO STATE BY the Associated Press. @0LUMBUS Ohio October Howa exceed in ali departments of game grid Ohos defeat hands big the Hawkeyes bowed Illinois las touchdowns and of field form, Buckeyes D1.to o,fo1,yo fbr

Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., October 30, 1923, page 6 (results column)
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SOUTHERN FOOTBALL GAMES RUN TRUE To EXPECTATIONS Southern football teams played true to form Saturday and the day witnessed none of the surprises which characterized previous week ends. The most important game was that at South Bend. Ind, in which Notre Dame defeated Georgia Tech by the score of 35 to Z. The Irish men were too fast for the southern ers and had little trouble. in making long runs for touchdowns at crucial moments but Tech showed considcradle offensive power and made more first downs than its opponents. Douglas Wycoff, the Arkansas full back, again starred for Tech in all departments of play. Sewanee defeated the crippled Oglethorpe team at Atlanta, Is to c.. University Of Alabama had a field day with Spring HILL winning, so to 0, and Auburn found Ford Ben ming excellent practice for the game with Georgia next Saturday, win ming, “a to 0. Vanderbilt beat Tulane II to O, while Louisiana State was being overcome by Arkansas in a thrilling 26-to-13 battle Virginia swamped Trinity 33 to O., while V. M. I. was furnishing North Carolina State, % to Z, and V. P. L. was losing to Washington and Lee, II to 0. Mississippi Aggies succumbef to University of Tennessee, Z to 8, and University of Mississippi was over. whelmed by St. Louis, % to 8. Centre was outclassed by Penn, losing “a to 0. On Friday Mercer defeated Biz mingham-Southern, II to O.. Here are scores OF other games Saturday, the feature being the defeat of Harvard by Dartmouth TO. the first time in sixteen years. Oklahoma IL; Oklahoma Aggies 0. Georgia Freshmen, II; North Car DINA Freshmen, O.. Georgia Reserves, 20; Dahlonega, 7. Dartmouth, 16; Harvard, 0. Holy Cross, 10; Boston universe. ty, 0. West Virginia Wesleyan, IA; Car roll o. University of Michigan. 81; Mich. igan Aggies, 0. Syracuse, A; Springfield, 0. Yale, 81; Brown, O. Rutgers, 6; Lafayette, G.. Maryland, IA; North Carolina, 0. Minnesota, 0; Wisconsin, 0 (tie). William, 10; Columbia, 0. Iowa, 20; Ohio State, 0. Army, 70; Lebanon Valley, 0. Lehigh, IA; Muhlenburg, 3. Colgate, 27; Ohio Wesleyan, 0. Florida, 16; Wake Forest, 7. California 9; Washington State college 0. Idaho 0; Oregon o. Carnegie Tech z; Pittsburg 2. University of Texas A; Southwest. ern 0. Centenary %; Texas Christian university 0. Alabama Freshmen 25; Wander bilt Freshmen 3. Kentucky Wesleyan College. 49, Morris Harvey, 0. Louisville University 13; Rose Poly, 7. Nebraska, 7; University of Missouri,, 7. Baylor, 16; Ouachita. 3. University of Kentucky, 95; Georgetown (Ky) College, 0. Mississippi College, s; Louisiana College, 0. Tennessee Meds, Z; Carson New man. 0. Illinois 9; Northwestern O.. Purdue s; Chicago 20. Presbyterian 0; Citadel 0. Furman %; Richmond 7. South Carolina freshmen, 20; Ben edictine college, 0. Third Army Corps, IA; George town, Z. University of Detroit 0; Washing ton and Jefferson 6.

, October 28, 1923 (results column)
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700 SCORE AGAINST Ohio BIG TEN UPSET Iowa Victory Complete On Buckeye Field Saturday. CHICAGO, Oct. 81 Omitted Press).-Iowa took vengeance on Ohio State at Columbus today and humiliated the Ohio team by 20 to 0 defeat. The score fails to tell the tale OF battle, however. as Iowa smothered the Buckeyes with. out mercy. At Madison, Wis, Minnesota and Wisconsin battled to a scoreless tie in which defensive strength of both teams showed good. Neither eleven could make consistent yardage and each resorted to a kicking game. Illinois marked another notch in their championship gun by defeat ing Northwestern, 20 to o. at Cubs park. Chicago. Grange. star Illinois back. again was the luminary of his teams attack and ran so yards for mi touchdown. Chicgo managed to beat Purdue. 81 to Z. here only after the Boiler makers had given Chicago a big a by tieing the score in the third quarter. Chicago used a trick for. ward passing combination to score two touchdowns in the final period. Michigan played many reserves in beating the Michigan Aggies. 81 to o. at Ann Arbor. Mich. The Wolverines used mostly straight football mixed with a few passes in winning from the Farmers.
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
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Iowa 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 49–15–3; as played, 50–15–3 in 68 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
| 2026 | Ohio State 31, Iowa 14 | |
| 2024 | Ohio State 35, Iowa 7 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 54, Iowa 10 | |
| 2017 | Iowa 55, Ohio State 24 | |
| 2013 | Ohio State 34, Iowa 24 | |
| 2010 | Ohio State 20, Iowa 17 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gamevs. MichiganNov. 3, 1923
- SeasonIowa in 1923
- ProgramIowa history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. DenisonNov. 3, 1923
- SeasonOhio State in 1923
- ProgramOhio State history and records

