Creighton at Minnesota

Saturday, October 6, 1928

Minnesota beat Creighton 49–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayCreighton3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1928
0
HomeMinnesota6–⁠2 in 1928
49

FinalHigh 68°F, low 52°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MINNESOTA'S MACHINE MOWS DOWN CREIGHTON

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1928, page 78

    Read the text

    MINNESOTA’S MACHINE MOWS DOWN CREIGHTON MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, October 6 P).--Minnesotas 1923 gridiron machine started its season today by downing Creighton University of Omaha 40 to 0. With a varied attack that included a forward passing game 100 per cent sue cessful. the Gophers counted six touch downs and four points after touchdown to compile their total.

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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

Creighton

Minnesota