Iowa–Iowa State rivalry

The Iowa–Iowa State rivalry is an American college rivalry between the Iowa Hawkeyes sports teams of the University of Iowa and the Iowa State Cyclones sports teams of Iowa State University. The two universities currently compete with each other in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series, which awards points for athletic victories over the other university. The two schools also compete for the Cy-Hawk Trophy, which is awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the two schools.

Iowa–Iowa State rivalry

Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa State Cyclones
Sport	Football, Basketball, Wrestling

110km
68miles

Iowa

Iowa State

   

Locations of Iowa State and Iowa

Iowa and Iowa State rank as the top two universities in Iowa in terms of enrollment. As of the fall 2024 semester, the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, had 32,199 students enrolled.^[1] Iowa State University, located in Ames, had a fall 2024 enrollment of 30,432.^[2] The two schools compete in a wide range of sports, including wrestling, golf, volleyball, soccer, cross country, swimming, gymnastics, and softball, among major sports such as football and basketball.^[3]

Football series

Main article: Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry

Men's basketball series

Iowa–Iowa State men's basketball rivalry

Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa State Cyclones
First meeting	February 5, 1909 Iowa 30, Iowa State 27
Latest meeting	December 12, 2024 Iowa State 89, Iowa 80
Next meeting	2025
Statistics
Meetings total	78
All-time series	Iowa leads 48–30
Largest victory	Iowa, 105-77 (2020)
Longest win streak	Iowa, 10 (1909–1916)
Current win streak	Iowa State, 2 (2023—present)

Iowa leads the all-time series 48-30 as of the 2023-24 season.

Iowa victories

Iowa State victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 February 5, 1909 Ames, IA Iowa 30–27 2 February 26, 1910 Iowa City, IA Iowa 24–12 3 February 8, 1913 Iowa City Iowa 27–15 4 February 25, 1913 Ames Iowa 21–13 5 January 31, 1914 Iowa City Iowa 22–15 6 February 24, 1914 Ames Iowa 21–16 7 February 16, 1915 Iowa City Iowa 27–12 8 March 4, 1915 Ames Iowa 23–18 9 February 19, 1916 Iowa City Iowa 26–9 10 March 4, 1916 Ames Iowa 22–14 11 February 16, 1917 Ames Iowa State 24–12 12 February 27, 1917 Iowa City Iowa 15–13 13 February 9, 1918 Iowa City Iowa 24–9 14 March 1, 1918 Ames Iowa 22–20 15 February 15, 1919 Iowa City Iowa 27–17 16 March 1, 1919 Ames Iowa 29–20 17 January 23, 1920 Iowa City Iowa 27–15 18 March 6, 1920 Ames Iowa 26–19 19 February 15, 1921 Iowa City Iowa State 20–16 20 March 11, 1921 Ames Iowa State 26–18 21 December 11, 1933 Iowa City Iowa 30–12 22 January 1, 1935 Ames Iowa State 41–33 23 December 23, 1970 Iowa City Iowa 87–68 24 December 18, 1971 Ames Iowa State 97–94 25 January 2, 1973 Iowa City Iowa 66–57 26 January 7, 1974 Ames Iowa State 94–77 27 December 12, 1974 Iowa City Iowa 77–66 28 December 12, 1975 Ames Iowa 91–77 29 December 18, 1976 Iowa City Iowa 85–64 30 November 26, 1977 Ames Iowa State 79–78 31 December 11, 1978 Iowa City Iowa 67–66 32 December 15, 1979 Ames #17 Iowa 67–64 33 December 20, 1980 Iowa City #16 Iowa 85–59 34 December 8, 1981 Ames #6 Iowa 79–68 35 January 15, 1983 Iowa City #12 Iowa 73–56 36 January 14, 1984 Ames Iowa State 76–722OT 37 December 4, 1984 Iowa City Iowa State 54–50 38 December 10, 1985 Ames Iowa State 74–61 39 December 20, 1986 Iowa City #3 Iowa 89–64 40 December 19, 1987 Ames #20 Iowa State 102–100OT No. Date Location Winner Score 41 December 10, 1988 Iowa City #5 Iowa 91–71 42 December 7, 1989 Ames Iowa 89–87 43 December 8, 1990 Iowa City Iowa 75–73 44 December 14, 1991 Ames Iowa State 98–84 45 December 12, 1992 Iowa City #8 Iowa 78–51 46 December 11, 1993 Ames Iowa State 86–79 47 December 10, 1994 Iowa City Iowa State 76–63 48 December 9, 1995 Ames #12 Iowa 56–50 49 December 14, 1996 Iowa City #6 Iowa State 81–74 50 December 13, 1997 Ames #10 Iowa 60–59 51 December 12, 1998 Iowa City Iowa 74–54 52 December 11, 1999 Ames Iowa State 79–66 53 December 9, 2000 Iowa City Iowa 80–68 54 December 8, 2001 Ames #12 Iowa 78–53 55 December 13, 2002 Iowa City Iowa State 73–69 56 March 21, 2003 Ames Iowa 54–53 57 January 21, 2004 Ames Iowa State 84–76 58 December 10, 2004 Iowa City #17 Iowa 70–63 59 December 9, 2005 Ames Iowa State 72–60 60 December 8, 2006 Iowa City Iowa 77–59 61 December 8, 2007 Ames Iowa State 56–47 62 December 12, 2008 Iowa City Iowa 73–57 63 December 11, 2009 Ames Iowa State 81–71 64 December 10, 2010 Iowa City Iowa State 75–72 65 December 9, 2011 Ames Iowa State 86–76 66 December 7, 2012 Iowa City Iowa 80–71 67 December 13, 2013 Ames #17 Iowa State 85–82 68 December 12, 2014 Iowa City #14 Iowa State 90–75 69 December 10, 2015 Ames #4 Iowa State 83–82 70 December 8, 2016 Iowa City Iowa 78–64 71 December 7, 2017 Ames Iowa State 84–78 72 December 6, 2018 Iowa City #18 Iowa 98–84 73 December 12, 2019 Ames Iowa 84–68 74 December 11, 2020 Iowa City #3 Iowa 105–77 75 December 9, 2021 Ames #17 Iowa State 73–53 76 December 8, 2022 Iowa City Iowa 75–56 77 December 7, 2023 Ames Iowa State 90–65 78 December 12, 2024 Iowa City #3 Iowa State 89–80 Series: Iowa leads 48–30

