North Dakota at Minnesota
Saturday, October 14, 1916 Share
Minnesota beat North Dakota 47–7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 9–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], October 15, 1916, page 33
Read the text
Gophers Swamp North Dakota Minneapolis, Oct. l4.-The Uni. versity Of Minnesota overwhelmed North Dakota university, AZ to 7, here today. The Gophers had little diff Guilty in breaking down their opponent’s defense, while on the other hand the North Dakotans pounded the Min nesota line with little success. North Dakota’s only touchdown came in the final period when Nc Kay, snatching up a fumbled ball, raced sixty-five yards to the goal.
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 97% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every North Dakota–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 20–0 in 20 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
Around this game
North Dakota
- SeasonNorth Dakota in 1916
- ProgramNorth Dakota history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. South DakotaOct. 21, 1916
- SeasonMinnesota in 1916
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

