Minnesota at Washington

Saturday, September 26, 1936

Minnesota beat Washington 14–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMinnesota7–⁠1 in 1936
14
HomeWashington7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1936
7

FinalHigh 71°F, low 53°FAttendance 37,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story

    Imperial Valley press, September 27, 1936, page 2

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    WASHINGTON STADIUM, Sc ATTLE, Sept. 81. WR)-Minnesotas mighty Gophers, battled evenly in the second half by a fighting Wash ington eleven, capitalized on two breaks to deefat the Huskies 14–⁠7 today. The victory heightened the ma tional champion Gophers’ winning streak to 18 consecutive games and started them toward a fourth undefeated year. Minnesota scored early in the second quarter and was tied by the Huskies, TT on pass at the start of the second half. The Gophers came back in the fourth quarter with a pass to win the game. Fumbles paved the way to the last half scoring. Starting the third quarter, Markov Washington LETT tackle, kicked off to Matheny who fumbled when he was tackled hard Wascowitz, Husky left half, recovered on the Gopher 81, then passeo to Logg on the Minnesota ten. After two tries at the line, Haines Husky southpaw halfback, passed to Johnson, Washington left end, over the Gopher goal line for a touchdown. Logg added the extra point Minnesota got into position for the winning score when Svendson, center, intercepted a Washington

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 11–⁠7 in 18 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Minnesota 27, Washington 24
1977Minnesota 19, Washington 17
1976Washington 38, Minnesota 7
1960Washington 17, Minnesota 7Rose Bowl
1958Washington 24, Minnesota 21
1957Minnesota 46, Washington 7

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