Iowa at Indiana
Saturday, October 19, 1940 Share
Indiana beat No. 20 Iowa 10–6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 5–5–3.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 42°F
In the newspapers

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.

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.
The series
Every Iowa–Indiana gameIowa leads 46–29–4 in 79 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
| 2025 | Indiana 20, Iowa 15 | |
| 2021 | Iowa 34, Indiana 6 | |
| 2018 | Iowa 42, Indiana 16 | |
| 2015 | Iowa 35, Indiana 27 | |
| 2014 | Iowa 45, Indiana 29 | |
| 2012 | Indiana 24, Iowa 21 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonIowa in 1940
- ProgramIowa history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonIndiana in 1940
- ProgramIndiana history and records

