Iowa at Michigan
Saturday, October 9, 1954 Share
Michigan beat No. 4 Iowa 14–13. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 13–2–1.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 42°FAttendance 64,283
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 10, 1954, page 58
Read the text
Iowa Upset as Michigan Oyercomes Early Lead ANN ARBOR. Mich, Oct. p Angered by two quick, costly fumbles that cost them two touchdowns. Michigan bullied Iowa for the final So minutes today and wrecked the Hawk eyes national ranking with a 14–13 upset before .69.607 spec tatorS. The ambitious Iowans, cycling their first Big Ten title since 1922, turned two Michigan fumbles into a 1870 lead in the first eight minutes. But that was the last look-in for Coach Forest Evashevski’s HawkeyeS, who haven’t beaten Michigan in 80 years. Rated as 13-point favorites, they were clearly outplayed the rest of the way as the Wolverines rebounded brilliantly from last weeks slug gish loss to Army. Michigan marched So yards in IL plays to score at 14:15 of the first period. Dave Hill capped the drive with a 3-yard slam through guard. Thoroughly aroused. the VOL verines went ahead midway in the second period when Jim Maddox, a sub quarterback, hit Ray Kramer, sophomore end. with a 28-yard touchdown pass. When the 19-year-old Kramer,
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 53% to win. Michigan pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa–Michigan gameMichigan leads 45–16–4 in 65 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.
| 2026 | Iowa 20, Michigan 19 | |
| 2023 | Michigan 26, Iowa 0 | Big Ten Championship |
| 2022 | Michigan 27, Iowa 14 | |
| 2021 | Michigan 42, Iowa 3 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2019 | Michigan 10, Iowa 3 | |
| 2016 | Iowa 14, Michigan 13 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gameat Ohio StateOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonIowa in 1954
- ProgramIowa history and records
Michigan
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonMichigan in 1954
- ProgramMichigan history and records

