Wisconsin at Iowa

Saturday, October 2, 1943

Wisconsin beat Iowa 7–⁠5. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 14–⁠7.

AwayWisconsin1–⁠9 in 1943
7
HomeIowa1–⁠6–⁠1 in 1943
5

FinalHigh 70°F, low 44°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Wisconsin Badgers Spill Iowa Hawkeyes, Z To S

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 3, 1943, page 9

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    Wisconsin Badgers Spill Iowa Hawkeyes, Z To S IOWA CITY. la, Oct. 2-R- They called Wisconsin and Iowa the “gridiron kids” of the West ern Conference. Well, the youthful Badgers and the equally young HaWkeyes were just that today, but the young sters, man of them making their first Big Ten start, spilled out countless thrills for $4,000 dad S day fans before the Badgers won, 7 to 5. The schooner ‘‘Hesperus, according to LongfelloW, was wreck ed on the reef of Norman’s Woe, near Gloucester, Mass.

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. Wisconsin won as Elo’s underdog.

Wisconsin leads 49–⁠48–⁠2 in 99 meetings, counting the 78 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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