Minnesota at Wisconsin

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 20, 1938, page 28

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  Minnesota Routs Wisconsin, |27-O, in Bruising Contest For Big Ten Grid Title took possession at the Wisconsin n after a short punt. On the first play Larry Buhler smashed through left tackle, cleverly sidestepped the Wisconsin safety man and raced across the goal line. After a score less third period which saw Buhler injured, the Gophers turned the game into a rout. With Sophomore Bob Paffrath streaking 18 yards to high light the march, Minnesota drove 33 yards to the Badger II. Then George Franck, speedy halfback, knitted through left tackle for a touchdown, car rying two Badgers on his back IN his final stride. Minnesota Clearly Superior. Again. with less than minutes Of the game remaining, Mime sofa scored. A long pass. Harold Van Every to George Nash, carried the Gophers to the Wisconsin II. Franck got at tackle and then Marty Christensen, who had replaced Buhler, crashed II yards through center to score, getting great blocking which featured Min nesota’s game all afternoon. Minnesota’s superiority was refiected by the statistics. The Gophers made II first downs to for Wisconsin and piled up 25l yards hv rnShjnO IN WiScOnSin’S 112

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 21, 1938, page 4

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  MINNESOTA WINS over WISCONSIN Second Straight Big Ten Championship Title holder Now Known MADISON, Wis, Nov. 21.-Minnesofas mighty men, with devastating running attack, produced three touchdowns last Saturday afternoon for the second straight Big Ten Championship and exploded Wis consin’s long cherished dream for honors in the football empire. The sco:e wss 81 to 0 with Wis consin in the blank column.

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.

Officially, Minnesota leads 64–⁠63–⁠8; as played, 63–⁠62–⁠8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.