Northwestern at Minnesota
Saturday, October 11, 1952 Share
Minnesota beat Northwestern 27–26. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 20–13–3.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 42°FAttendance 46,732
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Northwestern–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 56–38–5 in 99 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 18, 1952
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1952
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. IllinoisOct. 18, 1952
- SeasonMinnesota in 1952
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

