1942 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1942 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record5–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDick Wildung
CaptainDick Wildung
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Wisconsin 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
No. 9 Michigan 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Illinois 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
No. 19 Minnesota 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Indiana 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Purdue 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Northwestern 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1942 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach George Hauser, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 152 to 91.[1] Minnesota was ranked No. 19 in the final AP poll and No. 10 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings.[2]

Tackle

Collier's/Grantland Rice, Look Magazine.[3] Wildung was also named All-Big Ten first team.[4]

Dick Wildung was awarded the Team MVP Award.[5]

The Gophers hosted the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight school at the University of Iowa. The Pre-Flight team was coached by Bernie Bierman,[6] who had coached the Golden Gophers to five national titles between 1934 and 1941, and resumed coaching the Golden Gophers in 1945.[7]

Total attendance for the season was 231,307, which averaged to 38,551.[8] The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[8]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Pittsburgh*
W 50–722,000[9]
October 3Iowa Pre-Flight*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 6–737,500[10]
October 10at
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• L 13–2024,276
    October 17at Nebraska*No. 14
    		W 15–225,000
    October 24No. 4 MichigandaggerNo. 13
    		W 16–1455,000
    October 31NorthwesternNo. 10
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Minneapolis, MN
    		W 19–737,000
    November 7IndianaNo. 7
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Minneapolis, MN
    		L 0–732,000
    November 14No. 12 IowaNo. 16
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
    		W 27–733,000
    November 21No. 7 WisconsinNo. 10
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
    		L 6–2046,000
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Rankings

    See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
    Week
    Poll1234567Final
    AP
    		14 (1)13107 (1)16102019т

    Game summaries

    Michigan

    Week 5: Michigan at Minnesota
    1 234Total
    Michigan 7 007 14
    • Minnesota 0 777 21

    In the fifth week of the season, Minnesota defeated Michigan, 16–14. Tom Kuzma ran for touchdowns in the first and fourth quarters, and Jim Brieske converted both PATs. Bill Daley, who would go on to play for Michigan in 1943, ran 44 yards for a tying touchdown in the second quarter.[11]

    References

    1. ^ "1942 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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    3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 179[permanent dead link]
    4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
    5. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
    6. ^ Scott, John (1997), 1942 Iowa Seahawks (PDF), College Football Historical Society, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2010
    7. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 195[permanent dead link]
    8. ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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    11. ^ "MINNESOTA HALTS MICHIGAN, 16 TO 14; 55,000 Watch Gophers Gain Their First Conference Victory of Season". The New York Times. November 22, 1942. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
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