Wisconsin at Iowa

Saturday, November 3, 1945

Wisconsin beat Iowa 27–⁠7. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 16–⁠7.

AwayWisconsin3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1945
27
HomeIowa2–⁠7 in 1945
7

FinalHigh 40°F, low 25°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Wisconsin Trounces Iowa For First Win in Big Ten

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1945, page 21

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    Wisconsin Trounces Iowa For First Win in Big Ten 81 the AsSocfated Press. IOWA CITY. Iowa, Nov. 3--Wisconsin’s Badgers, on the prowl all fall for Western Conference football prey, finally SHARED a victim today. The Badgers, defeated by Ohio State and Purdue and tied by ILL., nois, didn’t have too much trouble as they romped to a 27-to-7 victory over clawless Iowa, which went down to its fifth straight defeat before a major foe.

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)

Wisconsin 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 49–⁠48–⁠2 in 99 meetings, counting the 76 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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