1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1950 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Michigan $ 4 1 1 6 3 1
No. 14 Ohio State 5 2 0 6 3 0
Wisconsin 5 2 0 6 3 0
No. 13 Illinois 4 2 0 7 2 0
Northwestern 3 3 0 6 3 0
Iowa 2 4 0 3 5 1
Minnesota 1 4 1 1 7 1
Indiana 1 4 0 3 5 1
Purdue 1 4 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1950 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 1-7-1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 196 to 79.[1]

Wayne Robinson was awarded the Team MVP Award.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 267,015, which averaged to 53,403. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[3]

Schedule

09/30/1950at Washington*

L 13-28 49,500 10/07/1950Nebraska*

L 26-32 47,710 10/14/1950at Northwestern

L 6-13 45,000 10/21/1950No. 9 Ohio State

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 0-48 53,192 10/28/1950No. 14 Michigan

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

T 7-7 59,412 11/04/1950Iowa

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 0-13 60,321 11/11/1950at Michigan State

L 0-27 47,461 11/18/1950Purdue

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 27-14 46,389 11/25/1950at Wisconsin

L 0-14 45,000

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Game notes

Michigan

Week 5: Michigan at Minnesota
1 234Total
Michigan 0 070 7
Minnesota 0 007 7

In its fifth game, Minnesota lost to Michigan. After a scoreless first half, Michigan drove down the field culminating in a two-yard run by Don Dufek. Minnesota tied the game with a touchdown in the final two minutes to tie the game at 7-7. Dufek rushed for 63 yards, but the Minnesota team held Michigan to a total of only 46 yards rushing as Chuck Ortmann was held to -38 rushing yards. With the tie game, Michigan retained possession of the Little Brown Jug.

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160