1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
American college football season
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The 1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1950 Big Nine Conference 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]
| 1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 1–7–1 (1–4–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Wayne Robinson |
| Captain | Dave Skrien |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 30 | at Washington* | No. 18 | L 13–28 | 49,500 | ||
| October 7 | Nebraska* | L 26–32 | 47,710 | |||
| October 14 | at Northwestern | L 6–13 | 45,000 | |||
| October 21 | No. 9 Ohio State |
| L 0–48 | 53,192 | ||
| October 28 | No. 14 Michigan |
| T 7–7 | 59,412 | ||
| November 4 | Iowa |
| L 0–13 | 60,321 | ||
| November 11 | at No. 12 Michigan State* | L 0–27 | 47,461 | [4] | ||
| November 18 | Purdue |
| W 27–14 | 46,389 | ||
| November 25 | at Wisconsin | L 0–14 | 45,000 | |||
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Game summaries
Michigan
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
- Date: October 28, 1950
- Location: Memorial Stadium
Minneapolis - Game attendance: 60,158
In its fifth game, Minnesota tied 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.