Wisconsin at Iowa
Saturday, November 3, 1945 Share
Wisconsin beat Iowa 27–7. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 16–7.
FinalHigh 40°F, low 25°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1945, page 21
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Iowa gameWisconsin leads 49–48–2 in 99 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0 | |
| 2024 | Iowa 42, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2023 | Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 24, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2021 | Wisconsin 27, Iowa 7 | |
| 2020 | Iowa 28, Wisconsin 7 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. NorthwesternNov. 10, 1945
- SeasonWisconsin in 1945
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Iowa
- Next gameat IllinoisNov. 10, 1945
- SeasonIowa in 1945
- ProgramIowa history and records

