Wisconsin at Iowa

Saturday, October 15, 1960

No. 2 Iowa beat No. 12 Wisconsin 28–⁠21. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 24–⁠14.

Away12Wisconsin4–⁠5 in 1960
21
Home2Iowa8–⁠1 in 1960
28

FinalAttendance 57,000

On the newsreel

  • IOWA EDGES WISCONSIN, 28-21A clash of titans at Iowa City, Iowa and Wisconsin, both unbeaten, in a grid thriller that sees them tied in the final seconds.Universal Newsreel, October 17, 1960. Catalog record at the National Archives

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 49–⁠48–⁠2 in 99 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0
2024Iowa 42, Wisconsin 10
2023Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6
2022Iowa 24, Wisconsin 10
2021Wisconsin 27, Iowa 7
2020Iowa 28, Wisconsin 7

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