Camp Grant at Minnesota

Saturday, October 16, 1943

No. 13 Minnesota beat Camp Grant 13–⁠7. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayCamp Grant2–⁠6–⁠2 in 1943
7
Home13Minnesota5–⁠4 in 1943
13

FinalHigh 43°F, low 29°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Minnesota Holds Off Driving Camp Grant

    Evening star, October 17, 1943, page 27

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    Minnesota Holds Off Driving Camp Grant MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 10 Minnesota pulled a 13 to 7 victory out of the fire from Camp Grant today, holding two touchdown drives In the fourth period when the SOL diers seemed unstoppable. The real drama of the game came when 21a minutes remained, and the Gophers started stalling. Penal ties put the ball on the l and then Bill Garnaas, quarterback, started to do what everybody expected, to take an intentional safety. The Warriors didn’t drive in and Gar naas instead ran the ball out 81 yards for the first down. In a few plays, the whistle sounded. The Gophers halted the Soldiers on the 6 and 10 yard lines, respeclively, in the final period drives. Minnesota got both it’s scores in the second period while Camp Grant scored in the third quarter.

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 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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