Nebraska at Iowa
Saturday, November 22, 1930 Share
Iowa beat Nebraska 12–7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 8–4–1.
FinalHigh 48°F, low 29°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1930, page 1
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IOWA, IN COMEBACK, DEFEATS NEBRASKA Cornhuskers Score Touchdown in First Four Minutes, but Lose Game, IL to z. IOWA CITY, Iowa, November az Iowa University reopened An ancient foot ball feud with Nebraska by defeat ing the Scarlet eleven, IL to z, today. Some $4,000 spectators saw Coach Burton Ingwersen’S rejuvenated eleven, which got away to q dismal start this year by losing three Of its first four contests. stage q brilliant comeback to defeat the Cornhuskers and close its season with q $3.50 record OF games won and lost After q brilliant Nebraska attack net ted q Cornhusker touchdown within the first four minutes, the Hawkeye eleven pulled itself together to push over two counters in the second quarter and out. played the visitors throughout most OF the remainder Of the contest. Randall Hickman, hard-running jun ior halfback, though he did not figure in the scoring, was the thorn in the side Of the NebraskAns. He alone Accounted for 162 yards of the 246 yards the Hawkeyes gained from scrtmmAge. Nebraska collected Ill, although each team made nine first downs. Buster Long was the big threat in the Nebraska backf1eld. Nebraska missed an opportunity ct the. very start of the game when Frahm’s attempt to score from place gave them another chance, which Long made good almost Immediately, racing around the Hawkeye right end for o touchdown. Frahm added the extra point The Hawkeyes came back in the Sec ond period with two touchdowns, how ever. Jerry Kriz, sophomore back, took the ball on q cross buck and Slashed OF left tackle for the first. The try for point was wide. The second came later in the same period, Leo Jensvold leading from the Nebraska S-yard line on q right-end dash. NebraskA’s aerial attack yielded % yards on four successful attempts out of 10 tries. while IowAB lone effort was incomplete. HlnA.uM auM luuaSan@rv
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)
Nebraska 62% to win. Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Nebraska–Iowa gameNebraska leads 26–20–1 in 47 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa 40, Nebraska 16 | |
| 2024 | Iowa 13, Nebraska 10 | |
| 2023 | Iowa 13, Nebraska 10 | |
| 2022 | Nebraska 24, Iowa 17 | |
| 2021 | Iowa 28, Nebraska 21 | |
| 2020 | Iowa 26, Nebraska 20 |
Around this game
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. Kansas StateNov. 27, 1930
- SeasonNebraska in 1930
- ProgramNebraska history and records
Iowa
- Next gamevs. PittsburghOct. 3, 1931
- SeasonIowa in 1930
- ProgramIowa history and records

