Minnesota @ Illinois
Final
October 17, 1953 12:00 PM
Minnesota
Golden Gophers
1-2 / 1-1
7
27
Illinois
Fighting Illini
2-0 / 1-0
1953 Season

Memorial Stadium (IL)
Champaign, IL
Capacity: 60,670
Attendance: 0

Series Stats

Minnesota
Illinois
Tie
12
8
1
21st
meeting
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Last Meeting

13-7 Minnesota
Memorial Stadium (MN)
Oct 18, 1952
Minnesota

Head Coach
 Wes Fesler
Schedule
@ Southern California L 17-7 9/26/1953
vs Michigan State L 21-0 10/3/1953
@ Northwestern W 13-30 10/10/1953
@ Illinois L 27-7 10/17/1953
vs Michigan W 0-22 10/24/1953
vs Pittsburgh W 14-35 10/31/1953
vs Indiana W 20-28 11/7/1953
@ Iowa L 27-0 11/14/1953
vs Wisconsin W 21-21 11/21/1953
Minnesota 1953 schedule
Minnesota
has been outscored by their opponents
51 to 37
this season
Wes Fesler's record
at Minnesota
7 - 11 - 3
vs Illinois
1 - 0 - 0
Longest Winning Streak
Minnesota
7 game(s)
from 1900
to 1913
Illinois
5 game(s)
from 1981
to 1987
Stats
Illinois

Head Coach
 Ray Eliot
Schedule
vs Nebraska W 21-21 9/26/1953
vs Stanford W 21-33 10/3/1953
@ Ohio State W 20-41 10/10/1953
vs Minnesota W 7-27 10/17/1953
vs Syracuse W 13-20 10/24/1953
vs Purdue W 0-21 10/31/1953
vs Michigan W 3-19 11/7/1953
@ Wisconsin L 34-7 11/14/1953
@ Northwestern W 14-39 11/21/1953
Illinois 1953 schedule
Illinois
has outscored their opponents
95 to 62
this season
Raymond Nusspickel's record
at Illinois
57 - 43 - 7
vs Minnesota
2 - 2 - 0
Latest Winning Streak
Minnesota
2 game(s)
from 2019
to 2020
Illinois
3 game(s)
from 2021
to 2023
Notes

Pre Game

0