In their second year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 114 to 60.
Eklund and Martineau both received first-team honors from the Big Ten coaches and from Norman E. Brown.
The game was played at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in front of a crowd of close to 42,000 spectators.
The game was the final college football appearance for two All-American halfbacks, Harry Kipke of Michigan, and Earl Martineau of Minnesota.
[8][9] Michigan scored the only touchdown of the game in the second quarter on a 51-yard drive that featured a ten-yard run by Harry Kipke and a 12-yard gain on a pass to Steger.
In the third quarter, Edliff Slaughter blocked a punt by Martineau, and Dick Babcock recovered the ball at Minnesota's 27-yard line.
[10]Princeton coach Bill Roper watched the Michigan-Minnesota game as a guest of Fielding Yost.