Missouri at Iowa

Saturday, October 19, 1907

Iowa beat Missouri 21–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayMissouri7–⁠2 in 1907
6
HomeIowa3–⁠2 in 1907
21

FinalHigh 58°F, low 29°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Topeka state journal's story: IOWA Fl. MISSOURI 9. The Eleven From Columbia Outplayed Except at Punting.

    The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 21, 1907, page 2

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    IOWA Fl. MISSOURI 9. The Eleven From Columbia Outplayed Except at Punting. Iowa City, Ia, Oct. 21.-Iowa defeated Missouri Saturday afternoon FL to 6. The Hawkeyes outplayed their opponents at nearly all points except punting. The first half was a real battle. owing to the visitors SUI periority in that department of the game. The first half was to o. In the second half Missouri braced for a few minutes and used Miller and Graves effectively in smashing line bucks and plays off tackle. Both teams tried the forward pass. but it gen. orally failed to make gains, although Missouri worked the trick twice for a, few yards. Crane made twenty yard end run, but aside from smashes by Graves and Miller during Missouri’s one fierce revival for five min utes the visitors rarely made a first down. For Iowa almost every man made gains by smashing line plays, especially in the last ten minutes of play. when the Hawkeyes galloped away from the weakened Tigers. get ting three touchdowns. Kirk, Stewart, Knowlton, Murphy and White made smashes and spirits of five to fifteen yards. Kirk manipulated one drop kick from the 20-yard line. Once his 4O-yard trial ball hit the bar and

  • The The Salt Lake herald's story: IOWA 21; MISSOURI. 6.

    The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], October 20, 1907, page 12

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    IOWA 21; MISSOURI. 6. Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 19.-The Universlty of Iowa defeated the Missouri uni versity q to 6 at football today by bat tering play on the part of the heavy back field. Missouri made her touch down by straight football. Iowa nut i’m seven substitutes without weakening the team.

  • The Evening star's story: Iowa Defeats Missouri.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1907, page 58

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    Iowa Defeats Missouri. IOWA CITY, Iowa, October 19.-The University of Iowa defeated Missouri Uni versty p to at foot ball today by bat tering play on the part of the heavy back field, varied with forward passes and trick plays. Iowa put in seven substitutes with out weakening the team.

  • The Arizona republican's story: IOWA DEFEATS MISSOURI.

    Arizona republican, Arizona, October 20, 1907, page 1

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    IOWA DEFEATS MISSOURI. Iowa City. oct. 19.-The University of Iowa defeated Missouri University. 21 to $. at football today by a batter ing play on the after part ct the back field. Missouri made touch down by straight football. Iowa put in seven substitutes without weakening the team.

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Missouri leads 5–⁠4 in nine meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Missouri 27, Iowa 24Music City Bowl
2010Iowa 27, Missouri 24Insight Bowl
1910Missouri 5, Iowa 0
1909Missouri 13, Iowa 12
1908Missouri 10, Iowa 5
1907Iowa 21, Missouri 6

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