Wisconsin at Iowa
Saturday, November 23, 1912 Share
Wisconsin beat Iowa 28–10. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 5–0.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 25, 1912, page 3
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Iowa Loses to Wisconsin. Iowa City, Ia, Nov. 25.-Successful use of the forward pass enabled the University of Wisconsin to defeat Iowa university, % to 10, here. The visitors started strong, scoring two touchdowns in the first period and kicking goal at ter each. In the second period there was no scoring but in the third period a forward pass, Gillette to Obstie, scored Wisconsin’s third touchdown, while in the last period the forward pass again was good for a touchdown. Iowa’s only score came in the fourth period, a forward pass for 81 yards enabled McGinnis to carry the ball over for Iowa and a few minutes later Par sons kicked goal from the field. This was followed by the visitors last touch down, the game ending few minutes later
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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Iowa gameWisconsin leads 49–48–2 in 99 meetings, counting the 94 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0 | |
| 2024 | Iowa 42, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2023 | Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 24, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2021 | Wisconsin 27, Iowa 7 | |
| 2020 | Iowa 28, Wisconsin 7 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. LawrenceOct. 4, 1913
- SeasonWisconsin in 1912
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Iowa
- Next gamevs. Northern IowaOct. 8, 1913
- SeasonIowa in 1912
- ProgramIowa history and records

