Grinnell at Minnesota
Saturday, October 16, 1897 Share
Minnesota beat Grinnell 6–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 5–1.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 36°F, 0.53 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The San Francisco call, California, October 17, 1897, page 11
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o her Games MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Oct. i6-Min nesota beat Grinnell to-day by a score O 6 to 0. 1t was the poorest football confess that the Minnesota team ever played a this time of the year and the alumni ano students are discouraged. GrinnelI had the bali in Minnesotas territory ali dur ing the first half and was repeatedly on the iive-yart line. LAWRENCE, KANs., Oct. 16.-Foot. ball: Kansas State University %, War. renburg (Mo.) Normal SchoolO. ANNAPOLIS, MD. Oct. 16-The Penn sylvania Reserve-Naval Academy foot. ball game this afternoon was the navy’s game from tie start, for Halligan made a touchdown in less than three minutes. Total score: Navy 20, Pennsylvania EASTON, PA. Oct. 16 The LAFAYETTE. Cornell game played here this afternoon resulted in tie, each eleven scoring four points. PHILADELPHIA, PA, Oct. 16-Tbe Pennsy vania football eleven TODAY de. feated Dartmouth by the score OF “a to O. Pennsylvania was weakened by the ah. Sc nee OF Captain Minds at fullback and Garnet at lett tackle, but even with IN 9 handicap the Dartmouth toys wera NO match ior the sturdy Pennsylvanians A, no time during the game did the visitors menace the red and blues goal. PRINCETON. n. j., Oct. 16.-The Indian and the Anglo-Saxon met In battle on the gridiron to-day, and the noble red.men were trampled liz the sod once their own by he giants who wear the molesk ms and jerseys of old Nassau. The contes. was one of The most furious in the history of Gridiron sport. The score of IS TO 0 vonld indicate com paratively easy victory for the Tigers, but never was victory for the orange and black attended with more effort and injured men. Unlike his ancestor, the Indian fought man to man with fierceness which p,r. haps he had never before shown on The gridiron. Cheering thousands on the stands witnessed the great struggle. The game began with kickoff by Hudson 10 Baird, who ran thirty yards. The pigsk in was fun bled. and an Indian feli on ;t- The red men tried a mass play, but Iost the ball on fun BILE. Reiter falling on it’ Reiter went through left tackle for ten wards. Wheeler pulled him through the center for eight yards more. A wedge play was stopped By Bemns Pierce on The tifteen-yard line. Barnard and Wheeler pounded the center TOR short gains and in mass play Barnard was sent over for the first touchdown. RairI missed the goal. Score Go. Baird -ht the kickoff and nunted forty yards 10 K. Pierce. Jamison fnmb ed and Rogers fell on the sphere. Booth squashed a center play. Hudson pun,ed Wheeler catching the ball and crashtng through the Indians for forty-fiye ward run, being Jowned by Seneca. Metoxen kicked Armstrong and wrangle ensued Armstrong and Jamison being laid Fl
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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Grinnell–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 10–2–1 in 13 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1925 | Minnesota 34, Grinnell 6 | |
| 1904 | Minnesota 146, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1903 | Minnesota 39, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1902 | Minnesota 102, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1900 | Minnesota 26, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1899 | Grinnell 5, Minnesota 5 |
Around this game
Grinnell
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 15, 1898
- SeasonGrinnell in 1897
- ProgramGrinnell history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateOct. 23, 1897
- SeasonMinnesota in 1897
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
