Iowa at Wisconsin
Saturday, October 8, 1932 Share
Wisconsin beat Iowa 34–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 10–3.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 45°F, 0.11 in. of rainAttendance 13,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 9, 1932, page 50
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BADGERS IN BIG TEN TRIUMPH OVER IOWA Wisconsin, Starring Iowa Youth, Routs Buckeyes, “a to O, Under New Coach. DANDALL STADIUM, Madison, Wis, n October 8-Coupling a smooth running attack with a rugged defense. Wisconsin opened its Big Ten season under its new coach, Dr. Clarence Spears, with 34-to-O victory over Iowa today. The Badgers showed form that far eclipsed that which was seen in the opening game against Marquette, a week ago. The line was much improved. opening wide holes, at the tackles especially, to allow the hard-driving backs to get through for consistent gains The Hawkeyes’ running attack failed to function under the quick charges of the Wisconsin forward wall. and the Badgers defense against q pass attack ruined whatever hopes Iowa had Of piling up points by an overhead game. 1t was an Iowa youth from Des Moines-Joe Linfor-who did the most damage against the Hawkeyes. The Badger halfback turned in several brilliant runs, particularly around the ends and was responsible for much of the ground gained by the Badgers. He scored one touchdown after 60-yard run,

The Daily Alaska empire, October 10, 1932, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL. RESULTS& The following are scores of var lcus football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington o; Oregon 0. Santa Clara 0; Stanford IA. Oregon State 0; Southern Cali fornia 10. St. Mary’s 12; California 12. ~ Idaho 2: Gonzaga 20. Willamette O; Washington State ,0 Iowa 0; Wisconsin. 34. Princeton7; Columbia 20. Northwestern 6; Michigan Is. Chicago T; Yale z. Haskell 0; Notre Dame 73. New Hampshire 0; Harvard 40. Washington and Lee 0; Navy g. Carleton g; Army 57. Indian ‘; Ohio State 2. Iowa State 6; Nebraska 12. Montana IA; Carroll College 6. Georgia 25; Tulane 34. Kentucky 12; Georgia Tech 6. Nevada 6; Utah 6. Utah Aggies T; Colorado 26. Colorado Mines 0; Colorado Ag- gies 39. Alabama 28; George Washington 5. Grinnell 6; Michigan State 27. Richmond O.; Cornell 27. Texas. 65; Missouri O. Auburn 13, Duke T.. Purdue T; Minnesota 0.
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)
Wisconsin 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 49–48–2 in 99 meetings, counting the 86 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0 | |
| 2024 | Iowa 42, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2023 | Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 24, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2021 | Wisconsin 27, Iowa 7 | |
| 2020 | Iowa 28, Wisconsin 7 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gameat IndianaOct. 16, 1932
- SeasonIowa in 1932
- ProgramIowa history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gameat PurdueOct. 15, 1932
- SeasonWisconsin in 1932
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

