Iowa at Minnesota
Saturday, November 5, 1938. Minnesota kept Floyd of Rosedale Share
No. 12 Minnesota beat Iowa 28–0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 23–8 in the games on file.
FinalAttendance 42,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 7, 1938, page 16 (results column)
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Football Badgers and Minnesota’s Gophers, 28–0 winners over Iowa, share the Big Ten lead with Michigan, Ohio State. Northwestern and Purdue as possible contenders. Minnesota takes on unbeaten Notre Dame, $50 victor over Navy. Wisconsin plays U. c. L. A., while Michigan. 1913 winner over Penn, faces Northwestern. Purdue has an open date after whipping Ohio State, 1910. The Buckeyes meet IL linois, while Chicago plays the Col lege of the Pacific. Tough Hurdle for Oklahoma. Oklahoma, which preserved its unbeaten record by trimming Kan sas State, 26-O. faces a higher Big Six hurdle in Missouri, 60 winner over Michigan State. Iowa State, co-leader of the conference, plays Kansas State Southwest. Texas Christian, coasting along toward the title. although Rice and Southern Methodist remain unbeaten in Southwestern Conference games, meets the weak sister” OF the loop, Texas, which lost, 14–3, to Baylor. T. C. U. breezed past Tulsa, 21–0, Saturday. Rice. 80 winner over Arkansas, plays Texas A. and NJ, loser to S. M. U. by 1917. The Mustangs and Arkansas hook up in the third conference clash. Texas Tech plays Gonzaga and Baylor meets Loyola at Los Angeles Friday. South. Tennessee, Southeastern Confer ence leader, plays Vanderbilt. Georgia meets Tulane and Alabama tackles Georgia Tech. Auburn Louisiana State, Florida Maryland and Mississippi-Sewa are other pairings. The principal Southern Confer ence game is V. NJ I. against David son. Far West. Southern CALIFORNIA; stunning 1877 triumph over California ended the Bears 18-game winning streak and made the Trojans leading can didates for the Pacific Conference crown and the Rose Bowl.
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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa–Minnesota gameOfficially, 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 87 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa 41, Minnesota 3 | |
| 2024 | Iowa 31, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2023 | Minnesota 12, Iowa 10 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 13, Minnesota 10 | |
| 2021 | Iowa 27, Minnesota 22 | |
| 2020 | Iowa 35, Minnesota 7 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gameat IndianaNov. 12, 1938
- SeasonIowa in 1938
- ProgramIowa history and records
Minnesota
- Next gameat Notre DameNov. 12, 1938
- SeasonMinnesota in 1938
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

