1898 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1898 Minnesota Golden Gophers football 1898 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.jpg 285 Western Conference Western 4–5 1–2 Jack Minds 1st George E. Cole Athletic Park The 1898 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1898 Western Conference football season. In their first and only season under head coach Jack Minds, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–5 record (1–2 against Western Conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 92 to 73.1898 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 1, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/minnesota/1898-schedule.html The 1898 season for Minnesota was one of adversity, including bad weather and a mid-season injury to the team's captain. The General Alumni Association Martin Newell The History of Minnesota Football The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota 1928 27 Coach Jack Minds was a fullback and kicker at the University of Pennsylvania. University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Jeff Keiser Shane Sanderfeld Minnesota Football 2004 Media Guide University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Communications 2004312 On Thanksgiving Day 1898, Minnesota and Illinois played a football game for the first time in the two programs' history. A big storm had come through the previous day, but John Pillsbury (the student manager) put together a crew and worked overnight using horse-drawn plows to clear the field. The game itself was delayed several times when the ball was lost in snow drifts on the side of the field Rainbolt Richard Gold Glory Ralph Turtinen Publishing Wayzata, Minnesota 197221 and the temperature fell to about 10 below zero when the game was called at noon.27 Illinois won the game 11–10. Schedule October 1 w y 1898 Carleton Carleton Minneapolis, MN 32–0 Gophers Ate 'Em: Carleton Eleven Shut Out by a Score of 32-0 The Sunday Times Minneapolis October 2, 1898 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103430100/gophers-ate-em-carleton-eleven-shut/ Newspapers.com October 5 3:35 p.m. l y Alumni Minneapolis, MN 0–5 Husky Grads Win: Alumni Eleven Does Up the 'Varsity Kickers; 'Twas a Very Warm Game The Minneapolis Times October 6, 1898 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103430333/husky-grads-win-alumni-eleven-does-up/ Newspapers.com October 8 w y 1898 Rush Medical Rush Medical Athletic Park Minneapolis, MN 12–0 Maroon and Gold: It Waved Triumphantly After Yesterday's Football Game; Minnesota Defeats Rush Medical in a One-Sided Game by a Score of 12-0 The Minneapolis Tribune October 9, 1898 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103430500/maroon-and-gold-it-waved-triumphantly/ Newspapers.com October 15 l y 1898 Grinnell Pioneers Grinnell Minneapolis, MN 6–16 Fell Down Hard: Gophers Went Down to Inglorious Defeat Yesterday; Grinnell Turned the Trick The Sunday Times Minneapolis October 16, 1898 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103430753/fell-down-hard-gophers-went-down-to/ Newspapers.com October 22 l y Iowa State Minneapolis, MN 0–6 Dined on Gopher: Ames Makes Mincemeat of the Crippled Gophers; Cole's Skull Is Fractured The Sunday Times Minneapolis October 23, 1898 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103431375/dined-on-gopher-ames-makes-mincemeat/ Newspapers.com October 29 l y Wisconsin Randall Field Madison, WI rivalry 0–29 1,200 Rallied Too Late https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116100491/minneapolis-daily-times/ The Sunday Times Minneapolis, Minnesota October 30, 1898 2 January 9, 2023 Newspapers.com Gophers Are Licked: No Show for the Football Players from Minnesota; First Half Ends 23 to 0 Wisconsin State Journal October 29, 1898 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103431502/gophers-are-licked-no-show-for-the/ Newspapers.com November 5 w y 1898 North Dakota Flickertails North Dakota Minneapolis, MN 15–0 Jack Minds' Pets Get a Game at Last: Minnesota Defeats North Dakota by a Score of 15-0 The Sunday Times Minneapolis November 6, 1898 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103431674/jack-minds-pets-get-a-game-at-last/ Newspapers.com November 12 w Northwestern Minneapolis, MN 17–6 4,000 Varsity Boys Win a Splendid Victory The Minneapolis Tribune November 13, 1898 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21001478/varsity-boys-win-a-splendid-victory/ Newspapers.com November 24 l Illinois Minneapolis, MN 10–11 Kicked in the Cold on a Margin of one Point Illinois from Minnesota The Saint Paul Globe November 25, 1898 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103431848/kicked-in-the-cold-on-a-margin-of-one/ Newspapers.com Personnel Players 25em Aune - guard Bernhagen - halfback Cameron - halfback Kienholtz - quarterback Nicoulin - tackle Otte - tackle Page - center Parry - guard Harry "Buz" Scandrett - captain, end, and elected captain for 1899"Buz" Scandrett Will Be Their Leader The Minneapolis Times December 5, 1898 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103440383/buz-scandrett-will-be-their-leader/ Newspapers.com Shepley - fullback von Schlegell - end Staff Jack Minds - coachThe Gopher 1900, p. 273. John Wirtensohn - trainer G.S. Phelps - football managerThe Gopher 1900, p. 272. References Minnesota Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football seasons Gophers Category:1890s in Minneapolis