1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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Ranking
APNo. 1
1936 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

09/26/1936at Washington*

W 14–7 40,000 10/10/1936Nebraska*

W 7–0 53,000 10/17/1936Michigan

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 26–0 48,000 10/24/1936PurdueNo. 1

  • Memorial Stadium
  • MInneapolis, MN

W 33–0 47,780 10/31/1936at No. 3 NorthwesternNo. 1

L 0–6 48,347 11/07/1936IowadaggerNo. 2

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 52–0 63,200 11/14/1936Texas*No. 2

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 47–19 47,000 11/21/1936at WisconsinNo. 2

W 24–0 33,000

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 167
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 179
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180
  5. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
  6. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160