Iowa at Minnesota

Saturday, November 5, 1960. Minnesota took Floyd of Rosedale from Iowa

No. 3 Minnesota beat No. 1 Iowa 27–⁠10. It was their 54th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 34–⁠18–⁠1 in the games on file.

Away1Iowa8–⁠1 in 1960
10
Home3Minnesota8–⁠2 in 1960
27

FinalHigh 41°F, low 26°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 65,610

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 8, 1960, page 18

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    CHICAGO. Nov. 8 (AP.- Midwest football briefs: Minnesota Several stand outs in the 27–⁠10 victory over Iowa were nursing minor in juries. Among them was Guard Tom Brown who has a stiff shoulder. ALI, however, will be ready for the Purdue game. Purdue-ThereIl’ be no contact work for the Boilermakers this week in an effort to cut down injuries. The squad was given a rest in order to recuperate before meeting top ranking Minnesota. Ohio State–The Buckeyes opened heavy workouts for the Iowa game with Coach Woody Hayes stating that you don’t learn much football sitting on the bench” The Buckeyes expect to be in top shape Saturday. Iowa 1t was an unusual

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 62% to win. Minnesota pulled the upset.

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 65 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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