Minnesota at Indiana
Saturday, October 18, 1919 Share
Minnesota beat Indiana 20–6. It was their third meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 35°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

The sun, New York, October 19, 1919, page 1
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MINNESOTA ELEVEN WINS. OutpIays Indiana University Score Is 20 to q. INDIANAPoLIs, Oct. 1S.-Munesota won it’s first Western Conference game here to-day, defeating Indiana, 90 10 g. Minnesota used straight football throughout the game, the line plunges Of Ruben and Phillips proving very effective. Indiana scored its points IN the first quarter, Mathys the Crimson’s quarter back, drop kicking for two goals. PIE Gophers scored their first touchdown in the first period, taking the ball down the field from centre In three long runs. Both sides were penalized fire. quently, the Gophers losing fifty-fve yards in this manner in the last period.

New-York tribune, October 19, 1919, page 17
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Minnesota Easy Victor Over Indiana Eleven INDIANAPOLIS, Oct Ism Mnncsota’s football team was too powerful for the Indiana University eleven here to-day and won harfdly 20 to 6. Indiana scored six points in the first half before the Gophers got started when Mathys twice made drop kicks. Before the period ended, however, Minnesota had plunged across Indlana’s line and kicked goal. Straight football enabled Minnesota 10 score two more touchdowns. Phillips carried the bal over twice and Ruben once.

Pine Bluff daily graphic, Pine Bluff, Ark., October 19, 1919, page 5
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MINNESOTA BEATS INDIANA. Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 1S.-Minnesofa won it’s first western confer ence game here today, defeating Indiana, 20 to 6. Minnesota played straight football throughout the game, the line plunge of Ruben and Phillips proving very effective.
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 text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Minnesota 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Minnesota–Indiana gameMinnesota leads 40–26–3 in 69 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
| 2021 | Minnesota 35, Indiana 14 | |
| 2018 | Minnesota 38, Indiana 31 | |
| 2013 | Minnesota 42, Indiana 39 | |
| 2008 | Minnesota 16, Indiana 7 | |
| 2007 | Indiana 40, Minnesota 20 | |
| 2006 | Minnesota 63, Indiana 26 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 25, 1919
- SeasonMinnesota in 1919
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat Notre DameNov. 1, 1919
- SeasonIndiana in 1919
- ProgramIndiana history and records

