Minnesota at Michigan
Saturday, October 23, 1943. Michigan took the Little Brown Jug from Minnesota Share
No. 10 Michigan beat No. 11 Minnesota 49–6. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 19–13–2.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 43°FAttendance 42,966
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 25, 1943, page 19 (results column)
Read the text
Weekend Grid Stars ELROY HiRSCH. MICHIGAN Scored three times, once on 81 yard run as Wolverines drubbed Minnesota, 49–6. Hal Hamberg, Navy–Passed for three touchdowns, scored one as Navy defeated Georgia Tech, IS to Ia. Bruce Smith. ST. Mary’s Prefight-Got the Filters clicking for a 1910 victory over California, scoring three touchdowns and in tercepting three passes. Pete Pihos, Indiana-Caught a pass at end for one touchdown, then went into backfield and scored two more in $40 defeat OF Wisconsin. Nick Sacrinity, Wake Forest Took VMI kickoff and ran “a yards through entire team for touchdown i’m 21–0 victory. Bobby Williams, Penn State Scored three touchdowns, set up another in 45–0 victory over Mary. land. Brothers George and Howard Callahan. Southern California Engineered the touchdown that may bring Rose Bowl bid. producing 60 victory over College oil Pacific. 1t was a 26-yard pass from George TO Howard. Tony Butkovich, Purdue Spanked Purdues late offensive with two final period touchdoWns making three for the day in q 28–7 win over Iowa. Steve Van Buren,, Louisiana State-Brought point total 10 SO for the season with three touch. downs and two conversions against Georgia in 27–6 victory.
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)
Michigan 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Minnesota–Michigan gameMichigan leads 78–26–3 in 107 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.
| 2026 | Minnesota 20, Michigan 14 | |
| 2024 | Michigan 27, Minnesota 24 | |
| 2023 | Michigan 52, Minnesota 10 | |
| 2020 | Michigan 49, Minnesota 24 | |
| 2017 | Michigan 33, Minnesota 10 | |
| 2015 | Michigan 29, Minnesota 26 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 30, 1943
- SeasonMinnesota in 1943
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Michigan
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 30, 1943
- SeasonMichigan in 1943
- ProgramMichigan history and records

