Iowa at Michigan

Saturday, October 10, 1953

No. 5 Michigan beat Iowa 14–⁠13. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 12–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayIowa5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
13
Home5Michigan6–⁠3 in 1953
14

FinalHigh 70°F, low 44°FAttendance 49,551

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Sturs

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1953, page 18 (results column)

    Read the text

    Sturs BERNIE FALONEY, Maryland Scored two touchdowns, passed to two others in 40-I3 victory over Georgia. MICKEY BATES and J. c. CAROLINE, Illinois–Scored six touchdownS between them, four by Bates, in 41–⁠20 upset of Ohio State. JERRY BARGER, Duke Spearheaded 80-yard drive in final seconds to give Duke 20–⁠14 victory over Purdue. DICK classy, Harvard-ran for three touchdownS, passed for fourth in 1926 triumph over Colgate. PETER VANN, Army–Threw three touchdown passes as Army beat Dartmouth, 27–⁠0. EVAN SLONAC, Michigan State-Scored tying touchdown. kicked extra point and set up insurance” score in final quarter of 26–⁠19 comeback win over Texas Christian. TONY RADIOS, Penn State Accounted for three touchdowns, set up a fourth in 35–⁠13 victory over Boston University. GENE CALANIE, Oklahoma Expert quarterbacking and ball handling gave Sooners 1914 triumph over Texas. BOBBY EPPS, Pittsburgh Scored first touchdown, set up second in Pitts 1916 victory over Nebraska. FLOREAN HELINSKI, Indiana Kicked three extra points. final one in last 40 seconds, for Indiana’s 21–⁠20 edge over Marquette. RALPH MOODY, Kansas Scored two touchdowns, was big ground gamer in 27–⁠21 triumph over Colorado. PAUL GIEL, Minnesota – Passed for two touchdownS. scored a third and ran up 80 rushing yards in 30–⁠13 win over Northwestern. ARAMIS DANDOY and LIN DON CROW, Southern Cali fornia-Their runs of 70 and IS yards, respectively. gained a 13- Is tie with Washington. LOU BALDACCI, Michigan Threw 27-yard scoring pass and booted the two extra points that gave Michigan a 14–⁠13 victory over Iowa.

  • The The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current's story: FOOTBALL UPSETS ARE SEEN IN SAT. ACTION

    The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 16, 1953, page 1 (results column)

    Read the text

    FOOTBALL UPSETS ARE SEEN IN SAT. ACTION NEW YORK lR – Underdogs stand a good chance to juggle the national ratings again this week. end and maintain the element OF surprise that so far has marked the current season. The Illinois Minnesota game has real possibilities for an upset. The ninth-ranked Illini rose to sudden stardom on the strength of their 41–⁠20 stampede of OHIO State las, week but will have to prove they are still that good against a Paul .Giel-led Gopher squad that ap. pears to have found itself. Georgia Tech-Auburn, Stanford UCLA, Rice-SMU, Navy–Princetor and Mississippi State Kentucky contests belong in the same class. Northwestern, MinneSota’s vic. tim by a surprise 30-l3 margin, has the markings of an explosive attack featuring the passing Of Dick Thomas and some strong run ming. 1t might be just the thing to catch Michigan, the nations No. S unit. after the Wolverines narrow 14–⁠13 squeak over Iowa in a savage encounter. Georgia Tech, lettering on the brink of defeat despite a 3O.game unbeaten string unit. a solid vic tory over Tulane last weekend, must show Auburn that recovery was a lasting enc. The sixth ranked Techmen have the unenviable task of facing a sophomore. laden band of Tigers who appear to be improving with each week topped by a comeback from a 81. point deficit in the final period to tie Mississippi State Jackie Parker and those same Mississippi State teammates of his could fall prey to Kentucky and the always-dangerous Steve Neil. niger.

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)

Michigan 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 45–⁠16–⁠4 in 65 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Iowa 20, Michigan 19
2023Michigan 26, Iowa 0Big Ten Championship
2022Michigan 27, Iowa 14
2021Michigan 42, Iowa 3Big Ten Championship Game
2019Michigan 10, Iowa 3
2016Iowa 14, Michigan 13

Around this game