Northwestern at Iowa
Saturday, October 16, 1915 Share
Iowa beat Northwestern 9–6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 5–1–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 44°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 17, 1915, page 59
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Northwestern–Iowa gameIowa leads 55–28–3 in 86 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.
| 2024 | Iowa 40, Northwestern 14 | |
| 2023 | Iowa 10, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 33, Northwestern 13 | |
| 2021 | Iowa 17, Northwestern 12 | |
| 2020 | Northwestern 21, Iowa 20 | |
| 2019 | Iowa 20, Northwestern 0 |
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 23, 1915
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1915
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Iowa
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 23, 1915
- SeasonIowa in 1915
- ProgramIowa history and records

