1929 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1929 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1929 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Clarence Spears, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 179 to 55.[1]

1929 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1929 record6–2 (3–2 Big Ten)
Head coachClarence Spears (5th season)
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1929 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Purdue $ 5 0 0  8 0 0
No. 5 Illinois 3 1 1  6 1 1
Minnesota 3 2 0  6 2 0
Northwestern 3 2 0  6 3 0
Iowa 2 2 2  4 2 2
Ohio State 2 2 1  4 3 1
Michigan 1 3 1  5 3 1
Indiana 1 3 1  2 6 1
Chicago 1 3 0  7 3 0
Wisconsin 1 4 0  4 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

Bronko Nagurski was named an All-American at fullback and tackle by the Associated Press and Look.[2] Nagurski and end Robert Tanner were named All-Big Ten first team.[3]

Total attendance for the season was 204,083, which averaged to 34,014. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 5Coe*W 39–025,000
October 12Vanderbilt
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
W 15–625,000
October 19at Northwestern
W 26–1440,000
October 26Ripon*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
W 54–027,000
November 2Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
W 9–730,000
November 9at Iowa
L 7–936,000
November 16Michigan
L 6–758,160
November 23Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis (rivalry)
W 13–1258,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "1929 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 179
  3. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180
  4. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
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