Iowa vs. Western Michigan
Iowa and Western Michigan have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2000; officially, Western Michigan leads 2–1; as played, 2–2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–2, and Iowa has won the last 2. The NCAA vacated Iowa’s win (2023); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played. Share
2028 at Iowa Sept. 16. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Official series
- Western Michigan leads 2–1
- Iowa wins on file
- 2
- Western Michigan wins on file
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 2000
- Longest streak
- 2 Western Michigan
- Current streak
- 2 Iowa
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 2–2
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 25.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Iowa
- 2–2 Iowa’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Tim Hiller Western Michigan | 26 of 45, 367 yards, 3 TD | 2007 Passing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
Every game
| Sep 16, 2023 | 25Iowa 41, Western Michigan 10vacated | at Iowa | ||
| Sep 21, 2013 | Iowa 59, Western Michigan 3 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 17, 2007 | Western Michigan 28, Iowa 19 | at Iowa | ||
| Sep 9, 2000 | Western Michigan 27, Iowa 21 | at Iowa |
Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.