Bradley vs. Iowa

Bradley and Iowa first met in 1930 and have played 5 times; Iowa leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Iowa 5–⁠0, and Iowa has won the last 5.

Bradley wins
0
Iowa wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1930
Longest streak
5 Iowa
Current streak
5 Iowa
Last 10 meetings
Iowa 5–⁠0
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠5
Average margin
24.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Iowa
5–⁠0 Iowa’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Iowa’s biggest win1933: Iowa 38, Bradley 0by 38 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bradley and Iowa, 1930 on13001500170019301935194019451950195519601965

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1930 game: IOWA WINS BY SO TO IL Bradley Tech Fails to Find an Ad. vantage in Casualties"

    1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 28, 1930

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 9, 1937Iowa 14, Bradley 7at Iowa
Sep 28, 1935Iowa 26, Bradley 0at Iowa
Oct 14, 1933Iowa 38, Bradley 0at Iowa
Oct 1, 1932Iowa 31, Bradley 7at Iowa
Sep 27, 1930Iowa 38, Bradley 12at Iowa

Every game is listed as played on the field.