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Rivalry History

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Iowa and Iowa State have met 72 times since 1894. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
47-23
Current streak
Iowa State 2 games
Longest streak
Iowa 15 games (1983-1997)
Avg. margin / points
14.4 / 35.4

Series overview

Iowa 47-23 Iowa State. Current streak: Iowa State 2 games.

Last five meetings

Iowa 2 | Iowa State 3

Largest margin

54 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1894 through 2025.
  • 70 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Sep 6, 2025.

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What this rivalry is

Iowa and Iowa State have a tracked series that starts in 1894 and spans 72 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Cy-Hawk Trophy gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1894-2025
Busiest era
1910s, 10 games
Longest pause
42 years (1934-1977)
  • 1910s10 games
  • 1980s10 games
  • 1990s10 games
  • 2000s10 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2025 - Sep 6, 2025

Iowa 13, Iowa State 16. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

2024 - Sep 7, 2024

Iowa 19, Iowa State 20. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

2017 - Sep 9, 2017

Iowa 44, Iowa State 41. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

1985 - Sep 28, 1985

Iowa 57, Iowa State 3. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Iowa 2, Iowa State 3 across 5 games
Last ten
Iowa 7, Iowa State 3 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Lower-scoring recent history; average total 35.4, average margin 14.4.
Current streak
Iowa State 2 games

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • DJ Vonnahme

    Iowa, 2025

    Receiving Yards: 434

  • Kamari Moulton

    Iowa, 2025

    Rushing Yards: 878

  • Mark Gronowski

    Iowa, 2025

    Passing Yards: 1741

  • Brett Eskildsen

    Iowa State, 2025

    Receiving Yards: 526

  • Carson Hansen

    Iowa State, 2025

    Rushing Yards: 950

  • Rocco Becht

    Iowa State, 2025

    Passing Yards: 2565

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Kirk Ferentz

    Iowa - 2021-2025 - 36-18

  • Matt Campbell

    Iowa State - 2021-2025 - 29-23

Weather, rankings, and research links

5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 75F.

Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 1 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.

Iowa team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Iowa State team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Iowa season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Iowa State season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Iowa weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Iowa State weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.

Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Sep 6, 2025Iowa at Iowa StateIowa 13, Iowa State 16Jack Trice StadiumIowa State
Sep 7, 2024Iowa State at IowaIowa 19, Iowa State 20Venue unavailableIowa State
Sep 9, 2023Iowa at Iowa StateIowa 20, Iowa State 13Venue unavailableIowa
Sep 10, 2022Iowa State at IowaIowa 7, Iowa State 10Venue unavailableIowa State
Sep 11, 2021Iowa at Iowa StateIowa 27, Iowa State 17Venue unavailableIowa
Sep 14, 2019Iowa at Iowa StateIowa 18, Iowa State 17Venue unavailableIowa
Sep 8, 2018Iowa State at IowaIowa 13, Iowa State 3Venue unavailableIowa
Sep 9, 2017Iowa at Iowa StateIowa 44, Iowa State 41Venue unavailableIowa
Sep 10, 2016Iowa State at IowaIowa 42, Iowa State 3Venue unavailableIowa
Sep 12, 2015Iowa at Iowa StateIowa 31, Iowa State 17Venue unavailableIowa

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