Michigan at Iowa

Saturday, October 23, 1937

Michigan beat Iowa 7–⁠6. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 6–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayMichigan4–⁠4 in 1937
7
HomeIowa1–⁠7 in 1937
6

FinalHigh 43°F, low 27°FAttendance 12,211

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: .EXTRA-PO|NT KICK BEATS HAWKEYES Michigan Takes First Big Ten Game in Two Years, Iowa BoWing, 7-6.

    Evening star, October 24, 1937, page 25

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    .EXTRA-PO|NT KICK BEATS HAWKEYES Michigan Takes First Big Ten Game in Two Years, Iowa BoWing, 7–⁠6. a IOWA CITY, Iowa, October 23.- Michigan’s Wolverines, who have prowled unsuccessfully through u Big Ten foot ball sectors since October, 1885. finally found victim today when they defeated Iowa, an other victory-starved team, Z to s, before $4,000 Dads day guests. The wolverines. bouncing back in grand manner from their 39-to-6 walloping by Minnesota last week, outplayed the Hawkeyes most Of the way, snatching a 7-to-0 lead in the second quarter and clamping a tight lid on Iowa’s offense except for one brilliant touchdown thrust by Nile Kinnick

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, October 23, 1937, page 1 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES The following are final scores of several important football games played this afternoon: Pittsburgh 81; Wisconsin 0. Princeton g. Rutgers 0. Yale 9; Cornell 0. Brown z; Columbia 6. Fordham 7; Texas Christian 6. Ohio State 7; Northwestern 0. Holy Cross 6; Western Maryland 0. Michigan 7; Iowa 6. Navy z; Notre Dame 8. Army At; Washington University z. Drake 80; Iowa State 0. Dartmouth 20; Harvard 2. Alabama 10; George Washington O. Duke 10; Colgate 0. Lafayette 10; New York University 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)

Iowa 68% to win. Michigan pulled the upset.

Michigan leads 45–⁠16–⁠4 in 65 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Iowa 20, Michigan 19
2023Michigan 26, Iowa 0Big Ten Championship
2022Michigan 27, Iowa 14
2021Michigan 42, Iowa 3Big Ten Championship Game
2019Michigan 10, Iowa 3
2016Iowa 14, Michigan 13

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