Iowa at Indiana

Saturday, October 7, 1950

Indiana beat No. 17 Iowa 20–⁠7. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 10–⁠9–⁠4.

Away17Iowa3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
7
HomeIndiana3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
20

FinalHigh 78°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturday Grid dSt0rs

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1950, page 16 (results column)

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    Saturday Grid dSt0rs LOWELL PERRY, Michigan Caught touchdown pass that put Michigan ahead in intersectional game with Dartmouth and then intercepted three passes which kept Indians from cutting into the Wolverines 27-to-7 victory mar gin. CHARLES MALEY, Holy Cross quarterback – An 18-year-old sophomore, Maley threw four touchdown passes and tossed Cru saders to two more as team defeated Brown, Al to 81. j. d. KIMMELL, Army tackle Broke through to block a Penn State punt that was recovered on the 2-yard line and set UP the Cadets second touchdown Just before the half. The break started the Penn State Lions downhill and they lost, Al to Z. CHARLES HOAG, Kansas half back-Was big wheel in Kansas 27-point last-half rally that downed Colorado, 27 to 81. Col orado had scored three touch downs when Hoag broke loose for 86 yards that started team toward victory. DALE SAMUELS, Purdue quarterback-With Notre Dame only a touchdown behind and on the march, Samuels passed to Mike Maccioli for the touchdown that ended Notre Danes unbeaten streak. LOU D’ACHILLE, Indiana quarterback-Set Big Ten scoring rec ord by passing to Bob Robertson. Play covered 81 yards and helped sink Iowa, 20–⁠7. BILL WADE, Vanderbilt quarterback-Tossed two touchdown passes in first eight minutes of teams 27-to-22 upset win over Alabama. Got another in third period. VIC JANOWICZ, Ohio State halfback-Played only a half but completed six passes in six tries, four for touchdowns, as Big Ten club doWned Pittsburgh, IL to z. BOB REYNOLDS, Nebraska halfback-Scored twice, once on a I67-yard run, as Nebraska downed Minnesota, 1926. JOHN WILLIAMS, Southern California halfback – Returned punt IS yards for touchdown that put Trojans back in ball game after trailing Washington, 20 to O. Game ended in 1920 deadlock. KYLE ROTE, Southern Meth odist halfback-Ran for two touchdowns as SMU smothered Missouri, 81 to 0. HUGH McELHENNY, Washing ton fullback-Nelped Washington to last-minute 21-to-2G victory over UCLA by gaining 95 yards and scoring touchdown.

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)

Iowa 55% to win. Indiana pulled the upset.

Iowa leads 46–⁠29–⁠4 in 79 meetings, counting the 56 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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