'Tlie .

Golden Gophers
of The University of Minnesota

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The Golden Gophers

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A record of the achievements of the undefeated
football teams of 1933, 1934 and 1935 of the
University of Minnesota.

This volume also contains records of all Minnesota

football teams from the beginning of football on
the campus through the 1935 season.

Published by the General Alumni Association of the Uni-

versity of ¥innesota, E. B. Pierce '04, Secretary.
December, 1935

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William S. Gibson '27, Editor
Herman Rosenblatt '33, Assistant

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 MEMORIAL STADIUM, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
This stadium, dedicated in 1924, will seat 52,000. A crowd of 60,000 can be seated
through the placing of special bleachers on the sides of the field and at the ends.
Across University Avenue is the giant Field House . The new Sports Building now
stands at the open end of the stadium .

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 Three Years Without Defeat
The record of Minnesota football teams in going through three complete sea-
sons, 1933, 1934 and 1935, without defeat stands as one of the outstanding achieve-
ments in the history of the popular American sport and it is a record which may
never be equalled in major intercollegiate competition. There are four tie games
on the record of the team of 1933 while the great championship elevens of 1934
and 1935 were undefeated and untied. The Golden Gophers of 1934 were hailed
as the undisputed champions of the Western Conference and of the nation . The
Gophers of 1935 shared the Big Ten title with Ohio State, the other team undefeated
in conference competition, and were acclaimed as the national champions by a
majority of the critics of the game.
Since the turn of the century, nine Minnesota football teams have enjoyed
undefeated records and three of these elevens were both undefeated and untied.
The undefeated squads were the teams of 1900, 1903, 1904, 1911, 1915, 1927, 1933,
1934 and 1935. Only the teams of 1904, 1934 and 1935 have all-victory records .
The 1904 team was coached by Dr. Henry L. Williams and the teams of 1933 and
1934 by one of his pupils, Bernie Bierman, who was captain of the Minnesota eleven
of 1915. Previous to 1900 the undefeated Minnesota teams were those of 1887,
1888, 1892 and 1893.
Since the beginning of what might be termed modern football at the institution,
~ Minnesota has had only five head football coaches. Dr. Henry L. Williams, one of
- the pioneer leaders in the development of the game as we know it today, served
t9 from 1900 to 1922. During the period of 22 years, Minnesota teams played 180
games, winning 136, losing 33, and tying 11 .
....sJ Fred B. Luehring came to Minneapolis as director of athletics in January, 1922,
rn and William Spaulding became head football coach in the fall of the same year.
, Mr. Spaulding served through the seasons of 1922, 1923 and 1924. Dr. Clarence W.
Q Spears was named head coach in 1925 and continued in the position through the
I 1929 season . He was succeeded by "Fritz" Crisler who served both as head football
c2 coach and athletic director for two years. When _ he resigned to go to Princeton
University, Frank G. McCormick was appointed director of athletics and Bernie
Bierman came to Minnesota in 1932 from Tulane University as head football coach.

