Michigan at Minnesota

Saturday, November 9, 1940. Minnesota kept the Little Brown Jug

No. 2 Minnesota beat No. 3 Michigan 7–⁠6. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 18–⁠11–⁠2.

Away3Michigan7–⁠1 in 1940
6
Home2Minnesota8–⁠0 in 1940
7

FinalHigh 43°F, low 35°FAttendance 60,481

In the newspapers

  • The The Sauk Centre herald's story: @|TLOCALS@1 81

    The Sauk Centre herald, Minnesota, November 14, 1940, page 4

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    @|TLOCALS@1 81 Mrs. H. P. Hager and daughter and Mrs. Tom Sullivan and son, Tommy, of st. Paul, were held here early this week after they had visited for the weekend at the | home of Mrs. Sullivan’s parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Hildebrand. Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Fallon, of Great | Falls, Montana, were detained here | early this week. Cousins of Mrs. Hildebrand, they were enroute through here to New York. Mrs. Fred wilkins, of Mime apolis, arrived Friday and visited until Sunday at the home of MI. and Mrs. r. v. Carlson. Mrs. Will kins is a sister of Mrs. Carlson. Mrs. M. A. Cole returned last Thursday from Brandon after car ing for her sister-in-law, Mrs. Hen ry Christensen. During Mrs. Coles absence, her daughter, Mrs. Will lard Eddy, of Nelson, came to the home in Sank Centre. Mrs. Eddy ( is the former Bernice Cole. Mrs. Hector Chelling and daughter, Mercedes, Mrs. George Smith, of Little Falls, Mrs. Joe Chelling, Of Fort Ripley, and Mrs. Grace | Sullivan, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, were visitors Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Bastien and family. DR.. and Mrs. David Beerge, OF Roseau, were visitors in this city Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Bonaime and daughters. DR.. and Mrs. Beerge were enroute to their home after attending the Minnesota Michigan football game in Minneapolis. Mrs. Sarah Mattison, Of Seattle, Washington, who visited with Mrs. w. F. Brown and family, in this city. from last week Monday until Friday, left on Friday evening for New London for a visit with her sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Robinson re- turned to their home here Sunday after visiting for a week in Kim ball and Howard Lake. A week ago they had accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Lennox, of Kimball to their home. Mr.. and Mrs. Len nox had spent the weekend in this city. A number of Sank Centre people sat in the downpour as Minnesota beat Michigan Saturday 7 to 6 : Among them were: Mr.. and Mrs / c. s. Thomas, G. D. Shively, DR. [ and Mrs. A. J. Mayer, Mr. and Mrs Pat Dubois, DR.. and Mrs. Lyle / johnson, DR.. A. w. Johnson, Dewe, = and Frank O’Gara. ;. Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Cliff ant 8 baby, Of Minneapolis, and Mr.. ant Mrs Thomas Masek, of st. Paul ! were weekend visitors with Mr.. ant e Mrs. L. A. Pierson. While the res I returned on Sunday, Mrs. Cliff re !” mained here this week. Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Rath, o J. Mankato, arrived here Saturda, and are guests in the home of thei daughter, Mrs. Dewey O’Gara an u family. Mr.. and Mrs. OGara me $ them in Minneapolis Saturday. q Mr.. and Mrs. AL Westergaard AM ,. daughter, Beverly, of Stockholm Saskatchewan, arrived last Thurs / day afternoon and are guests II e the home of the lady’s sister, Mrs s. Earl Pangburn and family. MI Pangburn, employed on a schoo y !, building job in Shakopee, joine’ them here for the weekend. . Mrs. A. T. Meigs and childrel accompanied the formers sister Miss Dona Miller, to st. Paul Sun e day for a visit with her parents + Miss Miller had been a guest O > her sister since Friday when sh I. spoke before Gradatim Club o. - her trip to South America. Mr.: Meigs is this week at the home @ = !. her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E, T l Miller. & Humphrey Moynihan, 70, died 1 j. st. Paul late Armistice Day, hi L brother, DR.. A. F. Moynihan, G le this city, learned Tuesday. Deaf :. was caused by a stroke. DR.. Moyn u han said Wednesday that all tn information on the death he ha – was in telegram. He had no il 4 formation on funeral services fo !, his Oldest brother. Death Of M !” Moynihan leaves DR.. Moynihan, c – this city, the last Of a family G q four brothers. Mrs. J. A. Rose left last Thur. = day for Minneapolis where she visiting with friends. Miss Ethel Deters, of MINI, y apolis, and Mrs. Helen Larson, { \ Glenwood, were visitors Sunday 6 the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Georg Sieben. Miss Dorothy Steines. Of Ale! lO andria, spent the weekend at til o7 home of her parents, Mr.. and Mr. % Ted Steines. II ---------- “a nun vnUrp cuynrHVINy SuyEU r

