Minnesota at Michigan

Saturday, October 25, 1947. Michigan kept the Little Brown Jug

No. 1 Michigan beat Minnesota 13–⁠6. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 23–⁠13–⁠2.

AwayMinnesota6–⁠3 in 1947
6
Home1Michigan10–⁠0 in 1947
13

FinalHigh 70°F, low 47°FAttendance 85,938

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Scores in Nations College Football Contests

    Evening star, October 26, 1947, page 38 (results column)

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    Scores in Nations College Football Contests Butler, 21; Western Michigan, 20. Carroll (Wis.), 4O;eAlbion, 0. Cen. Mo-, 20; Culver Stockton, IL. Cincinnati, 27; Xavier, rs. Central State (Okla.), IL; South western Tech, IL. Denison, 33; Oberlin, 0. Dubuque, 13; Luther, 0. Eastern Illinois, 13; Illinois St. Normal, o.. Eastern KY, 1S; Valparaiso, 0. Emporia State, 80; Fort Hays, Z. Eureka, 35; McKendree, O. Findlay, 26; Bluffton, 0. Grinnell, 7; Cornell 1owa), 6. Gustavus-Adolphus, IA; Concor- dia, 7. Hanover, 20; Franklin, 6. Hiram, 81; Ashland, o. Hope, 6; Kalamazoo, 6. John Carroll, 26; Case 6. Kentucky, Z; Michigan State, 6. Kentucky St., 46; Wilberforce, O.. Lacrosse Teachers, 7; Stout, 6. Lake Forest, 7; Ill. Wesleyan, 0. Manchester, 81; Jamestown, O. Manchester, 13; Canterbury, s. McCook, 13; Dana, 6. -. Miami (Ohio), 81; Ohio u, 0. Michigan, 13; Minnesota, 6. Millikin, 10; Illinois College, 7. Missouri, 26; Iowa State, 7. Monmouth, 18; Ripon, 0. Moorhead, 10; Manitoba, 6. Mount Union, 81; Otterbein, 10. Nebraska, IA: Kansas State, 7. North Central, 80; Elmhurst, O.. Northwestern, 7; Indiana, 6. Notre Dame, 81; Iowa, O. Ohio Northern, 13; Capital, 7. Ohio Wesleyan, q; Depauw, IA. Purdue, IA; Illinois, 7. | Quincy, ST. Aurora, 0. Rio Grande, 81; Rose Poly, s. River Falls, 10; Hamline, 7. South Dakota, 26; S. D. State, T.. South. Illinois, 20; N. Illinois, 0. Stevens Point, 20; Platteville, 6. st. Norbery, Is; Milwaukee T., 7. st. Olaf, IA; Carleton, IL. st. Thomas, 13; Augsburg, O. Toledo, 38;; Akron, Z. Upper Iowa, 13; Parsons, 0. Wabash, 80; Kenyon, 0. Wayne, SO; Buffalo, IL. Western Carolina, 13; Lenoi. Rhyme, 7. Wichita, SIS; Arizona State, 7. William Jewell. IL; Tarkio, O. Winona, IL; Mankato, Z. Wisconsin. IS; Marquette, H. Wooster, Is: Muskingum, 13 lsee SCORES, Rage B-2)

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL q SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 27, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL q SCORES Final scores of leading football games played during the week end are as follows: Montana State Is: Washington State 12 Stanford c; Washington %. Portland c; oregon State 46. San Francisco T; oregon 34. Southern Methodist T; UCLA 0 use 39; California IA. U of Nevada 2l; Tulane 13. Montana State 34; Idaho State College 22 Utah State 12; Brig Young 27 Utah 26; Wyoming T. Texas Tech. 36; Denver ‘. Arkansas 19 Mississippi IA Arizona State ‘, Wichita U. 55 Vermont 6; New Hampshire 28. Geneva 40; Carnegie Tech 12 w Virginia 8; Penn State 21 Dartmouth IA; Havard 13. Duke 13; Wake Forest 6. Temple 21; Bueknell 0. Alabama IT; Georfie T. Citadel 0; Georgia Tech 38. Iowa 0: Notre Dame 2l. Nebraska IA; Kansas State ‘. Marquette 12; Wisconsin 35 Missouri 26; Iowa State T. Illinois T. Purdue IA. Indiana 6; Northwestern ‘. Xavier 25; Cincinnati 27. Davidson 0; Washington Lee 32 Fordham 12; Kings Point 0. Holy Cross 26; Syracuse O. Kentucky T; Michigan State 6. Cornell 28; Princeton 21. Ohio State 0; Pitt l2. Minnesota 6; Michigan 13. Navy Q; Penn 2l. Brown 13; Colgate B (tie). Springfield 0; Yale 49. North Texas State 27, Sam Hous- ton 0. Whitman T; Univ. British Colum- bia G. William and Mary AT; Boston University 13.~ Vanderbilt 13; Louisiana s. 19 New Mexico 12; Arizona p.

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.

On the newsreel

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Michigan 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Minnesota 20, Michigan 14
2024Michigan 27, Minnesota 24
2023Michigan 52, Minnesota 10
2020Michigan 49, Minnesota 24
2017Michigan 33, Minnesota 10
2015Michigan 29, Minnesota 26

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