Nebraska at Minnesota
Saturday, September 30, 1944 Share
Minnesota beat Nebraska 39–0. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 20–4–2.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 47°FAttendance 21,876
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 1, 1944, page 15
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Gophers Crush Nebraska, $50 MINNEAPOLIS Sept-2n- INS4 The Golden Gophers of Mime sofa ran roughShod over Ne braSka, 80 TO 0, today. The GophcrS Tailed in every period except the last, and their line proved a powerhouse on both offense and defense, holding the Cornhuskers to a single first down by rushing Matt Sutton, Minnesota sub fullback. scored twice from the 5-yard line on both occasions. The her,touchdownS were taken care of by Herb Braun. Mutsy Nolan, Phil McManuS and Chuck Mealy The GopherS pushed across three touchdowns IN the second quarter, two on long runs. Nolan ran So Yards for one and Nc Manus 40 for the other.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 2, 1944, page 3 (results column)
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FOOTBALL . SCORES The following are final scores of prominent football games played over the weekend: Denver, IA; Kansas City, IA. Tie. Indiana, 20; Michigan, 0. Duke, T; Penn, IS. Missouri, O.; Ohio State, 54. Notre Dame, 58; Pitt, O. Muhlenberg, IS; Penn State, 58. Coast Guard Academy, 3; Yale, T. North Carolina Preflight, 21; Navy, IA. Case, T; West Virginia, 32. North Carolina, O. Army, 46. Colgate, 13; Rochester, 20. Nebraska, 0; Minnesota, 39. Holy Cross, 6; Dartmouth, 6. Tie. Wisconsin, T; Northwestern, 6. Brown, A; Tufts, 0. BuckneH, 0; Cornell, .26. Southwestern of Texas, 0; Texas, 20 Illinois, 26; Great Lakes, 26.
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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Nebraska–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 38–25–2 in 65 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.
| 2025 | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6 | |
| 2023 | Minnesota 13, Nebraska 10 | |
| 2022 | Minnesota 20, Nebraska 13 | |
| 2021 | Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23 | |
| 2020 | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 17 | |
| 2019 | Minnesota 34, Nebraska 7 |
Around this game
Nebraska
- Next gameat IndianaOct. 14, 1944
- SeasonNebraska in 1944
- ProgramNebraska history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 7, 1944
- SeasonMinnesota in 1944
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

