Iowa at Wisconsin

Saturday, November 4, 1911

Wisconsin beat Iowa 12–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayIowa3–⁠4 in 1911
0
HomeWisconsin5–⁠1–⁠1 in 1911
12

FinalHigh 35°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The El Paso herald's story: WiscOnsin's Victory Over Iowa is Costly; White Wins Fame at Princeton University

    El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., November 8, 1911, page 4

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    WiscOnsin’s Victory Over Iowa is Costly; White Wins Fame at Princeton University THE victory Of the Wisconsin foot ball team over Iowa proved to be the most costly thing which could have happened to the Badgers. Charlie Pollock, right half back, and the best ground gamer on the team, had his leg broken above the knee, which win necessitate his giving up football for the remainder Of the year. The Swedish Olympic gVmes commit tee, which is arranging the events for the games which viii be held at Stock holm next sumner, has not overlooked a single event in the arranging Of the program. 1t has set the Marathon race at 26 miles. It took l6 special trains to carry the crowd from the Harvard–Princeton game back to New York. 1t Is esffmated that fully 10000 people went to the game by rail, while several thou sand went by automobile. Sam White, the Princeton Tiger, who made the 100 yard run for a touchdown against Harvard, has placed himself among the immortals Of the institution similar feat was accomplished bv the great Dewitt several years ago. and even now the name of Dewitt is known to every Princeton student. Ad WoIgast has arrived on the coast and has gone into training preparation

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)

Wisconsin 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 49–⁠48–⁠2 in 99 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0
2024Iowa 42, Wisconsin 10
2023Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6
2022Iowa 24, Wisconsin 10
2021Wisconsin 27, Iowa 7
2020Iowa 28, Wisconsin 7

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