Washington at Minnesota
Saturday, September 28, 1940 Share
Minnesota beat Washington 19–14. It was their third meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 52°FAttendance 46,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, September 30, 1940, page 5
Read the text
HU5kIE5 LOSE TO G0pHER5 Minnesota Has Speed and Luck in Beating u. Of Washington MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Sept. 80 Speed, alertness and luck gave Minnesota a 10 to IA victory over the University of Washington HuSkies last Saturday afternoon before crowd of $4,000 spectators Halfback George Franck supplied the speed with 9o-yard touch down gallop that gave the Gophers a first half lead that they never relinquished. Dean McAdams’ constant pass ing was threat. He passed to Ernie Steele and Bill Marx for Washingtcn’s two touchdowns. Ety,n miro O1o SSifiodc paw
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.
On the newsreel
- MINNESOTA TOPS WASHINGTON40,000 thrilled football fans see the hard-hitting "Gopher" eleven outscore the "Huskies," 19-14, in a gridiron thriller. Franck's 98-yard kick-off gallop is one of the highlights!
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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Washington–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 11–7 in 18 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.
| 2026 | Minnesota 27, Washington 24 | |
| 1977 | Minnesota 19, Washington 17 | |
| 1976 | Washington 38, Minnesota 7 | |
| 1960 | Washington 17, Minnesota 7 | Rose Bowl |
| 1958 | Washington 24, Minnesota 21 | |
| 1957 | Minnesota 46, Washington 7 |
Around this game
Washington
- Next gamevs. IdahoOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonWashington in 1940
- ProgramWashington history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. NebraskaOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonMinnesota in 1940
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

