1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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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 champion by nine NCAA-designated major selectors, then and in the decades since: Associated Press, Billingsley Report, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Helms Athletic Foundation, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, and Williamson.[2][3] This marked the third consecutive year the team was selected contemporaneously as national champion by at least three math systems. However, the Big Ten Conference did not allow its members to play postseason bowl games at the time, a conference bylaw that would not be changed until 1946.

ConferenceBig Ten Conference
APNo. 1
Record7–1 (4–1 Big Ten)
Headcoach
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1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
AP Poll national champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 1
Record7–1 (4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPEd Widseth
Captain
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
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1936 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Northwestern $6–0–07–1–0
No. 1 Minnesota4–1–07–1–0
Ohio State4–1–05–3–0
Indiana3–1–15–2–1
Purdue3–1–15–2–1
Illinois2–2–14–3–1
Chicago1–4–02–5–1
Iowa0–4–13–4–1
Wisconsin0–4–02–6–0
Michigan0–5–01–7–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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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.[4] Widseth and halfback Andy Uram were named All-Big Ten first team.[5]

Ed Widseth was awarded the Team MVP award.[6]

Total attendance for the season was 247,653, which averaged to 49,531. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[7]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Washington*
W 14–736,864–40,000
October 10Nebraska*
W 7–053,000
October 17Michigan
W 26–048,000[8][9]
October 24No. 5 PurdueNo. 1
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 33–047,780
October 31at No. 3 NorthwesternNo. 1
L 0–648,347
November 7IowadaggerNo. 2
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 52–063,200
November 14Texas*No. 2
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 47–1947,400[10]
November 21at WisconsinNo. 2
W 24–033,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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