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Looking through the record books the Gophers have played a lot of big games on Halloween. While I'm sure most haven't been played at night, I like to imagine all of them being played under the lights with ghouls, goblins, and ghosts in the stands rooting for the Gophers.
| Tie vs Grinnell 12-12 | 10/31 | 1891 | at Grinnell, Iowa |
| Win vs Ex-Collegiates 8-0 | 10/31 | 1896 | Armory Field |
| Beginning of little brown jug tie 6-6 | 10/31 | 1903 | Greater Northrup Field |
| Loss vs Chicago 0-29 | 10/31 | 1908 | at Chicago, Illinois |
| Loss vs Illinois 6-21 | 10/31 | 1914 | Greater Northrup Field |
| Tie vs Wisconsin 12-12 | 10/31 | 1925 | Memorial Stadium |
| Win vs Wisconsin 14-0 | 10/31 | 1931 | Memorial Stadium |
| Loss vs Northwestern 0-6 | 10/31 | 1936 | at Evanston, Illinois |
| Win vs Northwestern 19-7 | 10/31 | 1942 | Memorial Stadium |
| Win vs Pittsburgh 35-14 | 10/31 | 1953 | Memorial Stadium |
| Win vs Vanderbilt 20-6 | 10/31 | 1959 | Memorial Stadium |
| Win vs Indiana 21-0 | 10/31 | 1964 | at Bloomington, Indiana |
| Tie vs Iowa 14-14 | 10/31 | 1970 | Memorial Stadium |
| Loss vs Michigan 13-34 | 10/31 | 1981 | Memorial Stadium |
| Loss vs Illinois 17-27 | 10/31 | 1987 | at Champaign, Illinois |
| Loss vs Indiana 17-24 | 10/31 | 1992 | Metrodome |
| Loss vs Michigan 10-15 | 10/31 | 1998 | Metrodome |
| Win vs Michigan St 42-34 | 10/31 | 2009 | TCF Bank Stadium |
All in all the Gophers are a very average 7-7-4 all time on Halloween. But the games to focus on are:
1891- WE TIED GRINNELL? For whatever reason the Gophers played Grinnell again at the end of the 1891 season and won.
1903-Obviously, the Little Brown Jug Game. It must have been fun to rush the field dressed as a 1903 ghoul.
1936-Loss to Northwestern. Bernie Bierman had not lost a game since 1932. His 4 year long undefeated streak ended on all hallows eve, but the 7-1 record was still good enough for that years national championship.
I know how yall love charts! Minneapolis Journal, November 1, 1936
1942-GOPHERS GOT THAT HALLOWEEN REVENGE. TAKE THAT NERDS.
diagrams from 4 quarters of play. gophers vs northwestern, 1942. pic.twitter.com/Ssyeg7D0SZ
— Ryan K. Barland (@HipsterGopher) October 29, 2014
1925 & 1970- Ties against Wisconsin and Iowa? Yikes that is spooky.
1959-Vanderbilt traveled up to Minnesota? For a beat down!
Game program from the 1959 Halloween game against Vandy. via U of M
1981, 1987, 1992, 1998- Nothing to see there, moving on...
And my favorite, 2009 against Michigan State. I dressed up as a very scary Tim Brewster and watched the game from the student section, I think.