Minnesota at Michigan
Saturday, November 22, 1919. Minnesota took the Little Brown Jug from Michigan Share
Minnesota beat Michigan 34–7. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 6–3–1.
FinalHigh 51°F, low 36°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1919, page 24
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MICHIGAN is HELPLESS BEFORE MINNESOTA, 34–7 ANN ARBOR, Mich, November “a Michigan was virtually helpless before the powerful line plunges of Minnesota this afternoon. and wound up disastrous foot ball season with “a to z defeat at the hands OF the Gophers. The Wolverines were COM pletely outclassed. Minnesota ripped open the Michigan defense at the very beginning OF the game, putting over a touchdown with in a few minutes after play began. Finding their pile-driving tactics productive of quick results. the visitors followed it throughout the game, the play being almost constantly in Michigan territory. Michigan’s touch down resulting from a rather fuky play in the third period. Lampi mad Oss led the Gopher bat tering ram. which so effectively swept the Michigan eleven before 1T that none of the Wolverine players had OPP portunity for brilliant individual work.

The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 24, 1919, page 14
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“HURRY-UP” Y0ST MAY BE CANNED BY MICHIGANDERs ANN ARBOR. Mich, Nov. 24-R.cause of Mlchigan’s poor showing ~, the gridiron this year. IL is said that Coach “Hurry-Up” Yost is to be dis posed of. This was one of the worst seasons that the Wolverines have ever had. In their return to the West ern Conference ranks they were beaten by Ohio state, 1873; Chicago. 1910: IL linois, 29–7. and Minnesota. 34–7. the only Conference victory being over Northwestern. a tail-ender, 1914
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)
Michigan 54% to win. Minnesota won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Minnesota–Michigan gameMichigan leads 78–26–3 in 107 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.
| 2026 | Minnesota 20, Michigan 14 | |
| 2024 | Michigan 27, Minnesota 24 | |
| 2023 | Michigan 52, Minnesota 10 | |
| 2020 | Michigan 49, Minnesota 24 | |
| 2017 | Michigan 33, Minnesota 10 | |
| 2015 | Michigan 29, Minnesota 26 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. North DakotaOct. 2, 1920
- SeasonMinnesota in 1919
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. CaseOct. 9, 1920
- SeasonMichigan in 1919
- ProgramMichigan history and records