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 6 THE GOLDEN GOPHERS

mores, Dick Smith, George Svendsen,
Glenn Seidel and Sheldon Beise.
S. D. State- Pos. Minnesota
Ginsberg ....... LE ....... Ronning
Plihal ......... LT. . . . . . . .. Smith
Price .......... LG ......... Bruhn
Whaley ........ C. . . . . . . . . . . .. Oen
Noble ......... RG ...... Lundgren
Arndt ......... RT...... Svendsen
Messner ....... RE. . . . . . .. Larson
Kramer ........ QB. . . . . . . . .. Seidel
Balfany ........ LH. . . . . . . . . . Lund
Terry ......... RH . . . . . . .. Proffitt
Johnson ...... . . FB. . . . . . . . .. Beise
Scoring by periods:
South Dakota State.. 0 0 0 6- 6
Minnesota ......... 0 0 6 13-19
Scoring - South Dakota State:
Touchdown, K l' arne r. Minnesota:
Touchdowns, Lund, 3. Point from try
after touchdown, Champlin, 1 (drop-
kick). •
Substitutions-South Dakota State;
Miller for Terry, Lee for Plihal, Cool
for Arndt, Arndt for Cool, Plihal for
Lee, Halvorson for Messner, Leach for
Price, Diehl for Ginsberg, Ginsberg for
Diehl, Lee for Plihal, Diehl for Gins-
berg, Terry for Miller, Ginsberg for
Diehl, Messner for Halvorson, Baxa for
Kramer, Plihal for Arndt, Frandsen for
Balfany, Magnuson for Whaley, Price
for Leach.
Minnesota: Harpole for Lundgren,
Rennix for Proffitt, Bengtson for
Smith, Champlin for Lund, Proffitt for
Rennix, Roscoe for Champlin, Lund-
gren for Harpole, Lund for Proffitt,
Tenner for Ronning, Freimuth for
Svendsen, Proffitt for Roscoe, Ronning
for Tenner, Svendsen for Freimuth,
Smith for Bengtson, Roscoe for Prof-
fitt, Dallera for Lundgren, Bengtson
. for Smith, Klonowski for Larson, Ohde
for Klonowski, Tenner for Ronning,
Harpole for Bruhn, Tengler for Beise,
Larson for Ohde, Beise for Tengler,
Lundgren for Dallera, Bruhn for Har-
pole, Champlin for Roscoe, Freimuth
for Svendsen, Holmstrom for Lund-
gren, Farmer for Lund, Knudson for
Smith.
Officials: Referee, John Getchell, St.
Thomas; umpire, M. W. Brennan , Iowa
State; field judge, L. Holsinger, Mich-
igan; head linesman, C. MacDonald,
Minnesota.
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Minnesota 6, Indiana 6
In the second game of the season
again st Indiana the Gophers made 15
first downs to two for Indiana, but
the final score was 6 to 6. A crowd of
Q5 ,00n saw Minnesota backs run up
and down the field to amass a total
yardl1ge of 349 while the visitors In Memorial stadium in the third
gained only 87 yards from scrimmage. . game of the campaign, the Gophers
Minnesota was penalized a total of 85 made nine first downs and a touch-
yards. down in the first half to lead the
Sheldon Beise plunged across for the Boilermakers who were pre-game fav-
Minnesota score in the first period and orites. The hard charging Minnesota
fumbles and penalties nullified other line stopped the efforts of the fine
Gopher scoring attempts. Indiana
scored in the third quarter when the
ball popped out of Carl Tengler's arms
into the arms of Lyons, Hoosier end,
who ran 58 yards for the touchdown.
Francis Lund again was the ground
gaining star of the afternoon. On Q6
plays he lugged the ball 108 yards and
was a consistent ground gainer at all
times. George Roscoe, sophomore right
half, picked up 38 yards in 13 plays
and Sheldon Beise, sophomore fullback,
had a fine average in a total gain of 15
yards in two plays.
The game was a disappointment to
Minnesota fans insofar as the final
score was concerned, but the Gophers
disclosed some fine football which was
indicative of better things in the fu-
ture. There was some effective block-
ing, the line was charging the heavier
Indianans off their feet, and Glenn Sei-
del, sophomore quarterback, showed a
mastery at his post.
Indiana- Pos. -Minnesota
E. Antonini ..... LE...... . . Tenner
Anglemyer ..... LT ....... R. Smith
Voliva ......... LG ......... Bruhn
Sprauer ........ C. . . . . . . . . . . .. Oen
Jones .......... RG.. .. .. ... Bevan
Zoll . . . ........ RT. . . . .. Svendsen
Vercuski ....... RE. . . . . . . .. Larson
Dauer ......... QB. . . . . . . . . Seidel
H. Sawick ...... LH ... . ...... Lund
Sutherland ..... RH. . . . . . . . Roscoe
Walker ... ... .. FB .......... Beise
Score by periods:
Indiana . ............ 0 0 6 0-6
Minnesota . ......... 6 0 0 0-6
Indiana S cor i n g - Touchdown,
Lyons.
Minnesota Scoring - Touchdown,
Beise .
Substitutions - Indiana: Baab for
Sutherland, Lyons for Vercuski, Keck
for Walker, Beeson for Anglemyer, An-
glemyer for Beeson, Stevenson for Vo-
liva, Huffman for Baab, Renegar for
Zoll, Zoll for Beeson, Kuss for Rene-
gar, Vol iva for Stevenson.
Minnesota: Proffitt for Roscoe, Ron-
ning for Tenner, Bengtson for Smith,
Roscoe for Proffitt, Alfonse for Roscoe,
Le Voir for Seidel, Tengler for Beise,
Champlin for Alfonse, Beise for Ten-
gler, Roscoe for Champlin, Seidel for
LeVoir, Harpole for Bruhn, Proffitt for
Roscoe.
Officials - Referee, Fred Gardner,
Cornell; umpire, H. G. Hedges, Dart-
mouth; field judge, M . Morton, Mich-
igan; head linesman, George Simpson,
Wisconsin.
Minnesota 7, Purdue 7
• sen for Smith, Smith for Bengtson,
array of Purdue backs and "the visitors
spent most of the afternoon deep in
their own territory. The passing com-
bination, Lund to Larson, paved the
way for the Minnesota touchdown.
Lund tossesd a pass from his own 45-
yard line to Larson on the Purdue 30-
yard line and he was downed on the
QO-yard mark. On the next playa pass
from Lund to Seidel put the ball on
the 10-yard line. Lund went through
tackle to the one-yard marker and the
sophomore, Julie Alfonse, plunged
across for the score. Bill Bevan kicked
for the extra point.
Midway in the fourth quarter the
Boilermakers intercepted a pass in
Minnesota territory and Coach Noble
Kizer sent in a string of fresh backs
who carried the ball through the tir-
ing Minnesotans for a touchdown.
A feature of the game was the ef-
fective blocking of the Minnesota
backs, especially Beise and Seidel.
Lund got away several perfectly exe-
cuted quick kicks which served to
keep the visitors deep in their own
territory. Lund gained a total of 75
yards in 17 plays; Beise Q1 yards in
nine; Alfonse 80 yards in 15, and Prof-
fitt 6 in one.
Purdue- Pos. -Minnesota
Lowery .. . .. ... LE . ....... Tenner
Fehring ..... . .. LT... . . .... Smith
Huggins ....... LG .. . ...... Bruhn
La wrence ... . .. C . . . . . . . . . . . .. Oen
Febel .......... RG ......... Bevan
Unger ......... LT. . . . .. Svendsen
Duggins . ...... LE. . . . . . . .. Larson
Pardonner ..... QB. . . . . . . .. Seidel
Carter . ........ LH .......... Lund
Purvis .... . .... RB. . . . . . . . . . Beise
Hecker .. . . . ... FH . . . . . . .. Alfonse
Scoring - Touchdowns: Pur due,
Basker (sub. for Carter); Point after
touchdown, Pat'donner (dropkick);
Minnesota, Touchdown, Al£onse. Point
after touchdown, Bevan (placekick).
Substitutions - Purdue, Hass for
Lowery, Peele for Par donner, Pardon-
ner for Peele, Dennis for Huggins, Heldt
for Unger, Skoronski for Lawrence,
Peele for Pardonner, Dailey for Purvis,
Basker for Carter, Keegan for Hecker,
Lowery for Haas, Unger for Heldt,
Pardonner for Peele, Peele for Par-
donner, Hecker for Keegan, Purvis for
Dailey, Haas for Lowery, Loebs for
Duggins, Carter for Basker, Duggins
for Loebs.
Minnesota-LeVoir for Seidel, Seidel
for LeVoir, Bengtson for Smith, Smith
for Svendsen, LeVoir for Seidel, Svend-
Bengtson for Smith, Smith for Svend-
sen, Knudsen for Smith, Harpole for
Bruhn, Proffitt for Al£onse, Freimuth
for Knudsen, Ronning for Tenner.
Officials - Referee, Fred Gardner,
Cornell; Umpire, A. Haines, Yale; Field
Judge, R. W. Huegel, Marquette;
Headlinesman, lVL Norton, Michigan.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Minnesota 7, Pittsburgh 3
.Minnesota gained national recogni-
tion with the victory over the pow-
erful Pittsburgh team in Memorial
stadium, 7 to 3. The Gophers made
fewer first downs and less yardage than
their opponents but clever generalship
and the great defensive work of the
Minnesota line in the pinches brought
victory.
Un the opening kick-off, Francis
Lund was tackled hard on the l\1inne-
sota 37-yard line and lost the ball. On
four tries the Panthers were unable to
pierce the Minnesota line, and it was
Minnesota's ball. On the second play
Lund electrified the stands by sweep-
ing around the right end for 12 yards
to Minnesota's 43-yard line. On the
next play he went another 7 yards,
then standing on his own 40-yard line
Lund kicked the ball out of bounds
right on the Pittsburgh goal line. But
for an unusual hop, the ball would
have been out of bounds on the Pitt
I-foot line. Midway in the first period
Minnesota fans were treated to an-
other brilliant feat when Julius AL-
fons e broke through Pittsburgh's line
for 25 yards to put the ball on the
Pitt 31-yard line. Lund and Beise alter-
nated to carry the ball to the 18-yard
line. A couple of plays later Bob Ten-
ner, left end, streaked behind the line
of ~crimmage and over to the right,
takmg a shovel pass from Lund while
running at full speed. Behind beauti-
ful blocking he fought his way to the
southeast corner of the field and
crossed over for a touchdown. Bill Bev-
an's place kick was good.
The Panthers came back viciously
and for several plays gained at will
through the Minnesota line. Then the
visitors began to throw passes and
their passing attack was a thing of
beauty. The alert Minnesota backs dis-
played a great defense, however, and
the Panthers were able to complete
only three of their fifteen passes. Two
passes were intercepted by LeVoir.
sophomore fullback, at crucial mo-
ments in the game. Midway in the
second period a pass from O'Dell to
Rooker brought the ball to Minneso-
ta's 20-yard line. On a seri es of plays
the Panthers placed the ball on Min-
nesota's 4-yard line. At this point
Pitt's great back, Sebastian , fumbled
for a loss of 9 yards. Then O'Dell held
the ball while Weinstock kicked a field
goal from placement, giving Pitt its
three points.
Minnesota fans were treated to an-
other of those truly great football
thrills on the first play of the second
half. Lund received the kick-off stand-
ing on hi s own 2-yard line. He made
a brilliant return, running through the
entire Pittsburgh team and breaking
out into the open to be caught from
ROY OEN
Captain 1933
behind on the Pittsburgh 38-yard line.
This great run by Lund put the vis-
itors back in their own territory and
probably should be rated as one of the
crucial events of the afternoon.
Lund gained 55 yards in 19 plays
and was brilliant in his return of punts
and kick-offs. On the return of kick-
offs Minnesota had the startling av-
erage of 35 yards.
Julius Alfonse, sophomore halfback
from Cumberland, Wisconsin, also dis-
played true greatness by gaining 72
yards in 14 plays aga inst the powerful
Pitt defense.
Pittsburgh- Po s. - :Minnesota
Rooker ........ LE. . . . . . .. Tenner
Hoel .......... . LT .... ... .. Smith
Hartwig ... . . . . LG . .. ...... Bruhn
Kliskey ...... . . C. . . . . . . . . . . . . Oen
Onder . ....... . RG. . . . . . . .. Bevan
Walton ........ RT. .. ... Svendsen
Skladany ...... RE. . . . . . .. Larson
Munjas ........ QB. . . . . . . .. Seidel
O'Dell .. ..... .. LH. . . . . . . . .. Lund
Sebastian .... .. RH. . . . . . . . Alfonse
VVeisenbaugh ... FB. . . . . . . . .. Beise
By periods:
Pittsb urgh ....... ... 0 3 0 0-3
Minnesota .......... 7 0 0 0-7
Scoring: Pittsburgh - Field goal,
Weinstock (placement) ; Minnesota,
touchdown, Tenner . Point after touch-
down , Bevan (placement).
Substitutions - Pittsburgh : Hogan
for Munjas, Weinstock for Wei sen-
baugh , Munjas for Hogan, Madesic for
Sebastian, Shotwell for Kliskey, Weis-
enbaugh for Weinstock, Sebastian for
Madesic, Madesic for Sebastian, Or-
miston for Onder, Kutz for Hartwig,
Hogan for Munjas, Weinstock for
Weisenbaugh, Meredith for Hoel, Mun-
jas for Hogan, Weisenbaugh for Wein-
stock.
Minnesota: Bengtson for Smith, Le-
Voir for Seidel, Smith for Bengtson,
Seidel for Beise, Bengtson for Smith,
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Beise for LeVoir, Smith for Bengtson ,
Roning for Tenner, Harpole for Bl'Uhn,
Svendsen for Smith.
Officials: Referee, Franch Birch,
Earlham; umpire, H. C. Hedges, Dart-
mouth; field judge, John S. Getchell.
8t. Thomas; headlin esman, S. Taylor ,
Ylichigan.
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Minnesota 19, Iowa 7
Precision of play, hard blocking, and
sm art field generalship were factors
which carried the Gophers to a 19 to 7
\\'in over Iowa in the annual Hom e-
coming game in lVlemorial stadium,
Lund and Alphonse made sensational
gains with the aid of effective blocking
by Seidel, Beise, Bruhn , Bevan , Lar-
son, Tenner and others. The general-
ship of Glen n Seidel stamped him as
one of the finest quarterbacks in foot-
ball.
Th e first two touchdowns were made
by Julius Alfonse, sophomore right
halfback from Cumberland. Wisconsin.
On th ese runs, one from the 5-yard
line, the second from the 10, he wa s
given perfect interference as he swept
across to the corner of the gridiron.
Potential Iowa tacklers were cut down
and out of the play completely by
Lun'd, Seidel, Beise, Bevan and Bruhn.
And Larson, Tenner and the others in
the Minnesota line carried out their as-
signments to the letter. The third
touchdown was made by Babe LeVoir
who substituted at either the fullback
or the quarterback post. He smashed
over t ackle from the 4-yard line.
N ear the end of the third quarter,
with the score 19 to 0, Bernie Bierman
replaced· many of his regulars. Early in
the fourth quarter a pass from George
Champlin was intercepted by Dick
Crayne who hiked 50 yards for a
touchdown. Bierman ret urned his first
string backfield to the game and Lund
and Beise ripped through the Iowa line
for consistent gains during the remain-
der of the quarter but failed to score.
In the Iowa game Pug Lund gained
116 yards in 20 plays, Alfonse gained
51 in 12, and Sheldon Beise, sophomore
fullba ck , picked up an imposing total
of 79 yards in 11 slashes into the line.
Bill Proffitt gained 18 yards in four
plays and LeVoir, sophomore reserve
fullback or quarterback, gained 13
yards in five plays.
Crayne was the heaviest ground
gainer from scrimmage for Iowa with
a total of 78 yards in 17 plays, while
Joe Laws gained 59 yards in 13 plays.
Minnesota made 17 first downs to
seven for Iowa and gained a total of
296 yards from scrimmage to 142 yards
for the Iowans. The Gophers complet-
ed three of their nine attempted for-
ward passes .
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Iowa- Pos. -Minnesota
Page .......... LE. . . . . . .. Tenner
Foster ... .. .. .. LT. . . . . . . .. Smith
Schammel ...... LG .... . .... Bruhn
Moore ..... . ... C . . . . . . . . . . . .. Ocn
Sec! ........... RG. . . . . . . .. Bevan
Radloff ........ R T. . . . .. Svendsen
Dee ........... RE ... . ..... Larson
Laws . ..... . ... RE. . . . . . . .. Seidel
Hoover ........ LH .......... Lund
Russ Fisher ..... R H. . . . . . .. Alfonse
Crayne ........ FB. . . . . . . . .. Beise
Score by periods :
Iowa .............. 0 0 0 7- 7
Minnesota ........ . 0 7 12 0-19
Scoring: Touchdowns, Crayne, Al-
fonse 2, LeVoir (sub. for Seidel).
Point after touchdown: Roo k
(placement); Bevan (place kick) . • Captain Roy Oen played one of his
Substitutions: Iowa-Ray Fisher for
Page, Haas for Sec!, Sec! for Haas,
Hoffman for Radloff, Page for Dee,
Teyro for Laws, Rook for Russ Fisher,
Russ Fisher for Rook, Gallagher for
Foster, Hawkins for Schammel.
l\i(innesota - Ronning for Tenner,
Tenner for Ronning, Bengtson for
Smith, Smith for Bengtson; Bengtson
for Smith , Rennebohm for Oen, Har-
pole for Bevan, Bevan for Harpole,
Harpole for Bevan" Bevan for Har-
pole, Lundgren for Bevell, Freimuth
for Svendsen, Svendsen for Freimuth,
Ronning for Larson, Larson for Ron-
ning, Le Voir for Seidel, Seidel for Le-
Voir, LeVoir for Seidel, Hargesheimer
for LeVoir, Champlin for Lund, Roscoe
for Champlin, Champlin for Roscoe,
Lund for Champlin, Proffitt for Al-
fonse, Alfonse for Proffitt, Proffitt for
Alfonse, LeVoir for Beise, Beise for Le-
Voir, Levoir for Beise, Beise for Le-
Voir.
Officials: Referee, J . Masker, North-
western; umpire, 1. T. Carrithers, Illi-
nois; field judge, John S. Getchell, St.
Thomas; headlinesman, G. Simpson,
Wisconsin.
• for LeVoir.
Minnesota 0, Northwestern 0
In a game marked by costly fum-
bles on both sides, Minnesota and
Northwestern fought a scoreless battle
at Evanston. Five Gopher fumbles
were recovered bv the Wildcats, and
three of these wel:e deep in Minnesota
territory, and it was only by great de-
fensive play and by Purple fumbles
that scores were averted. The Minne-
sotans were playing below par in their
tackling and blocking. Lund, Beise and
Alfonse made sensational runs.
·Minnesota made 10 first downs,
Northwestern eight, and th e Gophers
gained a total of 249 yards from scrim-
mage to 146 yards for the Wildcats.
Ollie Olson's great kicking helped to
set the Gophers back after they had
managed at times to crash their way
deep into Purple territory. Lund's
punts averaged 37 yards while Olson's
averaged 43, and the Minnesotan's av-
erage was lowered by the fact that
one of his kicks was blocked.
The 101lgest run of the afternoon was
contributed bv Lund who took the
kickoff at the· beginning of th e third
quarter and ran it back 7.5 yards to
the Northwestern 20-yard line. A lat-
eral pass from Beise to Lund placed
the ball on the Purple 12-yard line.
Here the Gophers lost the ball on the
fourth down by a margin of inches .
From scrimmage, Lund gained 71
ya rds in 14 plays; Beise, 72 yards in 13
plays; Alfonse, 57 yards in seven plays.
and LeVoir, 14 yards in one play . Ol-
son picked up the most yardage for
the Wildcats with ~22 yards in nine
plays.
strongest games as did Milton Bruhn
at guard. Frank Larson was all over
the field to uphold his reputation as
one of the outstanding ends of the
year. Sheldon Beise, sophomore full-
back, shattered the specially built Pur-
ple defense on his sensational slashes
into the line. Bob Tenner was injured
on the third play of the game, and his
post at left end was held most capably
by John Ronning.
Northwestern- Pos. - .Minnesota
Manske . ....... LE ... . .... Tenner
Kopecky . . .. ... LT ..... .. W. Smith
Whelan . ..... .. LG ....... " Bruhn
Hajek ..... . ... C . . . . . . . . . . . .. Oen
KawaI . . ...... RG ........ . Bevan
Chambers .. . ... RT. . .. .. Svendsen
Jens .. ...... . . RE. .. ..... Larson
Auguston . .. ... QB. . . . . . . .. Seidel
Sullivan ........ LH . . ... . .... Lund
Cruice . . ... .. .. RH . . . . . . .. Alfonse
Luvall ......... FB .......... Beise
Substitutions : Minnesota - Roning
for Tenner, LeVoir for Seidel, Bengt-
son for Svendsen, Svendsen for Bengt-
son , Seidel for LeVoir, LeVoir for
Beise, Bengtson for Svendsen , Smith
for Bengtson, Beise for Seidel , Seidel
Northwestern-Mondala for Duvall,
Olson for Auguston, Tangora for Whel-
an, Auguston for Olson, Duvall for
Mondala, Olson for Duvall, Heuss for
Kopeky, Leeper for Sullivan, Lind for
Auguston, Riley for Chambers, Jens
for Kostbade. •
Minnesota 0, Michigan 0
Minnesota engaged in its fourth tie
game of the season against :Michigan
at Ann Arbor in the annual battle for
the Little Brown Jug. Previous to this
scoreless tie Michigan teams on the
gridiron had won 19 straight games.
A feature of the game was the fact
that Pug Lund smashed through the
strong Wolverine defense to gain a to-
tal of 99 yards while all the Michigan
backs gained only 95 yards. Minnesota
was credited with 187 yards from
scrimmage, and the Gophers made sev-
en first downs to five for Michigan.
Sheldon Beise, Minnesota's sopho-
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more fullback, was having a big day
at ball carrying and also on the de-
fense until he was injured late in the
second quarter. On several occasions he
broke through the Michigan line and
out into the open before being brought
down by the secondary. In 10 plays he
picked up 40 yards. Julius Alfonse
played a strong game at halfback and
gained 27 yards in 7 plays. LeVoir, who
replaced Beise, made 18 yards in seven
plays. Glen Seidel handled the team in
a masterly fashion and was a star on
defense a nd ahead of the Minnesota
ball carriers. In the first quarter he
intercepted a Michigan pass to stop
a Wolverine attack in midfield.
The entire .Minnesota line came in
for plenty of praises following a great
exhibition both on defense and offense.
The boys tore holes in the Michigan
forward wall to let their ball toters get
started down the field. And on the de-
fense they broke through to throw the
·Wolverine backs for losses. Frank Lar-
son added to his reputation as a ster-
ling end by stopping everything that
came his way and by catching up with
plays that went the other way.
Bob Tenner, recovering from the in-
jury received in the Northwestern
game, played a strong game at end, and
John Ronning who alternated with
him held firm against the Michigan at-
tack. Dick Smith, Phil Bengtson and
George Svendsen rose to new heights
in their play at tackle . At the begin-
ning of the season it was the holes at
tackle that gave opposing coaches some
hope of breaking through the Minne-
sota defense.
Captain Roy Oen played his usual
alert game of football and measured
up well to Michigan's Bernard in spite
of the 25 pounds difference in their
weights. He intercepted a Michigan
pass in midfield in the fourth quarter
and started Minnesota on a drive deep
into Michigan territory.
The most sensational run of the
game came in the third quarter when
Lund started from his own 20-yard
line, plunged through the center of the
Michigan line, threw off several tack-
lers, and ran to the :Michigan 42-yard
line where has was pulled down by Ev-
erhard us. The great Minnesota back
had catapulted into the Michigan safe-
ty man, Fay, to send him sprawling
but he was slowed down by the im-
pact and this allowed Everhardus to
get hands on him.
A few plays later after an exchange
of punts Lund completed another sen-
sational dash running from punt forma-
tion and picking up 16 yards. In the
fourth quarter Lund again broke into
the open on a 15 yard advance to
carry the ball to Michigan's 15-yard
line. Here the Gophers' running game
was stopped, and Bill Bevan came out
of the line to attempt the place kick.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS 9

