Minnesota at Nebraska
Saturday, October 16, 1909 Share
Minnesota beat Nebraska 14–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 7–1–1.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 34°FAttendance 7,000
In the newspapers

The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 18, 1909, page 1
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GoPHERs WE’RE TOO STRONG. Easily Defeated Nebraska Cornhuskers II to o. the measure of the Nebraska football team Saturday by a score Of “A to o. The score re the two teams, as at least nine OF the Minnesota points resulted from careless ness But no excuse can be made for the Nebraska team, since the Gopher eleven excelled in all the material points of the game. The contest was characterized by both accidents and roughness the most serious result of which was a broken leg for Johnston of Minnesota which will put him out of the game for the remainder of the year Twice Minnesota players were warned against roughness and were threatened with expulsion from the game.
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 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Minnesota–Nebraska gameMinnesota leads 38–25–2 in 65 meetings, counting the 56 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
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. ChicagoOct. 30, 1909
- SeasonMinnesota in 1909
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 23, 1909
- SeasonNebraska in 1909
- ProgramNebraska history and records

