Northwestern at Minnesota

Saturday, October 8, 1949

No. 5 Minnesota beat No. 20 Northwestern 21–⁠7. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 19–⁠11–⁠3.

Away20Northwestern4–⁠5 in 1949
7
Home5Minnesota7–⁠2 in 1949
21

FinalHigh 80°F, low 50°FAttendance 63,063

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Michigan Eleven Stopped by Army; Navy Beats Duke

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1949, page 1 (results column)

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    Michigan Eleven Stopped by Army; Navy Beats Duke Michigan’s collegiate football leaders were toppled from their perch yesterday by Army, 21 to 7. The defeat snapped the Wolverine winning string of Is games. Navy. Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Minnesota and California continued on their victory trails. The Midshipmen sprang a mild upset over Duke, 28–⁠14, for their second straight: Notre Dame sank Purdue. 35–⁠12: Oklahoma got past Texas. 20–⁠14: Minnesota polished off Northwestern. 21–⁠7: California made it four in row with a $500 triumph over Wisconsin. Among Washington area teams, Maryland held Michigan State to a 14–⁠7 score; Georgetown upset Wake Forest, 1876; George Wash ington bowed to Kansas n the late going. 21–⁠14, and Virginia continued unbeaten over Virginia Tech, 26–⁠0. In some Of the other big college games. North Carolina downed South Carolina, 28–⁠13; Vanderbilt squeaked past Mississippi, ,28-27; Ohio State and Southern Califormia gave what many believe preview of the Rose Bowl with a 1913 tie, and Pennsylvania nosed out Princeton, 14–⁠13. (Stortes and scores in Sports Section

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 56–⁠38–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 66 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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