Iowa vs. Simpson (IA)

Iowa and Simpson (IA) first met in 1900 and have played 3 times; Iowa leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Iowa 3–⁠0, and Iowa has won the last 3.

Iowa wins
3
Simpson (IA) wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1900
Longest streak
3 Iowa
Current streak
3 Iowa
Last 10 meetings
Iowa 3–⁠0
Most recent
1903

The series at a glance

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

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 Simpson (IA), 1900 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 The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1902 game: IOWA RAGGED BALL Hawkeye Eleven Makes Miserable Showing inthe Game With 5 ... Simpson College. -

    1902 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 22, 1902

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1903 game: SIMPSON FIGHTS BRAVELY 8 Holds Iowa University Team Down to 35 Points.

    1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 7, 1903

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

Nov 6, 1903Iowa 35, Simpson (IA) 2at Iowa
Oct 18, 1902Iowa 10, Simpson (IA) 0at Simpson (IA)
Oct 12, 1900Iowa 47, Simpson (IA) 0at Iowa

Every game is listed as played on the field.