Missouri at Minnesota
Saturday, September 25, 1943 Share
Minnesota beat Missouri 26–13. It was their first meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 36°FAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Missouri–Minnesota gameMissouri leads 5–3–1 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 2014 | Missouri 33, Minnesota 17 | Citrus Bowl |
| 1970 | Missouri 34, Minnesota 12 | |
| 1966 | Missouri 24, Minnesota 0 | |
| 1965 | Missouri 17, Minnesota 6 | |
| 1962 | Missouri 0, Minnesota 0 | |
| 1961 | Missouri 6, Minnesota 0 |
Around this game
Missouri
- Next gameat Ohio StateOct. 2, 1943
- SeasonMissouri in 1943
- ProgramMissouri history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. NebraskaOct. 2, 1943
- SeasonMinnesota in 1943
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

