Iowa State vs. Minnesota
Iowa State and Minnesota have 26 meetings on file, the first in 1895; Minnesota leads the series 22–3–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Minnesota 8–1. Share
- Iowa State wins
- 3
- Minnesota wins
- 22
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1895
- Longest streak
- 17 Minnesota
- Current streak
- 1 Iowa State
- Last 10 meetings
- Minnesota 8–1
- Most recent
- 2009
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 2–3 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–9 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–6 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 17 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Iowa State
- 0–1 Iowa State’s record at home
- At Minnesota
- 21–2–1 Minnesota’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Iowa State first
- Shutouts
- 15
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Iowa State’s biggest win1898: Iowa State 6, Minnesota 0by 6 points
- Minnesota’s biggest win1910: Minnesota 49, Iowa State 0by 49 points
- Upset1897: Iowa State 12, Minnesota 10Iowa State had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Iowa State | Series | Minnesota |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902–1906 | A.W. Ristine | 0–5 | Henry Williams |
| 1907–1912 | Clyde Williams | 0–6 | Henry Williams |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa State’s side (Ristine 0–5 against Williams). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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.
Stars of the series
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1903 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct 15, 1903

1912 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 6, 1912
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.