Missouri at Minnesota

Saturday, September 25, 1943

Minnesota beat Missouri 26–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMissouri3–⁠5 in 1943
13
HomeMinnesota5–⁠4 in 1943
26

FinalHigh 61°F, low 36°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Alert Gophers Beat Missouri

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, September 26, 1943, page 1

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    Alert Gophers Beat Missouri MINNEAPOLIS, Sept . up A quick-hltting Unlyersitys of Minnesota football team. making up IN alertneSs what il lacked In polish. smashed the lighter Missour Big SIX champions TO WIN, 70 10 l3. today The GopherS marched down the field twice MI>SourIS best defense was an aerial attack Both teams fumbled frequently. Minnesota $ slerlneSS AT InterCeptlon was good Tor at least one touchdown The slippery running of Wayne tRedD Williams. the Gophers best ground gamer as well as his Sharp-Shooting distance passes, was a key factor in Minnesota’S attack. Another Minnesota star was quarterback Bill GarnaaS. who grabbed a pass and run I’M moleSted for a touchdown from Missouri s 2S

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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Missouri leads 5–⁠3–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
2014Missouri 33, Minnesota 17Citrus Bowl
1970Missouri 34, Minnesota 12
1966Missouri 24, Minnesota 0
1965Missouri 17, Minnesota 6
1962Missouri 0, Minnesota 0
1961Missouri 6, Minnesota 0

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