Wrestling

Iowa victories

Iowa State victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 March, 4 1916 Iowa City, IA Iowa 17–8 2 February 9, 1917 Ames, IA Iowa State 33–7 3 February 8, 1919 Ames Iowa State 26–14 4 February 21, 1920 Ames Iowa State 31–6 5 February 17, 1933 Ames Iowa State 34–0 6 March, 6 1934 Iowa City Iowa State 19.5–12.5 7 February, 27 1935 Ames Iowa State 15.5–10.5 8 March 2, 1936 Iowa City Iowa 15–13 9 February 22, 1937 Ames Iowa State 24.5–7.5 10 February 5, 1938 Iowa City Iowa State 19–11 11 January 13, 1973 Iowa City Iowa State 29–9 12 February 16, 1974 Ames Iowa 23–12 13 January 3, 1975 Iowa City Tie 19–19 14 January 9, 1976 Ames Iowa 19–14 15 February 21, 1976 Iowa City Iowa 27–12 16 January 7, 1977 Iowa City Iowa State 17–15 17 February 19, 1977 Ames Tie 17–17 18 January 7, 1978 Ames Iowa State 18–16 19 February 18, 1978 Iowa City Iowa 24–13 20 January 6. 1979 Iowa City Iowa 24–14 21 February 17, 1979 Ames Iowa 29–19 22 January 5, 1980 Ames Iowa 23–17 23 February 16, 1980 Iowa City Iowa 22–12 24 January 9, 1981 Ames Iowa State 25–14 25 February 12, 1981 Iowa City Iowa 27–5 26 January 9, 1982 Iowa City Iowa 24–11 27 February 19, 1982 Ames Iowa 31–8 28 January 15, 1983 Ames Iowa 21–15 29 February 19, 1983 Iowa City Iowa 26–11 30 January 14, 1984 Iowa City Iowa 27–14 31 February 18, 1984 Ames Iowa 26–16 32 January 19, 1985 Ames Iowa 28–9 33 February 23, 1985 Iowa City Iowa 23–9 34 January 18, 1986 Iowa City Iowa 25–9 35 February 23, 1986 Iowa City Iowa State 19–16 36 January 11, 1987 Ames Iowa State 23–12 37 February 21, 1987 Iowa City Iowa 18–15 38 January 16, 1988 Iowa City Iowa 22–15 39 February 21, 1988 Ames Iowa 17–15 40 January 15, 1989 Ames Iowa 25–15 41 February 19, 1989 Iowa City Iowa 22–17 42 January 12, 1990 Hampton, VA Iowa 32–2 43 January 13, 1990 Hampton Iowa 24–13 44 January 20, 1990 Iowa City Iowa 28–6 45 February 18, 1990 Ames Iowa 29–8 No. Date Location Winner Score 46 January 20, 1991 Ames Iowa 25–9 47 February 17, 1991 Iowa City Iowa 37–6 48 February 9, 1992 Ann Arbor, MI Iowa 32–13 49 February 22, 1992 Iowa City Iowa 29–8 50 February 20, 1993 Ames Iowa 28–12 51 February 20, 1994 Iowa City Iowa 22–19 52 February 18, 1995 Ames Iowa 32–3 53 January 13, 1996 Ames Iowa 22–12 54 February 18, 1996 Iowa City Iowa 33–4 55 December 14, 1996 Iowa City Iowa 26–13 56 February 16, 1997 Ames Iowa 20–18 57 December 14, 1997 Ames Iowa 28–10 58 February 20, 1998 Iowa City Iowa 32–9 59 December 11, 1998 Iowa City Iowa 30–14 60 January 17, 1999 Iowa City Iowa 32–7 61 December 10, 1999 Ames Iowa 24–12 62 December 8, 2000 Iowa City Iowa 23–17 63 January 21, 2001 State College, PA Iowa 26–21 64 December 9, 2001 Ames Iowa 21–16 65 January 20, 2002 Columbus, OH Iowa 25–15 66 December 8, 2002 Iowa City Iowa 34–7 67 December 7, 2003 Ames Iowa State 21–13 68 December 5, 2004 Iowa City Iowa State 19–16 69 December 2, 2005 Ames Iowa 20–15 70 December 3, 2006 Iowa City Iowa 24–6 71 December 9, 2007 Ames Iowa 20–13 72 December 6, 2008 Iowa City Iowa 20–15 73 December 6, 2009 Ames Iowa 18–16 74 January 10, 2010 Cedar Falls, IA Iowa 19–12 75 December 3, 2010 Iowa City Iowa 22–13 76 December 4, 2011 Ames Iowa 27–9 77 December 1, 2012 Iowa City Iowa 32–3 78 December 1, 2013 Ames Iowa 23–9 79 November 29, 2014 Iowa City Iowa 28–8 80 November 29, 2015 Ames Iowa 33–6 81 December 10, 2016 Iowa City Iowa 26–9 82 February 18, 2018 Ames Iowa 35–6 83 December 1, 2018 Iowa City Iowa 19–18 84 November 24, 2019 Ames Iowa 29–6 85 December 5, 2021 Ames Iowa 22–11 86 December 4, 2022 Iowa City Iowa 18–15 87 November 26, 2023 Ames Iowa 18–14 88 November 23, 2024 Iowa City Iowa 21–15 Series: Iowa leads 70–16–2

