Washington State at Iowa
Saturday, October 3, 1953 Share
Iowa beat Washington State 54–12. It was their first meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 1–0.
FinalAttendance 31,500
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 4, 1953, page 71
Read the text
IOWA CITY, Oct. 3. - Iowa splurged to one of its widest scoring binges today in running up, a 54–12 victory over Wash ington State in an intersectional football contest here. Coach Forest Evashevski, who came to Iowa only a year ago from Washington State. started six sophomores against the over matched Pacific Coast Confer ence team but everyone was in on the act before the finish. A rugged Iowa line restricted the Cougars to a net rushing gain of 13 yards. In the first half Washington State had a net loss of 81 yards by rushing. The first Washington State score was a spectacular 84-yard
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)
Washington State 53% to win. Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Washington State–Iowa gameIowa leads 3–1–1 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1969 | Iowa 61, Washington State 35 | |
| 1965 | Washington State 7, Iowa 0 | |
| 1963 | Washington State 14, Iowa 14 | |
| 1957 | Iowa 20, Washington State 13 | |
| 1953 | Iowa 54, Washington State 12 |
Around this game
Washington State
- Next gamevs. OregonOct. 10, 1953
- SeasonWashington State in 1953
- ProgramWashington State history and records
Iowa
- Next gameat MichiganOct. 10, 1953
- SeasonIowa in 1953
- ProgramIowa history and records