Iowa at Michigan

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 23, 1924, page 5

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  MICHIGAN LOSES TO IOWA, 9 TO 2 Rainy Weather Makes Passes Of Friedman Fail ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 22.- Michigan, battling for q place among western conference football leaders stumbled and fell today over a stone wall of Hawkeyes. losing to Iowa, 3 to 7. Failing to crumble the obstruction with battering line assaults, except on occa- sions. Michigan resorted to the air, with equally futile results. It was not Micigan weather which needs must be dry if the baffling forward passes of Ben Friedman. halfback, are to be effective as they did in the Wis consin and Ohio games. Today’s game was played on ground soaked by Fri day drizzle-not a soggy field, but one tending to Keep the football smooth and hard to grasp for passing. Iowa, too. uncovered an effective de- fense to the Michigan aerial weapon. Several Friedman passes were knocked down and one was intercepted. Others missed fire when receivers with butter fingers dropped them. or failed to reach the spot toward which Friedman had directed them. Iowa drove down to the Michigan goal line in the first period seizing the only opportunity for touch down that offered either side.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 23, 1924, page 79

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  IOWA DEALS A BLOW TO MICHIGAN, 9 TO 2 ANN ARBOR, Mich, November 90. Michigan. battling for place among Western Conference foot ball leaders, stumbled and fell today over a stone wall of Hawkeyes, losing to Iowa, to 2 Failing to crumble the obstruction with battering line assaults, except on occasions, Michigan resorted to the air, with futile results. Iowa, too. uncovered an effective defense to the Michigan aerial weapon. Iowa, drove down to the Michigan goal line in the first period, selling the only opportunity for touchdown that was offered to either side. Scantlebury. almost alone. made the score, launching his drive from the Wolverine 30-yard line where an exchange of Dunts in which Rockwell, of Michigan. had all the worst of it, had placed tbs ball. Iowa’s other score came off Han cocks toe-a perfect place-kick from the Michigan 25-yard line in the waning moments of the final period.

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.

Michigan leads 45–⁠16–⁠4 in 65 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.