Minnesota at Iowa
Saturday, November 3, 1951. Iowa kept Floyd of Rosedale after a tie Share
Minnesota and Iowa tied 20–20. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 31–12–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 21°F, low 11°F, 4.21 in. of snow, 4.02 in. on the groundAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 4, 1951, page 52
Read the text
Iowa Rallies in Fourth Quarter To Tie Minnesota, 20 to 20 go. the Hawkeyes struck from their “A to the Minnesota 36 from where Reichardt broke into the open for a touchdown run. Big Bills kick was good and Iowa had come from far behind to deadlock the contest. The Gophers had scored on the third play of the game on Giels 6l-yard run and they made it 1870 on 24-yard dash by Engel in the second quarter. Giel added the third touchdown in the third period on a three yard sweep. Giel made the extra point.
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 59% to win.
The series
Every Minnesota–Iowa gameOfficially, Minnesota leads 63–54–2; as played, 62–54–2 in the 118 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa 41, Minnesota 3 | |
| 2024 | Iowa 31, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2023 | Minnesota 12, Iowa 10 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 13, Minnesota 10 | |
| 2021 | Iowa 27, Minnesota 22 | |
| 2020 | Iowa 35, Minnesota 7 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. IndianaNov. 10, 1951
- SeasonMinnesota in 1951
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Iowa
- Next gameat IllinoisNov. 10, 1951
- SeasonIowa in 1951
- ProgramIowa history and records