Minnesota at Illinois
Saturday, October 19, 1957 Share
Illinois beat No. 4 Minnesota 34–13. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 14–10–1.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 42°FAttendance 69,619
On the newsreel
- FOOTBALL — ILLINOIS v. MINNESOTABefore nearly 70,000 home fans, Illinois' Bob Mitchell, hospitalized earlier in the week, stages an amazing display of virtuoso running to spark a smashing 34-13 upset of Minnesota
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Minnesota 59% to win. Illinois pulled the upset.
The series
Every Minnesota–Illinois gameMinnesota leads 41–33–3 in 77 meetings, counting the 52 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
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 26, 1957
- SeasonMinnesota in 1957
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Illinois
- Next gameat Michigan StateOct. 26, 1957
- SeasonIllinois in 1957
- ProgramIllinois history and records