Camp Grant at Minnesota
Saturday, October 16, 1943 Share
No. 13 Minnesota beat Camp Grant 13–7. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 43°F, low 29°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 17, 1943, page 27
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Camp Grant–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Camp Grant
- Next gameat Fort RileyOct. 23, 1943
- SeasonCamp Grant in 1943
- ProgramCamp Grant history and records
Minnesota
- Next gameat MichiganOct. 23, 1943
- SeasonMinnesota in 1943
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
