Minnesota at Nebraska

Saturday, October 16, 1909

Minnesota beat Nebraska 14–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 7–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayMinnesota6–⁠1 in 1909
14
HomeNebraska3–⁠3–⁠2 in 1909
0

FinalHigh 60°F, low 34°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Topeka state journal's story: GoPHERs WE'RE TOO STRONG. Easily Defeated Nebraska Cornhuskers II to o.

    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.

Minnesota leads 38–⁠25–⁠2 in 65 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6
2023Minnesota 13, Nebraska 10
2022Minnesota 20, Nebraska 13
2021Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23
2020Minnesota 24, Nebraska 17
2019Minnesota 34, Nebraska 7

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