Iowa at Ohio State

Saturday, November 16, 1957

No. 6 Ohio State beat No. 5 Iowa 17–⁠13. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 11–⁠7–⁠2 as played.

Away5Iowa7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1957
13
Home6Ohio State9–⁠1 in 1957
17

FinalAttendance 82,935

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1957, page 1 (results column)

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    beat the SoonerS in the first game of the 1853 season-also ended another streak. It was the first time in 1913 games that Oklahoma failed to score. Aggies Beaten, Too Almost as stunning as Notre Danes victory over the No. q ranked team in the nationally televised game of the day, was the upset of Texas A&M, the Nations top-ranking eleven. The Aggies, hoping to clinch the Southwest Conference championship and a spot in the Cotton Bowl, lost to Rice. 7–⁠6. Ohio State pulled a surprise with a 17–⁠13 victory over Iowa that won the Buckeyes the Big Ten championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl. There was drama in the Ivy League, too. as favored Princeton was upset by Yale, 20–⁠13. when Mike Cavallon OF the Ellis caught three scoring passes. The Tigers dropped a half-game behind Dartmouth, which had to score Is points in the final period to nip Cornell. 20–⁠19. The title rides on, this weeks Dartmouth Princeton clash. The big game at Norman was a scoreless deadlock until well into the last quarter when Notre Dame marched 80 yards for its touchdown. The score came on a 3-yard end sweep by Dick Lynch, right halfback for the Irish. Oklahoma’s desperate try for tie in the closing moments was halted by an interrogation in the Irish end zone by Quarterback Bob Williams. Duke all but sewed up the Atlantic Coast Conference title and clinched a bid to the

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

  • OHIO STATE-IOWAHawkeyes and Buckeyes in a razzle-dazzle see-saw battle for Big Ten honors. Ohio State stages a spectacular fourth-period rally to come from behind and win 17-13Universal Newsreel, November 18, 1957. Catalog record at the National Archives

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Ohio State 54% to win. Ohio State pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 49–⁠15–⁠3; as played, 50–⁠15–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 31, Iowa 14
2024Ohio State 35, Iowa 7
2022Ohio State 54, Iowa 10
2017Iowa 55, Ohio State 24
2013Ohio State 34, Iowa 24
2010Ohio State 20, Iowa 17

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