Iowa State at Northwestern

Saturday, September 30, 1950

Northwestern beat Iowa State 23–⁠13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayIowa State3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1950
13
HomeNorthwestern6–⁠3 in 1950
23

FinalHigh 75°F, low 60°FAttendance 38,473

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Northwestern Defeats Iowa State in Opener

    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.

Northwestern leads 7–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1956Northwestern 14, Iowa State 13
1954Northwestern 27, Iowa State 14
1953Northwestern 35, Iowa State 0
1950Northwestern 23, Iowa State 13
1946Northwestern 41, Iowa State 9
1945Northwestern 18, Iowa State 6

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