Minnesota at Iowa

Saturday, November 6, 1926

Minnesota beat Iowa 41–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 14–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayMinnesota5–⁠3 in 1926
41
HomeIowa3–⁠5 in 1926
0

FinalHigh 63°F, low 38°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: GOPHERS RUIN HON EC0MING' FOR HAWKEYES Doc Spears Men Have Easy Time at Iowa City, Beat ing Iowa, Al to 0

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 8, 1926, page 6

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    GOPHERS RUIN HON EC0MING’ FOR HAWKEYES Doc Spears Men Have Easy Time at Iowa City, Beat ing Iowa, Al to 0 Iowa City, Nov. 8-IP)--Out OF the north, a Minnesota football ava. lanche rolled Saturday, crushing Iowa under Al to 0 score and running the Hawkeycs’ annual homcc oming. 1t was a Gopher team of varied at tack that swamped the Iowans, a team that rompcd around ends plunged through tackles and guards and tossed forward passes with dead “ accuracy. Never did the men of Coach Ing wersen seriously threaten, their only first down from rushing coming in an Is yard dash by Cowboy Nick Kutsch Gophcrs Start With Rush Minnesota OH the other hand, brought its full power into play at the otusct, scoring three tonchdowns, Il field goal and goal after touch down for 22 points in the first period. After that start, disastrous for the thousands Of homecoming grads” in the crowd of $4,000 spectators, the Gophers seemed to let up somewhat, or their power was diminished by the wear of their opening attack. In each succeeding period they scored one touchdown. Viewed from a statistical angle, it was all Minnesota. The GOphcrs collected 40S yards on 73 rushcs and made 81 first downs. Five of the Gophers’ eight forward passes were completed for gain of So yeards, in GLIDING one touchdown. kutsch In Stellar Role Iowa, with Kutsch in the stellar role, made total Of SO yards in 81 rushcs. the cowboy getting net Of 33 yards, advancing ~ yards and los ing 8. Four Minnesota punts totalcd 2lY yards and seven Iowa kicks went for 258 yards. Nydahl led the Gopher yardage gains with 131 on 90 tries. He re. placed Almquist, injured early in the same. and rcpleated his dash Of last weeks Wisconsin game when he took Il punt and ran Ga yards for Mime epta’S second touchdown.

  • The Evening star's story: MINNESOTA CRUSHES IOWA eleven, 41-0

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1926, page 85

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    MINNESOTA CRUSHES IOWA eleven, 41–⁠0 IOWA FIELD. IOWA CITY. No vember P).-Out of the North a Minnesota avalanche rolled today. crushing 1owa’s foot ball team under 41-to-0 score and running the Hawk eyes annual homecoming. 1t was a Gopher team of varied at tack that swamped the Iovans. a team that rOmped around ends. plunged through tackles and guards and tossed forward passes with deadly accuracy. Never did the men of Coach Ing. wersen seriously threaten. theh’ only first down from rushing coming on an 1S-yard dash by Cowboy Nick Kutsch. Minnesota. on the other hand. brought full power into play at the outset. scoring three touchdowns, a field goal and A goal after touchdown for 22 points in the first period. In each succeeding period they scored one touchdown. The Gophers made II first downs.

  • The Douglas daily dispatch's story: Minnesota Defeats Iowa, Al to 0, at Homecoming

    Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, November 7, 1926, page 7

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    Minnesota Defeats Iowa, Al to 0, at Homecoming IOWA CITY, Nov. G-(R-Out of the north the Minnesota avalanche rolled today, crushing Iowa’s football team under a Al to 0 score and running the Hawkeyes’ annual home coming. It was a Gopher team Of varied attack that swamped the Iowans, a team that romped around ends, plunged through tackles and guards and tossed forward passes with deadly accuracy. Never did the’men of Coach Ingwersen seriously threaten, their only first down from rushing coming on an IS yard dash by Cowboy Nick Kutsch. Minnesota, on the o t h r hand, brought full power into play at the outset, scoring three touchdowns a field goal and a goal after touchdown for % points in the first 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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Iowa 55% to win. Minnesota won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Minnesota leads 63–⁠54–⁠2; as played, 62–⁠54–⁠2 in the 118 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 98 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa 41, Minnesota 3
2024Iowa 31, Minnesota 14
2023Minnesota 12, Iowa 10
2022Iowa 13, Minnesota 10
2021Iowa 27, Minnesota 22
2020Iowa 35, Minnesota 7

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