Oregon State vs. Iowa

Tuesday, January 1, 1957, Rose Bowl

No. 3 Iowa beat No. 11 Oregon State 35–⁠19. It was their second meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 2–⁠0.

Neutral site11Oregon State7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1956
19
Neutral site3Iowa9–⁠1 in 1956
35

FinalTV: NBC (B/W) 54.9 million viewers.Attendance 97,126Referee: John Kennedy (Pacific Coast; split crew: Pacific Coast, Big Ten)

MVP Ken Ploen (Iowa QB)Wikipedia

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). 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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 7–⁠5 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 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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