The kick \"as a most important one, for

a victory over Ylichigan would have
placed Ylinnesota in a spot to claim
the conference championship since
Im\"<l had defeated Purdue. But the
kick wa s \"ide by a yard.
:;Vli nnesota- Po s. -:Nlichigan
Tenner . .... ... LE. . . . . .. Petoskey
Sm ith ........ . LT ..... . .. Wistert
Bruhn .. .. . . ... LG ..... Hildebrand
Oen ..... . ..... C . . . . . . . .. BemaI'd
Bevan ......... R G . . . . . .. Kowalik
Svendsen ...... RT ... ... ... Austin
Larson ........ RE. . . . . . . . . . Ward
Seidel .... . ... . QB. . . . . . . . Renner
Lund . . ... ..... LH . . .. Everhardus
Alfonse . . . ..... RH. . . . . . . . . .. Fay
Beise ..... _ .... FB. . . . . . .. Regeczi
Substitutions - Minnesota: Bengt-
son for Svendsen, LeVoir for Seidel,
Seidel for LeVoir, LeVoir for Bei se,
Svendsen for Bengtson, Ronning for
T enner, Proffitt for Alfonse. Michi-
gan: Borgman for Hildebrand , H eston
for Everhardus, Everhardus for Ren-
ner, Hildebrand for Borgmann, Renner
for Heston , Borgmann for Hildebrand .
•
Minnesota 6, Wisconsin 3
' ;Vind, snm\', rain and a powerful
Wi sconsin defense all combined to
stop the hard-running game of the
Gophers in the final game of thi s un-
defeated season. A touchdown in th e
third period brought a 6 to 3 win.
Both team s resorted to kicking and
waited for the breaks. In the first pe-
riod, Mario Pacetti, Badger guard,
made good on a 43-yard placekick, and
in the mud and snow 'Visconsin set
out to defend that lead. Bernie Bierman on Northrop Field
In the second quarter the Minneso-
tans advanced to the Wisconsin two
yard line but the Badgers held firm
and took the ball on downs. The ball game, but it was wide and the visitors in the Minnesota starting line-up who
was kept in 'Visconsin territory could not get close enough for an- was a senior. The ot her seniors on the
throughout the period but the Gophers other attempt to score by that method. 1938 squad were George Champlin ,
were unable to make any consistent ad- The field was perfectly dry at twelve Stanley Lundgren and Ellsworth Har-
vance through the mud. o'clock and the scene was set for a pole.
The Gophers through the medium of full afternoon of thrilling football . An 'Vi sconsin- Pos. -YIinnesota
Lund's kicking kept the Badgers back hour before game time it started to Deanovich ... .. LE ........ Tenner
on their own goal line during the early rain and shortly after the kickoff this Golemgeske .... LT . ... ... R. Smith
part of the third period and took ad- rain turned to snow. A veritable bliz- Bendel' .. .... . . LG. . . . . . . .. Bruhn
vantage of the necessary break. Schuel- 7-ard was dished up for the irritation of Koenig . . . ..... C . . . . . . . . . . . . Oen
ke fumbled and recovered on his own the fans and the discomfiture of the Pacetti .. . .... . RG. . . . . . . .. Bevan
five-yard line . players. At times during the game th e Miller ..... .... RT. . . . . . . Bengtson
On the next play the slippery ball plays were but dimly visible on the Lo veshin ... .... RE ...... . " Larson
was again fumbled , and this time, it was fi eld and it was nearly impossible to Porett .. . ...... QB. . . . . . . .. Seidel
recovered on the one foot line by Dick pick out individual players. Fontaine .... ... LH .......... Lund
Smith. On the first play thereafter, Each team made three first downs Schiller ... . .... RH. . . . . . .. Alfonse
Pug Lund smashed over the right side and Minnesota outgained the visitors H. Smith ... .... FB. . . . . . . . .. Beise
of his own line for the touchdown. The from scrimmage by only six yards: Score by periods:
ensuing kick by Bill Bevan was Minnesota 105, Wisconsin 99. Minne- Wisconsin ........ . .. 3 0 0 (L-3
blocked. The Gophers continued to sota punted 18 times and Wisconsin Minnesota ....... .. . 0 0 6 0--6
threaten the Wisconsin goal line 17. Lund was the individual ground Officials-Referee, John Getchell, St.
throughout the remainder of the pe- gaining star of the game with a total Thomas; umpire, John Schommer, Chi-
riod but were unable to score. of 48 yards in 16 tries. Alfonse hit the cago; field judge, H . W. Huegel, Mar-
With the assistance of the wind the line hard to pick up 12 yards in five quette; headlinesman , J. P. O'Mara,
play was in Minnesota territory during plays and Beise gained 29 in 11. For Notre Dame.
the fourth quarter and Minnesota fans Wisconsin Schiller gained 33 in 12, and Scoring-Wisconsin: Field goal, Pa-
were given many anxious moments. A Smith 22 in 8. cetti (placement); Minnesota; touch-
Badger placekick threatened to tie the Captain Roy Oen wa s the only man down, Lund.
10 THE GOLDEN GOPHERS

