Illinois at Minnesota
Saturday, October 18, 1952 Share
Minnesota beat No. 17 Illinois 13–7. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 12–7–1.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 30°FAttendance 54,787
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1952, page 1
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Minnesota Upsets Illinois, 49, Wisconsin Cshes Iowa. 423 Lose, or Draw GOAT HAS BEEN Nays mascot for 81 years and the hrst one was resident of West Point of places Back in 1890 marching from the ferry at Highland Falls and up the steep hill to play the first ArmyNavy football game
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)
Illinois 74% to win. Minnesota pulled the upset.
The series
Every Illinois–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 41–33–3 in 77 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.
| 2024 | Minnesota 25, Illinois 17 | |
| 2023 | Illinois 27, Minnesota 26 | |
| 2022 | Illinois 26, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2021 | Illinois 14, Minnesota 6 | |
| 2020 | Minnesota 41, Illinois 14 | |
| 2019 | Minnesota 40, Illinois 17 |
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gamevs. PurdueOct. 25, 1952
- SeasonIllinois in 1952
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Minnesota
- Next gameat MichiganOct. 25, 1952
- SeasonMinnesota in 1952
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