Women's basketball

Iowa victories

Iowa State victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 December 5, 1975 Ames, IA Iowa State 92–63 2 February 6, 1977 Ames, IA Iowa State 71–58 3 February 18, 1977 Iowa City, IA Iowa State 82–63 4 December 3, 1977 Iowa City, IA Iowa State 74–71OT 5 February 23, 1978 Des Moines, IA Iowa 77–60 6 February 25, 1978 Des Moines, IA Iowa State 87–82 7 December 4, 1978 Ames, IA Iowa 89–70 8 February 14, 1979 Iowa City, IA Iowa 81–70 9 February 22, 1979 Des Moines, IA Iowa 68–67 10 December 15, 1979 Ames, IA Iowa State 80–69 11 January 29, 1980 Iowa City, IA Iowa 66–50 12 December 2, 1980 Iowa City, IA Iowa 67–66 13 January 21, 1981 Ames, IA Iowa 66–62 14 December 2, 1981 Ames, IA Iowa State 82–59 15 January 21, 1982 Iowa City, IA Iowa 62–44 16 March 11, 1982 Warrensburg, MO Iowa State 64–52 17 November 23, 1982 Iowa City, IA Iowa 64–59 18 December 5, 1983 Ames, IA Iowa 86–75OT 19 December 15, 1984 Iowa City, IA Iowa 81–41 20 December 4, 1985 Ames, IA #15 Iowa 63–57 21 December 10, 1986 Iowa City, IA #17 Iowa 70–51 22 December 1, 1987 Ames, IA #6 Iowa 93–49 23 December 7, 1988 Iowa City, IA #11 Iowa 79–46 24 December 17, 1989 Ames, IA #5 Iowa 75–55 25 November 27, 1991 Iowa City, IA #11 Iowa 70–58 26 December 1, 1996 Iowa City, IA #10 Iowa 64–53 No. Date Location Winner Score 27 December 13, 1997 Ames, IA Iowa State 74–57 28 November 17, 1998 Iowa City, IA #21 Iowa State 81–65 29 December 11, 1999 Ames, IA #9 Iowa State 79–69 30 November 22, 2000 Iowa City, IA #8 Iowa State 86–76 31 December 12, 2001 Ames, IA #5 Iowa State 82–64 32 December 4, 2002 Iowa City, IA Iowa 64–39 33 December 3, 2003 Ames, IA Iowa State 101–94 34 December 1, 2004 Iowa City, IA Iowa 89–80 35 December 8, 2005 Ames, IA Iowa State 77–61 36 November 30, 2006 Iowa City, IA Iowa State 80–74 37 December 7, 2011 Ames, IA Iowa State 62–54 38 December 6, 2012 Iowa City, IA Iowa 50–42 39 December 12, 2013 Ames, IA #17 Iowa State 83–70 40 December 11, 2014 Iowa City, IA #24 Iowa 76–67 41 December 11, 2015 Ames, IA Iowa State 69–66 42 December 7, 2016 Iowa City, IA Iowa 88–76 43 December 6, 2017 Ames, IA Iowa 61–55 44 December 5, 2018 Iowa City, IA #16 Iowa 73–70 45 December 11, 2019 Ames, IA Iowa 75–69 46 December 9, 2020 Iowa City, IA Iowa 82–80 47 December 8, 2021 Ames, IA #15 Iowa State 77–70 48 December 7, 2022 Iowa City, IA #16 Iowa 70–57 49 December 6, 2023 Ames, IA #4 Iowa 67–58 50 December 11, 2024 Iowa City, IA #2 Iowa 75–69 Series: Iowa leads 30–20