Iowa at Northwestern

Saturday, November 19, 1932

Northwestern beat Iowa 44–⁠6. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 11–⁠7–⁠1.

AwayIowa1–⁠7 in 1932
6
HomeNorthwestern3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1932
44

FinalAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Losing Hawkeyes Sportsmen Score Hurt by Rentner i'm Last Northwestern Game Due to Iowa's Gracious Gesture.

    Evening star, November 23, 1932, page 19

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    Losing Hawkeyes Sportsmen Score Hurt by Rentner i’m Last Northwestern Game Due to Iowa’s Gracious Gesture. last appearance in the Purple uniform. He was given a tremendous ovaton as he trotted into the game. His signal was called; he was given the ball; then the Iowa line opened and the 1881 All-American halfback scored the touchdown standing up. Rentner left the game after that one plsy to receive for the last time the plaudits Of his supporters. But a cheer also should be given those Hawkeyes who finished the season without single major victory, put who fought gamely and with Sports manship at all times.

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)

Northwestern 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 55–⁠28–⁠3 in 86 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Iowa 40, Northwestern 14
2023Iowa 10, Northwestern 7
2022Iowa 33, Northwestern 13
2021Iowa 17, Northwestern 12
2020Northwestern 21, Iowa 20
2019Iowa 20, Northwestern 0

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