Iowa at Northwestern

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 26, 1913, page 1

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  IOWA TROUNCES NORTHWESTERN 1876 Hawkeye’s Scoring Machine Works to Perfection and Hands Northwest ern Worst Defeat in History. 4 United Press Leased Wire Service. EVANSTON, H., Oct. 25.-North- Westerns battered eleven suffered one of the worst defeats ever experience ed by purple team this afternoon, when Iowa romped away with rs to victory. Hightower, the purple quarter. was the single Northwestern luminary. He made the lone score. after twenty yard run for touchdown, and tack led In spectacular fashion. The Hawkeye scoring machine was well-oiled and bowled over Northwest ern’s feeble tacklers with little effort. A spread play” in which Iowans used extended formation that reached half way across the field, had the purple first guessing and then gasping as one Hawkeye after another broke away in a long sprint for another touchdown. Dick took the ball, after Northwest ern fumbled the opening KICKOFF and ran fifty yards for the first score. The puppies only brace came in the sec ond half after Coach Hawley had sent in new backfeld

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  El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., October 26, 1913, page 32

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  NORTHWESTERN LOSES TO IOWA 70 TO 6 Chicago. Ill, Oct 25.-Iowa mauled Northwestern, IS to 6, on Northwestern ifedl in Evanston this Afternoon At no time were the Methodists any match for their opponents, being weak both in offencive and defencive play Iowa scored on the third play of the game and continued to tally throughout the so minutes with amazing rapidity. Despite the poor showing of the Evanston eleven. Hightower their little field general. played a remarkable game. preventing many touchdOwns by his nervy open field tackling and saving his school from Wh1teWash by taking a forward pass from Sharpe, lodging through the entire Iowa team and running 35 yards for a touchdown.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., October 26, 1913, page 1

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  IOWA OVERWHELMS NORTHWESTERN Evanston, ILL.,, October 25.-Iowa over whelmed Northwestern’s football team today, IS to G. The Iowa backs carried the ball almost at will. and only frequent penalzation kept the Hawkeye score from being greater.

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Iowa leads 55–⁠28–⁠3 in 86 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.