One of the nation’s top rivalries in essentially every sport, the annual battle between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones takes the nation by storm. The two football teams battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy and year-long bragging rights.
The history behind the game and the all-time results are below.
What Is the Cy-Hawk Trophy?
The trophy, awarded to the victor of the annual Iowa vs. Iowa State rivalry game, has gone through historic changes. Until 2010, it featured a running back performing a stiff arm and likeness of both Cy the Cardinal and Herky the Hawk, the school’s mascots.
However, during the Iowa State Fair in 2011, a new trophy was presented. The new trophy featured a sculpture depicting a family with children huddled around a basket of corn. It was described ‘a work of art that represents Iowans and their hard work.’
To say the trophy was met with criticism would be an understatement.
Just four days after its release, it was announced that the trophy would be replaced and changed following negative fan reactions. The 2012 game saw a new trophy debuted following Iowa State’s victory, featuring the mascots of both universities, a raised football, and a background of corn.
All-Time Iowa vs. Iowa State Results
Dating back to 1894, the Iowa vs. Iowa State Rivalry has seen these two historic programs battle it out on the gridiron. Iowa leads the all-time series 47-24, while they also own the longest win streak, largest victory, but not the most recent victory which Iowa State owns following their 20-19 come-from-behind victory in Week 2 of 2024.
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Despite starting their rivalry back in 1894, petty differences got in the way in 1934 when phone calls were not returned by then Iowa head coach Ossie Solem. They didn’t schedule the game again until 1977, providing a sizeable gap in the annual results.
Here are the historic results from the series.
- Iowa State 16, Iowa 8 (Iowa City, 1894)
- Iowa State 24, Iowa 0 (Iowa City, 1895)
- Iowa State 12, Iowa 0 (Iowa City, 1897)
- Iowa 5, Iowa State 0 (Iowa City, 1899)
- Iowa 6, Iowa State 0 (Iowa City, 1901)
- Iowa 16, Iowa State 12 (Iowa City, 1902)
- Iowa 10, Iowa State 6 (Iowa City, 1904)
- Iowa 8, Iowa State 0 (Ames, 1905)
- Iowa State 2, Iowa 0 (Iowa City, 1906)
- Iowa State 20, Iowa 14 (Ames, 1907)
- Iowa 13, Iowa State 0 (Iowa City, 1909)
- Iowa 2, Iowa State 0 (Ames, 1910)
- Iowa State 9, Iowa 0 (Iowa City, 1911)
- Iowa 20, Iowa State 7 (Ames, 1912)
- Iowa 45, Iowa State 7 (Iowa City, 1913)
- Iowa 26, Iowa State 6 (Ames, 1914)
- Iowa State 16, Iowa 0 (Iowa City, 1915)
- Iowa 19, Iowa State 16 (Ames, 1916)
- Iowa 6, Iowa State 3 (Iowa City, 1917)
- Iowa 21, Iowa State 0 (Iowa City, 1918)
- Iowa 10, Iowa State 0 (Iowa City, 1919)
- Iowa 14, Iowa State 10 (Ames, 1920)
- Iowa 27, Iowa State 7 (Iowa City, 1933)
- Iowa State 31, Iowa 6 (Ames, 1934)
- Iowa 12, Iowa State 10 (Iowa City, 1977)
- #20 Iowa State 31, Iowa 0 (Iowa City, 1978)
- Iowa 30, Iowa State 14 (Iowa City, 1979)
- Iowa State 10, Iowa 7 (Iowa City, 1980)
- Iowa State 23, Iowa 12 (Ames, 1981)
- Iowa State 19, Iowa 7 (Iowa City, 1982)
- #10 Iowa 51, Iowa State 10 (Ames, 1983)
- #10 Iowa 59, Iowa State 21 (Iowa City, 1984)
- #3 Iowa 57, Iowa State 3 (Ames, 1985)
- Iowa 43, Iowa State 7 (Iowa City, 1986)
- Iowa 48, Iowa State 9 (Ames, 1987)
- Iowa 10, Iowa State 3 (Iowa City, 1988)
- Iowa 10, Iowa State 3 (Iowa City, 1988)
- Iowa 31, Iowa State 21 (Ames, 1989)
- Iowa 45, Iowa State 35 (Iowa City, 1990)
- #14 Iowa 29, Iowa State 10 (Ames, 1991)
- Iowa 21, Iowa State 7 (Iowa City, 1992)
- Iowa 31, Iowa State 28 (Ames, 1993)
- Iowa 37, Iowa State 9 (Iowa City, 1994)
- Iowa 27, Iowa State 10 (Ames, 1995)
- #21 Iowa 38, Iowa State 13 (Iowa City, 1996)
- #13 Iowa 63, Iowa State 20 (Ames, 1997)
- Iowa State 27, Iowa 9 (Iowa City, 1998)
- Iowa State 17, Iowa 10 (Ames, 1999)
- Iowa State 24, Iowa 14 (Iowa City, 2000)
- Iowa State 17, Iowa 14 (Ames, 2001)
- Iowa State 36, Iowa 31 (Iowa City, 2002)
- #23 Iowa 40, Iowa State 21 (Ames, 2003)
- #16 Iowa 17, Iowa State 10 (Iowa City, 2004)
- Iowa State 23, #8 Iowa 3 (Ames, 2005)
- #16 Iowa 27, Iowa State 17 (Iowa City, 2006)
- Iowa State 15, Iowa 13 (Ames, 2007)
- Iowa 17, Iowa State 5 (Iowa City, 2008)
- Iowa 35, Iowa State 3 (Ames, 2009)
- #9 Iowa 35, Iowa State 7 (Iowa City, 2010)
- Iowa State 44, Iowa 413OT (Ames, 2011)
- Iowa State 9, Iowa 6 (Iowa City, 2012)
- Iowa 27, Iowa State 21 (Ames, 2013)
- Iowa State 20, Iowa 17 (Iowa City, 2014)
- Iowa 31, Iowa State 17 (Ames, 2015)
- #16 Iowa 42, Iowa State 3 (Iowa City, 2016)
- Iowa 44, Iowa State 41OT (Ames, 2017)
- Iowa 13, Iowa State 3 (Iowa City, 2018)
- #19 Iowa 18, Iowa State 17 (Ames, 2019)
- #10 Iowa 27, #9 Iowa State 17 (Ames, 2021)
- Iowa State 10, Iowa 7 (Iowa City, 2022)
- Iowa 20, Iowa State 13 (Ames, 2023)
- Iowa State 20, Iowa 19 (Iowa City, 2024)
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