Minnesota at Wisconsin
Saturday, November 21, 1942 Share
No. 7 Wisconsin beat No. 10 Minnesota 20–6. It was their 52nd meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 29–16–5 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 35°F, low 29°FAttendance 46,000
In the newspapers

The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., November 23, 1942, page 1
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Wisconsin TRIPS Minnesota; Yale Defeats Harvard COLUMBUS. 0his-ohie state won the nir Ten football championship today BY defeating Michigan ~ to hefars a crowd Of 1000. Cephsrs C Down, 20 les MADISON. wt.--wl<cnn.n iny<&s festsd The University a Minnesota 1s.a. Penn State Trims panihers STATE eosIx”x r.-Fs=aF~a - ~ peysra ‘sshar~r q freshman Larry Joe Penn fhss 1<ss<d PIT before i7ooo feonsH xsns eeth Boston College Triumphant sosroN-ncston College the sss~f<.t-d ball team scofed 81 10 victory ss6slar& hosnn University. to-day. Ferdham Upssis Missouri Team NEW rOnk-Fafdhsm Missouri bal team a muddy field to-day. . to - 0ihsr Final Scores YAH 4 u.y.rs a r~mps “a. 0&lsssws 80. :. $3.50. Arksssss ~ p>tssss $500. . - Mirhsss :. “. ssstuta ssrscn>e ~ nsssers :. Va esr””ss N Nrx’nss u No orsss f~kss O. fmasi mssv Cs~~s ~ manh.an~

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 22, 1942, page 1
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MADISON, Wis, Nov. n CUPl -Wisconsins best football team in years went through, over, and around a Minnesota eleven today for a smashing 20–6 victory before a capacity crowd of $4,000 Paced by its H boys-Elroy HirSch. Pat Harder and Mark HoSknS Wisconsin broke Mime Sota’S 10-year victory string in the fifty-second renewal Of one OF the oldest rivalrieS in football. Wisconsin lost no time in assert ing its superiority over the Gopher eleven. On the second play after the kickoff Hirsch passed from his own 81 10 Dave SChreiner who scampcred for A touchdown with the entire Minnesota team in purchtt

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1942, page 1 (results column)
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Stors Saturday Joe Day. Oregon state fullback-out al week with injuries, he returned to Beaver lineup and scored twice once on 55-Sard run, to help defeat OREGON, Monk Gaford, halfback. and Jim Reynolds, fullback. Auburn-Romped behind the stubborn Auburn line to turn in biggest upset of season, 81 scored two touchdowns. Gafford one Pat Harder Wisconsin fullbs ok Punched over touchdown in FIRST three minutes to start Badgers OF on 20–6 win over Minnesota. Charles csuri. Ohio State tackle Broke through to block Michigan punt and set up Buckeyes first score in Big Ten title-deciding fray against Michigan. For first time since 1899. Ohio State defeated wolverines. 81 to :. Tim Hopes, Yale halfback-Went en yards on last-period pass-and run over Harvard and Big Three cham pionship. Windell williams Rice end-As Tanker. he caught, passes and made bach he sained s Is yards and i scored aa, touchdown in Rices 26-to-0 conquest of Texas Christian. Glenn Dohbs, Tulsa ouarterbsck--- Rallied trailing but unbeaten Hurricsho Sr c se Entered s’q% nDs period Gsss tied at 10 each. Mit Smith. UCLA end-Smothered wild pass by Washington center on own 70 70 insure Bruins l4-to.lo Pacific halted last-minute Huskie march which had carried to 1-yard line. Blondy Black. Mississippi State half hack-Raced 95 yards for one touch down, scored two others in 34-to-13 win over Mississippi. Larry Joe. Penn State halfback- Hurried 80 yards with second half Kickoff to break scoreless tie. Penn State finally defeated Pittsburgh, 1915. Mike Holovak, Boston College half back--Played little more than half the time In 3T-to-0 rout of Boston University, but piled up 155 yards sained In 81 tries. CROWN Clatt, Notre Dame fullback-.lempts and scored two touchdcvns to Aelp beat Northwestern, % to 90.

The Daily Alaska empire, November 23, 1942, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL :. SCORES The following are final scores of football games played last Satur- day afternoon throughout the Ma tion: University of Washington 10; UCLA IA. Stanford 26; California ‘. Oregon 2; Oregon State 39. Washington State 6; Second Air Force 6, tie. Portland University IA; Idaho 20 Auburn 27; Georgia 13. Ohio State 21; Michigan ‘. Lehigh T; Lafayette ‘, tie. West Virginia 0; Michigan State l7 Pitt 6; Penn State IA Syracuse l2; Rutgers ‘. Missouri l2; Fordham 20. Wisconsin 20; Minnesota 6. Arkansas IA, Detroit ‘. Boston University 0; Boston Col lege 37. Manhattan 0, Holy Cross 28. Harvard 3, Yale ‘. North Carolina State 0; Duke 1T Ohio Wesleyan l3; Western Re- serve 12. Xavier 0; Cincinnati g. John Hopkins 6; Drexel %. Lakehurst Naval Training Sta tion 27; Muhlenberg ‘. Great Lakes G. Illinois O. Oklahoma ‘; Temple IA North Carolina 28; Virginia 13 Indiana 20; Purdue O. North Carolina Preflight IA Will liam and Mary O. Georgetown 21; George Wash ington o. Dickinson 20; Gettysburg 45. Princeton q Army 40. Nebraska o: Iowa Navy 46 Dartmouth 26; Columbia l3. 7, Northwestern 20; Notre Dame 27 Florida ‘; Georgia Tech 20. Tennessee 26; Kentucky O. Tulsa B; Creighton l9. Southern Methodist G. Baylor 6 tie. Texas Christian 0; Rice 26. Hardin Simmons 0; Texas Tecf 0, tie. Drake 12; Oklahoma Aggies 55. Wyoming 6; Utah State IA. Iowa State 6; Kansas State T. Colorado College 13; Creole! State l4 .-o i B Alabama 27; Vanderbilt I. q q Mississippi 13; Mississippi Stat, 1 34 mol 1lkfNt9H F@ ta5 Davidson 9; Citadel 21. r Furlnan IT Clemson l2 l Jacksonville Navy Is; Pensacola l Navy l0.j 8~al n fd)D sl ] Newberry ‘; University of Chat tanooga 33a
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 52% to win. Wisconsin won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Minnesota–Wisconsin gameOfficially, 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 83 since this game.
| 2025 | Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2024 | Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2023 | Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2022 | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 16 | |
| 2021 | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 2020 | Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 17 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. MissouriSept. 25, 1943
- SeasonMinnesota in 1942
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. MarquetteSept. 18, 1943
- SeasonWisconsin in 1942
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

