Iowa vs. Washington State
Iowa and Washington State have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1953; Iowa leads the series 3–1–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Iowa 3–1. Share
- Iowa wins
- 3
- Washington State wins
- 1
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1953
- Longest streak
- 2 Iowa
- Current streak
- 1 Iowa
- Last 10 meetings
- Iowa 3–1
- Most recent
- 1969
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 16.4 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Iowa
- 3–1–1 Iowa’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Iowa’s biggest win1953: Iowa 54, Washington State 12by 42 points
- Washington State’s biggest win1965: Washington State 7, Iowa 0by 7 points
- Upset1965: Washington State 7, Iowa 0Washington State had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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

1953 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1953
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 27, 1969 | Iowa 61, Washington State 35 | at Iowa | ||
| Sep 18, 1965 | Washington State 7, Iowa 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Sep 28, 1963 | Iowa 14, Washington State 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 5, 1957 | 8Iowa 20, Washington State 13 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 3, 1953 | Iowa 54, Washington State 12 | at Iowa |
Every game is listed as played on the field.