Iowa at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 31, 1953

Wisconsin beat Iowa 10–⁠6. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 22–⁠9.

AwayIowa5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
6
HomeWisconsin6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1953
10

FinalHigh 54°F, low 39°FAttendance 52,819

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Wisconsin Retrieves DETECTED Pass 10 Defeat Iowa, 1916

    Evening star, November 1, 1953, page 68

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    Wisconsin Retrieves DETECTED Pass 10 Defeat Iowa, 1916 MADISON, Wis, Oct. 81. - Halfback Harland Carl snatched a pass out of Binky Breeders arms and sprinted Is yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown today. giving Wisconsin a 1916 victory over Iowa. The circus catch after Breeder had DETECTED the 23-yard pitch from Jim Miller broke up a bit ter battle before a homecoming crowd of $3.50 in Camp Randall Stadium and left the Badgers with 81 record in the Big Ten. The loss was the HaWkeyeS’ third in four Big Ten games. Although Iowa crossed mid field only twice, they led the Badgers by a 6–⁠3 margin with only eight minutes to go when Miller connected with Carl on the payoff pitch. The winning drive covered 81 yards after Carl had returned Breeders poorest punt of the day to the Wisconsin 80. The Hawkeyes let the Badgers run wild, but were tough inside their own 20. Wisconsin drove to the Is as the second period opened but were halted and set tied for one of Tackle Bill Mil ler’S field goals, booted from the 23. Iowa struck back with three minutes to go in the same quarter, the first time they were in Badger territory, with Jerry Reichow-a third string quarter back--passing 81 yards to George DUSTY Rice for the. touchdown. Roger Wiegmann’s try for the point was low. Iowa n q n a. g Wisconsin ---------- 3 Q 10 Iowa scoring: Touchdown-Rice. Wisconsin scoring: TouchdoWn-Carl Conversion-W. Miller. Field goal-W. Miller.

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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 49–⁠48–⁠2 in 99 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0
2024Iowa 42, Wisconsin 10
2023Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6
2022Iowa 24, Wisconsin 10
2021Wisconsin 27, Iowa 7
2020Iowa 28, Wisconsin 7

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