Michigan at Iowa
Saturday, November 3, 1956 Share
No. 17 Michigan beat No. 7 Iowa 17–14. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 15–2–1.
FinalAttendance 55,896
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1956, page 1
Read the text
KENTUCKY MARYLAND Michigan Wins, 17–14, 10 Halt Streak IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 3 up. Michigan. the villain of 1owa’s football life. knocked the Hawk eyes from the ranks of the unbeaten today with a roaring fin ish for a 17–14. victory. Just as they had for the last three years, the Wolverines over
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.
On the newsreel
- MICHIGAN-IOWAAt Iowa City, the Wolverines of Michigan come from behind for the fourth year in a row to nip the unbeaten Hawkeyes of Iowa, 17-14
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record); some releases also via the Internet Archive. Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Iowa 58% to win. Michigan pulled the upset.
The series
Every Michigan–Iowa gameMichigan leads 45–16–4 in 65 meetings, counting the 47 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
Michigan
- Next gamevs. IllinoisNov. 10, 1956
- SeasonMichigan in 1956
- ProgramMichigan history and records
Iowa
- Next gameat MinnesotaNov. 10, 1956
- SeasonIowa in 1956
- ProgramIowa history and records