Minnesota at Nebraska
Saturday, October 7, 1939 Share
Nebraska beat Minnesota 6–0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 15–4–2.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 51°FAttendance 33,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 9, 1939, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: Stanford O: Oregon 10. Idaho 6; oregon State ‘. Washington State 0, Southern California 27 St. Mary’s ‘; California 3. University of Washington ‘; U. CHA. IA. Alabama T. Fordham 6. West Virginia 0; Pitt 20 Missouri 0; Ohio State 19. Bates 0; Harvard 20. Rochester o; Oberlin 12. Western Reserve 12; Ohio U. l4. DePauw 6; Ohio Wesleyan 33. Virginia Military Institute 2; Dav- idson O. Auburn 0; Tulane 12 Texas Christian 13; Arkansas 14. Iowa State 32; Indiana 29. Kentucky 21; Vanderbilt 13. Brown 20: Amherst Ia. Syracuse 6; Cornell l9. Rhode Island 0; Name 24. Franklin Marshall 2, Boston U. 13. New York U. 43; Penn Military 0. Michigan State 13, Michigan 26, LaFayette 0; Pennsylvania 6. Bucknell 3; Penn State l3. Worcester Tech 6; Coast Guard Academy 0. Williams 6; Princeton 26. Centre 6; Army 2. Columbia ‘; Yale 10. Louisiana State 26; Holy Cross T. Carnegie Tech 6; Temple 0. Colgate 0; Duke 37. Texas IT; Wisconsin T. Iowa State 0; Kansas IA. Minnesota 0: Nebraska 6. Georgia Tech IA; Notre Dame IT.. Oklahoma 23; Northwestern O

The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 9, 1939, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores Football finals-Alabama State 7, Forhlaln 6 West Virginia 0-Pitt 20 Missouri 0-Ohio Stat 19 Center 6--Army 2 Columbia 7-Yale 10 Louisiana State 26-Holy Cross Carnegie Tech 6-Temple 0 Colgate 0-Duke 37 Texas 17-Wisconsin 7 Minnesota 0-Nebraska 6 Iowa State 0-Kansas 14 Georgia Tech 14-Notre Dame IT Oklahoma 23-Northwestern 0 Stanford 0-Oregon 10 Idaho 6-Oregon State 2 UCLA 14-Washington 2 Washington State eSouthern Cal 27 St. Marys 7-California 3
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 55% to win. Nebraska won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Minnesota–Nebraska gameMinnesota leads 38–25–2 in 65 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.
| 2025 | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6 | |
| 2023 | Minnesota 13, Nebraska 10 | |
| 2022 | Minnesota 20, Nebraska 13 | |
| 2021 | Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23 | |
| 2020 | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 17 | |
| 2019 | Minnesota 34, Nebraska 7 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. PurdueOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonMinnesota in 1939
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Nebraska
- Next gameat Iowa StateOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonNebraska in 1939
- ProgramNebraska history and records