SEIDEL

The 1933 Minnesota Squad

Position Height Weight Age Class Home T own
J uli us Alfonse ... . . .. . .. .... HB 5' 10lj2" 178 19 Soph. C umberland, Wis.
Sheldon Beise .... . . . ... .. . .. FB 5' 11 " 190 19 Soph. Mo und
*Erwin Burg ..... . .. . .. .. ... HB 5'10" 168 20 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis.
Jay Bevan ....... .... .... . .... G 5'10" 180 21 Soph. St. P a ul
Bill Bevan .......... .. . . . .... G 5' 10lj2" 185 20 Soph . St. Paul
Lawrence Bugni .. ........... FB 5' II" 188 21 Soph. Montreal , Wi s.
Bill Freimuth . .... ..... . ... .. T 6' 6" 21;) 19 Soph. Duluth
~' Harold Haiden ...... . .... . ... G 6' 1" 18.5 20 Jr. LaCrosse, Wi s.
Ellsworth H arpole . .. . .. ...... G 5'9" 173 22 Sr. Minneapoli s
lVIaurice Johnson ... .. ........ E 6' I" 183 20 Jr. Anoka
Mark Klonowski ...... . . . . .... E 5' II " 188 19 Soph. Winona
Leslie Knndson ........ . . . . ... T 6' 2lj2" 212 ]9 Jr. Luverne
Cyril IOiner .. ... . . .......... G 5' 9lj2" 178 19 Soph. St. Paul
Vernal LeVoir .............. QB 5' 10" 180 19 Soph. Minneapoli s
*Francis Lnnd .... .. .. . . . ... HB 5' II " 170 20 Jr. Rice Lake, Wis.
Woodrow Nold . ......... . .... C 6' I " 195 20 Jr. :vIiI waukee, Wis.
*Capt. Roy Oen ... . ... . ...... . C 6' 11" ]68 24 Sr. Thief River Falls
'" Bill Proffitt ....... . ..... . .. HB 6'2" 200 18 Jr. Buffalo, N. Y.
George Rennix .... .... ...... HB 5' 10" 166 18 Soph. Aberdeen, S. D.
*J olm Ronning ....... . ........ E 6' 185 21 Jr. Minneapolis
Glenn Seidel .... .. .. . . ...... FB 6' 185 19 Soph . Minneapolis
Phil Sperry .......... .. .. .. . QB 6' I lj2" 195 21 Sr. Western Springs, Ill.
Dick Potvin .............. . ... G 5' 10" 180 21 Jr. Cass Lake
Dale Rennebohm ... . ... . . .. .. C 5'10" 185 18 Soph. Austin
~' lVIilton Bruhn .. .............. G 5' 11%" 180 20 Jr . St. Bonifaciu s
*Frank Larson ..... . . .. . . . . ... E 6'2." 190 22 Jr. Duluth
"George Champlin ......... . . . HB 5'6" 159 21 Sr. Cresco, Iowa
George Roscoe ............ . . HB 5' II" 170 19 Soph. :iVIinneapolis
Mal Eiken . . ..... . ......... HB 5'11" ]68 20 Jr. Caledonia
*Carl Tengler .. .. ....... . .... FB 5' II" 192 22 Jr. Minneapolis
*Robert Tenner . ....... . . . ... . . E 6' 185 19 Jr. Minneapolis
*S tanley Lundgren .. . . .. .. .... G 5' II" 210 22 Sr. Minneapoli s
*Phil Bengtson ...... . ..... . .. . T 6' 2" 202 19 Jr. St . Paul
George Svendsen ... . .. . . . . .... T 6'2" 205 19 Soph. Minneapolis
Spencer Wagnild ... .. .... ..... C :j'10" 175 20 Jr. Minneapolis
*M yron UbI ................. HB 6'1 1" 175 21 Sr. :vI:inneapolis
~'Lettermen

RONING LUNDGREN TENGLER

 THE GOLDEN GOPHERS 11

The National Champions of 1934

T HE Minnesota eleven of 1934 has
been rated as the greatest football
In the opener Bernie Bierman used
37 players and it appeared to the fans
team of all time. For the first time Won Lost Tied Pct. that the Gopher eleven became strong-
since 1915 :;Vlinnesota won the un- :;Vlinnesota 5 0 0 1.000 er rather than weaker as the game ad-
disputed championship of the Western Ohio State 5 I 0 .833 vanced. Captain Pug Lund was used
Conference and the Gophers were also lIIinois ...... .. . 4 I 0 .800 sparingly in the game but he was in
listed as the national champions. It Purdue ......... 3 I 0 .750 action long enough to indicate to the
was a team of stars with the individual Wisconsin ....... 2 3 0 .400 spectators that he was an All-Americ'a n
stars playing as a unit on the field. No Northwestern " . 2 3 0 .400 performer. He flipped a pass to Butch
progress could be made through the Chicago ....... . 2 4 0 .333 Larson, :Minnesota's All-American end •
line and the powerful backs could not Indiana ........ I 3 I .250 which placed the ball on the Aggies'
be stopped on the offense. The calibre Iowa ........... 1 3 I .250 3-yard line, from which point Beisc
of the alert pass defense is indicated Michigan . . . . . . . 0 6 0 .000 plunged over for the touchdown . On
in the fact that the Gophers intercepted the following kickoff. Lund returned
21 passes during the season. the ball 51 yards to place the Minne-
The highlight of the season was the ed: Minnesota 15; Opponents 28. sotans back in scoring territory. A few
13 to 7 win over Pittsburgh at Pitts- Passes grounded: :Ylinnesota 33; Op- moments later he caught a pass from
burgh. There was never any doubt as ponents 18. Clarkson and crossed the goal line un-
to the outcome of the other games on Passes intercepted by Minnesota 21; molested.
the schedule and it was just a question by Opponents 3. The scoring star of the game was
of how many touchdowns the Gophers A verage yards per punt: l\1innesota Stan Kostka, sophomore, with four
would make. There were able replace- 36.7; Opponents 37.07. touchdowns to his credit. Kostka. who
ments for nearly every position and the N umber of penalties: on lVlinnesota plays the fullback position, ran like a
scoring continued with second and 47: on Opponents 30. halfback as he broke through the
third string reserves in the line-up. Yards penalized: lVlinnesota 431; enemy line and raced his way down
This great squad will never be for- Opponents 182. the field for touchdowns. Near the
gotten by lVlinnesota followers. Three Fumbles: by Minnesota 36; by Op- close of the second quarter with the
men, Captain Francis Lund, halfback; ponents 33. aid of effective interference and block-
Bill Bevan, guard, and Frank Larson. Longest gain by rushing: by Mil1l1e- ing. he ran 64 yards. Just before the
end, were named on the all-America sota 77 yards by Alfonse in Iowa game; end of the game he scored his fourth
team selected by Grantland Rice for by Opponents: 50 yards by Pittsburgh. touchdown after breaking loose for 22
Collier's Magazine. Longest gain by passing: l\1innesota: yards.
Five backs on the championship 51 yards by Dick Smith on a pass George Roscoe also electrified the
Minnesota eleven averaged more than from Roscoe in Wisconsin game; Oppo- 26,000 fans with long runs. In the
five yards per play for their ball-carry- nents: 57 yards by Iowa. third quarter he broke through the
ing activities during the eight games Time taken out: bv Minneso ta 24; North Dakota Aggies and ran 66
of the 1934 season. Julius Alfonse had by Opponents 38. • yards for a touchdown. Shortly after-
the highest average with 8.5 yards. On Individual gains from rushing: ward he broke away again and scored
64 plays he carried the ball a total of Aver- after a 20-yard sprint. In the fourth
546 yards. Yards Attempts age quarter he returned a kickoff 90 yards
Captain Francis Lund gained 667 Alfonse .. . .. .. 546 64 8.5 to be thrown on the 5-yard line .
yards in exactly 100 plays . And this Rork ......... 46 6 7.6 Arthur Clarkson, another sophomore,
in face of the fact that he was a Clarkson ..... 198 29 6.7 provided another series of thrills with
marked man throughout the season Lund .. . . . .... 667 100 6.6 his left-handed passing and his broken
and opposing defenses were set to stop LeVoir ....... 38 6 6.3 field running. George Rennix, Sheldon
his smashes through tackle. Roscoc ..... . . 314 51 6.1 Beise, Julius Alfonse, and Bill Proffitt
Kostka ....... 651 109 5.9 also added their good work, while
The following statistics cover all of Glenn Seidel and Babe LeVoir con-
Seidel ........ 27 5 5.4
the eight games played by the Gophers: tributed the quarterbacking and a gen-
Proffitt .... . .. 63 13 4.8
Score: l\1innesota 270; Opponents 38. erous supply of effective blocking.
Beise .... . .. . . 190 54 3.5
First downs by periods:
R ennix .. . .... 17 8 2.5 ' The Minnesota line displayed great
First period: Minnesota 34; Oppo-
nents II. potential power and three sophomore
Second period: :iVIinnesota 29; Oppo- 1934 linesmen were very much in the midst
nents 9. Minnesota 56, North Dakota State 12. of things-Ed Widseth, tackle, and
Third period: :;Vlinnesota 29; Oppo- l\1innesota20, Nebraska O. Vernon Oech and Charles Wilkinson,
nents 10. Minnesoia 13, Pittsburgh 7. guards.
Fourth period: Minnesota 42; Oppo, :Minnesota 48, Iowa 13. lVlinnesota Pos. N. Dak. State
nents 10. Minnesota :34, Michigan O. Tenner LE Newman
Total yards gained from rushing: Minnesota 30, Indiana o. R. Smith LT Sturgeon
By Minnesota 2,735; by Opponents Minnesota 35, Chicago 7. Oech LG House
574. Minnesota 34, Wisconsin O. Rennebohm C Thomas
Total yards gained from passing: Minnesota 270, Opponents 38. W. Bevan RG Peschel
Minnesota 336; Opponents 341. The :Ylinnesota eleven of 193'1 which Bengtson RT Dobervich
Total yards gained from scrimmage: was to win recognition as one of the Larson RE Sloan
Minnesota 3,071; Opponents 915. greatest football teams of all time Seidel QB Reiners
Number of forward passes attempt- opened the season with an impressive Lund LH Schollander
ed: Minnesota 36; Opponents 87. 56 to 12 win over the North Dakota Clarkson RH Schranz
Number of forward passes complet- Aggies. Beise FE Gove
12 THE GOLDEN GOPHE RS

The 1934 line-Tenner, Widseth, Oech, Rennebohm, Bevan, Bengtson and Larson.

