Notre Dame at Iowa

Saturday, November 11, 1939

Iowa beat No. 3 Notre Dame 7–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 2–⁠0.

Away3Notre Dame7–⁠2 in 1939
6
HomeIowa6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1939
7

FinalHigh 58°F, low 23°FAttendance 46,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: |owans Sure Gopher Tilt Means Another Joyful Week End

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1939, page 47

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    |owans Sure Gopher Tilt Means Another Joyful Week End CHICAGO, Nov. 14.-Life is just one celebration after another these days out in football-crazy Iowa. The football faithful, who have just completed a hilarious week end party as the aftermath of Iowa S amazing 7–⁠6 victory over Notre Dame, already are planning another wild one. This one is to be on Minnesotaand there seems (to the whole State of Iowa) to be no more reason to doubt therell be victory to celebrate than there was last week as the battle with the Irish appreached. After the Hawks upset the Irish, Head Coach Eddie Anderson, who was 80 years old yesterday, said he thought “the boys could beat Notre Dame and they did think they can take Minnesota. Capt. Erwin Prasse, end and one of the eight regulars who played the full 60 min utes Saturday, summed up the teams attitude toward the Gophers thusly: Bring ‘em on. It’s just another football game for Iowa.” That is the spirit that has carried Iowa to five victories in six games and their most successful season in more than a decade. If the Hawks win SATURDAY. they still will have an outside chance to share the Big Ten title with Ohio State. Paradi11g students at Iowa City quieted down yesterday long enough to hear few words from their idol Coach Anderson, who spoke to them with his 3-year-old son, Jimmy, on his shoulder. Every one of you is part of the team” he said. 1T is your team as much as It 10 Capt. Prasse’s or Mile ‘Kiunick’k”

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Gophers Favored Over Hawkeyes

    Imperial Valley press, California, November 14, 1939, page 4

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    Gophers Favored Over Hawkeyes CHICAGO, Nov IA. CUP) - Big Ten tradition finally caught up with Notre Dame and removed the last hope of the midwest for a major undefeated, united football team this season. For years, it’s been a fact around the western conference that the little teams can whip the big ones on their perfect Saturday and so it was Iowa, the surprise team of the season. that stepped out of nowhere and crashed Notre Danes previously undefeated Irish, 7 to 6. This Saturday, despite the super ior showing of Iowa’s handful of inspired iron men in their last four contests, Minnesota is regarded as a favorite to halt their amazing bid for the conference championship.

  • The Henderson daily dispatch's story: HENDERSON, IN c. DAILY DISPATCH friday NOVEMBER T. 1885 jus 1oKemind You Duke And Carolina PLAY Saturday WEEKLY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Gamso saturday, Nov. Home Team Other Games

    Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, November 17, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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    HENDERSON, IN c. DAILY DISPATCH friday NOVEMBER T. 1885 jus 1oKemind You Duke And Carolina PLAY Saturday WEEKLY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Gamso saturday, Nov. Home Team Other Games Home 1898 Team Result Other Games Akron-West Liberty ....... DNP Augustana Gil Carthage :. TT Baldwin Wallace-Kent State. 1855 Ball Manchester .2O-14 Bradley-James Millikin $50. 42-O Charleston-DeKalb ......... OF Chicago-O berlin ........... DNP Cornell ia -Carleton ...... OF Dayton Miami (O) ........ OLA DeniSOn-WoOSter ........... O-1O Detroit Tech-Heidelberg -. $40 Elmhurst-Wheaton ......... 7–⁠13 Fort Hays-Hastings ........ DNP GriIlnell-COe O-6 Illinois College-Rose Poly :. DNP Illinois Wes.-Normal 1T. 24-O Iowa Wesleyan-Simpson 80. POT John Carroll-W Reserve 8–⁠27 Kalamazoo T.-Ohio U. ...... DNP Kansas-George Washington TO Knox Monmouth ........... 14–⁠7 Luther-Upper Iowa ........ TT McKendree-M oberly ....... DNP Michigan State-Indiana 80. DNP Missouri Mines-Kirksville %. GO Monticello-North West 80. DNP Notre Dame-Northwestern :. 81 Ohio State–I Illinois ........ 32–⁠14 Terre Haute-Richmond ..... 1886 The Principia-C Culver Stock. 1888 Valparaiso North Central :. DNP Wabash-DePauw . .......... OF Wayne-Buffalo ............ $50 Wichita Oklahoma A. & NJ. 1916 Neutrality-suspicious. Union %. DNP Xavier (Cin. Marshall %. DNP Youngstown-W Westminster :. 300 notwithstanding Green 80. IT SOUTH Southeastern Conference Alabama–Georgia Tech .14-14 Louisiana–Auburn .......... 6–⁠28 Tennessee Vanderbilt ...... 14-O Southern Conference Duke North Carolina ....... $40 Furman-N. Car. State ....... TT Virginia-V. P. I. ........... 1915 V. M. maryland .......... AHA Will.-Mary Wash. Lee. 80. OF Other Games Apr. School-Fore Eiv. App. 90 Catawba-Roanoke s.:...... Go Citadel-SeWanee ........... DNP CullOwhee Tr.-Elon ........ DNP Davidson-Erskine .......... $50 Georgia–So. Carolina ....... 7–⁠6 Greenville Tr.-High Point -. DNP Hiwassee-Jacksonville Tr. :. DNP Kentucky-West Virginia 80. DNP Louisiana Coll. Miss. Coll. 1888 Louisville-Hanover 1914

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.

On the newsreel

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Notre Dame 72% to win. Iowa pulled the upset.

Notre Dame leads 13–⁠8–⁠3 in 24 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.

Recent meetings
1968Notre Dame 51, Iowa 28
1967Notre Dame 56, Iowa 6
1964Notre Dame 28, Iowa 0
1962Notre Dame 35, Iowa 12
1961Iowa 42, Notre Dame 21
1960Iowa 28, Notre Dame 0

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