Grinnell at Iowa

Saturday, October 20, 1917

Grinnell beat Iowa 10–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; Iowa leads the series 7–⁠1.

AwayGrinnell2–⁠0 in 1917
10
HomeIowa3–⁠5 in 1917
0

FinalHigh 42°F, low 29°F

In the newspapers

  • The Arizona republican's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Arizona republican, October 21, 1917, page 9

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS At Waterville Maine: Bowdoin 10; Colby [. At Williamstown, Mass. Williams 12; Hamilton 0. At Havreford, Pa: Ursinus 23 Hav- erford 0. At Swathmore, Pa: Swathmore IT, Gettysburg 0. At Hoboken: Stevens p; Naval av- iation 0. At Baltimore: Dickinson IA; Johns Hopkins 0. At Orono, Maine: Bates 6; Maine Q. At Hartford, Conn.,: Trinity 20; Camp Devens 0. At Pittsburg; Carnegie 21; Ohio 0. At Buckhanon, w. Va. West Vir- ginia Wesleyan 27; Westminster 3. At New Haven, Conn: Yale freshmen 20; Phillips Exeter o. At Hanover: Dartmouth 6; West Vii ginia 2. At Easton, Pa: Rutgers 8; La Fay cite z. At Peoria Milliken fl; Bradley o. At New York: Wesleyan ‘; New York University 6. At Berea, Ohio Case 9; Baldwin Wallace 0. At Providence: Brown [; Boston Col lege 2. At New York: Fordham F; Holy Cross 0. At New York: Columbia S; Union 0 At Omaha: South Dakota $; Creigh- ton 0. At Ann Arbor: Michigan 27; Michi- gan Aggies O. At Grinnell, Grinnell 10; University of Iowa 0. At Lawrence: Kansas 34; Wash burn 2.

  • The Ottumwa semi-weekly courier's story: GRINNELL DEFEATS HAWKEYES 10 TO 2

    Ottumwa semi-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, October 23, 1917, page 1

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    GRINNELL DEFEATS HAWKEYES 10 TO 2 Iowa City. Oct. 22.-Iowa suffered another setback Saturday, losing to Grinnelf, 10 to 0. Neither team showed to advantage in the first half Iowa once forced the ball to the fifteen yard line. but the visitors checked the advance. Iowa messed signals and lost the ball and twenty yards in the third quarter. Grinnell’s full back, Angus tine, then drop kicked twenty yards for the first score. Grinnell recovered Iowa’s wretched kick in the fourth quarter and Wall smashed the line for two yards and a touchdown. Augustine kicked goal.

  • The Evening star's story: Results of Foot Ball Contests On Many Gridirons Yesterday

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 21, 1917, page 48 (results column)

