Iowa at Michigan

Saturday, October 9, 1954

Michigan beat No. 4 Iowa 14–⁠13. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 13–⁠2–⁠1.

Away4Iowa5–⁠4 in 1954
13
HomeMichigan6–⁠3 in 1954
14

FinalHigh 74°F, low 42°FAttendance 64,283

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Iowa Upset as Michigan Oyercomes Early Lead

    Evening star, October 10, 1954, page 58

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    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.

Michigan leads 45–⁠16–⁠4 in 65 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Iowa 20, Michigan 19
2023Michigan 26, Iowa 0Big Ten Championship
2022Michigan 27, Iowa 14
2021Michigan 42, Iowa 3Big Ten Championship Game
2019Michigan 10, Iowa 3
2016Iowa 14, Michigan 13

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