Fort Warren at Minnesota
Saturday, October 13, 1945 Share
No. 5 Minnesota beat Fort Warren 14–0. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 33°FAttendance 32,465
In the newspapers
Detroit evening times, October 14, 1945, page 15
Read the text
Gophers Extended to Beat Fort Warren, Ii to o third by the hard-charging Ft. Warren line. Minnesota scored in the second quarter and in the last, but the final touchdown came only after Fl. Warren threatened to tie the game. Hudson Mealey and Tom Gates, Minnesota backs, scored the two touchdowns for the Gophers while Merlin Kispert made both conversions.
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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Fort Warren–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Fort Warren
- Next gameat Great Lakes NavyNov. 17, 1945
- SeasonFort Warren in 1945
- ProgramFort Warren history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. NorthwesternOct. 20, 1945
- SeasonMinnesota in 1945
- ProgramMinnesota history and records