Minnesota vs. Notre Dame

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

1. Notre Dame’s biggest win1938: Notre Dame 19, Minnesota 0by 19 points
2. Ranked showdown1938: Notre Dame 19, Minnesota 0No. 12 Minnesota at No. 2 Notre Dame

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Minnesota’s side (Spears 0–⁠2–⁠1 against Rockne). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1925 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 26, 1925

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  1926 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 11, 1926

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  1927 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 7, 1927

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  1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 31, 1937

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  1938 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 13, 1938

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.

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  The 1927 game

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  The 1927 game

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  The 1927 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Minnesota vs. Wisconsin133 meetings, Minnesota 62–⁠63–⁠8
• Minnesota vs. Iowa118 meetings, Minnesota 62–⁠54–⁠2
• Minnesota vs. Michigan107 meetings, Minnesota 26–⁠78–⁠3
• Minnesota vs. Northwestern99 meetings, Minnesota 56–⁠38–⁠5
• Notre Dame vs. Navy98 meetings, Notre Dame 84–⁠13–⁠1
• Notre Dame vs. USC96 meetings, Notre Dame 53–⁠38–⁠5
• Notre Dame vs. Purdue90 meetings, Notre Dame 62–⁠26–⁠2
• Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh74 meetings, Notre Dame 52–⁠21–⁠1