Michigan at Minnesota
Saturday, October 28, 1961. Minnesota kept the Little Brown Jug Share
Minnesota beat Michigan 23–20. It was their 52nd meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 32–17–3.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 48°F, 1.09 in. of rainAttendance 63,898
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 29, 1961, page 28
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Gophers Come From Behind To Edge Michigan, 23–20 from the 10-yard line but the score was nullified by a penalty and Michigan held on the nine. Dave Raimey sparked Michigan to two Of its three touch downs, his 27-yard broken field run in the second quarter giving the wolverines a 1870 lead and his four-yard jaunt in the third period wrapping up the Michigan scoring. Bill Tunnicliff scored the other touchdown early in the game on an eight-yard run after a Minnesota tumble. Minnesota’s first touchdown before the 63,s98 home coming crowd came in the second quarter when Stephens rolled out ran into a pile of Michigan plyaers, broke loose and then rambled 63-yards for the score.
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)
Minnesota 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Michigan–Minnesota gameMichigan leads 78–26–3 in 107 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.
| 2026 | Minnesota 20, Michigan 14 | |
| 2024 | Michigan 27, Minnesota 24 | |
| 2023 | Michigan 52, Minnesota 10 | |
| 2020 | Michigan 49, Minnesota 24 | |
| 2017 | Michigan 33, Minnesota 10 | |
| 2015 | Michigan 29, Minnesota 26 |
Around this game
Michigan
- Next gamevs. DukeNov. 4, 1961
- SeasonMichigan in 1961
- ProgramMichigan history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateNov. 4, 1961
- SeasonMinnesota in 1961
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

