Michigan at Minnesota

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  The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 26, 1953, page 1

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  Minnesota Has Little Brown jug After Win MINNEAPOLIS ts-The Little Brown jug, on Micbigan’s trophy shelf since 1912, rested jauntily on THE Minnesota campus today tribute to Ail-America Paul Gels greatest football game. Giel, 2O-year-old. 1S5-pound senior, handled the ball s. times ISaturday-setting Big Ten rec. Iord--and counted two touchdowns, las Minnesota startled unbeaten Michigan, 22–⁠0. The Winona, Mimi. left halfback, who also pitches baseball expert, lily, completed Is of IS passes for 1859 yards and gained a total Of |2S2. Coach Yves Fesler called Giel’s performance ‘‘no doubt his best and by far the greatest / have ever seen on a football field” Fesler’s Gophers had gone into the game three-times losers and an almost unanimous choice to GO down to their fourth defeat. The Little Brown jug, which Giel grasped happily after the victory, was established as a Minnesota Michigan trophy following a 1905 game. The jug had contained wa. ter for the Michigan team during that game, and had been left in the Minnesota stadium, where q custodian found it.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 25, 1953, page 68

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  Three Spectators Die AT Minnesota Game MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. “a. - Three spectators collapsed and died in Memorial Stadium with in 10 minutes of each other today while watching Minnesota defeat Michigan, 22–⁠0. They were Thorlief Rummelhoe. 50. an insurance agent; Fred w. 1. Sabom, rs, owner of a window shade company, and Randolph E. Damn, 81, advertising agency copy chief, all of Minneapolis. IOWA CITY, Iowa., October “a (P.-Peter F. Bailey, 68, of Cedar Rapids, died after COL lapsing in the stadium during the first half of the Iowa Indiana football game here today.

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Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.