Iowa at Minnesota

Saturday, October 24, 1931

Minnesota beat Iowa 34–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 16–⁠8 in the games on file.

AwayIowa1–⁠6–⁠1 in 1931
0
HomeMinnesota7–⁠3 in 1931
34

FinalHigh 64°F, low 45°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: M'DOUGALL'S RUNS WIN FOR MINNESOTA Sensational Gopher Figures in All Scoring Drives as His Team Beats Iowa, $40.

    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.

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 94 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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