Michigan at Iowa
Saturday, October 23, 1937 Share
Michigan beat Iowa 7–6. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 6–2–1.
FinalHigh 43°F, low 27°FAttendance 12,211
In the newspapers

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 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.
The series
Every Michigan–Iowa gameMichigan leads 45–16–4 in 65 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.
| 2026 | Iowa 20, Michigan 19 | |
| 2023 | Michigan 26, Iowa 0 | Big Ten Championship |
| 2022 | Michigan 27, Iowa 14 | |
| 2021 | Michigan 42, Iowa 3 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2019 | Michigan 10, Iowa 3 | |
| 2016 | Iowa 14, Michigan 13 |
Around this game
Michigan
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 30, 1937
- SeasonMichigan in 1937
- ProgramMichigan history and records
Iowa
- Next gameat PurdueOct. 30, 1937
- SeasonIowa in 1937
- ProgramIowa history and records

