Iowa State at Northwestern
Saturday, September 30, 1950 Share
Northwestern beat Iowa State 23–13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 4–1.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 60°FAttendance 38,473
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 1, 1950, page 47
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Northwestern Defeats Iowa State in Opener EVANSTON, ILL.,, Sept. 30.- Northwestern, an unknown guam tity in the Western Conference football race, defeated Iowa State, % to 13, today in its 1850 debut before 41,0oo fans at Dyche Sta dium. After being held to TT dead lock through the first two periods, Northwestern took control in the second half with superior line play, stronger. running attack and some surprisingly accurate passing by Quarterback Dick Flowers. Northwestern victory margin was due in a large measure to the running of Dick Alban, Gene and Johnny Miller and Rich Athan.
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)
Northwestern 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa State–Northwestern gameNorthwestern leads 7–1 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.
Around this game
Iowa State
- Next gamevs. Northern IowaOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonIowa State in 1950
- ProgramIowa State history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat NavyOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1950
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

