Minnesota vs. North Dakota State
Minnesota and North Dakota State have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Minnesota leads the series 6–2 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Minnesota 6–2, and North Dakota State has won the last 2. Share
- Minnesota wins
- 6
- North Dakota State wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1903
- Longest streak
- 6 Minnesota
- Current streak
- 2 North Dakota State
- Last 10 meetings
- Minnesota 6–2
- Most recent
- 2011
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 20.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Minnesota
- 5–2 Minnesota’s record at home
- At North Dakota State
- 0–1 North Dakota State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Minnesota’s biggest win1937: Minnesota 69, North Dakota State 7by 62 points
- North Dakota State’s biggest win2011: North Dakota State 37, Minnesota 24by 13 points
Both programs through the years
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
1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 27, 1931
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 24, 2011 | North Dakota State 37, Minnesota 24 | at Minnesota | ||
| Oct 20, 2007 | North Dakota State 27, Minnesota 21 | at Minnesota | ||
| Oct 21, 2006 | Minnesota 10, North Dakota State 9 | at Minnesota | ||
| Sep 25, 1937 | Minnesota 69, North Dakota State 7 | at Minnesota | ||
| Oct 5, 1935 | Minnesota 26, North Dakota State 6 | at Minnesota | ||
| Sep 29, 1934 | Minnesota 56, North Dakota State 12 | at Minnesota | ||
| Sep 26, 1931 | Minnesota 13, North Dakota State 7 | at Minnesota | ||
| Nov 21, 1903 | Minnesota 11, North Dakota State 0 | at North Dakota State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.