Minnesota at Iowa
Saturday, November 9, 1929 Share
Iowa beat Minnesota 9–7. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 15–8 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 25°FAttendance 36,000
In the newspapers

Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 10, 1929, page 1
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MINNESOTA II FALL TO iowa Undefeated Gophers Lose CT Tilt Before 10000 Frenzied Fans IOWA CITY, iowa, Nov. 9.--F- IA tall, rangy youth, with a shock of hair as golden as Iowa’S corn, dealt a stunning blow 70 Minnesota’s championship hopes today. ~ Iowa conquered the hitherto undHfeated Gophers. o 10 Y, before 49, 0000 frenzied spectators In the last sixty seconds or play. Oran Pape. a six foot halfback, weighing ITO pounds, was the hero OF Iowa’s startling triumph. lie galloped away to a touchdown ia the final minute or play. scampering across the goal from the SIX yard line ON a wide left end run altar his team mates, in a desperate rally, had battered their way in an irresistible charge that stare ed Nv midfield. Pape duplicated his achievement OF “a year ago I’m beating the Gophers and running their chances OK winning the Zig Ten championship.
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)
Minnesota 57% to win. Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Minnesota–Iowa gameOfficially, 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 95 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa 41, Minnesota 3 | |
| 2024 | Iowa 31, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2023 | Minnesota 12, Iowa 10 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 13, Minnesota 10 | |
| 2021 | Iowa 27, Minnesota 22 | |
| 2020 | Iowa 35, Minnesota 7 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. MichiganNov. 16, 1929
- SeasonMinnesota in 1929
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Iowa
- Next gameat PurdueNov. 16, 1929
- SeasonIowa in 1929
- ProgramIowa history and records

