Iowa at Washington

Saturday, October 5, 1963

Iowa beat Washington 17–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayIowa3–⁠3–⁠2 in 1963
17
HomeWashington6–⁠5 in 1963
7

FinalHigh 59°F, low 53°F, 0.24 in. of rainAttendance 55,200

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Washington Squad Will try Saturday Face-Saver

    The Nome nugget, October 11, 1963, page 7 (results column)

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    Washington Squad Will try Saturday Face-Saver Oregon State, which hasn’t lost and Washington, which hasn’t won yet this season clash at Seattle on Saturday afternoon in a football game that could highlight the West menu despite the inequality in records. Washington proved a disappoint- ing surprise in dropping all three of it’s intersectional tests – to the Air Force 10–⁠7, to Pittsburgh 13- 6, and to Iowa 17–⁠7. UCLA opens the Coast grid course Friday night in playing host to Syracuse. On Saturday af- ternoon, Sou thern California battles at Notre Dame, Duke in- vades California, Idaho plays at Oregon, and San Jose at Wash ington State. Stanford tries regrouping its forces at Rice in a night game while Fresno State plays at win less University of the Pacific. Southern California’s Trojans came to life in the fourth quarter to beat Michigan State last week and Coach Johnny Mckay can only hope they’ll start earlier against the Irish of Notre Dame. Dukes defending Atlantic Coast Cosference champions are favored to hand California its third straight beating, while both Wash ington State and Oregon aren’t expected to have tough assign mentS.

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)

Washington 63% to win. Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.

Iowa leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Iowa 41, Washington 24
2024Iowa 40, Washington 16
1995Iowa 38, Washington 18Sun Bowl
1990Washington 46, Iowa 34Rose Bowl
1981Washington 28, Iowa 0Rose Bowl
1964Iowa 28, Washington 18

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