The 1934 Minn.esota Squad

RETURNING LETTER:\IEN
Julius Alfonse . . ............ HB 5' 10%" 17S 22 Jr. Cumberland, \Vi s.
Sheldon Beise . . . ... . .. . . . . ... FB 5' 10" IS5 20 Jr. Mound
Philip Bengtson . . ....... . . .... T 6' 2%" 20S 21 Sr. St. Paul
Bill Bevan ........ ..... . . ..... G 5'11" 190 22 Jr. St. Paul
Milton Bruhn ........ . ........ G 6' IS5 21 Sr. St. Bonifaci us
Bill Freimuth ... . . ... ... .. .... T 6' (l" 21S 20 Jr. Duluth
Frank Larson ..... ... . . ....... E 6' :l" IS5 2'2 SI'. Duluth
Vernal LeVoir ............ . ... FB ;;' 9" ISO 21 Jr. Minneapoli s
Francis Lund, Capt . .. ... . .... HB 5' 10ljz" I SO 22 S1'. Rice Lake. \"i s.
Bill Proffitt .. ... .. . .. . ...... HB 6' 2" 190 20 Sr. Buffalo, X . Y.
Dale Rennebohm . . .. ... ... .... C 5' 10" ISO 21 Jr . Austin
John Ronning . .. .......... . ... E 6' 190 22 Sr . Minneapoli s
George Roscoe ... .. .. ........ HB 6' 1" IS5 20 Jr. Minneapoli s
Glenn Seidel .... . .... .. . . .. .. QB 5' 11" ISO 20 Jr. Minneapoli s
Dick Smith .. .. ........ . ...... T 6' 3" 220 20 Jr. Rockford. Ill.
George Svendsen .. . .. .. ........ T 6' 2" 200 22 .11'. }linneapolis
Robert Tenner ................ E 6' 190 20 S1'. :\linneapolis

H.ESERVES FnO~I 193:)

:\lal Eiken ... . . . . . ....... ... HB 5' 11" 165 21 Jr . Caledonia

Dick Farmer ........... . . .... HB 6' 1" ISO ~O .Jr. Stillwater
Dale Honson ... . .. .. . .. ..... .. G 5'9" 175 21 JT. Alfred. K. D.
Lawrence Bugni .. . ....... .. . . FB 6' 190 21 .Jr . :iVlontreal, \\,i s.
Maurice .Johnson . ......... .... E 6' 2," 190 ~n Sr . Anoka
Mark Klonowski ... ... ........ G 5'11" 190 20 .Jr. 'Vinona
Leslie Knudsen . . ... ... . ....... 1' 6' ,t" 210 21 Sr. Albert Lea
George Rennix . .. ............ HB 5' 10" 170 21 .Jr . Aberdeen . S. D .
Willis Smith . . .... ..... .... ... 1' 6' 1" 191) ~W .Jr. :\1inneapoli s
Frank Dallera ......... ....... . G 6' IS5 21 •Tt-. St . Paul
Sy lvester Schnickels ... . ....... E 6' 1" IS5 21 .Jr. Hector
Peter Schuft .. .. .. .. . ....... HB 5' 10" 16S 21 Jr. Hutchinson

