Minnesota vs. Stanford

Minnesota and Stanford have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1930; the series is tied 1–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s even at 1–⁠1.

Minnesota wins
1
Stanford wins
1
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1930
Longest streak
1 Stanford
Current streak
1 Minnesota
Last 10 meetings
even at 1–⁠1
Most recent
1966

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1–⁠1
1960s1–⁠0
Average margin
9 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Minnesota
1–⁠0–⁠1 Minnesota’s record at home
At Stanford
1–⁠0 Stanford’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Minnesota and Stanford, 1930 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1930 game: STANDING OF CLUBS GRID SCORES ! ON SATURDAY

    1930 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 13, 1930

  • The Evening star's story of the 1931 game: STANFORD'S DRIVE NEAR END DECIDES Minnesota Ripped to Pieces in Last Period in Tilt With 13-to-O Score.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 11, 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, 1966Minnesota 35, Stanford 21at Minnesota
Oct 10, 1931Stanford 13, Minnesota 0at Stanford
Oct 11, 1930Minnesota 0, Stanford 0at Minnesota

Every game is listed as played on the field.