Indiana at Iowa

Saturday, October 8, 1955

Iowa beat Indiana 20–⁠6. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 13–⁠10–⁠4.

AwayIndiana3–⁠6 in 1955
6
HomeIowa3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1955
20

FinalAttendance 51,576

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Crippled Iowo Throws Subs At Indiono and Wins, 700

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 9, 1955, page 1

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    Crippled Iowo Throws Subs At Indiono and Wins, 700 IOWA CITY. Iowa. Oct. 8 B. Iowa, battered and bruised q week ago, made q swift and re- |markabie recovery today for q 20–⁠6 Big Ten football victory over Indiana. Crippled badly after losing TO Wisconsin. 37-l4. Iowa went the distance with only “a contestants. Two Of them, Jim Gibbons, sophomore endt and Roger Wieg. mann, senior fullback, were go minute performers. Coach Forest Evashevski sprung 10 surprise backfield at the Hoo |siers to the delight Of the 81 .976 Dads Day fans. The substi- |tutes did their Job well. Fronted by a good line. the reserves flashed to three first half touchdowns for q eos lead after which the contest eased OF into q scoreless duel. Indiana’s only touchdown by End Pat Fellinger came In the first quarter after Iowa had gone lin front. TO. from the opening kickoff. Sophomore Mike Hagler got

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)

Iowa 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 46–⁠29–⁠4 in 79 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 20, Iowa 15
2021Iowa 34, Indiana 6
2018Iowa 42, Indiana 16
2015Iowa 35, Indiana 27
2014Iowa 45, Indiana 29
2012Indiana 24, Iowa 21

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