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: ART Jones HURLS I SPIDERS TO WIN I'M 63 1894 Watch Minnesota Crush Michigan's Hopes, z To { ,o,cb Ray Wolf Makes Mis- tote Of Playing His second Stringers

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1940, page 1

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    ART Jones HURLS I SPIDERS TO WIN I’M 63 1894 Watch Minnesota Crush Michigan’s Hopes, z To { ,o,cb Ray Wolf Makes Mistote Of Playing His second Stringers ,,rHNOND, Va, Nov. e,-R- Jones. the University OF ‘.sr,onds ace triplethreat, ..ssd the Spiders to a surpris- H-13 victory over the Univer- = North Carolina f o t b a l before $500 pop-eyed spec +tors here today r,o 1ankv Jones threw ten yards oh (Swede) Erickson, soph 10, IA put Richmond ahead in su’ FIRST period and then sent the .,ars ont in Front again early in fo,,rth with a 14-yard aerial L. ‘ nick Humbert, Erickson’s run .,5 mate. Jones placekicked both gra points. led by Frank o’Hare and Sid ,-s,ff Carolina moved steadily s’n o’ the Tar Heels II to a touch LAWN in the second, O’Hare going y, his right tackle five yards to .1Iy. Harry Dunkle missed the ,lscement attempt and the Spiders s.Nained ahead 7 to 6. With Sadoff tearing the Rich -,ond line to pieces, the Tar Heels ~orcbed from their 26 to another .~rcbdown in the third, Sadoff S.or;ag from the three. Dunkle’s, .iscement was good this time, and csroIjna was on top by IS to 7. The Tar Heels were without the ,srvices of jim (SweeD Lalanne, their leading back, and Paul Sc verin. all : American end, who we’re out with injuries. Lalanne went in for one play in the third rerjod scoring drive to pass Is Yards to John Miller, Rookie end, Int SEVERN did not enter the game at all. Even with these stars out, how ever. Carolina was slated to win about as she pleased and Coach Ray Wolf played second and third stringers throughout the opening period and sent them in again in the third after the regulars had gone out in front. Cardinals hard-running backs, got is first downs to eight for Richmond, piling up a net of 205 Yards rushing to 81 for Richmond, but it was just too much Jones for the Tar Heels to handle. Jones connected with seven of Is aerial for 123 yards, his quick-kicking was brilliant and he almost shook himself loose for touchdowns several times with some f n y stepping on punt returns.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: MINNESOTA TAkE5LEAD, GRID TITLE Defeat Michigan by Close Score of ! 10 6 Before Immense Crowd

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 11, 1940, page 5

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    MINNESOTA TAkE5LEAD, GRID TITLE Defeat Michigan by Close Score of ! 10 6 Before Immense Crowd MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov IL. Minnesota made it seven in a row over Michigan, winning to 6 last Saturday afternoon to take the lead in the Western Confer ence race and retain the Little Brown Jug” for another year. The game was played before 63. 900 fans, the largest crowd in history, and took place in a pour ing rain. Minnesota won on margin placekick by reliable Joe Mernik who duplicated the feat a week ago against Northwestern. In its second fumbled game, it was M h igan’s ball on Minnesota’s s six when Tom Harmon passed to Evashevski in the end zone The famous Michigan back failed to convert when he missed the placekick. The Minnesota Gophers ran up the score past their rivals when Bruce Smith ran 30 yards to q touchdown and Mernik converted.

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 30

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    NEW YORK, Nov. 9-Minnesofa, Texas A. and NJ, and STAN ford hurdled formidable oppositon in their sweep toward Sec tional football championships today, but other unbeaten leaders, particularly in the East, suffered severe losses in prestige. Minnesota, clashing with Michigan in a struggle of I’M beaten, united giants before a record crowd of 1894 at Mime apolis, hammered out 7–⁠6 vic tory and virtually clinched the Western Conference champion ship. Texas A. and M. met its most dangerous Southwest Conference rival, Southern Methodist, and won 1877. Stanford, intercollegiate footballs most amazing outfit this season, over came Washington’s 1910 lead and tripped the Huskies, 20–⁠10, to gain an apparent strangle-hold on the Pacific Coast title and . berth in the Rose Bowl New Year Day.

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 MICHIGAN, 7-6Tom Harmon and the undefeated "Wolverines" go down to defeat at the hands of the "Gopher" powerhouse in a rainy, cold stadiumUniversal Newsreel, November 12, 1940. Catalog record at the National Archives

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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.

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