Minnesota at Ohio State
Saturday, October 19, 1940 Share
No. 7 Minnesota beat No. 15 Ohio State 13–7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 3–2 as played.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 37°F, 0.07 in. of rainAttendance 63,199
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1940, page 5
Read the text
Ohio State Loses Tit|e, Char mpion three Thousand Rain Drenehed Fans See Minnesota Win COLUMBUS, Oct. 2l.-The great Minnesota team wrecked Ohio States hopes of retaining the West ern Conference football title Of champions last Saturday afternoon before more than 63,000 rain- drenched fans by winning l3 to T. The Minnesota gridders repulsed two Ohio threats near the goal line.
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
- GRID THRILLS OF THE WEEK/ MINNESOTA TOPS OHIO STATE, 13-7The Minn. "Gophers" gain an early lead over the 1939 Big Ten champs, and are saved from possible defeat as the whistle halts the game with Ohio State on their one-yard line!
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)
Ohio State 58% to win. Minnesota won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Minnesota–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 48–7; as played, 49–7 in 56 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
| 2025 | Ohio State 42, Minnesota 3 | |
| 2023 | Ohio State 37, Minnesota 3 | |
| 2021 | Ohio State 45, Minnesota 31 | |
| 2018 | Ohio State 30, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2015 | Ohio State 28, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State 31, Minnesota 24 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonMinnesota in 1940
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Ohio State
- Next gameat CornellOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonOhio State in 1940
- ProgramOhio State history and records