Weather was a big player in 1921 Mankato-Rochester football game

Armistice Day football was once tradition in Rochester, with Rochester High School annually hosting one of its regional rivals on the holiday. The weather on Nov. 11, however, was not always ideal. The most famous instance came during the Armistice Day game of 1940, when a blizzard roared through the state. Visiting players and fans from Winona were stranded in Rochester by the heavy snow, strong winds and rapidly falling temperatures. The conditions that day were obviously dangerous and deadly. Across the Midwest, the storm killed at least 150 people. Nineteen years earlier, the 1921 Armistice Day game had also been played in less-than-ideal conditions. This was to be a heavyweight match. “The Mankato-Rochester game is attracting statewide attention,” the Daily Post and Record reported. Rochester in 1921 had a strong team built around a speedy backfield. “(Gordon) Graham at fullback is fast and heavy,” the Post and Record stated in a season preview.

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