Iowa at Grinnell
Saturday, October 24, 1903 Share
Iowa beat Grinnell 17–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Iowa–Grinnell gameIowa leads 7–1 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1917 | Grinnell 10, Iowa 0 | |
| 1916 | Iowa 17, Grinnell 7 | |
| 1905 | Iowa 46, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1904 | Iowa 69, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1903 | Iowa 17, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1901 | Iowa 17, Grinnell 11 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gamevs. NebraskaOct. 31, 1903
- SeasonIowa in 1903
- ProgramIowa history and records
Grinnell
- Next gameat Cornell (IA)Oct. 31, 1903
- SeasonGrinnell in 1903
- ProgramGrinnell history and records
