Monmouth at Iowa

Saturday, September 30, 1905

Iowa beat Monmouth 40–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 1–⁠0.

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In the newspapers

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: IOWA WINS FROM MONMOUTH Form and Strength Carry Victory Despite Ragged Play,

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 1, 1905, page 1

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    IOWA WINS FROM MONMOUTH Form and Strength Carry Victory Despite Ragged Play, Despite Ragged Play. IOWA CITY, Ia, Sept. SO.-(Special Telegram. )-Iowa defeated Monmouth college easily today by a score of 10 to o. showing superior form and strength throughout the contest. Iowa’s play was ragged, however, mouth was not as heavy and its plays lacked steam. Both teams weakened toward the end of the last half, but Schwin was sent over for the seventh touchdown. (2), Moore. Goals from touchdowns: Mac Kent kicked of short to Norwood, who was downed in Monmouth’s thirty-yard line. The ball changed hands twice and downed in centerfeld. Sensational hurdling by MACEDONIAN and heavy smashes of both ends by Green and Schwin carried Iowa within striking distance. when MacGowan went over for an easy touchdown, follow Monmouth, recovered the ball promptly on a tumble and MacGown was sent over for a second touchdown. He failed to kick goal | Long gains by, Moore, more smashes and q | sponsibie for another touchdown by Mac | Gowan. Monmouth kicked to Iowa and fol- | ten minutes the two teams fiddled across the field, Iowa playing erratic foot ball circied right end for twenty yards and scored. The half closed with Iowa %, Mon | mouth o. | In the second half Iowa showed itself tC be constantly master OF the situation though team gains were not consistent | After the first kick-off Iowa advanced thu | ball softly TO the thirty-yard line, wher, Kent failed to place a field goal Monmouth | punted out from the twenty-five-yard line | The Hawkeyes slowly carried the ball bach | and schwiA went over for the NTH touch down. MACEDONIAN kicked goal. The | lineup:

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 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1929Iowa 46, Monmouth 0
1928Iowa 26, Monmouth 0
1927Iowa 32, Monmouth 6
1905Iowa 40, Monmouth 0

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