Northwestern at Minnesota

Saturday, October 11, 1947

No. 17 Minnesota beat Northwestern 37–⁠21. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 18–⁠10–⁠3.

AwayNorthwestern3–⁠6 in 1947
21
Home17Minnesota6–⁠3 in 1947
37

FinalHigh 76°F, low 54°FAttendance 60,669

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 13, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES Scores oI principal football games played during the weekend are as follows: St. Marys 6; Washington 26. San Jose s. 28; Puget Sound 0. Idaho G. Oregon State 33. Michigan s. 21 Washington s. T. Santa Clara 13; Stanford 2. OCLA 24; Oregon ‘ Alabama 26; Duquesene 0. Mississippi State 21 University of San Francisco 14. University of Hawaii IA; Mon tana State 0. Illinois 0; Army 0. Duke 14; Navy 14. California 48; Wisconsin 2. Gettysburg IS; LaFayette IA. Boston University 38; New York University ‘. Pittsburgh 0; Michigan 69 Bowdoin 61; Amherst 6. Main T; New Hampshire 28 Rutgers 13; Princeton T. Ohio University T; Western Re- serve 20. Bucknell 13; Delaware 12. Georgia Teach 20s VNII O. Wake Forest IS; N Carolina T. Cornell 27; Colgate IS. Chattanooga T; Tennessee 26. Vermont T; Union 20. Tulane 0; Rice B. William and Mary 21; Virginia Teach 6. Nebraska IA; Iowa State T. Indiana l4; Iowa 27. Quantico Marines 29; Davis and Elkins 0. Dennison 50; Beloit T. George Washington 0; Washing ton and Lee 15. Furman 8; South Carolina 26. Catholic University T; Western Maryland 21. Northwestern 21; Minnesota 37. Texas 34; Oklahoma A. Drake 13; Wichita 21. S. Dakota s. 6; Kansas 86. Harvard O. Virginia 47. University of Manitoba 0; North Dakota University 47 Tulsa T; Texast Tech A. Arkansas 9; Baylor IT. Florida IA; Auburn 20. University of Mississippi G.; Vanderbilt 10. Texas ARM IS; Louisiana s. 19. Georgia 0; Kentucky 26. Wyoming 53; Colorado School of mines 6. University of Nevada 51; Univer- city of Portland 6. California Aggie 20; San Fran cisco State 0. Brigham Young 6; Utah 28. New Mexico ARM 0; University of New Mexico 20 Texas Mines o; Texas State IA. Colorado ARM 13; Denver 13. Penn 32; Dartmouth 0. Middlebury T; Trinity 31. Villanova 13;; Holy Cross G. Penn State 75; Fordham 0. Hawaiian All Stars IA; Idaho State 12. San Diego Naval Air 45; Seattle Naval Air 0. Fort Lewis ‘; Bremerton Navy 6.

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 56–⁠38–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Northwestern 38, Minnesota 35
2023Northwestern 37, Minnesota 34
2022Minnesota 31, Northwestern 3
2021Minnesota 41, Northwestern 14
2019Minnesota 38, Northwestern 22
2018Northwestern 24, Minnesota 14

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