Iowa State vs. Simpson (IA)

Iowa State and Simpson (IA) have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Iowa State leads the series 13–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Iowa State 10–⁠0, and Iowa State has won the last 12.

Iowa State wins
13
Simpson (IA) wins
1
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
12 Iowa State
Current streak
12 Iowa State
Last 10 meetings
Iowa State 10–⁠0
Most recent
1932

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0
1900s4–⁠1–⁠1
1910s3–⁠0
1920s3–⁠0
1930s2–⁠0
Average margin
24.7 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Iowa State
10–⁠0 Iowa State’s record at home
At Simpson (IA)
1–⁠3–⁠1 Simpson (IA)‘s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Iowa State’s biggest win1904: Iowa State 87, Simpson (IA) 0by 87 points
  2. Simpson (IA)‘s biggest win1901: Simpson (IA) 12, Iowa State 0by 12 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Iowa State and Simpson (IA), 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 Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story of the 1927 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1927 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 9, 1927

  • The The Bismarck tribune's story of the 1931 game: Football Results

    1931 · The Bismarck tribune, North Dakota, Sep 28, 1931

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

Sep 24, 1932Iowa State 21, Simpson (IA) 0at Iowa State
Sep 26, 1931Iowa State 6, Simpson (IA) 0at Iowa State
Oct 8, 1927Iowa State 26, Simpson (IA) 6at Iowa State
Sep 26, 1925Iowa State 28, Simpson (IA) 0at Iowa State
Sep 29, 1923Iowa State 14, Simpson (IA) 6at Iowa State
Sep 29, 1917Iowa State 47, Simpson (IA) 0at Iowa State
Oct 2, 1915Iowa State 27, Simpson (IA) 0at Iowa State
Oct 12, 1912Iowa State 24, Simpson (IA) 7at Iowa State
Oct 21, 1905Iowa State 63, Simpson (IA) 0at Iowa State
Oct 22, 1904Iowa State 87, Simpson (IA) 0at Iowa State
Nov 14, 1903Iowa State 11, Simpson (IA) 2at Simpson (IA)
Nov 28, 1902Iowa State 18, Simpson (IA) 11at Simpson (IA)
Nov 28, 1901Simpson (IA) 12, Iowa State 0at Simpson (IA)
Oct 27, 1900Simpson (IA) 0, Iowa State 0at Simpson (IA)
Oct 11, 1899Iowa State 18, Simpson (IA) 0at Simpson (IA)

Every game is listed as played on the field.