SOPHOl\WHE PH.OSPECTS
Hay Antil .......... . ......... E 6' 1" ISO 19 :\laple Lake
Bruce Berryman ... . . .. . ...... E 6' 175 19 Jackson
Art Clarkson . .... . ... .. ..... . HB 5'9" 165 20 Seattle. WasIl.
Kenneth Dollarhide ... .... .... HB 6' 197 19 :Vlonte~Tideo
.Jay Bevan ... . ....... . ... .... G 5'10" 17S 21 St. Paul
Stanlev Han son ... . .......... . C 5' 10 112" ]SO 19 :Vlound
Sam Hunt ........ .... . ..... QB 5'8" ];j;j 19 Red Lake Falls
Stanlev Kostka ..... ..... .... FB .5' 11" 2 10 22 South St. Paul
Domi~i c Krezowski .. . ......... E 6' 2" 190 19 Minneapoli s
Vernon Oech . ... ....... .. . .... G 6' ]90 20 Beach, N. D .
Dwight. Reed .. . ............ .. E 5' 11" li5 19 St. Paul
Jack Hooney ........ . .. . .. . . QB 5' 10" ] 75 19 . Hot Springs, S. D .
Whitman Rork . ......... .. .. FB 6' 1" ]85 19 Eau Claire, Wi s .
Earl Svendsen . ...... . .... . . .. C 6' ISO 19 Minneapolis
Edwin Widseth . . ............. 1' 6' ]" 220 24 McIntosh
Charles Wilkinson ............. T 6' ]" ]90 19 :\1inneapolis
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Officials-Referee, John S. Getchell,
St. Thomas; umpire, T. C. Kasper,
Notre Dame; field judge, L. Holsinger,
Michigan; head linesman, Coin Mac-
Donald, Minnesota.
North Dakota ... . . 0 0 0 12-12
~1innesota .......... 0 27 15 14~5 6
Minnesota scoring, touchdowns-
Kostka 4, Roscoe 2, Beise, Lund.
Safety-May. Point after touchdown,
Bevan 4; LeVoir 2. (placekicks).
North Dakota State scoring: Touch-
downs-Peschel, Marquardt.
North Dakota State substitutions:
Halfbacks-Hanson, May. Fullback-
Erickson. Quarterback-Miller. Center
- Maynard. Ends - Stevens, Mar-
quardt.
Minnesota substitutions: Ends -
Ronning, M. Johnson, Antil, Berry-
man. Tackles-Freimuth, Knudson ,
W. Smith, Brown. Guards-Wilkinson,
Anderson, Potvin, J. Bevan, Dallera.
Center-Eo Svendson, G. Svendson.
Halfbacks-Alfonse, Rennix, Roscoe,
Proffitt. Fullbacks - Kostka, Rork.
Quarterback, LeVoir.
• Benson, Cardwell, Parsons, Williams,
Minnesota 20, Nebraska 0
In defeating Nebraska 20 to 0 the
Gophers made 20 first downs and
gained the grand total of 423 yards
from scrimmage. And yet after all this
yardage one of the touchdowns was
made by Bill Bevan, guard, after inter-
cepting a pass on the Nebraska 32-yard
line. Stan Kostka scored the other two
touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Captain Pug Lund had a big day as
a ball carrier and slashed his way
through the Nebraskans for a spec-
tacular total of 166 yards in 22 plays.
The scoring star of the afternoon was
Stan Kostka, first year back, who start-
ed in the fullback position in the ab-
sence of the injured Sheldon Beise.
Early in the fourth quarter he plunged
through from the 8-yard line and a
few minutes later crashed over the
Nebraska left tackle and sprinted 47
yards for the touchdown.
The :Minnesota line played havoc
with the Nebraska offense. Tenner,
Widseth, Oech, Rennebohm, Bill
Bevan, Bengtson and Larson, smashed
through to stop the Cornhusker backs
before they could get under way. Once
on a series of passes the visitors carried
the ball to the I-yard line but were
thrown back six yards in four plays.
Against Nebraska the Gophers dis-
played some intricate offensive tactics
and they gave the impression of pos-
sessing tremendous power.
On the first play of the game Cap-
tain Lund went through left guard for a
23-yard gain. On the second play
Lund smashed through the same spot
for 11 yards and another first down
on Nebraska's 30-yard line. The
Gopher captain then picked up an-
other 11 yards. On the next play Art
Clarkson, sophomore right half, circled
left end to the Nebraska 6-yard line.
The Gophers failed to put it over in
four tries.
Scoring - Touchdown: "V. Bevan,
Kostka 2. Points after touchdown,
LeVoir 2 (placekicks).
Nebraska Position MinnesoUt
Scherer LE Tenner
Reese LT Widseth
Heldt LG Oech
Meier C Rennebohm
White RG Bevan
Pflum RT Bengtson
Yelkin RE Larson
Bauer QB Seidel
Benson LH Lund
Cardwell RH Clarkson
Skewes FB Kostka
Scorc by periods:
Nebraska ............ 0 0 0 0- 0
Minnesota ... . . ... . .. 0 6 0 14-20
Substitutions - Nebraska - Ends:
Sears, Yelkin, McDonald, Scherer,
Flasnick, Tonan. Tackles - Pflum,
Reese, Scofield. Guards-Hubka, Up-
tegrove, White, Garnick. Halfbacks-
Douglas, Francis, Eldridge.
Minnesota-Ends-Ronning, Tenner,
M. Johnson, Antil, Berryman. Tackles
-Smith, Freimuth. Guards-Bruhn,
S. Anderson, J. Bevan, Dallera. Center
-George Svendson. Halfbacks - Al-
fonse, Clarkson, Roscoe, Proffitt, Ren-
nix. Fullbacks-Seidel, Kostka, Le-
Voir, Rork. Quarterbacks - LeVoir.
Officials-Referee-Fred Gardner, Cor-
nell; Umpire-H. G. Hedges, Dart
mouth. Field judge-I. T. Carrithers,
Illinois. Headlinesman - S. Taylor,
Wichita.
• fonse and Tenner. Point after touch-
Minnesota 13, Pittsburgh 7
In the feature game of the season the
Gophers travelled east to defeat the
powerful Pittsburgh eleven, 13 to 7, in
a game which was featured by brilliant
football on the part of both teams. The
64,000 fans saw the Panthers score first
in the second period when Weinstock
plunged through tackle and then later-
aled the ball to Nicksick who ran 50
yards for the touchdown.
The Gophers were kicking on the first
and second downs and as a result they
had but little chance to pick up many
yards from scrimmage or to make any
first downs in the early part of the
game. A highlight of the game which
will always be remembered by Minne-
sota followers was the great goal line
stand staged by the Minnesotans. Thr
Panthers recovered a Gopher fumble
on the Minnesota six-yard line but were
unable to score in four plays.
The first Minnesota touchdown came
as suddenly as did the Pittsburgh score.
Julie Alfonse slipped around the right
side of the Panther line and sprinted
50 yards for the touchdown. Bill Bevan
13
kicked for the extra point and the score
was tied at 7 to '7.
In the final quarter the Gopher of-
fense began to click with a vengeance
and the Gophers started a drive down
the field with Stan Kostka and Lund
blasting through the opponents' de-
fenses for substantial gains. Kostka
staged one of the sensational plays of
the game when he started on the Pitt
45-yard line and ran through the cen-
ter of the opposition to ' the 23-yard
mark before he was pulled down.
After three tries from this point the
Gophers still had several yards to go for
a first down and ' Quarterback Seidel
called for an intricate pass play which
puzzled the Panthers. Seidel took the
ball from center and handed it to Kost-
ka who tossed it back to Lund. The '
Minnesota captain ran wide to the right
and when near the sideline tossed a
forward pass down the field to Bob
Tenner who took the ball and crossed
the goal line with the winning tally.
The victory stamped the Gophers
as the potential national champions of
the 193 '~ season.
Pittsburgh
Rooker
Position
LE
Minnesota
Tenner
Hoel LT Oech
Hartwig LG Widseth
Shotwell C Rennebohm
Ormiston RG W. Bevan
Olejniczak RT Bengtson
Siefert RE Larson
Munjas QB Seidel
Nicksick LH Lund
LaRue RH Clarkson
Weinstock FB Beisl'
Scoring: Pitt - Touchdown: Nick-
sick. Point after touchdown-Wein-
stock. Minnesota-Touchdowns: Al-
down-Bevan.
Substitutions-Pitt: Quarantillo, LE;
Daniell, LT; Wahlgemuth, Glassford,
LG; Kliskey, C; Detzel, RT; Kutz,
RG; Wilkins, RE; Randour, LH;
Weisenbaugh, FE. Minnesota: R.
Smith, LT; Bruhn, W. Bevan, RG; Le-
Voir, QB; Alfonse, Proffitt, RH; Kost-
ka, FB; C. Svendsen, C.
Officials-Referee, W. G. Crowell,
Swarthmore. Umpire-To J. Thorp,
Columbia. Linesman-W. M. Hollen-
bach, Pennsylvania. Field judge-C.
M. Waters, Williams.
•
Minnesota 48, Iowa 12
The Gophers scored two touchdowns
at Iowa City before the Hawkeyes
got hold of the ball and throughout
the contest the Minnesota backs ran
wild to defeat the Iowans, 48 to 12.
On the first eleven plays of the game,
Captain Lund carried the ball from
near his own goal line down the field
for a touchdown. Shortly after the
next kickoff Julie Alfonse went
through the Iowa line and sprinted 77
yards for a score.
 14
Julius Alfonse led the way for the
third touchdown. He made gains of
ten yards, twenty yards, and twelvc
yards to place the ball on the Iowa 10-
yard line. A moment later he dived
over an Iowa tackler right on the goal
line for the score. George Roscoe, who
had replaced Pug Lund at left half,
slashed through center for a big gain
and then on the next play spun his
way to the goal line for another
counter. Then Stan Kostka hit his
stride and before the day was over had
crossed the Hawkeye goal line threc
times once on a run of 38 yards.
At 'the end of the first half Minne-
sota was leading 34 to O. Ossie Solem
gave his men some good advice be-
tween halves, and they held the Goph-
ers scoreless during the third quarter.
During this period a pass to Walker
was good for a touchdown for Iowa.
The Iowans scored again in the fourth
quarter on a pass to Page. The
Gopher stearn roller began to roll again
in the final period, and two touchdowns
were counted.
During the game Bernie Bierman
lIsed all but four of the thirty-four
men who made the trip to Iowa City.
The reserves carried on in true first
team fashion with no let-down in the
blasting power.
The 48 to lQ score against Iowa was
the highest score a Gopher team had
made against a western conference
eleven since 1916. The 1934 eleven
appeared to have the greatest offensive
power of any Gopher team since th~t
year. As one watched the Gophers 111
~ction it was hard to believe that any
coach could build a defense to stop the
smashing attack of Bernie Bierman's
men. From end to end the line was ap-
parently impregnable . And if an 9P-
posinO' back was so unfortunate aiS to
breakb through the line he immediately
was met by such crushing ,tac,lders as
Lund, Seidel, Le Voir, Alfonse, Reise,
Kostka .and others.
In the Iowa game the :Minnesotans
made thirty first downs. From scrim-
mage they gained a total of 563 yards
and were compelled to punt only four
times.
Minnesota-
Iowa- Pos.
Tenner
Jakoubek LE
Widseth
Hoffman LT
Secl LG Oech
Osmaloski C Rennebohm
McDowell RG Bevan
Kelley RT Bengtson
Walker RE Larson
Hoover QB Seidel
Hild LH Alfonse
Simmons RH Lund
Crayne FB Beise
Minnesota .. ..... 14 20 o 14-48
Iowa .. .......... 0 0 6 6-12
:Minnesota scoring: Touchdowns-
Lund, Alfonse 2, Kostka 3, Roscoe.
Points after touchdown-Bevan 5
(placement); LeVoir (placement).
Iowa scormg: Touchdowns-\Valker,
Page.
Substitutions: Minnesota-Ends-
Ronning, Johnson, Antil, Berryman.
Tackles-Smith, Knudsen. Guards-
Bruhn, Wilkinson, Bevan (J.), Dal-
lera. Center-G. Svendsen, E. Svend-
sen, S. Hanson. Backs-LeVoir, Kost-
ka, Seidel, Roscoe, Proffitt, Rennix.
Iowa: Ends-Page, England, Jakou-
bek. Tackles-Radloff, Foster. Guards
-Gallagher, Dee, Secl, McDowell,
Lundberg, Kuhn. Center-Shea , Web-
er . Backs-Richards, O. Simmons,
Teyro, Moore, Gordinier, Haltom.
•
Minnesota 34, Michigan 0
A record crowd of 59,000 spectators
cntcred .Memorial stadi urn for the
game between the two traditional
ri vals, Minnesota and Michigan. Not
since 1900 had a .M innesota football
team defeated the Wolverines in Min-
neapolis, and the Gophers failed to
cross the lVIichigan goal ' line during
the first half of the 1934 contest. The
Homecoming crowd began to mumble
about the ancient Michigan jinx. How-
ever, the Gophers scored three times
in the third quarter and twice in the
fourth to down the Wolverines, 34 to
o.
When Captain Lund slashed his way
through the 1Iichigan defense on a
brilliant 16-yard run to score the first
touchdown of the afternoon it was the
first time since 1929 that Minnesota
had crossed the Wolverine goal line.
And the victory was the first' that Min-
nesota has scored over Michigan in
::VIinneapolis since 189Q. , .
The Gophers gave ali indication of
their greatness in the opening minutes
of the game when they found them-
selves in the hole, the Wolverines hold-
ing the ball on the .Minnesota four-
yard line on first down. Pattanelli, the
Michigan end, had broken through to
block a punt from the toe of George
Roscoe on the fourth down. The ball
rolled back to the Minnesota 17-yard
line where it was downed by Roscoe
but it went to YIichigan on downs.
On the third down the men of Michi-
gan uncorked the traditional W 01-
verine fake place kick play, and Jen-
nings hiked down the sidelines to the
four-yard mark before he was knocked
out of bounds. Bengtson, Larson and
Roscoe broke through on the first
three plays to throw the ball carriers
back to the nine-yard line. Again
therc was a fake from place kick for-
mation , but this time Regeczi hurIed a
pass at Ward who was crossing the
goal line. Seidel was there too,
though, and the pass was incomplete
and it was lVIinnesota's ball.
Shortly after the third quarter kick-
off, Regcczi got away a 50cyard punt
which Lund caught over his shoulder
on the Minnesota Q6-yard line. The
Gophers turned on a burst of furious
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
blocking, and the Minnesota leader
fought his way down the field to the
Michigan 47-yard line. On first down
the injured Lund stepped back and
tossed a perfect pass to lVIaurice John-
son on the 31-yard line. Johnson was
in t)Je game at right end replacing
the injured Frank Larson. Stan Kost-
ka then crumpled the Michigan line as
he drove through to the 18-yard line.
Here the Wolverines held and took
the ball on downs.
Regeczi punted to Lund on the
Minnesota 32-yard line, and he fought
his way through Wolverine tacklers
for a run-back of 20 yards. On the
first down Lund burst over tackle for
a gain of seven yards, and then on the
next play he faded over to his right
and tossed a pass to Johnson on the
Q5-yard line. Johnson was run out-of-
bounds on the 16-yard line. The next
maneuver was over the Wolverine left
end with Lund charging along behind
blasting interference to cross the goal
line for the first touchdown a Minne-
sota team had scored against :Michigan
since 19Q9. Bevan missed the kick for
the extra point and the score was 6
to O. ,"
Glenn Seidel stormed down the field
23 yards with the kickoff. Kostka was
sent against center on the first play
and on the second, Alfonse tried the
right end. He slashed through the
line to find that his blockers had done
their work well for the field was clear
and, the goal line was 76 yards away.
Hildebrand and Jennings were at his
heels but he feinted them off balance
and raced across for the second touch-
down of the afternoon.
Following the kickoff, Stan Kostka
broke away for long gains and in the
exchange of punts Lund set the
Wolverines back in the hole by boot-
ing one out of bounds on the two-yard
line and a moment later he placed
another out on the six-yard line.
Regeczi's return kick sailed off the
field on the Michigan 33-yard line and
the Gophers snapped into action for
another scoring thrust. On the first
play, the versatile Mr. Lund stepped
back and tossed the ball to Johnson
on the 15-yard line, and the receiver
crossed the goal line without being
touched .
From their own 20-yard line thc
l\1innesotans launched another scoring
march with Kostka, Clarkson and
Roscoe running through the 11ichigan
defense. Roscoe scored on a weaving
run from the 15-yard line.
Clarkson, Proffitt, Kostka and Beise
tore through the V\Tolverines on an-
other sustained attack and Bill Proffitt
knifed through for the fifth and final
touchdown of the day.
Scoring - Touchdowns, Lund (sub
for Roscoe); Alfonse, Johnson (sub
for Larson); Roscoe, Proffitt (sub for
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS 15

Minnesota recaptures the famous Little Brown Jug in 1934. In th e picture from left to right, Captain Fra ncis Lund,
Be rnie Bierma n a nd Sig Harris.

