Minnesota at Nebraska

Thursday, November 29, 1900

Minnesota beat Nebraska 20–⁠12. It was their first meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMinnesota10–⁠0–⁠2 in 1900
20
HomeNebraska7–⁠1–⁠2 in 1900
12

FinalHigh 54°F, low 27°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Denison review. (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current's story: NEBRASKA BOYS BEATEN. Minnesota Wins Stubborn and Well Contested Game. FINAL RECORD is 20 TO L..

    The Denison review. (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, Iowa, November 30, 1900, page 1

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    NEBRASKA BOYS BEATEN. Minnesota Wins Stubborn and Well Contested Game. FINAL RECORD is 20 TO L.. Feature of the Game Was Remarkable Iowa and Northwestern University Ilevens at Rock Island. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 30.-Minnesota defeated Nebraska in a stubborn and well contested football game yesterday before Il crowd that broke the rec ord i’m point of attendance. The score was 20 to II. Minnesota set the pace, scoring a touchdown in the first II minutes of play. Another touchdown came to the visitors ten minutes later. Then Ne braska braced up and on false punt and beautiful run by Pillsbury scored a touchdown and goal. A place kick by Minnesota ended the first half. Both sides got Il touchdown in the second half, but Minnesota missed goal for the third time. The lineup: Johnson. ....- Left end. ....... .Ohne Brew 49,. left tackle. ........ Fee Ringer. Left guard. ..... Flynn Koehler. !. Center ........ Gage Dassenbrach. Right guard. Mueller Westover. j. Right tackle. 80. .Tweet Cortelyou.... Right end. .Hoyt Drain. ..... Quarter ....... .Doble Crandal. y. !. Left half 80. Smith Montgomery Right half. -. (. Fafans Pillsbmy. Full back. .Knowlton Umpire-Clark of Omaha. Referee Allen of Chicago.

  • The The Norfolk weekly news-journal's story: NEBRASKA BOYS BEATEN. Minnesota Wins Stubborn and Well Contested Game. FINAL RECORD is 20 TO IL.

    The Norfolk weekly news-journal, Norfolk, Neb., November 30, 1900, page 1

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    NEBRASKA BOYS BEATEN. Minnesota Wins Stubborn and Well Contested Game. FINAL RECORD is 20 TO IL. Feature of the Game Was n Remarkable Run by riiisbury--Tic Game Played by Iowa and Northwestern Universny Ei.vcns at Rock Island. Lincoln Ncb., Nov. 3O-Minnesota defeated Nebraska In stubborn ana well contested football game yestTdny before II crowd that broke the rec ord In point of attendance. The score wns 20 To L.. Minnesota set the pace, scoring n touchdown In the first II minutes OF play. Another touchdown came to the visitors ten minutes later. Then Ne. brnskn brnccd UP and on false punt and beautiful run by Pillsbury scored touchdown and gonl. place Kick by Minnesota ended the first half. Both sides got Il touchdown In the second half. but Minnesota missed a gonl for the third time.

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)

Nebraska 56% to win. Minnesota won as Elo’s underdog.

Minnesota leads 38–⁠25–⁠2 in 65 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6
2023Minnesota 13, Nebraska 10
2022Minnesota 20, Nebraska 13
2021Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23
2020Minnesota 24, Nebraska 17
2019Minnesota 34, Nebraska 7

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