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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠0
1900s2–⁠8–⁠1
1910s0–⁠4
1920s2–⁠6–⁠2
1930s0–⁠1
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

  1. Grinnell’s biggest win1901: Grinnell 23, Iowa State 0by 23 points
  2. Iowa State’s biggest win1908: Iowa State 53, Grinnell 0by 53 points
  3. Upset1899: Grinnell 6, Iowa State 0Grinnell had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1899: Grinnell 15, Iowa State 0Grinnell had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Grinnell and Iowa State, 1899 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Pine Bluff daily graphic's story of the 1920 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

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

  • The Atlanta tri-weekly journal's story of the 1923 game: GEORGIA IS EASY FOR ALABAM|ANS; FLORIDA IN A TIE

    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

Oct 6, 1934Iowa State 26, Grinnell 6at Iowa State
Oct 5, 1929Iowa State 27, Grinnell 7at Iowa State
Oct 13, 1928Grinnell 3, Iowa State 0at Grinnell
Nov 19, 1927Iowa State 14, Grinnell 0at Iowa State
Oct 16, 1926Grinnell 0, Iowa State 0at Grinnell
Nov 7, 1925Iowa State 9, Grinnell 9at Iowa State
Nov 15, 1924Grinnell 14, Iowa State 13at Grinnell
Nov 24, 1923Iowa State 13, Grinnell 6at Iowa State
Oct 21, 1922Iowa State 7, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Oct 8, 1921Iowa State 21, Grinnell 3at Iowa State
Oct 9, 1920Iowa State 28, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Oct 11, 1919Iowa State 7, Grinnell 0at Iowa State
Sep 27, 1913Iowa State 6, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Oct 26, 1912Iowa State 31, Grinnell 7at Iowa State
Oct 28, 1911Iowa State 21, Grinnell 6at Grinnell
Oct 16, 1909Iowa State 24, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Nov 14, 1908Iowa State 53, Grinnell 0at Iowa State
Nov 9, 1907Iowa State 49, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Nov 17, 1906Iowa State 25, Grinnell 6at Iowa State
Nov 11, 1905Iowa State 38, Grinnell 4at Grinnell
Nov 5, 1904Iowa State 40, Grinnell 0at Iowa State
Nov 7, 1903Iowa State 41, Grinnell 6at Grinnell
Oct 18, 1902Iowa State 23, Grinnell 0at Iowa State
Nov 2, 1901Grinnell 23, Iowa State 0at Iowa State
Sep 28, 1901Iowa State 0, Grinnell 0at Iowa State
Nov 3, 1900Grinnell 22, Iowa State 5at Iowa State
Nov 18, 1899Grinnell 6, Iowa State 0at Iowa State
Nov 4, 1899Grinnell 15, Iowa State 0at Grinnell

Every game is listed as played on the field.