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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s2–⁠0
1960s1–⁠1–⁠1
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

  1. Iowa’s biggest win1953: Iowa 54, Washington State 12by 42 points
  2. Washington State’s biggest win1965: Washington State 7, Iowa 0by 7 points
  3. Upset1965: Washington State 7, Iowa 0Washington State had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Iowa and Washington State, 1953 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1953 game

    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, 1969Iowa 61, Washington State 35at Iowa
Sep 18, 1965Washington State 7, Iowa 0at Iowa
Sep 28, 1963Iowa 14, Washington State 14at Iowa
Oct 5, 19578Iowa 20, Washington State 13at Iowa
Oct 3, 1953Iowa 54, Washington State 12at Iowa

Every game is listed as played on the field.