Iowa State at Northwestern

Saturday, September 25, 1954

Northwestern beat Iowa State 27–⁠14. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 6–⁠1.

AwayIowa State3–⁠6 in 1954
14
HomeNorthwestern2–⁠7 in 1954
27

FinalHigh 76°F, low 52°FAttendance 32,056

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Northwestern Tons Iowa State, 27-14

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 26, 1954, page 67

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    Northwestern Tons Iowa State, 27–⁠14 EVANSTON, ILL.,, Sept. u.s. John Rearden, a smooth-running quarterback, plunged for two touchdowns and fired a 28-yard tie-breaking pass in the fourth quarter to enable Northwestern to defeat a scrappy Iowa State team, 27–⁠14. today. The Cyclones. in position to spring an upset until the final minute, came from behind twice to tie the second time on a o. yard kickoff return by Dom LorenZen. Holding the Wildcats twice in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter. Iowa State began to move with the score tied, 14–⁠14. But Jim Troglio, North Westerns hard-running halfback, intercepted “a pass and ran IS yards to States Is. A penalty Offset a touchdown run by Bob Lauter before Rearden hit Fred Nosal in the end zone. The Wildcats added another touchdown late in the fourth period on 78-yard drive. with Halfback Bob King carrying over from the four. Iowa state --- O. z z Ola Northwestern 13–⁠21 Iowa State scoring: Touchdowns--lahan (2). Northwestern scoring: Touchdown Rearden ca, Nosal, King. Conversions Damore f3).

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)

Northwestern 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Northwestern leads 7–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1956Northwestern 14, Iowa State 13
1954Northwestern 27, Iowa State 14
1953Northwestern 35, Iowa State 0
1950Northwestern 23, Iowa State 13
1946Northwestern 41, Iowa State 9
1945Northwestern 18, Iowa State 6

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