Iowa vs. Monmouth

Iowa and Monmouth first met in 1905 and have played 4 times; Iowa leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Iowa 4–⁠0, and Iowa has won the last 4.

Iowa wins
4
Monmouth wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
4 Iowa
Current streak
4 Iowa
Last 10 meetings
Iowa 4–⁠0
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1920s3–⁠0
Average margin
34.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Iowa
4–⁠0 Iowa’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Iowa and Monmouth, 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Omaha daily bee's story of the 1905 game: IOWA WINS FROM MONMOUTH Form and Strength Carry Victory Despite Ragged Play,

    1905 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 1, 1905

  • The Evening star's story of the 1927 game: FEW OF EASTERN TEAMS . HAVE FACED REAL TESTS Hard Games, Though, Are Booked for Next Satur. day-Chicago's Defeat by Oklahoma Is Only Big Upset in Western Conference.

    1927 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 3, 1927

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story of the 1928 game: Football Results

    1928 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 7, 1928

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, 1929Iowa 46, Monmouth 0at Iowa
Oct 7, 1928Iowa 26, Monmouth 0at Iowa
Oct 1, 1927Iowa 32, Monmouth 6at Iowa
Sep 30, 1905Iowa 40, Monmouth 0at Iowa

Every game is listed as played on the field.