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Grinnell vs. Minnesota

Grinnell and Minnesota have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1892; Minnesota leads the series 10–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Minnesota 7–⁠2, and Minnesota has won the last 5.

Grinnell wins
2
Minnesota wins
10
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1892
Longest streak
5 Minnesota
Current streak
5 Minnesota
Last 10 meetings
Minnesota 7–⁠2
Most recent
1925

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠5–⁠1
1900s0–⁠4
1920s0–⁠1
Average margin
32.7 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Minnesota
10–⁠2–⁠1 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. Grinnell’s biggest win1898: Grinnell 16, Minnesota 6by 10 points
  2. Minnesota’s biggest win1904: Minnesota 146, Grinnell 0by 146 points
  3. Upset1895: Grinnell 6, Minnesota 4Grinnell had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1898: Grinnell 16, Minnesota 6Grinnell had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Grinnell and Minnesota, 1892 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 St. Paul daily globe's story of the 1892 game: GRINNELL WALLOPED. University OF Minnesota Boys Prove Great kickers.

    1892 · St. Paul daily globe, Saint Paul, Minn., Oct 23, 1892

  • The The San Francisco call's story of the 1897 game: o her Games

    1897 · The San Francisco call, California, Oct 17, 1897

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1898 game

    1898 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 16, 1898

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1900 game: EASY FOR THE o(|PH[RS TO THE TUNE OF go VISITORS WERE TOO LIGHT. minnesota Did Not Work Hard Until the Game Was Nearly Over, and Then They Played Tag With Opponents.

    1900 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 21, 1900

  • The The morning Astorian's story of the 1902 game: ON THE GRIDrRoN. Multnomah Oyercoraes Indians--Yale and West Point Tied.

    1902 · The morning Astorian, Astoria, Oregon, Nov 2, 1902

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 10, 1925Minnesota 34, Grinnell 6at Minnesota
Oct 22, 1904Minnesota 146, Grinnell 0at Minnesota
Oct 3, 1903Minnesota 39, Grinnell 0at Minnesota
Nov 1, 1902Minnesota 102, Grinnell 0at Minnesota
Oct 20, 1900Minnesota 26, Grinnell 0at Minnesota
Oct 28, 1899Minnesota 5, Grinnell 5at Minnesota
Oct 15, 1898Grinnell 16, Minnesota 6at Minnesota
Oct 16, 1897Minnesota 6, Grinnell 0at Minnesota
Oct 10, 1896Minnesota 12, Grinnell 0at Minnesota
Oct 5, 1895Grinnell 6, Minnesota 4at Minnesota
Oct 20, 1894Minnesota 10, Grinnell 2at Minnesota
Oct 21, 1893Minnesota 36, Grinnell 6at Minnesota
Oct 22, 1892Minnesota 40, Grinnell 24at Minnesota

Every game is listed as played on the field.