Carleton vs. Minnesota

Carleton and Minnesota have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1896; Minnesota leads the series 9–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Minnesota 9–⁠0, and Minnesota has won the last 9.

Carleton wins
0
Minnesota wins
9
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1896
Longest streak
9 Minnesota
Current streak
9 Minnesota
Last 10 meetings
Minnesota 9–⁠0
Most recent
1904

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠4
1900s0–⁠5
Average margin
35.6 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Minnesota
9–⁠0 Minnesota’s record at home
Shutouts
6

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Minnesota’s biggest win1904: Minnesota 65, Carleton 0by 65 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carleton and Minnesota, 1896 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1897 game: SKI-U-uAH ASLEEP CARLETON TEMPORARILY PAR ALYZED THE AGGREGATION FROM THE BIG U. SCORED WITH GREAT EASE, GOODEUl GOING THE LENGTH OF THE GRIDIRoN FOR a TOUCHDOWN. BUT LAuRELs ARE WITH THE U They Pile Up "a Score OF Forty-eigh1 Against the NcrthsieId Boys.

    1897 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 10, 1897

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1901 game: U" TEAM IMPROVES IN HEATING CARLETON BY $50 SUBS PLAY IN SECOND HALF Showing Is Not enc for General Re- joicing, but RIOTERS Are Sat- listed with Progress BEING Made.

    1901 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Sep 29, 1901

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1902 game: EASY FOR GopHERs MAROON AND GOLD KIcKERS ROLL UP LARGE SCORE AGAINST CARLETON MORTIFIED MEN TOO LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA Visitors Fight Hard, But Weight of U Players Proves Great Handicap Knowlton, BidIake and Van Valken- burg Are the Star Ground Gamers.

    1902 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Sep 28, 1902

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1904 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1904 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 2, 1904

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 1, 1904Minnesota 65, Carleton 0at Minnesota
Sep 26, 1903Minnesota 29, Carleton 0at Minnesota
Sep 27, 1902Minnesota 33, Carleton 0at Minnesota
Sep 28, 1901Minnesota 35, Carleton 0at Minnesota
Oct 3, 1900Minnesota 44, Carleton 0at Minnesota
Oct 14, 1899Minnesota 35, Carleton 5at Minnesota
Sep 24, 1898Minnesota 32, Carleton 0at Minnesota
Oct 9, 1897Minnesota 48, Carleton 6at Minnesota
Oct 3, 1896Minnesota 16, Carleton 6at Minnesota

Every game is listed as played on the field.