Wisconsin at Iowa

Saturday, November 23, 1912

Wisconsin beat Iowa 28–⁠10. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayWisconsin7–⁠0 in 1912
28
HomeIowa4–⁠3 in 1912
10

FinalHigh 56°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Topeka state journal's story: Iowa Loses to Wisconsin.

    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.

Wisconsin leads 49–⁠48–⁠2 in 99 meetings, counting the 94 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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