Nebraska at Minnesota

Saturday, October 2, 1943

Minnesota beat Nebraska 54–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 19–⁠4–⁠2.

AwayNebraska2–⁠6 in 1943
0
HomeMinnesota5–⁠4 in 1943
54

FinalHigh 68°F, low 43°FAttendance 34,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Minnesota Swamps Green Nebraska Team, 81 To 0

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 3, 1943, page 8

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    Minnesota Swamps Green Nebraska Team, 81 To 0 MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. Pip Minnesota’s varsity and subs neared point minute pace against green Nebraska foot ball team here today, scoring at will to trounce the Big Six visitors 81 to 0. Three times during the first IS minutes and 10 seconds of play. the Gopher regulars got posses sion of the ball, and held the pig skin until the final Cornhusker stripe had been crossed. Then the seconds went in. and 1t was the same thing all over as the reserve marched to two more touchdoWns before the internission. Nebraska had the wind TAX en- completely out of its sails In the second half when Hoyt Mon chief, Gopher fullback. SPRUNG Tree through center for an 80-yard touchdown run.

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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 38–⁠25–⁠2 in 65 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6
2023Minnesota 13, Nebraska 10
2022Minnesota 20, Nebraska 13
2021Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23
2020Minnesota 24, Nebraska 17
2019Minnesota 34, Nebraska 7

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