Iowa at Notre Dame

Saturday, November 21, 1953

No. 20 Iowa and No. 1 Notre Dame tied 14–⁠14. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 6–⁠3–⁠3.

Away20Iowa5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
14
Home1Notre Dame9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1953
14

FinalAttendance 56,478

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Fading Seconds OF Both Halves Costly 10 Hawks GuglieImi's Passes To Shannon Erase Iowa Leads Twice

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 22, 1953, page 66

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    Fading Seconds OF Both Halves Costly 10 Hawks GuglieImi’s Passes To Shannon Erase Iowa Leads Twice SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 81. - Iowa’s hard-hitting young Hawkeyes rocked Notre Danes S national prestige today, holding the country’s top-rated football team to a 14–⁠14 tie and missing what would have been the seasons greatest upset by matter of seconds. Nonetheless, Notre Dame Suffered the first nick in a season

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)

Notre Dame 81% to win.

Notre Dame leads 13–⁠8–⁠3 in 24 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
1968Notre Dame 51, Iowa 28
1967Notre Dame 56, Iowa 6
1964Notre Dame 28, Iowa 0
1962Notre Dame 35, Iowa 12
1961Iowa 42, Notre Dame 21
1960Iowa 28, Notre Dame 0

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