Governor's Victory Bell

Minnesota Golden Gophers
Penn State Nittany Lions
SportFootball
First meetingSeptember 4, 1993
No. 17 Penn State 38–20
Latest meetingNovember 22, 2022
No. 16 Penn State 45–17
Next meetingNovember 23, 2024 in Minneapolis
Stadiums
TrophyGovernor's Victory Bell[1]
Statistics
Meetings total16
All-time seriesPenn State leads 10–6 (.625)
Largest victoryPenn State, 56–3 (1994)
Longest win streakPenn State, 4 (1993–1998, 2005–2010)
Minnesota, 4 (1999–2004)
Current win streakPenn State, 1 (2022–present)

The Governor's Victory Bell is an American college rivalry trophy contested between the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota, and the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Pennsylvania State University.[1][2]

Both teams are members of the Big Ten Conference. Minnesota is a founding member, since 1896, while long-independent Penn State joined in 1993. The Governor's Victory Bell trophy was created to commemorate Penn States' first Big Ten conference game, vs. Minnesota, on September 4, 1993.

The Governor's Victory Bell, alongside the Land Grant Trophy, is one of Penn State's two traveling rivalry trophies.[3] It is Minnesota's fourth official trophy, behind the Little Brown Jug, Floyd of Rosedale, and Paul Bunyan's Axe, and ranks the Golden Gophers first in the Big Ten for number of in-conference rivalry trophies.[4]

Map
About OpenStreetMaps
Maps: terms of use
500km
300miles
Penn State
.
Minnesota
Locations of Minnesota and Penn State
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference YDR1997 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference CDT1993Bell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYTimes2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference MD2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).