Iowa State vs. Northwestern

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

1. Iowa State’s biggest win1895: Iowa State 36, Northwestern 0by 36 points
2. Northwestern’s biggest win1953: Northwestern 35, Iowa State 0by 35 points

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.

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  1937 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 4, 1937

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  1945 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 23, 1945

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  1950 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1950

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  1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 26, 1954

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1956

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.

• Iowa State vs. Kansas State109 meetings, Iowa State 55–⁠50–⁠4
• Iowa State vs. Kansas104 meetings, Iowa State 46–⁠52–⁠6
• Iowa State vs. Missouri103 meetings, Iowa State 33–⁠61–⁠9
• Iowa State vs. Nebraska102 meetings, Iowa State 16–⁠84–⁠2
• Northwestern vs. Illinois119 meetings, Northwestern 55–⁠59–⁠5
• Northwestern vs. Wisconsin103 meetings, Northwestern 37–⁠62–⁠4
• Northwestern vs. Minnesota99 meetings, Northwestern 38–⁠56–⁠5
• Northwestern vs. Purdue90 meetings, Northwestern 36–⁠53–⁠1