Rivalry leaderboard
Michigan-Minnesota Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 74/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 106
- Series record
- Michigan 78-25-3 Minnesota
- Tracked years
- 1892-2024
- Trophy
- Little Brown Jug
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
23 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1941Week 6
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 7, Michigan 0
Winner: Minnesota
No. 1 Minnesota vs. No. 5 Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
74
Game score
- 1949Week 7
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 7, Michigan 14
Winner: Michigan
No. 8 Minnesota vs. No. 5 Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
- 1955Week 6
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 14, Minnesota 13
Winner: Michigan
No. 1 Michigan vs. Unranked Minnesota · 1-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1948Week 7
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 27, Minnesota 14
Winner: Michigan
No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 15 Minnesota · 13-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 2004Week 7
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 24, Michigan 27
Winner: Michigan
No. 13 Minnesota vs. No. 14 Michigan · 3-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1942Week 7
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 14, Minnesota 16
Winner: Minnesota
No. 9 Michigan vs. No. 20 Minnesota · 2-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
- 1947Week 7
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 6, Michigan 13
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Minnesota vs. No. 1 Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
- 1986Week 12
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 20, Michigan 17
Winner: Minnesota
Unranked Minnesota vs. No. 6 Michigan · 3-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
52
Game score
- 1956Week 7
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 20, Michigan 7
Winner: Minnesota
No. 8 Minnesota vs. No. 17 Michigan · 13-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1975Week 9
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 28, Minnesota 21
Winner: Michigan
No. 7 Michigan vs. Unranked Minnesota · 7-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 2003Week 8
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 38, Minnesota 35
Winner: Michigan
No. 20 Michigan vs. No. 17 Minnesota · 3-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1977Week 8
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 0, Minnesota 16
Winner: Minnesota
No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 19 Minnesota · 16-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1960Week 7
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 10, Michigan 0
Winner: Minnesota
No. 6 Minnesota vs. Unranked Michigan · 10-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1938Week 5
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 6, Minnesota 7
Winner: Minnesota
No. 17 Michigan vs. Unranked Minnesota · 1-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1944Week 7
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 28, Minnesota 13
Winner: Michigan
No. 6 Michigan vs. Unranked Minnesota · 15-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1979Week 7
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 21, Michigan 31
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Minnesota vs. No. 11 Michigan · 10-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1997Week 11
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 3, Michigan 24
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Minnesota vs. No. 4 Michigan · 21-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1968Week 7
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 20, Michigan 33
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Minnesota vs. No. 12 Michigan · 13-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1953Week 6
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 0, Minnesota 22
Winner: Minnesota
No. 16 Michigan vs. No. 14 Minnesota · 22-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 13/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1950Week 7
Minnesota at Michigan
Minnesota 7, Michigan 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Minnesota vs. Unranked Michigan · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1933Week 10
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan 0, Minnesota 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Michigan vs. Unranked Minnesota · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.