Minneapolis Central High vs. Minnesota

Minneapolis Central High and Minnesota have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1895; Minnesota leads the series 5–⁠0–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Minnesota 5–⁠0, and Minnesota has won the last 2.

Minneapolis Central High wins
0
Minnesota wins
5
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1895
Longest streak
3 Minnesota
Current streak
2 Minnesota
Last 10 meetings
Minnesota 5–⁠0
Most recent
1903

The series at a glance

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

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Minnesota’s biggest win1896: Minnesota 50, Minneapolis Central High 0by 50 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Minneapolis Central High and Minnesota, 1895 on13001500170018951900

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 1903 game: GREATER NORTHROP FIELD is OPENED Varsity Team Easily Defeats St. Paul and Minneapolis High Schools. SCORES: Minnesota Fl, Minneapolis Central High g. Minnesota SO, ST. Paul Central High o. SCORES:

    1903 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Sep 20, 1903

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

Sep 16, 1903Minnesota 21, Minneapolis Central High 6at Minnesota
Sep 24, 1902Minnesota 28, Minneapolis Central High 0at Minnesota
Sep 21, 1901Minnesota 0, Minneapolis Central High 0at Minnesota
Sep 22, 1900Minnesota 0, Minneapolis Central High 0at Minnesota
Sep 23, 1899Minnesota 20, Minneapolis Central High 0at Minnesota
Sep 26, 1896Minnesota 50, Minneapolis Central High 0at Minneapolis Central High
Sep 28, 1895Minnesota 20, Minneapolis Central High 0at Minneapolis Central High

Every game is listed as played on the field.