Nebraska at Minnesota
Saturday, October 2, 1943 Share
Minnesota beat Nebraska 54–0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 19–4–2.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 43°FAttendance 34,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 3, 1943, page 8
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Nebraska–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 38–25–2 in 65 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.
| 2025 | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6 | |
| 2023 | Minnesota 13, Nebraska 10 | |
| 2022 | Minnesota 20, Nebraska 13 | |
| 2021 | Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23 | |
| 2020 | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 17 | |
| 2019 | Minnesota 34, Nebraska 7 |
Around this game
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. IndianaOct. 9, 1943
- SeasonNebraska in 1943
- ProgramNebraska history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. Camp GrantOct. 16, 1943
- SeasonMinnesota in 1943
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

