Iowa at Indiana

Saturday, October 4, 1952

Indiana beat Iowa 20–⁠13. It was their 24th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 10–⁠10–⁠4.

AwayIowa2–⁠7 in 1952
13
HomeIndiana2–⁠7 in 1952
20

FinalHigh 71°F, low 43°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Indiana Comes Back Twice TO Top Iowa

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1952, page 69

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    Indiana Comes Back Twice TO Top Iowa BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. 4. Passes from southpaW Quarter back Lou D’Achille twice brought Indiana from behind today for a 20–⁠13 victory over Iowa. The Big Ten opener for both teams was fought with such vigor that the ball changed hands four times on fumbles in a nine-play period in the second quarter. ! D’Achille, who left-footed both of Indianas extra points, passed to Freshman Les Kun for the first Hoosier touchdown in a ST. yard play that ended three sec onds after the firSt-half gun. He hit little Pete Fisher with a 41-yard pass that set up Jerry Ellis 4-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter. Ellis added an insurance touch down with a 13-yard sprint climaking a 73-yard Indiana drive late in the final period. I0Siapa I0Sa -9 - 9 9 3 IA; al; Iowa scoring: ‘Touchdowns, Bennett Rice. Conversion, White. Indiana scoring: TouchdownS, Kun Ellis i2). Conversions, D’Achille (2).

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)

Indiana 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 46–⁠29–⁠4 in 79 meetings, counting the 55 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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