Wisconsin at Iowa
Saturday, October 18, 1952 Share
No. 12 Wisconsin beat Iowa 42–13. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 21–9.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 15°FAttendance 45,050
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 21, 1952, page 19
Read the text
CHICAGO. Oct. 21.-Midwest football briefs -. Illinois–The Illini lost their captain and safety man, AL Brosky, for the Purdue game and possibly for the rest of the season. He injured his back in the Minnesota loss. Brosky was hurt in the second quarter when he tackled Paul Giel. but finished the contest. X-rays Monday revealed the injury is serious. IOwa-The Hawkeyes apparent ly are in good physical shape for Ohio State, despite the 42–13 drubbing by Wisconsin. :. Coach Forest Evashevski’s main problem obviously is defense. Wisconsin – Haifback Harland Carl. the Big Tens leading scorer, is ready to go against UCLA Saturday. He was kicked in the head at Iowa and spent Saturday night in an inflrmary. Marquette-Linebacker Chuck Scott and Defensive Guard Ernie Argentati. who missed the Arizona game with injuries, are back on duty. However. Tackle Jerry Peterson has a bad knee. Purdue-Coach Stu Holcomb is contemplating lineup shifts for the Illinois game. Linebacker Earl Heninger may be moved to offensive right halfback. ReS Brock may run at left half instead of right. Indiana-The Hoosiers confined their efforts Monday to viewing movies Of their victory over Tenn pie. A scout report warned that Northwestern will be tougher than its record indicates. Minnesota–The Gophers suf. fered only few minor injuries IL
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)
Wisconsin 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Iowa gameWisconsin leads 49–48–2 in 99 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0 | |
| 2024 | Iowa 42, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2023 | Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 24, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2021 | Wisconsin 27, Iowa 7 | |
| 2020 | Iowa 28, Wisconsin 7 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. UCLAOct. 25, 1952
- SeasonWisconsin in 1952
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Iowa
- Next gamevs. Ohio StateOct. 25, 1952
- SeasonIowa in 1952
- ProgramIowa history and records

