Iowa at Minnesota

Saturday, October 26, 1912

Minnesota beat Iowa 56–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 8–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayIowa4–⁠3 in 1912
7
HomeMinnesota4–⁠3 in 1912
56

FinalHigh 69°F, low 39°FAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The The evening times's story: GOPHER VICTORY DAzES CONFERENCE Minnesota's Showing in the Game with Iowa Changes Conference Attitude.

    The evening times, Grand Forks, N.D., October 29, 1912, page 1

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    GOPHER VICTORY DAzES CONFERENCE Minnesota’s Showing in the Game with Iowa Changes Conference Attitude. Chicago. Oct. 29.-‘‘Big nine foot ball developed a number of surprises In Saturdays games. 1t is now In mid a with a number of new factors figuring In the conference champion ship. Minnesota proved to be far strong team rolled up a Sc to z score against Iowa. Minnesota had made but a mediocre showing in. its previous games. That the Minnesota team is strong in numbers as we’ll as class was shown by the fact that the twenty-eight score of the first half was duplicated in the second with nine substitutes in the field. GOphers Keep Lid” On. This victory vas gained without un. covering any of the tricks which Coach Williams is preparing for the hard games later. Chicago scored but “a to II against Iowa, and in that re. spect was decidedly outshone by Min nesota. The Minnesota team plays oils and Chicago at Marshall field No vember %. Northwestern furnished one of the upsets Saturday by defeating Indiana at Bloomington 20 to Z. a better score than Chicago was able to make against Indiana, and a recovery by Northwestern that. while it does not put the team back in line for cham pionship. indicates that the Evanston eleven is likely to prove a stumbling block. Northwestern meets Purdue next Saturday at Evanston. The Wisconsin game Saturday is the most important game in the. immediate future. The Madison men have all the better of the pros pect on past performances. but Chi cage is thought to have considerable In reserve. as the team has been slow In starting in all its games. and has kept its new plays and strategy gen. orally under cove most of the time. relying chiefly on straight football. .

  • The The daily Gate City's story: IOWA NO MATCH FOR G0PHERS Minnesota Trims Coach HawIeys Men to tho Tune Of Flfty-slx to Seven at Minneapolis Saturday. WEIGHT ABOUT EQUAL Iowa Unable to Solve Mlnnesota's Do Tense and Cannot Make Gains While Gophers Have Easy Time.

    The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 27, 1912, page 9

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    IOWA NO MATCH FOR G0PHERS Minnesota Trims Coach HawIeys Men to tho Tune Of Flfty-slx to Seven at Minneapolis Saturday. WEIGHT ABOUT EQUAL Iowa Unable to Solve Mlnnesota’s Do Tense and Cannot Make Gains While Gophers Have Easy Time. UNITED Press Leased Wire Service MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Oct. 26.-- Football stock of the University of Minnesota took a big squirt upward today following the Sc to Z defeat Of Iowa at Northrup field. The Gophers’ speed and all-around playing was too much for Coach Hawley’s men TO solve. Although as heavy as were their opponents, Iowa could not hold the Gophers and every time the ball was brought within ten yards of the gold and black eleven’s goals, 1t went between the uprights. Several times the visitors tried for ward passes, but seldom succeeded in making gains, while the winners used the pass very successfully. Minnesota started out by making a touchdown and a goal in the opcning period, scored three more touch downs and drop kick in the second !; three touchdowns and as many goals in the third, and wound up by making a touchdown and kick in the final period. Lineup. Iowa. Minnesota Vonlaichman .-.......... Aldsworth Right end. Rink ......... ....... Shaughnessy Right tackle. elements ......... ........ Rosentha Right guard. Houghton ................ Robertson Center. Hanson (captain) .......... Sawyer Left guard Tr1ckery ostron Left tackle. Henderson ............... Raymond Left end Curry ..y...... Tollefson, Hayward Quarterback. Parsons ..........s...-..... Erdah Right halfback. Dick ........ ............ McAlmor Left halfback. McGinnis .......... Tobin Captain Fullback.

  • The Evening star's story: MINNESOTA BEATS IOWA. Badgers Have Game Their Own Way and Win. Sc to z.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1912, page 58

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    MINNESOTA BEATS IOWA. Badgers Have Game Their Own Way and Win. Sc to z. MINNEAPOLIS Mimi, October 90 The University of Minnesota foot ball team today defeated Iowa University eleven. &c to Z. the Iowans scoring on split plays and double passes. From the first Minnesota had the game its own way McAlnor. Erdal! and Toll lofson making touchdowIS a most at will. and using the forward PASS succe ssfuliy for gr”unf, gaining and 10 open up the deftrSo

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)

Minnesota 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Minnesota leads 63–⁠54–⁠2; as played, 62–⁠54–⁠2 in the 118 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 110 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa 41, Minnesota 3
2024Iowa 31, Minnesota 14
2023Minnesota 12, Iowa 10
2022Iowa 13, Minnesota 10
2021Iowa 27, Minnesota 22
2020Iowa 35, Minnesota 7

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