Iowa vs. Notre Dame
Iowa and Notre Dame have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1921; Notre Dame leads the series 13–8–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5, and Notre Dame has won the last 4. Share
- Iowa wins
- 8
- Notre Dame wins
- 13
- Ties
- 3
- Earliest on file
- 1921
- Longest streak
- 5 Notre Dame
- Current streak
- 4 Notre Dame
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 1968
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–5 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 3–4–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–4 |
- Both ranked
- 5 meetings: Iowa 2, Notre Dame 2; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 18.2 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Iowa
- 5–6–1 Iowa’s record at home
- At Notre Dame
- 7–3–2 Notre Dame’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Iowa’s biggest win1956: Iowa 48, Notre Dame 8by 40 points
- Notre Dame’s biggest win1945: Notre Dame 56, Iowa 0by 56 points
- Upset1940: Iowa 7, Notre Dame 0Iowa had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1959: Notre Dame 20, Iowa 19Notre Dame had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1939: Iowa 7, Notre Dame 6Iowa had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1957: Iowa 21, Notre Dame 13No. 8 Iowa at No. 9 Notre Dame
- Ranked showdown1946: Notre Dame 41, Iowa 6No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 17 Iowa
- Ranked showdown1958: Iowa 31, Notre Dame 21No. 15 Notre Dame at No. 6 Iowa
Coach against coach
| Years | Iowa | Series | Notre Dame |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–1949 | Edward Anderson | 0–4 | Frank Leahy |
| 1954–1958 | Forest Evashevski | 3–2 | Terry Brennan |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa’s side (Anderson 0–4 against Leahy). 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.
From the newspapers
1921 · South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., Oct 9, 1921
1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 14, 1939
1945 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Oct 28, 1945
1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 27, 1946
1947 · Evening star, Oct 26, 1947
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.