Brion looks at this week's opponent Northwestern and the games played from 1897 through the Nile Kinnick era in 1939. There have been 79 games played between the two teams, and Iowa is 53-28-3 (65%) all-time.
To my surprise, the series has been fairly competitive except for a long stretch of 21 straight wins by Iowa from 1974 through 1994.
Hayden Fry lost only 3 times to the Wildcats (1995-1997), but did beat them for his final victory as Iowa coach in 1998. He was 17-3 (85%).
Overall, Ferentz is 11-11 (50%) against the Wildcats.
However, there have been many Iowa blowouts in the series.
 
78-6 in 1913 
68-34 in 1968  
58-6 in 1979  
64-0 in 1981  
61-21 in 1983  
52-24 in 1987  
56-14 in 1990  
56-14 in 1992  
59-16 in 2001  
62-10 in 2002  
48-7 in 2014Player profiles this week are Clyde Williams, Martin Sampson and Samuel Gross, who all played in the early 1900's.
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Dennis Green Player Profile: 
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