Iowa and Wisconsin first met in 1894 and have played 99 times; Wisconsin leads the series 49–48–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5, and Iowa has won the last 4. The winner takes home the Heartland Trophy, played for since about 2004. Iowa has held it since the 2022 game. Share
Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since about 2004 (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). The rivalry’s article counts the games for it: Tied, 10–10. From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Heartland Trophy.
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa’s side (Ingwersen 2–1 against Thistlethwaite). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Iowa WisconsinTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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.
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.
Photos
Going to JT 20191109-1X092649-0048.1Photo: Bely Medved, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2019 game
Friend of a Friend becomes my Friend 20191109-1X092089-0030.1Photo: Bely Medved, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2019 game
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