1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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Consensus national champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 1 |
| Record | 7–1 (4–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| MVP | Ed Widseth |
| Captain | Julius Alfonse, Ed Widseth |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Northwestern $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Minnesota | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the
Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, and Poling System.[2][3] This marked the third consecutive year the team was selected as national champion. 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.
Tackle
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
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | at Washington* | W 14–7 | 36,864–40,000 | |||
| October 10 | Nebraska* | W 7–0 | 53,000 | |||
| October 17 | Michigan |
| W 26–0 | 48,000 | [8][9] | |
| October 24 | No. 5 Purdue | No. 1 |
| W 33–0 | 47,780 | |
| October 31 | at No. 3 Northwestern | No. 1 | L 0–6 | 48,347 | ||
| November 7 | Iowa | No. 2 |
| W 52–0 | 63,200 | |
| November 14 | Texas* | No. 2 |
| W 47–19 | 47,400 | [10] |
| November 21 | at Wisconsin | No. 2 | W 24–0 | 33,000 | ||
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Roster
- Jules Alfonse
- Raymond J. Antil
- Frank J. Barle
- Raymond Bates
- Phil Belfiori
- Horace D. Bell
- Bruce H. Berryman
- Larry Buhler
- Bob Carlson
- Dan Elmer
- George Faust
- Rudolph Gmitro
- V. Stanley Hanson
- J. Robert Hoel
- Sam E. Hunt, Jr.
- Robert Wesley Johnson
- Edward Kafka
- Warren Kilbourne
- Ray Wallace King
- Florian Klick
- Dominic Krezowski
- John Kulbitski
- Marvin A. LeVoir
- William Matheny
- Lou Midler
- Wilbur Moore
- Dwight T. Reed
- Samuel A. Riley
- Harvey Ring
- Allen W. Rork
- Whitman H. Rork
- Charles Schultz
- Clark L. Snyder
- Vic Spadaccini
- Bud Svendsen
- Tuffy Thompson
- Frank Twedell
- Andy Uram
- Frank J. Warner
- Bob Weld
- Ed Widseth
- Bud Wilkinson
- Harold L. Wrightson
References
- ^ "1936 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. 167[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 179[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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