Nebraska at Minnesota
Saturday, October 29, 1904 Share
Minnesota beat Nebraska 16–12. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 3–1.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 39°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., October 31, 1904, page 1
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SOME SURPRISES ON THE GRIDIRON Wisconsin outcIassed by Mich. gan and Chicago Played to aTie by Illinois ELI LOST TO PENNSYLVANIA Minnesota Has the Hardest Kind of Work to Overcome Nebraska Other Results. Madison, Wis, Oct. 31.-Wisconsin < .plucky football eleven went down to defeat before Michigan at Camp Ran dali by a score of % to 0. The score at the end of the first half was Mich igan 6, Wisconsin 0. At only one time in the game did Wisconsin put Michigan on it’s met tie. In the last part of the first ha,f after Michigan had made the first touchdown, Coach Curtis men bracCd up and kept the bali in Michigan 5 territory for 20 minutes. having it on Michigans 45-yard line when the half ended. The superior weight of the Michigan team was a serious handicap to Wisconsin. II was not weight alone. however. that won. Good EcncTalship and brilliant football contributed large “ to the final 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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Nebraska–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 38–25–2 in 65 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
| 2025 | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6 | |
| 2023 | Minnesota 13, Nebraska 10 | |
| 2022 | Minnesota 20, Nebraska 13 | |
| 2021 | Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23 | |
| 2020 | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 17 | |
| 2019 | Minnesota 34, Nebraska 7 |
Around this game
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. IowaNov. 5, 1904
- SeasonNebraska in 1904
- ProgramNebraska history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. LawrenceNov. 5, 1904
- SeasonMinnesota in 1904
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

