1890 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1890 Minnesota Golden Gophers football Independent 5–1–1 Tom Eck 1st Horace R. Robinson The 1890 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota as an independent in the 1890 college football season. It was the only season under head coach Tom Eck and featured the historic first meeting between Minnesota and Wisconsin, the most-played rivalry at the top level of NCAA college football. https://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2006/2006_d1_football_records_book.pdf Official 2006 NCAA Divisions I-A and I-AA Football Records Book August 5, 2007 110–111 PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20070710085334/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2006/2006_d1_football_records_book.pdf July 10, 2007 The two teams have played each other every year since then except for 1906. That game was canceled by President Theodore Roosevelt who had decided to "cool off heated college football rivalries because of injuries and deaths on the field." University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Jeff Keiser Shane Sanderfeld Minnesota Football 2004 Media Guide University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Communications 2004249 The game was a decisive 63–0 Minnesota win. Coach Eck started holding signal drills before each game and established a training table. This is considered to be the start of "scientific football" at Minnesota.311 He also acted as the team's trainer. The week before that game, Minnesota took on 1890 Grinnell Pioneers Grinnell in Minneapolis, the first out-of-state opponent in Minnesota football history. The game was a hard-fought 18–13 Minnesota victory.18 The Ariel declared this team to be the "champions of the northwest".19 Schedule Central October 27 w y 1890 Hamline Pipers Hamline St. Paul, MN 44–0 November 3 w y Shattuck Faribault, MN 58–0 Won By The University: Shattuck School Defeated on Their Own Ground by a One-Sided Score The Minneapolis Tribune November 4, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51762528/won-by-the-university/ Newspapers.com November 5 t Minnesotas Athletic Park Minneapolis, MN 0–0 It Was A Draw The Minneapolis Tribune November 6, 1890 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51759993/it-was-a-lraw/ Newspapers.com(The Minnesotas were a team "composed chiefly of veterans from Eastern colleges") November 8 3:00 p.m. w 1890 Grinnell Pioneers Grinnell Minneapolis, MN 18–13 300 The University: After a Hard Tussle the Foot Ball Team Defeats Grinnell The Minneapolis Tribune November 9, 1890 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51762095/the-university-after-a-hard-tussle-the/ Newspapers.com November 15 w Wisconsin Minneapolis, MN rivalry 63–0 800 Another Victory: The "U" Football Eleven Wins From the Wisconsin Team The Minneapolis Tribune November 16, 1890 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49156300/first-minnesota-wisconsin-rivalry-game/ Newspapers.com November 19 l Ex-Collegiates Athletic Park Minneapolis, MN 11–14 1,500 "Ski-U-Ma" Not In It: The "U" Football Team Defeated by the Ex-Collegiates The Minneapolis Tribune November 20, 1890 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51760799/ski-u-ma-not-in-it/ Newspapers.com November 29 w Ex-Collegiates Minneapolis, MN 14–6 1,200 "U" Boys on Top The Minneapolis Tribune November 30, 1890 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51763008/the-u-boys/ Newspapers.com Roster Horace R. Robinson (captain), William C. Leary, George K. Belden, J.A. Harris, S.S. Start, Grant B. Rossman, Eugene L. Patterson, William C. Muir, George C. Sikes, Alf F. Pillsbury, Harry E. White, Charles E. Guthrie, James E. Madigan, David R. Burbank, Everhard P. Harding; Trainer Tom Eck. The General Alumni Association Martin Newell The History of Minnesota Football The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota 1928 33 References Minnesota Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football seasons Minnesota Golden Gophers football Category:1890s in Minneapolis