Wisconsin at Minnesota

Saturday, November 22, 1941

No. 1 Minnesota beat Wisconsin 41–⁠6. It was their 51st meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 29–⁠15–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayWisconsin3–⁠5 in 1941
6
Home1Minnesota8–⁠0 in 1941
41

FinalHigh 25°F, low 21°FAttendance 52,984

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: edsis Unawed by Vated Superiority Likely Grid Smith Is Minnesota Speorheod As Wisconsin Is Crushed, 41-6 Ends College Grid Poy in AII-Amerieo Style, Figuring in Four Touehdowns

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 23, 1941, page 46

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    edsis Unawed by Vated Superiority Likely Grid Smith Is Minnesota Speorheod As Wisconsin Is Crushed, 41–⁠6 Ends College Grid Poy in AII-Amerieo Style, Figuring in Four Touehdowns MINNEAPOLIS, Nov 22-MinneSoa’s mighty tide of football Smith brilliantly riding the crest of the wave-swept today to the Gophrs to the Big mythical national football championships. With Smith winding up his college career in America fashion Minnesota rolled Badgers Al to their

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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Minnesota leads 64–⁠63–⁠8; as played, 63–⁠62–⁠8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 84 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 7
2024Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7
2023Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14
2022Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 16
2021Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 13
2020Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 17

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