Iowa at Ohio State

Saturday, October 27, 1951

Ohio State beat Iowa 47–⁠21. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 8–⁠5–⁠2 as played.

AwayIowa2–⁠5–⁠2 in 1951
21
HomeOhio State4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1951
47

FinalHigh 64°F, low 47°FAttendance 67,551

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Ohio State Rebounds to Beat Iowa, 47-27, With Air Attack

    Evening star, October 28, 1951, page 40

    Read the text

    Ohio State Rebounds to Beat Iowa, 47–⁠27, With Air Attack Ohio threw substitutes on the field as the final session opened and Iowa moved 80 yards to a touchdown in 10 plays, featured by 38-yard pass from Britzlnann to Rice. Rice plunged a foot for the score. The Hawks came right back for another when Lloyd Dabillo re- covered Curcillo’s tumble on the Ohio 10. and Britzmann tossed five yards to Joe Ruck for the score. Iowa “ q f4-o1 Ohio State ----------- 20 13 5–⁠47 Scoring: Iowa Britzmann, Reichard 81. Ohio State touchdoWns sknaTka Ir,x,xa,r GoGdsetI, GaTeilo t22, Grimes aoMn-Jsnow:cz l4l Logan

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)

Ohio State 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 49–⁠15–⁠3; as played, 50–⁠15–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 31, Iowa 14
2024Ohio State 35, Iowa 7
2022Ohio State 54, Iowa 10
2017Iowa 55, Ohio State 24
2013Ohio State 34, Iowa 24
2010Ohio State 20, Iowa 17

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