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Cornell (IA) vs. Iowa

Cornell (IA) and Iowa first met in 1903 and have played 12 times; Iowa leads the series 11–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Iowa 9–⁠1, and Iowa has won the last 8.

Cornell (IA) wins
1
Iowa wins
11
Ties
0
First meeting
1903
Longest streak
8 Iowa
Current streak
8 Iowa
Last 10 meetings
Iowa 9–⁠1
Most recent
1920

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3
1910s1–⁠7
1920s0–⁠1
Average margin
35 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell (IA)
1–⁠1 Cornell (IA)‘s record at home
At Iowa
10–⁠0 Iowa’s record at home
Shutouts
10

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cornell (IA)‘s biggest win1911: Cornell (IA) 3, Iowa 0by 3 points
  2. Iowa’s biggest win1904: Iowa 88, Cornell (IA) 0by 88 points
  3. Upset1911: Cornell (IA) 3, Iowa 0Cornell (IA) had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell (IA) and Iowa, 1903 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1903 game: IOWA TEAM is WEAK Hawkeyes Score Only One Touchdown on Cornell College.

    1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Sep 28, 1903

  • The The daily Gate City's story of the 1909 game: outplayed Hoosiers at Every Stage of the Game, Except in First Half, and Won 81 to o. THE FOOTBALL RESULTS Iowa Defeated Cornell by Close Score of to and Illinois Had Hard Time With Kentucky [Gate City Leased Wire Service. /

    1909 · The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, Oct 10, 1909

  • The The Fargo forum and daily republican's story of the 1911 game: FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1911 · The Fargo forum and daily republican, Fargo, N.D., Oct 23, 1911

  • The Evening times-Republican's story of the 1916 game: HIGHLAND PARK AND CORNELL ELEvENs DEFEATED BY AMES AND IOWA. BOTH HAVE GOOD TEAMS BUT ARE oUTcLAssED Result Indicates That State Univer- sity and State College Have iFormid- Ames Considered Most Encouraging --Iowa's Back Field Shows Speed.

    1916 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct 9, 1916

  • The Evening times-Republican's story of the 1920 game: Iowa Swamps Cornell.

    1920 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct 11, 1920

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, 1920Iowa 63, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa
Oct 19, 1918Iowa 34, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa
Oct 6, 1917Iowa 22, Cornell (IA) 13at Iowa
Oct 7, 1916Iowa 31, Cornell (IA) 6at Iowa
Oct 2, 1915Iowa 33, Cornell (IA) 0at Cornell (IA)
Oct 10, 1914Iowa 49, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa
Oct 15, 1913Iowa 76, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa
Oct 12, 1912Iowa 31, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa
Oct 21, 1911Cornell (IA) 3, Iowa 0at Cornell (IA)
Oct 9, 1909Iowa 3, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa
Oct 1, 1904Iowa 88, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa
Sep 27, 1903Iowa 6, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa

Every game is listed as played on the field.