When Minnesota and Michigan met, the teams played to a tie in a game that gave rise the Little Brown Jug trophy.

The New York Times reported that the match, "one of the most desperate football games seen in the West in years," was witnessed by "fully 30,000 spectators.

With 15 minutes remaining in the game, Michigan sustained a 65-yard drive culminating with a touchdown by right tackle Joe Maddock.

"[15]When the Michigan team returned to Ann Arbor on November 1, the players were greeted by a crowd of 5,000 singing and yelling at the depot.

The crowd attached ropes to a bus and towed the team to campus while continuing with organized songs and yells.

At a rally near the law building, Willie Heston told the crowd that the Minnesota players were "the roughest lot of sluggers I ever went up against.

"[18] Several in attendance reported that Minnesota assistant coach Pudge Heffelfinger had been heard yelling from the sidelines, "Kill off Heston in the first ten minutes, or you'll lose.

The goal was never in danger because our boys played a scientific defensive game and kept the ball in the air part of the time, where it belonged.

When the Michigan team arrived in Minneapolis, Yost reportedly instructed student manager Thomas B. Roberts to purchase a water jug.

The next day, custodian Oscar Munson brought the jug to L. J. Cooke, head of the Minnesota athletics department.