Minnesota at Northwestern
Saturday, November 2, 1940 Share
No. 4 Minnesota beat No. 8 Northwestern 13–12. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 14–8–2.
FinalAttendance 48,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1940, page 36
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H. Wins Again. Minnesota Noses Out Northwestern Princeton Harvard Tie Win, Lose or Draw Into the Lair of the Bear Into the Lott OF the be0r Y, 2-Tomorrow day Of momentous intrepid football Redskins their anxetes with the Pittsburgh Seers invading Griffith Stadium Redskins will watch they will be the the Redskins will have beat again fly the National League pennant. snarng wondering those big Grizzly this with the about the finding be recalled defending fearful clawng 10, the Redskins believe they had Packers quite a football team. They behaved well handed Washington Lansde Knnck all of the other stars Redskins they snang trimming exhibition which played for beat the Packers by “a points and the Grizzlies against defensive team like the did week there plenty Of for whip the Packers twice running might be good handy push overs, either.
The Daily Alaska empire, November 4, 1940, page 5 (results column)
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1, }. ,,!ls sy;‘i;E’[| The following are final scores of important football played last Sat- urday afternoon: Notre Dame T; Army O. Navy 0; Pennsylvania 20 Colgate $; Holy Cross O. Dartmouth 26 SeWanee 0. Brown 6; Yale 2. Columbia 0; Cornell 27. Princeton 0; Harvard 0, score less. North Carolina 0; Fordham IA. Kansas State 0; Michigan State 32. Boston College 25; Manhattan 0. Indiana 6; Ohio State 21. Georgetown 28; Syracuse G. Georgia Tech ‘; Duke fl. Temple 10, Bucknell r Tulsa [; Detroit 0. Minnesota 13; Northwestern 12. Baylor 12; Texas Christian IA. Alabama 25; Kentucky 0. New York University 0; Missouri 33. Mississippi 13; Vanderbilt T.
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
- MINN. SHADES N'WESTERN, 13-12A thrilling victory by the "Gophers" over the "Wildcats" puts Minnesota in the Conference lead. Unbeaten in five starts, the "Gophers" display amazing power!
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)
Northwestern 55% to win. Minnesota won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Minnesota–Northwestern gameMinnesota leads 56–38–5 in 99 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. MichiganNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonMinnesota in 1940
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. IllinoisNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1940
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records