Minnesota at Washington
Saturday, September 25, 1948 Share
Minnesota beat Washington 20–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 6–0.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 43°FAttendance 42,000
In the newspapers

Roanoke Rapids daily herald, North Carolina, September 26, 1948, page 1 (results column)
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IN the headline department came such team accomplishments as Yale’s % to 10 conquest of Brown; Michigan’s tight squeeze before defeating Michigan State, 10 to Z; Georgia Techs 10 to 0 triumph over Vanderbilt; In diana’s easy time with Wis consin. IS to Z; and Of Tulane’s upset OF Alabama, 81 to IA. = Purdue lived up to every bit of the claim that they would be the toughest team on the Notre Dame schedule. The Climax ers piled up 10 first downs to 10 for the Irish; gained 294 yards to 223 for the winners. In administering Texas one OF its worst defeats, Justice passed for two touchdowns and scored two himself. Michigan’s Rose Bowl rem nants had to pull all stops to down Michigan State before the largest crowd ever to see a game at East Lansing. The fray marked the dedication of the spartans’ remodeled stadium. On the intersectional front, Minnesota shook off its shackles for three touchdowns in the fin al period to down Washington, 20 to 0. Southern Methodist con. WINGED Pittsburgh that all that had been written about Doak Walker was true, 80 to IA; and California eased past Navy, 81 to 7. In the east Army again thwarted Villanova, % to o, for the fifteenth time in 16 games; Columbia trounced Rutgers, a. to 8, despite Frank Burns pass ing and Cornell found New York University easy, AZ to 6. Two conversions gave Iowa i IA to IL verdict over Marquetts ! and Nehraska 1avell19 ISna

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, September 27, 1948, page 3 (results column)
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G’{9I Final scores of important foot ball games over the weekend are as follows: San Francisco 2; St. Mary’s 0. Minnesota 20; Washington 0. Oregon 20; Stanford 12. Santa Clara 20; Oklahoma IF. Northwestern 19; UCLA 0. New Mexico 19; Colorado 6. Wyoming 61; Colorado College T. Montana s. 33; N. D. State 0. Texas Mines 36; Houston U. ‘. Utah State IS; Montana T. Utah 21; Idaho 6. Arizona IA; San Diego s. 6. Colo AM fl; New Mexico AIM 6 Duquesne 15; Alliance T. Rice 46; Sam Houston O. Baylor AZ; Tulsa 19. Kentucky 48; Xavier ‘. Maryland 19; Richmond 0. Texas Tech 20; Texas AIM IA. Hardin Simmons T; Chm. ‘. William Mary IA: Davidson 6. Clemson 53; Presbyterian 0. Mississippi IA; Florida 0. Muhlenberg 27; Boston U. 0. Villanova 0; Army 28. California 21; Navy T. So. Methodist B; Pitt IA. Brown IS: Yale 28. Rutgers 6; Columbia 27, Arnold o; Coast Guard 20. Michigan 13; Michigan State 2. Georgetown T; Holy Cross Is. Fcrdham IA; Lafayette 53. Gettysburg 28; Drexel 0. Alfred 6; Bucknell 29. In the course of 70-year life. the average human heart spends 40 years resting.
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 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Minnesota–Washington gameMinnesota leads 11–7 in 18 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.
| 2026 | Minnesota 27, Washington 24 | |
| 1977 | Minnesota 19, Washington 17 | |
| 1976 | Washington 38, Minnesota 7 | |
| 1960 | Washington 17, Minnesota 7 | Rose Bowl |
| 1958 | Washington 24, Minnesota 21 | |
| 1957 | Minnesota 46, Washington 7 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. NebraskaOct. 2, 1948
- SeasonMinnesota in 1948
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Washington
- Next gamevs. Oregon StateOct. 2, 1948
- SeasonWashington in 1948
- ProgramWashington history and records

