Grinnell vs. Iowa

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

1. Grinnell’s biggest win1917: Grinnell 10, Iowa 0by 10 points
2. Iowa’s biggest win1904: Iowa 69, Grinnell 0by 69 points
3. Upset1917: Grinnell 10, Iowa 0Grinnell had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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.

• 

  1899 · The Wisconsin tobacco reporter, Edgerton, Wis., Nov 17, 1899

• 

  1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 26, 1903

• 

  1917 · Arizona republican, Oct 21, 1917

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Grinnell vs. Drake50 meetings, Grinnell 13–⁠35–⁠2
• Grinnell vs. Iowa State28 meetings, Grinnell 6–⁠19–⁠3
• Grinnell vs. Cornell (IA)24 meetings, Grinnell 13–⁠8–⁠3
• Grinnell vs. Coe15 meetings, Grinnell 6–⁠8–⁠1
• Iowa vs. Minnesota118 meetings, Iowa 54–⁠62–⁠2
• Iowa vs. Wisconsin99 meetings, Iowa 48–⁠49–⁠2
• Iowa vs. Purdue94 meetings, Iowa 41–⁠50–⁠3
• Iowa vs. Northwestern86 meetings, Iowa 55–⁠28–⁠3