1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football Big Ten Conference Big Ten 1 7–1 4–1 Bernie Bierman 5th Single-wing Ed Widseth Julius Alfonse Ed Widseth Memorial Stadium AP Poll national champion The 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1936 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 203 to 32.1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 1, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/minnesota/1936-schedule.html The team was named national champion by nine NCAA-designated major selectors, then and in the decades since: Associated Press, Billingsley Report, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Helms Athletic Foundation, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, and Williamson.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2018/FBS.pdf 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records National Collegiate Athletic Association August 2018 December 11, 2018 112 Keiser Jeff 2007 Media Guide 167 2007 http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 March 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes This marked the third consecutive year the team was selected contemporaneously as national champion by at least three math systems. 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 Ed Widseth was named an All-American by Collier's/Grantland Rice, Associated Press, INS, NEA, New York Sun, Look Magazine, New York Morning Telegram, Hearst, United Press International and Paramount News. Keiser Jeff 2007 Media Guide 179 2007 http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 March 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Widseth and halfback Andy Uram were named All-Big Ten first team. Keiser Jeff 2007 Media Guide 180 2007 http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 March 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Ed Widseth was awarded the Team MVP award. Keiser Jeff 2007 Media Guide 181 2007 http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 March 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Total attendance for the season was 247,653, which averaged to 49,531. The season high for attendance was against Iowa. Keiser Jeff 2007 Media Guide 160 2007 http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 July 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Schedule 1936 AP September 26 w y y Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA 14–7 36,864–40,000 October 10 w y Nebraska Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN rivalry 7–0 53,000 October 17 w Michigan Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN Little Brown Jug 26–0 48,000 Minnesota Makes Michigan 20th Straight Victim, 26 to 0: U. of M. Offense Futile as Gopher Backs Romp Detroit Free Press Tod Rockwell October 18, 1936 Sports 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21411140/minnesota_makes_michigan_20th_straight/ Newspapers.comGophers Trounce Michigan, 26-0: Wolverines Run Ragged; Moore Races 60 Yards Minneapolis Tribune George A. Barton October 18, 1936 29–30 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21411267/gophers_trounce_michigan_260/ Newspapers.com October 24 w 1 Purdue 5 Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN 33–0 47,780 October 31 l y 1 Northwestern 3 Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL 0–6 48,347 November 7 w y 2 Iowa Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN rivalry 52–0 63,200 November 14 w y 2 Texas Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN 47–19 47,400 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123654076/gopher-power-routs-texas-eleven-4719/ Chicago Tribune Gopher power routs Texas eleven, 47–19 November 15, 1936 April 27, 2023 Newspapers.com November 21 w y 2 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI rivalry 24–0 33,000 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 Minnesota Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football seasons Category:College football national champions Minnesota Golden Gophers football