South Dakota at Minnesota

Saturday, September 27, 1913

Minnesota beat South Dakota 14–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 5–⁠1.

AwaySouth Dakota1–⁠2 in 1913
0
HomeMinnesota5–⁠2 in 1913
14

FinalHigh 71°F, low 44°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The The daily Gate City's story: MINNESOTA WINS OPENING GAME Univ. Of Minnesota Wins First Game Of Season From South Dakota by Score of ID to o.

    The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, September 28, 1913, page 1

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    MINNESOTA WINS OPENING GAME Univ. Of Minnesota Wins First Game Of Season From South Dakota by Score of ID to o. UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Sept. 27.- Before crowd estimated at 5000 the University of Minnesota opened the football season in the northwest today by piling up a score OF Ia to . against the eleven from South Dakota U. By heavy line plunging and clever kicking the Gophers carried the ball over South Dakota’s line in the first few minutes Of playing Tolletson making the touchdown and kicking goal. The Minnesota aggregation

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 9–⁠2 in 11 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2010South Dakota 41, Minnesota 38
1930Minnesota 59, South Dakota 0
1916Minnesota 81, South Dakota 0
1915Minnesota 19, South Dakota 0
1914Minnesota 29, South Dakota 7
1913Minnesota 14, South Dakota 0

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