Iowa at Indiana

Saturday, October 19, 1940

Indiana beat No. 20 Iowa 10–⁠6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 5–⁠5–⁠3.

Away20Iowa4–⁠4 in 1940
6
HomeIndiana3–⁠5 in 1940
10

FinalHigh 68°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Hi|NY5.iIJ Scores

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    Hi|NY5.iIJ Scores The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon Oregon State o: University of Washington 19. Stanford 26; Washington State IA. U.C.LA. T; California g. Oregon 0; University of Southern California 13. Duke 13; Colgate O. Princeton 28; Pennsylvania 46. Maryland o; Florida l9. Vanderbilt 0; Georgia Tech 19. Nebraska 53; Kansas g. Idaho o; Boston College 60. Iowa 6; Indiana 10. Carnegie Tech O; Notre Dame 61 Iowa State IA Missouri 30. Rice 6; Tulane 15. Northwestern 27; Wisconsin T. Tennessee 27; Alabama 12. Texas 2l; Arkansas O. Illinois 0; Michigan 28. Drake 0; Navy 19. Georgia IS; Columbia 19. Syracuse 6; Cornell 33 Holy Cross 13; NY.U. 2. Fordham 24; Pittsburgh 12. Dartmouth ‘; Yale 13 Army 6; Harvard 6, tie. Penn State 34; Lehigh 0. Connecticut 13; Maine G. Minnesota 13; Ohio State T.

  • The Evening star's story: LEADING Football Scores Yesterday

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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    LEADING Football Scores Yesterday Notre Dame, 81; Carnegie Tech, 0. Minnesota. 10; Ohio State, 7. Northwestern, q; Wisconsin, 7. Michigan, %; Illinois, 0. Indiana, 10; Iowa, 6. Texas A. &c NJ, 81; Texas Christian, 7. California, 9: U. C. L. A., 7. Southern California, 10; Ore gon, O. Stanford, 26; Washington State, IA. Washington, 1o; Oregon state,

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 53% to win. Indiana pulled the upset.

Iowa leads 46–⁠29–⁠4 in 79 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 20, Iowa 15
2021Iowa 34, Indiana 6
2018Iowa 42, Indiana 16
2015Iowa 35, Indiana 27
2014Iowa 45, Indiana 29
2012Indiana 24, Iowa 21

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