Northwestern at Minnesota

Saturday, October 11, 1952

Minnesota beat Northwestern 27–⁠26. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 20–⁠13–⁠3.

AwayNorthwestern2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1952
26
HomeMinnesota4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1952
27

FinalHigh 63°F, low 42°FAttendance 46,732

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Gophers Defeat Northwestern On Lost-Minute Score, 27-26

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1952, page 71

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    Gophers Defeat Northwestern On Lost-Minute Score, 27–⁠26 Minnesota took short Wildcat punt on the Northwestern AZ. John Baumgartner, sophomore Ifullback, carried the ball twice for % yards. Then on fourth down, Paul Giel tossed the winning touchdown pass to Swanson. The clock showed II seconds. and Geno ICappelletti kicked the extra point. Northwestern --.--6 @ 13 5–⁠2e Minnesota . O IA 0 13–⁠27 Northwestern scoring: Touchdowns johnson. c. Hren. 3 Conversions. Kragseth. >. Namara, Holme, Swanson. 2. Conversions Capnelletti. 8. - - -

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)

Northwestern 53% to win. Minnesota won as Elo’s underdog.

Minnesota leads 56–⁠38–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 63 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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