1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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National champion (eight selectors) Big Ten champion | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 8–0 (5–0 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
MVP | Pug Lund |
Captain | Pug Lund |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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No. 1 Minnesota $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Ohio State | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Illinois | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1934 college football season. In their third year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled an undefeated 8–0 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 270 to 38.[1]
The team was named national champion by eight NCAA-designated major selectors in
also receiving recognition.Halfback Pug Lund was selected for the team's Most Valuable Player award for the second consecutive year.[3] Lund also received Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded to the most valuable player of the Big Ten,[4] and was named an All-American by the AP, Collier's Weekly/Grantland Rice, Liberty, Walter Camp Football Foundation and Look Magazine.[5]
End Frank Larson was named an All-American by the
Total attendance for the season was 192,922, which averaged to 38,584. The season high for attendance was against rival Michigan.[6]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 29 | North Dakota Agricultural* | W 56–12 | 25,000–26,544 | [7] | |
October 6 | Nebraska* |
| W 20–0 | 38,000 | [8] |
October 20 | at Pittsburgh* | W 13–7 | 64,850–65,000 | [9] | |
October 27 | at Iowa | W 48–12 | 53,000 | ||
November 3 | Michigan |
| W 34–0 | 59,362 | [10] |
November 10 | Indiana |
| W 30–0 | 28,100 | |
November 17 | Chicago |
| W 35–7 | 46,000 | |
November 24 | at Wisconsin | W 34–0 | 38,000 | ||
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Roster
- HB Pug Lund
References
- ^ "1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 112. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 179[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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