Grinnell vs. Iowa State
Grinnell and Iowa State first met in 1899 and have played 28 times; Iowa State leads the series 19–6–3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Iowa State 6–2, and Iowa State has won the last 2. Share
- Grinnell wins
- 6
- Iowa State wins
- 19
- Ties
- 3
- First meeting
- 1899
- Longest streak
- 16 Iowa State
- Current streak
- 2 Iowa State
- Last 10 meetings
- Iowa State 6–2
- Most recent
- 1934
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 2–8–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 2–6–2 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 18.1 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Grinnell
- 3–8–1 Grinnell’s record at home
- At Iowa State
- 11–3–2 Iowa State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 14
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Grinnell’s biggest win1901: Grinnell 23, Iowa State 0by 23 points
- Iowa State’s biggest win1908: Iowa State 53, Grinnell 0by 53 points
- Upset1899: Grinnell 6, Iowa State 0Grinnell had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1899: Grinnell 15, Iowa State 0Grinnell had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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

1920 · Pine Bluff daily graphic, Arkansas, Oct 10, 1920

1923 · Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., Nov 27, 1923
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.