Oregon State at Iowa

Saturday, October 6, 1956

No. 20 Iowa beat Oregon State 14–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayOregon State7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1956
13
Home20Iowa9–⁠1 in 1956
14

FinalAttendance 41,027

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Iowa Rally Nips Beavers, 14-13

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1956, page 1

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    Iowa Rally Nips Beavers, 14–⁠13 IOWA CITY, Oct. 6 Up Iowa. sloppy and ineffective for more than three quarters against a stubborn Oregon State de- Tense, struck quickly through the air for two fourth-quarter touch downs and a l4-l3 victory today. The Beavers, apparently in control after picking up one touchdown on the second play Of the game on a 80 yard pass play and another on 49-yard dash by Sophomore Paul Lowe in the third period, were stun ned by a surprising Iowa revival that accounted for two touch downs in one minute and As seconds. The two conversions were by Bob Prescott, a sophomore end. Iowa got its first touchdown with l1:l7 left in the fourth period as Fullback John Nocera passed 10 yards 10 Frank Gillian in the end zone. Iowa was the recipient Of a big break when Earnel Burden FUN bled on the ensuing kickoff and Prescott recovered on the Oregon State 30. orsgon state n-t3 fova 0 tf-i4

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 7–⁠5 in 12 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
1972Iowa 19, Oregon State 11
1971Oregon State 33, Iowa 19
1970Oregon State 21, Iowa 14
1969Oregon State 42, Iowa 14
1968Iowa 21, Oregon State 20
1967Oregon State 38, Iowa 18

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