North Dakota at Minnesota

Saturday, October 14, 1916

Minnesota beat North Dakota 47–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 9–⁠0.

AwayNorth Dakota0–⁠1 in 1916
7
HomeMinnesota6–⁠1 in 1916
47

FinalHigh 61°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: Gophers Swamp North Dakota

    Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], October 15, 1916, page 33

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    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.

Minnesota leads 20–⁠0 in 20 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
1974Minnesota 42, North Dakota 30
1973Minnesota 41, North Dakota 14
1927Minnesota 57, North Dakota 10
1926Minnesota 51, North Dakota 0
1925Minnesota 25, North Dakota 0
1924Minnesota 14, North Dakota 0

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