Iowa at Grinnell

Saturday, October 24, 1903

Iowa beat Grinnell 17–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayIowa9–⁠2 in 1903
17
HomeGrinnell5–⁠4 in 1903
0

FinalHigh 57°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: IOWA VARSITY WINS Grinnell Is Defeated by State ~" Team by Decisive Score.

    The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 26, 1903, page 9

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    IOWA VARSITY WINS Grinnell Is Defeated by State ~” Team by Decisive Score. ,Grinnell, Iowa, Oct. 26.-The annual football game between the state uni Iyersity and Iowa college brought out a large crowd. Hopes on each side ran high, as comparative scores with other teams indicated that the contest would be close. Both teams were in good condition. The state university proved the better team and the first half closed 1 1 to- in their favor The second half proved little better for the Grinnell team, the score being at the close II to 0 in favor of the university. The game, tho close, showed the university all the way thru to be the better team. Crit fifth, quarter for Iowa, was the star player, and Benson for Grinnell played e h iron ~

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)

Grinnell 52% to win. Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.

Iowa leads 7–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1917Grinnell 10, Iowa 0
1916Iowa 17, Grinnell 7
1905Iowa 46, Grinnell 0
1904Iowa 69, Grinnell 0
1903Iowa 17, Grinnell 0
1901Iowa 17, Grinnell 11

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