Michigan at Minnesota

Saturday, October 22, 1955. Michigan kept the Little Brown Jug

Michigan beat Minnesota 14–⁠13. It was their 46th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 29–⁠14–⁠3.

AwayMichigan7–⁠2 in 1955
14
HomeMinnesota3–⁠6 in 1955
13

FinalHigh 61°F, low 40°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 63,530

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: STATISTICS

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1955, page 64

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    STATISTICS the conference race by handing Wisconsin its first Big Ten loss before q record Camp Randall crowd Of $3.50. Michigan, which today edged Minnesota, 14–⁠13. has won three without q loss while Ohio State Is indicated In two starts. Ohio State spotted Wisconsin a two-touchdown lead early In the second quarter, then roared back with q relentless running assault for two touchdowns In the second and two more In the fourth. Ellwood Scores Three Ellwood, Q 5-foot-il, 193- FOUNDER from Dover, Ohio. who runs more than most quarter backs and isn’t afraid to put himself on the spot, led the Buckeyes goal-line charges with three touchdowns. All-Americs Howard tHopalong) Cassidy. moi as spectacular as he has been accounted for the other marker Pat Levenhagen and Charley Thomas scored for the Badgers within four minutes at the start Of the second period and II looked as though Wisconsin wal See OHIO STATE, Pare C-s

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)

Michigan 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Minnesota 20, Michigan 14
2024Michigan 27, Minnesota 24
2023Michigan 52, Minnesota 10
2020Michigan 49, Minnesota 24
2017Michigan 33, Minnesota 10
2015Michigan 29, Minnesota 26

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