Utah State at Iowa

Saturday, September 28, 1957

No. 12 Iowa beat Utah State 70–⁠14. It was their first meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 1–⁠0 as played.

AwayUtah State2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1957
14
Home12Iowa7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1957
70

FinalAttendance 40,125

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 1, 1957, page 1 (results column)

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    Cn1CAOO. Oct. l tH1.-MlQwest football briefs: Iowa-Despite 70–⁠14 romp over Utah State. Coach Forest EvashevSki warned I’VE can not AFFORD to make some Of the mistakes Of the opening game and still get by” Washington State. Minnesota – The Gophers were put through q long. hard workout to get ready for Purdue. Fullback Dick Borstad took 1t easy because Of . bad knee. Michigan State-There were no Gripping injuries reported In the Spartan camp after the $40 triumph over Indiana. Michigan State looked forward to the California game on the West Coast. UoDet Mea0y Michigan–Assistant Coach Don Dufek. after scouting Georgia in its losses to Texas and Vanderbilt. said the Bull dogs are capable of giving Michigan q battle. Only casualty Of the Southern Cali fornia game was Reserve Gen. ter Jerry Gobel. but he viii be ready for the Georgia contest. Wisconsin – The Badgers, who came out Of the Marquette game without injuries. held q light workout before listening to scouting reports on West Virginia. Purdue-Coach Jack Mollenkopf had Purdue blocking and tacklinR after the 1910 loss to Notre Dame. Mollenkopf said he is determined to get his line charging. IF we don’t Minne-

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Iowa leads 2–⁠0; as played, 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Iowa 24, Utah State 14
2002Iowa 48, Utah State 7
1957Iowa 70, Utah State 14

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