1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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Big Ten champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 5 |
| 1937 record | 6–2 (5–0 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Bernie Bierman (6th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| MVP | Rudy Gmitro |
| Captain | Ray King |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Minnesota $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Ohio State | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1937 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 184 to 50.[1]
End Ray King was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Look magazine.[2] Fullback Andy Uram was named an All-American by the Associated Press.[2] King, halfback Rudy Gmitro, tackle Lou Midler and guard Frank Twedell were named All-Big Ten first team.[3]
Rudy Gmitro was awarded the Team MVP Award.[4]
Total attendance for the season was 254,188, which averaged to 50,838. The season high for attendance was against Notre Dame.[5]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 25 | North Dakota Agricultural* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 69–7 | 47,492 | |||||
| October 2 | at Nebraska* | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska (Rivalry) | L 9–14 | 37,000 | |||||
| October 9 | Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 6–0 | 35,000 | |||||
| October 16 | at Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan (Little Brown Jug) | W 39–6 | 53,266 | |||||
| October 30 | Notre Dame* | No. 4 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | L 6–7 | 63,237 | ||||
| November 6 | at Iowa | No. 14 | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa (Rivalry) | W 35–10 | 40,000 | ||||
| November 13 | Northwestern | No. 10 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 7–0 | 63,000 | ||||
| November 20 | Wisconsin | No. 7 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis (Rivalry) | W 13–6 | 46,000 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- 1 2 Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 179
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160