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    Results of Foot Ball Contests On Many Gridirons Yesterday Georgetown. IA; Lehigh. 9. Maryland State. IA: “ NJ. l., IA. Army. 28: Tufts, 3. Western Maryland, 10; Delaware, Q. Bowdoin. 10: Colby, Z. Allegheny, 80; Geneva. Q. ST. Lawrence. 26; Hobart. 0. Norwich Z; Middlebury. 0. Muhlenberg. 13: Franklin and Marshall. 0. Williams IL; Hamilton. o. Ursinus. %; Haverford. o. Swarthmore. II; Gettysburg, o. Lebanon, 1s; villanova. o. Stevens. %: Naval Aviation. 0. Dickinson, IA: Johns Hopkins, o. Bates. 8; Maine, 0. Andover. Z; Bumpkin Island Naval Reserve, d Illinois, Z; Wisconsin. 0. Wooster. :; Akron University. .. Worcester polytechnic. 8; Rensselaer,, 0. Columbia. 81; Union. o. Brown. :; Boston College, 2. Y. NJ. C. A. College. 13; Amherst, q. Chicago, II: Purdue, o. Tulane, s.: Florida. o. Rhode Island State, o: New Hampshire. 0. South Dakota, @; Creighton, o. North Dakota. 20: Fargo College, 0. Oklahoma, IA; Texas, O. South Dakota State. 80: Trinity College. 0. Grinnell 10; University Of Iowa. 0. Iowa State Aggies. Is: Missouri. 0. Kansas. “a; Washburne. .. Univ. of Detroit. 20: Kalamazoo College. o. Virginia U. Freshmen, %; Emory & Henry, 0 Texas Christian University, II; Southwestern Methodist University. 0. Arkansas T.. 80; Missouri School of Mines. o Washington State College. %: q. Of Oregon, 3 Oregon Aggies. 28: University OF Idaho. Q. William and Mary. l3 Randolph-Maco 0. Harvard Informal 13; Maine Heavy Art, o. Camp Custer Army Officers, Z: Great Lakes Naval Station Jackies, o. Washington and Jefferson. Z: Penn State, 0. Wesleyan. Z; New York University, g. Case. .; Baldwin Wallace. o. Pennsylvania. 70; BuckneH. 6. University OF Pittsburgh. 2s: Syracuse, o. Navy, 6l; Carlisle Indians, 0. Rutgers. 80; Lafayette, I. Colgate, 20: Cornell 0. Yale Freshmen, %; Phillips Exeter Acad.. 0. Hanover tDartmouthl. Q; West Virginia. =. Western Reserve. 0; Kenyon, o. Fordham. 12: Holy Cross. o. Univ. of Michigan. q; Michigan Aggies, o. Minnesota, 80; Indiana, 0. V. p. l.. 13; Davidson. Z. Hampden Sidney. IL; Richmond College, o. Presbyterian College. Z; Wofford College, Q. Furman University. 20: Newberry College. Z. Georgia Tech, SO; Washington and Lee. o. Univ. OF Alabama, “a: Mississippi College. 0. Nebraska. Z; Notre Dame. O. Howard College, T.; Marion Institute. = Buffalo. ~; Rochester. 0. Vanderbilt, .; Kentucky state. o. Miami, 81; Ea:iham, .. Oklahoma. II: Texas, o. Sewanee, 3: Louisiana. .. Trinity, 90; Camp Devens. o. Carnegie, y: Ohio. o. W. Va. Wesleyan. %; Westminster. 3.

  • The Evening capital news's story: - - FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, October 21, 1917, page 1 (results column)

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    - - FOOTBALL RESULTS. Al Denver. Colorado u IL: Colo RADIO School of Mines o. At Champaign; Wisconsin o; Him DIS T. At Chicago: Purdue 0; Chicago 81. At Minneapolis: Indiana 9; Mime sofa 49, At st. Louis: Drury I; ST. Louis O. AT Cleveland: Case l6 Baldwin Wal lace O. At Cleveland: Reserve 6 Kenyon O.. At oxford, o.: Miami 81; Earlli?im At Dallas: Texas U 0: Oklahoma L a. At swarthmore: Gettysburg o; Swarthmore II. At South Bethlehem: Lehgh g. Georgetown a. At Huntington: Otterbein 81; Mar shall 0. At Philadelphia: Pennsylvania 20 Bucknell 6. At Haverford; Ursinus %; Haverford O. At washington, Pa: Washington and jefferson Z; state 0. At Ithaca: Colgate 90 Cornell 0, At West Pone: Army &c; Tufts 3. ~ fthlldpoliS. navy OIL, carlisle D., At Pittsburg: Syracuse 0. PiN burg %. At Hanover: Dartmouth 6; West Virginia 2. At Pittsburg: Carnegie 81: Ohio o. At New York: Columbia 81: Union o. At Cambridge: Harvard 10; Maine Artillery 0. At Fayetteville Ark: Arkansas u 80; Missouri School of Mines 0. At Pendleton, Ore: University of Idaho 6; Oregon Aggies &c. At Providence: Brown I; Boston College 2. At Milwaukee; Marquette L 1903: Oshkosh Normal 0. At Lincoln Nebraska I, Notre Dame At Easton: Rutgers SO; Lafayette !. At Marietta: Marietta 6; Cincinnatl 0. At Ann Arbor: Michigan 20; Az gies o. = At Salt Lake City: University of Utah II: University of Wyoming 0. At Seattle: Washington IA; Writ man College 6. At Pullman: oregon University 3; Washington State College 26 At Ames: Ames 10: Missouri 0. AT Iowa city: Iowa 0; Grinnell 10.

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. Grinnell pulled the upset.

Iowa leads 7–⁠1 in eight meetings.

Recent meetings
1917Grinnell 10, Iowa 0
1916Iowa 17, Grinnell 7
1905Iowa 46, Grinnell 0
1904Iowa 69, Grinnell 0
1903Iowa 17, Grinnell 0
1901Iowa 17, Grinnell 11

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