Iowa at Ohio State

Saturday, October 6, 1945

Ohio State beat Iowa 42–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 6–⁠4–⁠1 as played.

AwayIowa2–⁠7 in 1945
0
HomeOhio State7–⁠2 in 1945
42

FinalHigh 69°F, low 56°FAttendance 49,342

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 8, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Following are final scores oi football games played last SatuT- day and Sunday Army 54: Wake Forest, o. Swarthmore, 13, Rutgers, 6. Pittsburgh, 38; Bucknell, 0. Tufts, 2; Harvard, 6. Columbia, 32; Syracuse, 0. Holy Cross, 2l; Yale, 0. Penn State, 27; Colgate, T. Pennsylvania, 12; Dartmouth, 0. Brown, 51; Boston College, 6. Lafayette, ‘; Princeton, ‘, (Tie). Franklin and Marhsall, 30; Muhl- enberg, 0. Notre Dame, 40; Georgia Tech, 2. Navy, 2l; Duke, o. Ohio State, 42 Iowa, 0. Michigan, 20; Northwestern, ‘. Purdue, 13; Wisconsin, ‘. Michigan State, 2; eHntucky, C. Fort BenNing, 2l; Great Lakes, l2. Indiana, 6; Illinois, 0. Michigan State, T; Kentucky, C. Tennessee, 48; William and Mary 13. Missouri, 10; Southern Methodist T. Texas A SS M, 19; Oklahoma, H. Arkansas, 27; Texas Christian, 14 Texas, S3; Texas Tech, O. Minnesota, 61; Nebraska, ‘. Iowa State, 13; Kansas 13. (Tiel California, 27; Washington, IA. Washington State, B; oregon State, 0. Oregon, B; Idaho, ‘. Southern Cal, 26; St, Mary’s Pre- Flight, 14

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)

Ohio State 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 49–⁠15–⁠3; as played, 50–⁠15–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 31, Iowa 14
2024Ohio State 35, Iowa 7
2022Ohio State 54, Iowa 10
2017Iowa 55, Ohio State 24
2013Ohio State 34, Iowa 24
2010Ohio State 20, Iowa 17

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