Minnesota at Michigan

Saturday, November 22, 1919. Minnesota took the Little Brown Jug from Michigan

Minnesota beat Michigan 34–⁠7. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 6–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayMinnesota4–⁠2–⁠1 in 1919
34
HomeMichigan3–⁠4 in 1919
7

FinalHigh 51°F, low 36°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MICHIGAN is HELPLESS BEFORE MINNESOTA, 34-7

    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 The Washington times's story: "HURRY-UP" Y0ST MAY BE CANNED BY MICHIGANDERs

    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.

Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Minnesota 20, Michigan 14
2024Michigan 27, Minnesota 24
2023Michigan 52, Minnesota 10
2020Michigan 49, Minnesota 24
2017Michigan 33, Minnesota 10
2015Michigan 29, Minnesota 26

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