Minnesota at Iowa

Saturday, November 9, 1957. Iowa kept Floyd of Rosedale

No. 5 Iowa beat Minnesota 44–⁠20. It was their 51st meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 33–⁠16–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayMinnesota4–⁠5 in 1957
20
Home5Iowa7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1957
44

FinalAttendance 58,103

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Aroused Iowa Romps Over GOphers, l4.20

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1957, page 1

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    Aroused Iowa Romps Over GOphers, l4.20 IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 8 R-Aroused, massive Iowa, tossing in brilliant versatility to 60 with its power, fired q recerd-breaking scoring salvo at Minnesota today for a 44–⁠20 Big Ten football victory. undefeated Iowa, nursing a slow burn all week over criticisrn that it quit” in settling

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Minnesota leads 63–⁠54–⁠2; as played, 62–⁠54–⁠2 in the 118 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa 41, Minnesota 3
2024Iowa 31, Minnesota 14
2023Minnesota 12, Iowa 10
2022Iowa 13, Minnesota 10
2021Iowa 27, Minnesota 22
2020Iowa 35, Minnesota 7

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