Iowa at Ohio State
Saturday, October 6, 1945 Share
Ohio State beat Iowa 42–0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 6–4–1 as played.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 56°FAttendance 49,342
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Iowa–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 49–15–3; as played, 50–15–3 in 68 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.
| 2026 | Ohio State 31, Iowa 14 | |
| 2024 | Ohio State 35, Iowa 7 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 54, Iowa 10 | |
| 2017 | Iowa 55, Ohio State 24 | |
| 2013 | Ohio State 34, Iowa 24 | |
| 2010 | Ohio State 20, Iowa 17 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gameat PurdueOct. 13, 1945
- SeasonIowa in 1945
- ProgramIowa history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. WisconsinOct. 13, 1945
- SeasonOhio State in 1945
- ProgramOhio State history and records

