Northwestern at Iowa

Saturday, October 16, 1915

Iowa beat Northwestern 9–⁠6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 5–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayNorthwestern2–⁠5 in 1915
6
HomeIowa3–⁠4 in 1915
9

FinalHigh 64°F, low 44°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Iowa Defeats Northwestern.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 17, 1915, page 59

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    Iowa Defeats Northwestern. IOWA CITY. Iowa, October 16.-In a game in which the Northwestern foot ball team was mostly on the defensive, the University of Iowa squad defeated Coach Murphy’s men here this afternoon, to 8. Three drop kicks spelled the victory over the visitors. Davis proved the star OF the game by consistent gains and drop kicks, although three attempts failed.

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)

Iowa 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 55–⁠28–⁠3 in 86 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Iowa 40, Northwestern 14
2023Iowa 10, Northwestern 7
2022Iowa 33, Northwestern 13
2021Iowa 17, Northwestern 12
2020Northwestern 21, Iowa 20
2019Iowa 20, Northwestern 0

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