Iowa at Minnesota

Saturday, November 14, 1942. Minnesota kept Floyd of Rosedale

No. 16 Minnesota beat No. 12 Iowa 27–⁠7. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 26–⁠9 in the games on file.

Away12Iowa6–⁠4 in 1942
7
Home16Minnesota5–⁠4 in 1942
27

FinalHigh 57°F, low 23°FAttendance 33,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Minnesota Whips Iowa, ~ to7, To Ruin Hawks Title Chances

    Evening star, November 15, 1942, page 38

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    Minnesota Whips Iowa, ~ to7, To Ruin Hawks Title Chances scored again on a sustained drive of 81 yards. Farmers touchdown heave came at this point, to make the score IA to 7 but Minnesota’s line still dom mated play, and the Gophers got two more touchdowns. After Vic Kulbitski fumbled on the Iowa l. yard line with the Hawkeyes recovering. the Minnesota fullback in tercepted a Farmer heave on the Iowa seven and ran 1t back for a touchdown. The last Gopher touchdown came when Farmer was rushed and had the ball knocked from his hands as he tried to pass. Jim Lushine, a tackle, caught 1t on the Iowa “a and ran for a touchdown. Minnesota made % first downs to two for Iowa and rolled up 358 yards net from scrimmage to only four for Iowa

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 73% to win. Minnesota pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, 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 83 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa 41, Minnesota 3
2024Iowa 31, Minnesota 14
2023Minnesota 12, Iowa 10
2022Iowa 13, Minnesota 10
2021Iowa 27, Minnesota 22
2020Iowa 35, Minnesota 7

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