Wyoming at Iowa

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  Evening star, October 18, 1953, page 64

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  Iowa Breaks AWAY From Wyoming, 21–⁠7 IOWA CITY, Iowa. Oct. IL Branded TO by a first-quarter Wyoming touchdown, Iowa broke away from the Cowboys to a 81 7 football victory today over the previously undefeated WESTERN ers. Joe Mastrogiovanni, 5-foot- 6 190-pounder from Brooklyn, NY, who went into the contest as the Nations leader in total offense, guided Wyoming to its only touchdown in a drive from the 50-yard line. He handled the scoring personally with a smash from the 2-yard line and the kick for the extra point. A bit battered and worn, still in there punching, Mastrogiovanni finished the game with a total of 1875 yards, 40 by rushing and 35 ON pass competitions in 19 attempts, his 5-game total is 872 yards. Except for a brief unsuccessfull furry at the end, it was all Iowa as George DUSTY Rice, the sophomore hero of 1851, capped the three long marches with short touchdown spurts. Iowa Ola : O-21 Wyoming ----- o O O. Wyoming scoring: Touchdown-Mastroglovanni. ion-MaStrogiovanni. Iowa scoring: Touchdowns-Rice 80. onVerSionS-Wiegmann CD.

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Iowa leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.