In their second year under head coach George Hauser, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–4 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 184 to 170.
The Wolverines had lost nine straight games to Bernie Bierman's Minnesota teams, the last Michigan victory having been in 1932.
The 43-point margin made it the worst defeat sustained by a Minnesota team to that point in the program's history.
Hirsch scored a total of three touchdowns and also intercepted a Minnesota pass to stop a drive in the fourth quarter.
[10] Prior to the game, the Chicago Daily Tribune referred to Daley as "the Gophers' war time gift to their football foes.