Wisconsin at Minnesota
Saturday, November 20, 1943 Share
Minnesota beat Wisconsin 25–13. It was their 53rd meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 30–16–5 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 42°F, low 28°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 21, 1943, page 6
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Minnesota Registers Victory Over Wisconsin MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 20.-tR,- Minnesota defeated Wisconsin today, Is to 10 to wind up it’s big ten season with record of two wins and three losses. Minnesota scored first on Az. ery’s 61-yard run after taking a lateral. but Wisconsin came back with John Kuenzler dashing 81 yards to score. Kuenzler also kick. ed the extra point and the Badgers led z to 6. That margin lasted only 30 sec onds, however, as Wayne Williams Embossed long forward pass which Avery took on the dead run for 67-yard touchdown gain.

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 22, 1943, page 19 (results column)
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Best Service Teams In Years 10 Clash IN Top Number NEW YORK. Nov. 22-The college football season winds up this week with the ArrV-Navy traditional classic at West Point in the No., spot. There is tremendous interest, of course, in the Notre Dame Great Lakes game at Chicago and to a lesser extent in such sectional rivalries as Penn-Cornell, Brown Colgate (both Thanksgiving Day. TeXas-TeXas Aggies, Georgia Tech Georgia and Southern California u. G. L. A. The annual service clash dwarfs all others more than ever this year, however, as both the Cadets and Middies boast their strongest teams in many, many seasons. Only mighty Notre Dame has defeated them. In stead of the mammoth crowd Of 100000 that used to view the game at Philadelphia, however, only those living within a 10-mile radius Of West Point are eligible to purchase the $4,000 tickets available. This wartime transportation restriction was adopted a year ago when the game was played at Annapolis and Navy upset favored Army team. Army tuned up for its prime OBJ jective by overwhelming Brown, $50, on Saturday. Navy was idle. Tradition Inspires Irish. The big news of the week end was Notre Danes comeback to squeeze past the formidable Iowa Seahawks, 14-l3, and Coach Frank Leahy finally admitting he has a cham ptunship team He didn’t say so, but: by inference he believes his boys sheuld take Great Lakes this week to become Notre Danes first unbeaten, united eleven since Knute Roekne’s 1880 aggregation. ,Rerhaps the inspiration derived from a visit to Rockne’s grave before the game helped Notre Dame rise, to every occasion, AS the PLAYERS bowed their heads, Leahy said: Fellows, there was the man who made the fighting Irish a great tradition. Let’s not let him down today” In another exciting game, Purdues Boilermakers finished their season unbeaten and united by put ting on great goal line stand in the final minute to defeat In diana, TO. Randolph Field of Texas and Colorado College retained their perfeet records by beating the North Texas Aggies, 2o-13, and Colorado University, 60. Results Of Other Games. Dartmouth, beaten only by Penn sylvania, 7–6, wound up satisfactory season by lacing Princeton, 42–13 Villanova and Al Postus whipped Temple, BAT, while Penn State humbled Pitt, 14–0, and Lafaycite upset Rutgers, 90. In other outstanding games Duke trounced North Carolina, 27–6; Kansas upset Missouri, 7–6; North western whacked Illinois, 53–6; Great Lakes beat Marquette, 1856; Colgate licked Columbia. 40; Mich igan ran over Ohio State, 45–7; Minnesota took Wisconsin, 25–13; Rice beat Texas Christian, 1876; Texas Tech doWned Southern Meth odist, rs, and Del, Monte Preflight stamped itself as. one of the best Pacific Coast outfits by trouncing st. Mary’s Predight, 37–14.
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 Wisconsin–Minnesota gameOfficially, Minnesota leads 64–63–8; as played, 63–62–8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.
| 2025 | Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2024 | Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2023 | Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2022 | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 16 | |
| 2021 | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 2020 | Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 17 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gameat NorthwesternSept. 30, 1944
- SeasonWisconsin in 1943
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. Iowa Pre-FlightNov. 27, 1943
- SeasonMinnesota in 1943
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

