Ohio State at Minnesota

Saturday, October 27, 1945

No. 12 Ohio State beat No. 5 Minnesota 20–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 4–⁠3 as played.

Away12Ohio State7–⁠2 in 1945
20
Home5Minnesota4–⁠5 in 1945
7

FinalHigh 63°F, low 31°FAttendance 56,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Ohio State Buckeyes Down Minnesota, 2O-1

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 28, 1945, page 1

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    Ohio State Buckeyes Down Minnesota, 2O-1 every man on his travelling squad. sending players in and out OF the game in clusters as the lead In creased. Each man seemed well trained on how to keep the Gopaers in the hole. Minnesota’s touchdown came In the second period. The Gophers took the ball on their own 34.yard line. Fullback Vic Kulbitski made yard, then Halfback Tommy Gates grabbed a pass on his 80 and ran ga yards for the score, picking up a whole crew Of block ers after getting through right guard. Merlin Kispert converted. Otherwise, Minnesota was held to but one serious scoring threat. Midway in the third period pass over the line to End Judd Ringer put the ball on the 15-yard line. Kulbitski went to the vineyard line in three tries. But the Ohio State | line held.

  • The Toledo union journal. (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current's story: Little Brown JUG Ar Stake

    Toledo union journal. (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, Ohio, November 2, 1945, page 8

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    Little Brown JUG Ar Stake ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov 3 All the football chips will be down and the competition will be at its keenest this weekend as Minnesota and Michigan square off in their traditional Little Brown jug struggle here Saturday. The largest home crowd since 1943, an expected $4,000 per sons, will witness the game between the teams, each once beated in Western Conference competition. 1t will be the seth game between the two rivals with Michigan holding the edge by winning 20 games, losing l3 and tying two. Instead of perhaps taking Minnesota a bit more lightly because of its 20–⁠7 loss at the hands of Ohio State, Coach

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 55% to win. Ohio State pulled the upset.

Officially, Ohio State leads 48–⁠7; as played, 49–⁠7 in 56 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ohio State 42, Minnesota 3
2023Ohio State 37, Minnesota 3
2021Ohio State 45, Minnesota 31
2018Ohio State 30, Minnesota 14
2015Ohio State 28, Minnesota 14
2014Ohio State 31, Minnesota 24

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