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 year) |
Offensive scheme | Single wing |
MVP | Rudy Gmitro |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#5 Minnesota $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#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 college 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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09/25/1937 | North Dakota State* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 69–7 | 47,492 | |||||
10/02/1937 | at Nebraska* | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE | L 9–14 | 37,000 | |||||
10/09/1937 | Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 6–0 | 35,000 | |||||
10/16/1937 | Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 39–6 | 53,266 | |||||
10/30/1937 | Notre Dame* | No. 4 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 6–7 | 63,237 | ||||
11/06/1937 | at Iowa | No. 14 | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 35–10 | 40,000 | ||||
11/13/1937 | Northwestern | No. 10 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 7–0 | 63,000 | ||||
11/20/1937 | Wisconsin | No. 7 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 13–6 | 46,000 | ||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
References
- ↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- 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
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