Indiana at Iowa

Saturday, October 14, 1961

Iowa beat Indiana 27–⁠8. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 17–⁠10–⁠4.

AwayIndiana2–⁠7 in 1961
8
HomeIowa5–⁠4 in 1961
27

FinalAttendance 56,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1961, page 1 (results column)

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    Texas Tech kept the Horned Frogs Keeling by stopping them Saturday night. 100. Texas fourth-ranked Long horns, with an offense led by Mike Gotten and Jim Saxton, clouted Oklahoma for the fourth successive year. 2S-7. Ole Miss, showing off its platoonS of talent on the ground and overhead, crushed Houston, Att, with a 34-point second half. Pat Trammell guided Ala bama to a 26–⁠7 victory over North Carolina State, passing for two touchdowns and run ming for another. Iowa. second in the Nation although riddled by injuries, displayed its depth as Matt Szykowny took over for its quarterback star, Wilburn Hollis, and helped the Hawk eyes to a 27–⁠8 decision over Indiana. Seventh-ranked Ohio State overwhelmed Illinois. “A 0, with All-American Fullback Bob Ferguson cashing in on four touchdown plunges at short range. North Carolina bounced 10TH ranked Maryland. 1913. in a game Of bobble-the ball. All touchdowns were set UP by fumbleS, and the Tar Heels recovered two others of their own in the end zone for their touch downs. Heydt PAGES Army Elsewhere in the upset cate CORY. Dick Heydt’s placekicking provided Army’s margin of VIC tory in its 1916 conquest of Penn State; California capital lied on a blocked punt for a touchdown in the closing min utes and topped Washington, 2l-l4; two third-quarter touch downs by Roger Holdinsky enabled West Virginia to overcome Pitt. 20–⁠6; Fullback AL Butts spanked Columbia as it ended Y ale’s eleven-game winning string. Ito. and a Georgia boy named Doug Messer made good

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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 46–⁠29–⁠4 in 79 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 20, Iowa 15
2021Iowa 34, Indiana 6
2018Iowa 42, Indiana 16
2015Iowa 35, Indiana 27
2014Iowa 45, Indiana 29
2012Indiana 24, Iowa 21

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