Michigan at Minnesota

Saturday, November 25, 1922. Michigan kept the Little Brown Jug

Michigan beat Minnesota 16–⁠7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 9–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayMichigan6–⁠0–⁠1 in 1922
16
HomeMinnesota3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1922
7

FinalHigh 38°F, low 28°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: BERNIE KIRK Big STAR AS MICHIGAN DOWNS MINNESOTA Former Notre Dame End Aids Wolverines Retain Little Brown jug.

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 26, 1922, page 1

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    BERNIE KIRK Big STAR AS MICHIGAN DOWNS MINNESOTA Former Notre Dame End Aids Wolverines Retain Little Brown jug. MINNEAPOLIS MINI. Nov. 25. -(By A. P)-Michigan’s undefeated football team retained its claim with Iowa to the Big Ten champion ship by defeating Minnesota. 16 TO Z, here this afternoon. The game. played before $4,000 spectators. was replete with thrills and it appeared i’m the first quarter that the Gophers were going TO down their ancient rivals. Mich gan, however, found itself in the second period, scoring two touchdowns for a 10 to Z lead. In the dnal period the Wolverines added 10 their total by n place kick by Blot. The seven points scored by the Gophers was the largest score made against the Yostmen this season. Cappon. plunging Wolverine full back, and Kirk. left end, led in the attack which downed the Gophers. While the speedy K-pke was effectualy checked. except for a few flashes, Kinks handling of forward passes was superior to anything seen on NorthrOp field for years. Martineau, Gopher halfback, was the outstanding performer on the field. running the ends, receiving Eunts and kicking brilliantly. Nc Creery, his running mate, playing his last game at Minnesota. gained consistently and opened the game with a 40 yard return of the kick off. Minnesota completed only one forv-a-d mass durfuor the game and the failure of the Gophers 10 solve the Yost passing game was large factor contributing toward defeat Open Up Passing Game. Michigan started ner passing game in the second period. bringing the ball to the GoRhers’ 3S yard line on a long pass. Another pass

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Michigan Wins Ouer Minnesota in Great Battle, Score 16-7

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 26, 1922, page 10

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    Michigan Wins Ouer Minnesota in Great Battle, Score 16–⁠7 Minneapolis. Minn., November D. retained it’s claim to the big ten championship with Iowa here this afternoon by defeating Minnesota 16 to ‘. The game was replete with thrills and it appeared in the first quarter that the Gophers were going to down their old rivals Michigan, however, found itself in the second period, scoring two touchdowns for 14 to lead. In the final peri, l the Wolver- ines added to their total with a per feet place kick by Blott The seven points scored by the Gophers was the largest score made against the Yostmen this season. The lineup and summary; Minnesota CD Eclund, l. e.; Gross, l. t.; Gay, l g., Alas, (captain). C.; Abranamson, r. g.; Mcdonald. r. g.; Schjoll. T. e.; Grose, q. b.: McGreery, l. h. b.: Martinenau, r. h. b.. Peder- son. f. b. Michigan t1s9-Kirk. l.. e: Muir head, l. t.; Slaughter. l. g.; Blott, C.. Steele. T. B.; Gosatti r. t.; Netsch, T. e.: Uleritz, q. b.; Keefer, l. h. b.; kilke, r. h. b.; Cappon, f. b. Score by periods: Minnesota ..7 0 c o. ‘ Michigan ...........0 13 0 3–⁠16 Minnesota scoring: Touchdown, McGreery. Point from try after touchdown. Ecklund. Michigan SCOT ng-Touchdowns Cappon, Kipke. Point from try after touchdown. Flott Goal from field. Blott.

  • The The Bemidji daily pioneer's story: y ';':.3se9asst a;ssssI ~, sf.t FOOTBALL RESULTS

    The Bemidji daily pioneer, November 27, 1922, page 6 (results column)

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    y ‘;‘:.3se9asst a;ssssI ~, sf.t FOOTBALL RESULTS Michigan 16;; Minnesota 7. IS Wisconsin o.; Chicago O., Northwestern 8; Iowa 81 - Harvard 47l0;;# Yale 8: . Army IT, Navy “A. ~. J, Notre Dame 19;; Carnegie Tech. 0 Purdue u Indiana Ohio. State s; Illinois, 8: Dartm outh Z Brown O.: California %; Stanford Q.

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 94 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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