Northwestern at Minnesota
Saturday, October 8, 1949 Share
No. 5 Minnesota beat No. 20 Northwestern 21–7. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 19–11–3.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 50°FAttendance 63,063
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Northwestern–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 56–38–5 in 99 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 15, 1949
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1949
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Minnesota
- Next gameat Ohio StateOct. 15, 1949
- SeasonMinnesota in 1949
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

