Colorado at Iowa State

Saturday, October 16, 1954

No. 17 Colorado beat Iowa State 20–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 6–⁠3.

Away17Colorado7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1954
20
HomeIowa State3–⁠6 in 1954
0

FinalHigh 60°F, low 35°FAttendance 14,779

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Colorado Crushes Iowa State, 700

    Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 67

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    Colorado Crushes Iowa State, 700 AMES, Iowa, Oct. 16.-Coloradios undefeated BuffaloeS, blessed with raw power and blazing speed. poured through Iowa State, 300, today for their fifth straight football victory. Colorado’s single-wing offense. led by Sohomore Joyn Hayuk who is affectionately known as 1.-THE Beast” crunched out two first half touchdowns, and Car roll Hardy, on a neat reverse, dodged Is yards for the third counter with four minutes left in the game. It was the second Big Seven conference triumph for Colorado and Iowa States second league loss in three contests. Bayuk, a 221-pound fullback with tremendous power and agility. didn’t figure in the scoring but he was the top hand in rush. ing, a department In which he Is the Nations leader. SoIorsSo Colo s..,. ---- 3 3 g SO Colorado scoring: Touchdowns-wilcon. Jenkins. Hardy. conyersions-- La Mons, Jenkins.

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)

Colorado 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Colorado leads 50–⁠15–⁠1 in 66 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Colorado 24, Iowa State 17
2010Colorado 34, Iowa State 14
2009Iowa State 17, Colorado 10
2008Colorado 28, Iowa State 24
2007Iowa State 31, Colorado 28
2006Colorado 33, Iowa State 16

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