1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football Big Ten Conference Big Ten 4–0–4 2–0–4 Bernie Bierman 2nd Single-wing Pug Lund Roy Oen Memorial Stadium Big Ten co-champion The 1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1933 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–0–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 64 to 32.1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 1, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/minnesota/1933-schedule.html Halfback Pug Lund was selected for the team's Most Valuable Player 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 Tackle Marshall Wells was 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 Fullback John Baumgartner was named Academic All-Big Ten. Keiser Jeff 2007 Media Guide 182 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 164,301, which averaged to 27,384. The season high for attendance at Memorial Stadium was 45,000 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 September 30 w y South Dakota State Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN 19–6 25,000 October 7 t Indiana Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN 6–6 20,000 October 14 t Purdue Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN 7–7 26,497 October 21 w y Pittsburgh Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN 7–3 26,000 George A. Barton Gophers Gain Well Earned Grid Victory The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota October 22, 1933 Sports 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93603576/gophers-gain-well-earned-grid-victory/ January 27, 2022 Newspapers.com October 28 w y Iowa Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN rivalry 19–7 45,000 November 4 t y Northwestern Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL 0–0 35,000 N.U. Ties Minnesota, 0-0: Purple Attack Is Stopped on Two Yard Line Chicago Tribune Arch Ward Arch Ward November 5, 1933 II-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20970159/nu_ties_minnesota_00_purple_attack/ Newspapers.com November 18 t y Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI Little Brown Jug 0–0 52,137 November 25 w Wisconsin Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN rivalry 6–3 25,000 Game summaries Michigan Week 7: Minnesota at Michigan Minnesota Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 November 18, 1933 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan 65,000 Frank Birch On November 18, 1933, Minnesota played Michigan. Minnesota had two weeks to prepare for the Wolverines following a bye week. The game ended in a scoreless tie. Each team attempted three passes, and neither team completed any. Two of Michigan's three pass attempts were intercepted by Minnesota. Bierman's Golden Gophers also held Michigan to 58 rushing yards. Michigan's best scoring opportunity was set up by a Statue of Liberty play in which Bill Renner dropped back to pass and cocked his arm to throw. Stanley Fay ran behind Renner and took the ball from Renner's extended hand. Fay ran around the end and eluded one tackler before being tackled by Vernal Levoir and Pug Lund at the Gophers' 30-yard line. Michigan was unable to penetrate further. Minnesota gained 132 yards on the ground, mostly by left halfback Pug Lund. In the third quarter, Lund ran for a 42-yard gain, and in the fourth quarter, he ran from kick formation, taking the ball to Michigan's 38-yard line. Two plays later, Minnesota fullback Vernal Levoir took the ball to Michigan's 16-yard line. When Michigan held Minnesota on three plays, Bill Bevan attempted a field goal from the 25-yard line. The kick went wide, and Minnesota's best scoring chance was lost.Michigan Battles To Scoreless Tie; Minnesota Holds Wolverines to Deadlock Before 65,000 at Ann Arbor The New York Times November 19, 1933 https://www.nytimes.com/1933/11/19/archives/michigan-battles-to-scoreless-tie-minnesota-holds-wolverines-to.htmlMinnesota Try At Goal Fails; Wolverines Can't Close; Minnesota Ends Michigan's List of Triumphs, 0–0; Gophers Miss Place Kick in Fourth quarter Chicago Daily Tribune November 19, 1933 A1 https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/474920582.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+19%2C+1933&author=WILFRID+SMITH&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1923-1963)&edition=&startpage=A1&desc=MINNESOTA+TRY+AT+GOAL+FAILS%3B+WOLVERINES+CAN%27T+GET+CLOSE https://archive.today/20130131152213/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/474920582.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+19,+1933&author=WILFRID+SMITH&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1923-1963)&edition=&startpage=A1&desc=MINNESOTA+TRY+AT+GOAL+FAILS;+WOLVERINES+CAN'T+GET+CLOSE dead January 31, 2013 After the game, Michigan coach Harry Kipke told reporters: "We got off easy. . . . Minnesota has a great football team, and it is only fair to say we were lucky to hold them scoreless. . . . Our offense probably would have looked better on a dry field. Everhadus is our only hard driving back, while Minnesota has three, . . . Our other ball carriers depend on sidestepping to go places and they couldn't do much of that with the footing so slippery."Tie With Gophers Pleases Michigan: Kipke Says Wolverines Were Lucky to Hold Powerful Northmen Scoreless; Still Leading Big 10 The Owosso Argus-Press November 20, 1933 One sports columnist wrote: "No game I have seen this season more clearly brought out the inestimable value of consistent punting as did this bruise and batter struggle . . . No matter where Michigan was located when Johnny Regeczi went back to kick, the boot almost always was good enough to place Minnesota on the defensive."Dick Meade Michigan's Old Guard Bent And Twisted, But Still Able To Hold Golfers [sic]; Minnesota Clearly Has a Statistical Edge, But Wolverines Get a Tie The News-Bee, Toledo, Ohio November 20, 1933 The tie snapped a 16-game winning streak for Kipke's Wolverines dating back to November 14, 1931. Bierman's Golden Gophers went on to undefeated national championship seasons in 1934 and 1935. References Minnesota Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football seasons Category:Big Ten Conference football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Minnesota Golden Gophers football