Northwestern at Minnesota

Saturday, October 29, 1932

Minnesota beat Northwestern 7–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 11–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayNorthwestern3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1932
0
HomeMinnesota5–⁠3 in 1932
7

FinalHigh 36°F, low 32°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Indiana Is Next Foe Pitt Upset Didn't Surprise ; Irish Coach; He Ex- peCted 1t.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 31, 1932, page 8 (results column)

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    Indiana Is Next Foe Pitt Upset Didn’t Surprise ; Irish Coach; He Ex- peCted 1t. CHICAGO, Oct. 31-With Notre Dame beaten and Purdue tied, Mich igan will enter November as the out standing football team in the mid west. Michigan has won five straight battles and appears headed for at least tie for the Big Ten title, and the recognition as one of the ma tons strongest teams. After defeating Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State and lii nois, the Wolverines had their clos est call of the season last week from Princeton’s rejuvenate d team. Princeton, although accorded little chance of winning, led AT half-time, 7 to 2, and pushed Michigan to the limit to triumph. IA to z. Michigan invades Indiana U. next Saturday. Pittsburgh’s 12-to-O victory over Notre Dame, which had over whelmed its early opposition, was the years biggest football upset to every one except the Notre Dame coach, Heartily (Hunk) Anderson. Anderson Warned Players st didn’t get any sleep at all last week.” said Anderson on his return to South Bend. Il expected some thing like this to happen because all the psychology favored Pitt. I ann going to get some rest this week SO I can start worrying next about Northwestern” Notre Dame players took all the blame for the defeat, and admitted they refused to take the game Sc riously. Hunk Anderson told us all week Pitt would be tough” said Captain Paul Host. And he said even as far back as the opening of practice IN September that the Pitt game would be one of the toughest on the schedule” Purdue Plays Chicago The two Big Ten leaders, Mich igan and Purdue, will resume their drive for the conference champion ship this week after their success full intersectional competition last week. Purdue invaded the east and smashed New York u, “a to 8, with Duane Purvis. Paul Moss and Roy Horstmann running wild Chicago, which a week ago was unbeaten, fell before an inspired Illinois team in a major upset. Scoring two touchdowns in the third period, Illinois won, II to 7. With the score tied to Captain Gil Berry returned a punt seventy-k five yards for the winning margin. 1t was Illinois first Big Ten VIC tory since 1880. Surprises cropped up in the other two Big Ten games with Minnesota scoring a fourth period touchdown to beat Northwestern, 7 to 0. and Wisconsin holding Ohio State to a 7-to-7 tie a week after the Buck eyes had held Pitt to a scoreless tie. GOphers Rap Wildcats An 1S-yard pass from Pug Lund to Bob Tenner, both sophomores. accounted for Minnesota’s winning touchdown over Northwestern near the end of the game. Ohio State outgained Wisconsin , TWO hundred yards to thirty-seven. but could get no better than a draw. Wisconsin scored its touchdown on a oo-yard punt returned by Marvin Peterson, sophomore half back. to match the Buckeyes touchdown by Mike Vuchinich, full back Indiana, playing without its two Negro stars, Fitzhugh Lyons and Jesse Babb, easily won from Mississippi State, 10 to o, Stan saluski and Otis Edmonds running wild. Eight OF the ten conference teams will return to Big Ten competition TINS week, with only Minnesota and Iowa playing outside the circuit. Minnesota has an insersectional game with Mississippi U. at Mime apols and Iowa plays its annual game with Nebraska. In the Big Ten, Michigan battles indiana at Bloomington, Purdue meets Chicago at Stagg field. Ohio state plays Northwestern at Evans Ton, and Illinois opposes Wisconsin

  • The Evening star's story: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    Evening star, October 30, 1932, page 51 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL RESULTS Twenty-fourth Infantry, 6; Tuckegee b” 0. Vanderbilt, u; Georgia Tech, o. Virginia, 20: st. Johns, 6. V. P. l., 80, Washington and Lee, S. Washington University, IA, Missouri,, 6. Woodberry Forest, 2l FIshburne, 6. MIDWEST. Ashland. 0; Otterbein, 0. Beloit. 13; Knox, O. Blufton, 7; Findlay, T. Bradley Tech, 6; st. Viator, 0. Butler. IA Franklin, 0. Case. 13; Baldwin-Wallace, 6. Central, 80: Buena Vista. 2. Concordia, 0; St. Johns, 0. Cornell College. 6; Coe, 0. Culver Military Academy. 6; Shat tuck Military Academy. 6 tie). Dekalb Teachers, 25; Wisconsin School Of Mines, s. Depauw, 80; Earlham, 0. Gustayus Adolphus, 3; St. Olaf, 0. Hanover. 26: Oakland City. 0. Heidelberg, 81: Mount Union, 0. Hillsdale, 33; Albion, 6. Hope 9; Alma, 0. Illinois, 13; Chicago, 7. Illinois College. IA; Carthage, 0. Illinois Wesleyan, 26; Eureka, 0. Indiana. 10; Mississippi State, 0. Manchester. 20; Ball Teachers, 0. Marietta. Is; Kenyon, 7. McKendree, 49, Shurtleff, 0. Miami. SO; Wabash. O.. Michigan, IA; Princeton, 7. Millikin, 40; Eastern Teachers, o. Minnesota, 7; Northwestern, 0. Muskingum. IA Akron, 4. Nebraska, s; Kansas State, o. North Central College, SO; Elm hurst c. North Dakota State. “a; Moorehead Teachers. 0. Northland College, 81; Ithaca Col lege, 0. Ohio Northern. IA; Capital, 2. Ohio State, T. Wisconsin, 7. Ohio University, 27; Georgetown, O. Ohio Wesleyan, “a; Denison, 0. Ripon. II: Lawrence, 7. Rose Poly, 8: Union College, 7. Simpson. 7; Parsons, 0. South Dakota, 6; Carleton, 0. st. Cloud Teachers, l3; Hibbing Jun ior College. O. st. Marys. 25; Western Union. 9. Superior Teachers, 20; Eau Claire, 6 University of Cincinnati, Is; Wittenberg. 6. Upper Iowa, 6, Luther, U. Valparaiso, 81: Defiance, l3. Western Teachers b” 9; Quincy, 7 West Virginia. “a; Marquette, T. Western State Teachers, 26; Iowa Sta1e Teachers, 0. Wichita, 10; Hays. 3. Wilberforce, 7; Langston, 0. Wooster, 6; Oberlin, 0. FAR WEST. Brigham Young, 25; Wyoming, o. Columbia, 26; College of Idaho, 0. California, 38: Nevada, 0. Colorado College, 3; Colorado AggieS, 0. College of the Pacific, 35; Fresno Normal, 0. Intermountain Union, A; Montana State Teachers, O. Montana State, L Montana Mines, o. Modesto, 10; San Francisco State Teachers, O. New Mexico Military, 7; New Mexico, 0 Oregon. 13: Gonzaga. 6. Oregon Normal, 10, Albany. o. Sacramento, 13; California Aggles, 3. San Jose State, IA; Chico State, 7. University of California at Los Angeles, 49, Stanford, 6. Utah. Is; Utah Aggies, o. Washington. 49, Whitman, 7. Washington State, 81; Montana, o.

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)

Northwestern 52% to win. Minnesota won as Elo’s underdog.

Minnesota leads 56–⁠38–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Northwestern 38, Minnesota 35
2023Northwestern 37, Minnesota 34
2022Minnesota 31, Northwestern 3
2021Minnesota 41, Northwestern 14
2019Minnesota 38, Northwestern 22
2018Northwestern 24, Minnesota 14

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