Clarkson) . Points after touchdowns, );linnesota - Ends, R onning, 1\1. for the second score and Beise plunged
Bevan 3, by placekick; LeVoir 1, by Johnson, Antil, Berryman; tackles, from the two-yard line for the touch-
placekick. Dick Smith, Knudsen; guards, Bruhn, down. An 'I ndiana fumble behind the
Michigan- Pos. - Minn:. vVilkinson , D allera, J . Bevan; center, Hoosier goal line gave .Minnesota two
Patanelli LE Tenner G. Svendsen; quarterback, LeVoir; points in the second period.
Viergever LT Widseth halfbacks, L und, Larson. Proffitt, Ren- In the third period Lund shoved the
Hildebrand LG Oech nix; fullbacks, Kostka, Rork . Hoosiers back against their own goal
Ford C Rennebohm Officials: Referee, J. Masker, North- line when he kicked out of bounds on
Borgmann RG W. Bevan western; umpire, J. J . Schommer, Chi- the six yard line. On the return punt
Austin RT Bengtson cago; field judge, Frank Birch, Earl- he hauled the ball back to Indiana's
Ward RE Larson ham; headlinesman, E. P. Maxwell , 27-yard line from which point it was
Aug LH Roscoe Ohio State. advanced to the two-yard line where a
Jennings QB Seidel
Regeczi RH Alfonse • fumble gave the ball to the visitors .
Captain Lund then initiated another
Sweet FB Beise drive for the Gophers by driving his
Minnesota 30, Indiana 0
Score by periods: way back to the Indiana 20-yard line
Minnesota ..... ... 0 0 20 H-34 On the first play from scrimmage with the next punt. Sheldon Beise
M ichigan . ....... . 0 0 0 0- 0 against Indiana in Memorial stadium, picked up eight yards on a fake lateral.
Substitutions-Michigan, ends, Sav- George Roscoe passed to Maurice The Gophers were then penalized five
age; tackles, Hanshue, Sears, Bissell; Johnson who caught the ball and went yards but Babe LeVoir slipped through
guards, Beard; center, Duog; quarter- on for the touchdown. Alfonse, Ros- a hole over guard and was up to the
back, Ellis. coe and Beise put the ball in position four yard line before the Hoosiers
16
could stop his advance. In two plays
Beise bucked the ball across for the
third touchdown of the afternoon.
The Minnesota captain turned the
tide again in the fourth period by re-
turning a punt into Indiana territory.
He then took a lateral and slashed his
way 20 yards down the field. A he was run out of bounds. Lund and
penalty on the visitors set the ball
down on the 13-yard line. The Gophers
then resorted to the lateral pass play
from Kostka to LeVoir to Alfonse and
Alfonse sprinted around the right end
for the touchdown.
Bernie Bierman used 27 men dur-
ing the afternoon and Bo McMillin
used substitutes nearly as freely. The
visitors failed to make a first down
and their net gain from scrimmage
was zero. Thev advanced the ball 48
yards and lost 'the same yardage. Thc
Hoosiers once held the ball on the 45-
yard line but that was as close as they
could get to the Minnesota goal line.
The lineups:
Indiana- Pos. -Minnesota
LE Tenner
Oberchain
Schilawski LT Widseth
Oech
Sprauer LG
Kelso C G. Svendsen
Nelson RG Bevan
Beeson RT Bengtson
Antonini RE Johnson
Fox QB Seidel
Veller LH Roscoe
Keck RH Alfonse
Davis FB Beise
Score by periods:
Indiana ... . ........ 0 0 0 0- 0
Minnesota .. . . ..... 14 2 7 7-30
Substitutions-Indiana: ends, Dis-
chinger and Beasley; tackles, Nelson,
Schmadel, Douglas, McDaniels, Ver-
kuski, Dal Sasso; guards, Heim, Fisher;
quarterback, Yoder; halfbacks, Holm-
quest, Burton, Eads, Sabik; fullback ,
Tatum .
Minnesota-Ends: Antil, Ronning;
tackles, Dick Smith, Knudsen; guards,
J. Bevan, Bruhn , Dallera, Wilkinson,
S. Anderson ; center, Rennebohm;
quarterback, LeVoir; halfbacks, Ren-
nix, Clarkson , Lund, Proffitt; fullback,
Kostka.
• crossed the goal line for a touchdown .
Minnesota 35, Chicago 7
Thirty-two Gophers saw action
against Chicago in Memorial stadium
as the Minnesotans played conserva-
tively to down the Maroons, 35 to 7.
The Gophers scored only one touch-
down in the first half but defensively
they stopped the great Chicago back,
Jay Berwanger. Interference was
charged on a pass play from Lund to
Johnson and the ball was given to the
Gophers on the Chicago three-yard line
from which point Beise smashed
through for the first touchdown of the
THE
g.ame. The play was in Chicago ter-
rItory throughout the second quarter.
At the beginning of the second half,
Captain Lund took the kickoff near his
own goal line and nearly ran through
the entire Chicago team , carrying the
ball back to the 46-yard line, where
Kostka, with a 16-yard run by AI-
fonse, and a smash through the line
by Le Voir, soon had the ball on the
Chicago four-yard line. Lund scored
on a blasting plunge through the line,
carrying three desperate Chicago
tacklers with him.
Chicago took the ball on the fol-
lowing kickoff but lost yards on each
play attempted and Berwanger punted
out of bounds on Chicago's 45-yard
line. Lund and Kostka started an-
other touchdown march with Lund
breaking away for a 15-yard dash to
put the ball down near the goal line.
Julius Alfonse went through an open-
ing foJ' the touchdown .
Shortly after the third touchdown ,
Alfonse took a punt on his own 36-
yard line and hauled it back to the
Chicago 18-yard line on one of the
most brilliant runs of the day. The
Gophers were all set for another tally
when a 15-yard penalty pushed them
away from the Chicago goal line.
Then Chicago suffered a 15-yard
penalty for holding and Hatter was
forced to kick from near his own goal
line. Maurice Johnson raced through
to block the kick and Jay Bevan fell
on the ball for a touchdown.
Bernie Bierman then rearranged his
backfield combination to include Kost-
ka at fullback, Roscoe and Clarkson at
the halves, with Sheldon Beise calling
signals. Another Gopher march was
started from the center of the field
with Roscoe and Kostka doing most
of the ball toting up to the 19-yard
line. Then with Beise and Kostka run-
ning ahead to bump opponents out of
the way, Clarkson sped across for the
final touchdown of the day for 1\1inne-
sota.
With but a minute left to play, a
pass from George Rennix was inter-
cepted by the Chicago fullback, Smith,
on the Minnesota 45-yard line and he
Chicago- Pos. -Minnesota
G. Peterson LE Tenner
Wright LT 'Vidseth
Perretz LG Bruhn
Patterson C Rennebohm
Whiteside RG W. Bevan
Bush RT Bengtson
Wells RE Johnson
Filnn QB Le Voir
Berwanger LH Lund
Bartlett RH Alfonse
N yquist FB Beise
Score by periods:
Chicago ....... .. ... 0 0 0 7- 7
Minnesota . . .. . . .... 7 0 14 14-35
GOLDEN GOPHERS
Scoring: Minnesota , touchdowns-
Beise, Lund, Alfonse, J. Bevan, Clark-
son. Points after touchdowns-'V.
Bevan 3, Wilkinson 1, Beise 1, all by
placekicks. Chicago - Touchdowns,
Cullen. Point after touchdown, Na-
cey (placekick).
Substitutions-Chicago: Ends. Bal-
fanz , Gillerlain, Langley, Womer;
tackles, Sappington, Wright; guards,
Jordan, Scruby, Meigs; center, Jones;
halfbacks, Hatter, Skoning, Nacey;
fullback, Smith; quarterback, Cullen,
Shipway.
Minnesota: Ends, Larson, Ronning,
Krezowski; tackles, Smith, Widseth,
Knudsen, Freimuth; guards, Wilkinson,
J. Bevan, Anderson, Dallera; center, G.
Svendsen, E. Svendsen; halfbacks,
Clarkson, Roscoe, Proffitt; fullbacks,
Kostka, Rork; quarterback, Beise.
Officials: Referee, John Getchell, St.
Thomas; umpire, Arlie Mucks, Wiscon-
sin; field judge, M. Morton, Michigan;
headlinesman , George Simpson, Wis-
conSlll.
•
Minnesota 34, Wisconsin 0
Minnesota defeated Wisconsin 34 to
o at Madison to complete an unde-
feated, untied season, and to win both
the conference and the national foot-
ball championships.
The Gophers scored two touchdowns
in the first quarter. Vernal LeVoir
playing at quarterback in place of the
injured Glenn Seidel intercepted a pass
on the Minnesota W7 -yard line and
from this point Lund, Beise and AI-
fonse carried the ball to the two-yard
line and Lund went across for the
touchdown. Shortly after the next
kickoff, Captain Lund ran 60 yards for
the second touchdown behind perfect
interference. The Badgers had one
scoring chance when Christianson
blocked Roscoe's punt and recovered
the ball on the Minnesota 28-yard line.
On the first play, George Svendsen ,
:lVIinnesota center, intercepted a pass .
Seven of the twelve passes attempted
by the Badgers during the game were
intercepted by the alert WIinnesotans .
Throughout the third quarter Min-
nesota resorted to straight football
with Kostka, Alfonse, and Roscoe hit-
ting the center of the line ancl the
tackles. The Badger line held firmly
ancl the Minnesota gains were small.
In the fourth quarter the Gophers
dropped their conservatism to show the
Badgers and the capacity crowd of
88,000 that they could use tricks as
well as power. George Roscoe, play-
ing a great game after replacing the in-
jured Captain Lund, put the Gophers
in scoring position by knifing through
the Wisconsin team for 42 yards to the
ll-yard line. Art Clarkson carried the
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS 17

