Indiana at Minnesota

Saturday, October 5, 1946

Indiana beat Minnesota 21–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 11–⁠4–⁠2.

AwayIndiana6–⁠3 in 1946
21
HomeMinnesota5–⁠4 in 1946
0

FinalHigh 77°F, low 53°F, 1.15 in. of rainAttendance 53,648

In the newspapers

  • The St. Paul recorder's story: Sport Shots

    St. Paul recorder, St. Paul, Minn., October 11, 1946, page 6

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    Sport Shots by OOCAh NE W MAN In defeating Minnesota 21–⁠0 last Saturday, Indiana showed a team that combined experience with fine defensive and offensive play TO put a damper on Mr.. Bierman’s title hopes. Indiana made many costly fumbles but displayed fine recuperalive powers on all occasions. Minnesota played like one Of those kid park teams just learning the rudiments Of football. It’s blocking for which Il has been famous In past years was nowhere In sight. Their backfeld men apparently couldn’t fight their way out Of n paper sack II Il had q hole In Il. 70 make q long story short, they were not up TO the old Minnesota standard. Indiana came up here with n host Of fine performers who literally made life miserable for the poor III Gophers. Mel Groomes, veteran sepia halfback, spent more time in the Minnesota secondary than IN his own backfield. He proved 70 DC One “ bilo AneSb JUL NhiNAeNn Of the game with his 47-yard jaunt through Minnesota’s line. In addition 10 Groomes, “Bo” Mcmillan had Hugh MeKinnis and j. Bibbs who also did a fine job. Concerning the “Lil” World Sc ries in Louisville: While Jackie Robinson, Montreals famed Negro second basemRn, was making base ball history inside the Parkview field, at Louisville, members Of his race were subjected TO many forms Of discrimination outside. Negroes “‘‘‘‘‘”‘‘” BUY M0RE ‘”‘‘‘”~”” US. SAVINGS B0NDS

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Indiana Nips Gophers By Score Of Fl To 0

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 6, 1946, page 1

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    Indiana Nips Gophers By Score Of Fl To 0 MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 5.-P)-Indiana’s defending big nine cham pions won their first conference victory of the 1916 season by trouncing Minnesota today 81 to 0. 1t was Minnesota’s first and In diana’s second conference game. The Holsters counted two of their touchdowns in the third quarter and the third in the final period.

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 7, 1946, page 11 (results column)

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    NEW YORK, Oct. Texas, Notre Dame and Army-the big three of college football at this stage of the campaign-face busy after noon next Saturday, with the Grip pied Cadets taking on the toughest chore of the trio. After hurdling Villanova, Okla homa and Cornell with various degrees of success, Army now runs smack into a powerful Michigan crew also shooting for a place among the Nations leaders. The Cadets, playing without the injured Doc Blanchard for the second straight week, rolled over Cornell, 1921, Saturday while Michigan stopped Iowa, 14–⁠7, for its second Western Conference success. Texas meets Oklahoma in their annual State Fair classic at Dallas. AS the Sooners were squeaking past Texas A. and M, 10–⁠7, last week, the Long Horns crushed Oklahoma A. and M, 54–⁠6, handing the Aggies their first defeat in % starts. Having piled up 172 points in three games, Texas looks like the No. l power of them all. Notre Dame Meets Purdue. Notre Dame, which breezed past Pittsburgh, 1910, will be at home to take on Purdue, which absorbed a 43–⁠7 beating by an, Illinois team that lost to the Irish by 20 points the previous week. The Army Michigan scuff1e at Ann Arbor. expected to draw 10000, OBJ viously will be the top attraction of the day. Western Conference tussles will send Illinois to Indiana, 21–⁠0 conuueror of Minnesota; Ohio State to Wisconsin and Minnesota to North western. Ohio State won its intersectional duel with Southern Cali fornia, 21–⁠0, Saturday, while North western downed Wisconsin, $50. In the East, Columbia and Yale will get together at New Haven for a battle between two unbeaten clubs, and Dartmouth, fresh from 21–⁠14 triumph over Syracuse, moves in against powerful Pennsylvania, which smothered Lafayette, $50. Columbia turned back Navy, 23–⁠14, and Yale topped Colgate, 27–⁠6. Duke, whipped 12–⁠7 by Tennessee, will be at Navy, with both trying to bounce back. Other Eastern head liners will find Penn State at Syracuse, Temple at Pittsburgh, Villa nova at Holy Cross, Rutgers at N. Y. u, Colgate at Cornell, Rhode Island at Brown and Harvard at Prince ton. U. C. L. A. Opposes Stanford. On the other side of the country stout U. G. l.. A., which humbled Washington, 1918, will entertain Stanford, 1877 winner over a good San Francisco club, in the Pacific Coast headliner. Southern Cal, rap idly relinquishing the favorite’s role in the Coast Conference to U. G. L. A., invades Oregon State, and Washington will be at Washington State Southeastern Conference struggiles will send Florida to Vanderbilt, 10 conqueror of Mississippi, and Mississippi to Georgia Tech, 1916 winner over V. NJ I. Tulane, which whipped Florida, 27–⁠13, will enter tain Rice, and Texas A. and M. will visit Louisiana State, 1876 victor over Mississippi State, in. nonconference games. In the Southern Conference,

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)

Indiana 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 40–⁠26–⁠3 in 69 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.

Recent meetings
2021Minnesota 35, Indiana 14
2018Minnesota 38, Indiana 31
2013Minnesota 42, Indiana 39
2008Minnesota 16, Indiana 7
2007Indiana 40, Minnesota 20
2006Minnesota 63, Indiana 26

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