Northwestern at Minnesota

Saturday, October 26, 1935

Minnesota beat Northwestern 21–⁠13. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 12–⁠5–⁠2.

AwayNorthwestern4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1935
13
HomeMinnesota8–⁠0 in 1935
21

FinalHigh 53°F, low 42°FAttendance 52,000

On the newsreel

  • 8. MINNEAPOLIS, MNStamina and fighting fury count for Minnesota in the second half, resulting in a 21 to 13 victory over Northwestern in the Gophers’ Big Ten openerUniversal Newsreel, October 28, 1935. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Minnesota 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 56–⁠38–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 80 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

Around this game

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