Iowa at Minnesota
Saturday, October 24, 1931 Share
Minnesota beat Iowa 34–0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 16–8 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 45°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 25, 1931, page 61
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M’DOUGALL’S RUNS WIN FOR MINNESOTA Sensational Gopher Figures in All Scoring Drives as His Team Beats Iowa, $40. MEMORIAL STADIUM, Minneapolis, october 24.-Ken MacDougall, 153pound substitute Gopher quarterback, headed spirited Minnesota drive which reached its height in the third period to rout Iowa, “a to o, today. Wh1rling and smashing for gain after gain, the little Gopher dynamo scored two touchdowns and directed person. all conducted tours through the Iowa defense, which led to three more. MacDougall touched of the climax Of his sensational running in the third period by lodging through broken field Of Iowans for 80 yards. He took the ball on a kickoff In the run which was his final bow for the day. For the Gophers the victory avenged defeats taken in their last two meetings with the Hawkeyes, in 1928 and 1929.
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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa–Minnesota 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 94 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
Iowa
- Next gamevs. George WashingtonOct. 31, 1931
- SeasonIowa in 1931
- ProgramIowa history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. WisconsinOct. 31, 1931
- SeasonMinnesota in 1931
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

