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1911 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1911 Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Minnesota $ 3 0 1 6 0 1
Chicago 5 1 0 6 1 0
Wisconsin 2 1 1 5 1 1
Illinois 2 2 1 4 2 1
Iowa 2 2 0 3 4 0
Purdue 1 3 0 3 4 0
Northwestern 1 4 0 3 4 0
Indiana 0 3 1 3 3 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1911 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1911 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6-0-1 record (2-0-1 against Western Conference opponents), won the conference championship for the third consecutive year, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 102 to 15.[1] The team has been recognized retroactively as the national champion by the Billingsley Report.[2]

Center Clifford Morrell and halfback Reuben Rosenwald were named All-Big Ten first team.[3]

Schedule

09/30/1911Iowa State*

W 5-0 10/07/1911South Dakota*

  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 5-0 10/21/1911Nebraska*

  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 21-3 10/28/1911Iowa

  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 24-6 11/04/1911Chicago

  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 30-0 11/18/1911at Wisconsin

T 6-6 11/25/1911at IllinoisChampaign, ILW 11-0

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007). "2007 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 180.