Iowa at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 28, 1939

Iowa beat Wisconsin 19–⁠13. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 12–⁠5.

AwayIowa6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1939
19
HomeWisconsin1–⁠6–⁠1 in 1939
13

FinalHigh 37°F, low 29°FAttendance 21,000

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 30, 1939, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores or important footbal games played last afternoon: Washington State 0; Oregon State l3. Oregon 6; U.CL.A. Is. s. California 26; California 0. Purdue 6; Santa Clara 13. Montana l3; Idaho 0. Texas 26; Rice 12. Oklahoma 41; Oklahoma Aggies O. Texas A and M 20; Baylor 0. N. Carolina 30; Pennsylvania 6. University of Washington 8; Stan ford 5. Clemson 15; Navy ‘. Notre Dame T; Carnegie Tech 6. North Carolina 30; Penn G. Cornell 23; Ohio State IA. Yale T; Michigan 27. Dartmouth Is; Harvard 0. Pitt 13; Fordham 27 Wake Forest 0; Duke 6. Georgia 13; New York U 14. Arkansas 0; Villanova ‘. Virginia Military Institute ‘; Col umbia 26. Brown 12; Princeton 26 Florida T; Maryland O. Maine 0; Bates 6. Colgate ‘; Holy Cross 27. Ursinius IS; Army 46. Penn State 6; Syracuse 6, tie. Virginia 26; William and Mary 6 Arizona 6; Marquette 13. Missouri 21; Iowa State 6. Nebraska 25; Kansas State g. Auburn 6; Georgia Tech 2. Iowa 19 Wisconsin 13. Illinois 0: Northwestern 13. Alabama T; Mississippi State 0. Tulane IS; Mississippi 6.

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 62% to win. Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.

Wisconsin leads 49–⁠48–⁠2 in 99 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0
2024Iowa 42, Wisconsin 10
2023Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6
2022Iowa 24, Wisconsin 10
2021Wisconsin 27, Iowa 7
2020Iowa 28, Wisconsin 7

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