Indiana at Iowa

Saturday, October 20, 1945

No. 8 Indiana beat Iowa 52–⁠20. It was their 18th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 7–⁠7–⁠4.

Away8Indiana9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1945
52
HomeIowa2–⁠7 in 1945
20

FinalHigh 68°F, low 35°FAttendance 15,800

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Indiana Smothers Iowa For Third Loop Win

    Evening star, October 21, 1945, page 20

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    Indiana Smothers Iowa For Third Loop Win IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 20.-Indiana sent Iowa reeling for count of So points today by the Hoosiers’ third Western Conference football victory, So to 20. The groggy Hawks, previously socked hard by Ohio State and Purdue on successive Saturdays, bounced back to score all their points in the final quarter. Actually, the game had been won long before by the dashing Hoosiers who ripped through to six first-half touchdowns and added two more in the third.

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the weekend Columbia, 31 Colgate, T. Penn State, 46; Bucllnell, ‘. Army, 55; Melville Raiders, B. Holy Cross, 25; Brown, 0. New London Subs, IS; Harvard, T. Illinois, 2; Wisconsin, (tie). Minnesota, 30; Northwestern, ‘. Purdue, 15; Ohio State, 1a Notre Dame, 39; Pittsburgh, g. Michigan State, 27; Wayne, ‘. Missouri, A. Kansas State, T. Indiana, 52: Iowa, 20. Louisiana State, 32; Georgia, 0. Alabama, 25; Tennessee, ‘. Virginia Tech, 21; Maryland, 13. William and Mary, 13; Virginia Military Institute, 9. Auburn, 20; Tulane, IA. North Carolina, 20; Cherry Point, A. Texas, 34; Arkansas, ‘. Miami (Ohio), 34; Ohio Univer- sity, 0. Iowa State, 27; Nebraska, ‘. Oklahoma, 39; Kansas, T. Tulsa, 40; Nevada, 0. North Dakota U, 20; North Da- kota State, 12. Vanderbilt, 19; Kentucky, 6. Oklahoma A & M, 46; Utah, 6. Colorado, 31; Colorado College, 0. Utah State, 13; Colorado A & M, Washington, IS; Oregon State, Southern California, 52; College of Pacific, 0. Oregon, 26; Washington State, 13. Idaho, 46; Montana, o. Southern Methodist, 21 Rice, 18 Texas Christian, IS; Texas A & M, 12. Louisiana Tech, 29; Southwestern, IA. Corpus Christi Naval Air, 30; Pensacola Naval Air, 0. Navy, 20; Georgia Tech, 69. Baylor, ?; Texas, ‘ (tie). Sundays Scores Villanova, IA; Detroit, 0. St. Marys (CalifD, 58; McClel- Ian Field, 0.

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.

On the newsreel

  • THE WORLD OF SPORTSIndiana drops in at Iowa and proceeds to give Hawks a 52 to 20 going over. The Hoosiers only case up in the last quarter and Iowa avoids a shut-outUniversal Newsreel, October 22, 1945. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Indiana 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 46–⁠29–⁠4 in 79 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 20, Iowa 15
2021Iowa 34, Indiana 6
2018Iowa 42, Indiana 16
2015Iowa 35, Indiana 27
2014Iowa 45, Indiana 29
2012Indiana 24, Iowa 21

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