On This Date in Minnesota History: September 27

September 27, 2014 – The Minnesota Golden Gophers beat the Michigan Wolverines at home 30-14, resulting in the return of the Little Brown Jug to Minnesota for only the second time in the last 24 games of one of the longest-running rivalries in college football.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/2014/10/08/minnesota-golden-gophers-football-michigan/16917299/

Photograph of the "Michigan Jug" (which was neither little nor brown) from the 1909 Michiganensian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Brown_Jug_(American_football)

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