1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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Consensus national champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 1 |
| 1936 record | 7–1 (4–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Bernie Bierman (5th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| MVP | Ed Widseth |
| Captain | Julius Alfonse, Ed Widseth |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Northwestern $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Minnesota | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1936 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 203 to 32.[1] The team was named national champions, the third consecutive national championship for the University.[2]
Tackle Ed Widseth was named an All-American by Collier's/Grantland Rice, Associated Press, INS, NEA, New York Sun, Look Magazine, New York Morning Telegram, Hearst, United Press International and Paramount News.[3] Widseth and halfback Andy Uram were named All-Big Ten first team.[4]
Ed Widseth was awarded the Team MVP award.[5]
Total attendance for the season was 247,653, which averaged to 49,531. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[6]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 26 | at Washington* | Husky Stadium • Seattle | W 14–7 | 40,000 | |||||
| October 10 | Nebraska* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis (Rivalry) | W 7–0 | 53,000 | |||||
| October 17 | Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis (Little Brown Jug) | W 26–0 | 48,000 | |||||
| October 24 | No. 5 Purdue | No. 1 | Memorial Stadium • MInneapolis | W 33–0 | 47,780 | ||||
| October 31 | at No. 3 Northwestern | No. 1 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | L 0–6 | 48,347 | ||||
| November 7 | Iowa
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No. 2 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis (Rivalry) | W 52–0 | 63,200 | ||||
| November 14 | Texas* | No. 2 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 47–19 | 47,000 | ||||
| November 21 | at Wisconsin | No. 2 | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin (Rivalry) | W 24–0 | 33,000 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.
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References[edit]
- ^ "1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 167[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 179[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
