Illinois at Minnesota

Saturday, October 18, 1952

Minnesota beat No. 17 Illinois 13–⁠7. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 12–⁠7–⁠1.

Away17Illinois4–⁠5 in 1952
7
HomeMinnesota4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1952
13

FinalHigh 67°F, low 30°FAttendance 54,787

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Minnesota Upsets Illinois, 49, Wisconsin Cshes Iowa. 423 Lose, or Draw

    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.

Minnesota leads 41–⁠33–⁠3 in 77 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Minnesota 25, Illinois 17
2023Illinois 27, Minnesota 26
2022Illinois 26, Minnesota 14
2021Illinois 14, Minnesota 6
2020Minnesota 41, Illinois 14
2019Minnesota 40, Illinois 17

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