Minnesota at Michigan

Saturday, October 23, 1943. Michigan took the Little Brown Jug from Minnesota

No. 10 Michigan beat No. 11 Minnesota 49–⁠6. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 19–⁠13–⁠2.

Away11Minnesota5–⁠4 in 1943
6
Home10Michigan8–⁠1 in 1943
49

FinalHigh 47°F, low 43°FAttendance 42,966

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Weekend Grid Stars

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 25, 1943, page 19 (results column)

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    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.

Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Minnesota 20, Michigan 14
2024Michigan 27, Minnesota 24
2023Michigan 52, Minnesota 10
2020Michigan 49, Minnesota 24
2017Michigan 33, Minnesota 10
2015Michigan 29, Minnesota 26

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