Minnesota's Notional Football Champions of the 1934 Season

FRONT Row-Mmtrice Johnson, Bob TenneT, Phil Bengtson, Bill Bevan, Capt. Francis Pug Lund, Dale Rennebohm, Vern Oech, Ed
Wid~eth,John Roning.
SECOND Row-Whitman Rork, Art Clarkson, Nlilt Bmhn, Dick Sn~ith, Stan Kostka, Bill Proffitt, Selmer Anderson.
THIRD Row-Captain-elect Glenn Seidel, GeoTge Roscoe, Les Knudsen, Bud Wilkinson, Jay Bevan, Bill Freimuth, Willis Smith, FTank
Dallera, Ray A ntil, Dick Potvin.
BACK Row·-Julie Alfonse, George Svendsen, George Rennix, Babe LeVoir, Sheldon Beise, Head Coach Bernie Bierman, Athletic Direc-
tor Frank lHcCoTmick, Student Jl!lanage,' Paul BeTgTCn, Oscar Munson. Frank LaTson was not pTesent when this picture was
taken.

ball to a point directly in front of t he Score by periods:

goal posts and the Gophers were in
position to score a place kick. It was CHAMPIONS
Minnesota .. .. .... 14 0 o QO-34
fourth down. L eVoir knelt to hold the Wisconsin ...... . .. 0 0 o 0- 0
ball and Bill Bevan got set for the The Minnesota eleven of 1934
kick. The ball was snapped to LeVoir Scoring:
who dashed around the surprised Bad- will long be remembered as one Touchdown: L und, Q; LeVoir, Smith
gers and across for t he to uchdown. of the greatest, if not the (substitute for Widseth), Rork (sub-
Another piece of deception brought st itute for Kostka).
greatest, football teams of all
the Gophers t heir fourth touchdown. Goals after touchdown: Bevan, 3;
Dick Smith, tackle, was made eligible time. Several me mbers of the LeVoir, 1.
for a pass and he took a pass from squad, Captain Lund, Bill
Roscoe to score. A few moment s later Substitutes:
another pass from Roscoe to Smith Bevan, Fronk Lorson, Phil
Wisconsin - LE, Deanovich, LT;
put the ball on the two-yard line from Bengtson, J uli us Alfon se, Dick Wright, Nellen; C, Pizer; RT, Jensen;
which point Whitman Rork, reserve QB, Kundert; LHB, Fontaine, Schuel-
fullback, scored. Smith, Edwin Wid seth, Bob ke: RHB, Fish, Donaldson; FB, Strain,
Tenner, Stan Kost ka , Sheldon Ferris.
Wisconsin- Pos. -Minnesota
Beise and Glenn Seidel were Minnesota - LE, Ronning; LT,
Null LE Tenner Smith, Freimuth; LG, Oech, Wilkinson,
Christianson LT Widseth na med on va rious conference Potvin, Dallera; C, G. Svendsen, Han-
Kummer LG Bruhn a nd notional all -star tea ms. son; RG. J. Bevan; RT, Knudsen; RE,
Mahnke C Rennebohm J ohnson; QB, Beise; LH, Roscoe, Ren-
Pacetti RG W. Bevan
Three men, Lund, Lorson and nix; RH, Clarkson, Proffitt; FB, Kost-
Bender (c) RT Bengtson Bevan were placed on the AII- ka, Rork.
Haukedahl RE Larson America eleven selected by Officials - Referee, Fred Gardiner,
Dehnert QB LeVoir Cornell; umpire, J ohn Schommer, Chi-
Jordan LH Lund (c) Grantland Rice. cago; field judge, Joe Magidsohn,
Tommerson RH Alfonse Michigan; head linesman, I ra Carruth-
Jankowski FB Beise ers. Illinois.
18 THE GOLDEN GOPHERS

CAPTAIN GLENN SEIDEL

SHELDON BEISE
A.cting Captain
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
The National Champions of 1935
T HE outlook was not so bright for
Minnesota at the beginning of the
1935 season as a result of the loss of
such stars as Francis Lund, Frank
Larson, Stan Kostka, Art Clarkson,
Bob Tenner, Maurice Johnson, John
Ronning, Bill Bevan, George Svendsen
and Phil Bengtson. And to many the
chance for another undefeated season
appeared to be hopeless when Julie
Alfonse was declared ineligible.
The line looked weak , in the first
game of the season again'st North
Dakota State. Against Nebraska,
however, the Gophers looked like
champions and the line displayed some
of the greatest defensive work ever
shown by a Minnesota team. The
blocking was effective and the attack
was vicious with Roscoe, Beise and
Le Voir doing the ball-carrying. Cap-
tain Glenn Seidel gave further proof
of his superiority at the quarterback
post.
The Gophers received another set-
back in the Tulane game when Seidel
was injured and forced to the side-
lines for the remainder of the cam-
paign. It was necessary for Bernie
Bierman to revamp his backfield.
LeVoir, who had stepped into Alfonse's
position at right half now went to
quarterback and George Rennix was
given the assignment at right half
with Roscoe at left and Beise at full-
back.
In the meantime the two sophomore
ends, Dwight Reed and Ray King
were developing rapidly and before the
end of the season achieved ranking as
two of the best ends in the conference.
The two tackles, Edwin Widseth and
Dick Smith had no superiors in college
football while Charles Wilkinson and
Vernon Oech could hold their own
against any opposition. Dale Renne-
bohm became an iron man of the line
and his defensive work was outstand-
ing throughout the season.
Against Northwestern Tuffy Thomp-
son stepped to the front as a sensa-
tional ball carrier and lVlal Eiken and
Bill Matheny did some valiant work
when their efforts were needed . Then
later in the campaign two sophomores
who had been team mates at lVlarshali
high school in Minneapolis, Andy
Dram and Rudy Gmitro became stars
on the field . Two other sophomores,
Bob Weld and Louis Midler performed
brilliantly in the line and Ray Antil
was a star reserve at end.
The 1935 team had speed and
played smart football to overcome the
various setbacks. LeVoir carried on
after Seidel's injury to win rating as
one of the finest quarterbacks in foot-
19
THE BIG TEN
Bevan. And Julie Alfonse was out
because of scholastic ineligibility.
And if, after all this, the Gophers
W. L. T. Pct. Tp.Op. of 1935 still possessed any spirit of
:lVIinnesota . ... 5 0 0 1.000 136 33 over-confidence, such a spirit was re-
duced to a fraction when a band of
Ohio State ... 5 0 o 1.000 1~0 ~6
hard fighting North Dakota Aggies
Purdue .. . ... 3 3 0 .500 45 50 held the Gophers to a 7 to 6 lead in
Indiana .. . ... ~ ~ 1 .500 43 41 the first ha.lf of the opening game of
Northwestern . ~ 3 1 .400 6~ 7~ the season m Memorial stadium .
Chicago . ..... ~ 3 0 .400 33 76 The lVlinnesotans started off with a
rush to advance down the field for a
Michigan . .. . . ~ 3 0 .400 ~7 93 touchdown which was scored by
Iowa ........ 1 ~ ~ .333 37 31 George Roscoe. Then the attack
Wisconsin . .... 1 4 0 .~OO 47 9S bog~ed down and the hard charging
Illinois ...... 1 4 0 .~oo l~ 4~ Aggie line enabled the visiting backs
to crash through for a touchdown.
The star of the engagement was the
sophomore end, Dwight Reed of St.
ball. Beise, who served as acting cap- Paul. This 170 pound colored lad
tain throughout the conference season, wrecked the opposition on their plays
contributed aggressive leadership which that came his way and he smashed
helped to carry the Gophers through through to make one tackle after the
tough spots. other. In the third quarter he grabbed
At the end of the season a poll of the ball after a North Dakota punt
sports writers throughout the country had been blocked and set it across the
indicated emphatically that these ex- goal line for a touchdown to give Min-
perts considered Minnesota the great- nesota a safer lead.
est team in football during the 1935 In the fourth quarter he raced past
season. the secondary defense and snared a
long pass from George Roscoe on the
The Gophers shared the Western 1~-yard line and then speeded across
Conference championship with Ohio the goal line for his second touchdown
State which was also undefeated in of the afternoon. A few moments
Big Ten . competition. Minnesota has later he nearly scored again when he
played through three seasons against grabbed another long heave from
the strongest of opposition without Roscoe and ran to the IS-yard line
defeat. Dick Smith was named at before he was downed.
tackle on the all-American team select-
ed by Grantland Rice. Another sophomore end, Ray King
of Duluth, who stands above the six
foot mark, also gave evidence that he
The Schedule may become a star wingman once he
picks up some additional experience
1935
under fire. He also caught two passes
Minnesota ~6, North Dakota State 6 from Roscoe and one of these tosses
Minnesota 1~, Nebraska 7 he took over the goal line for the final
Minnesota ~O, Tulane 0 t0l!chdown of the afternoon. Thus,
Mmnesota scored two of the four
:lVIinnesota ~1, Northwestern 13
touchdowns through the air and made
Minnesota ~9, Purdue 7
three first downs via the aerial route.
Minnesota 13, Iowa 6 Dale Rennebohm and Dick Smith
Minnesota 40, Michigan 0 were stalwarts in the l\finnesota line
Minnesota 33, Wiscon ~in 7 in the first game of the season.
Coach Bernie Bierman did much ex-
Minnesota 194, opponents 46 .
perimenting with his line-up through-
• out the game with several sophomores
and reserves from last year fitting into
the various combinations. The two
The Games brilliant sophomore prospects, Andy
Dram and Tuffy Thompson, saw con-
siderable service but were unable to
Minnesota 26, North Dakota
get away for any spectacular gains.
State 6
Uram got away some long distance
The Golden Gophers of 1935 opened punts and he showed up well on the
the season without the services of defense. He didn't do much ball-
several stars of the 1934 campaign carrying but helped to put the Gophers
including the three all-Americans, in position for the first touchdown in
Francis Lund, Frank Larson, ;lnd Bill receiving a pass from Roscoe. The
20 THE GOLDEN GOPHERS

Above : George Roscoe starts a IS-yard run against Wisconsin. Below: Babe LeVoir makes a spectacular catch
of a pass in the 1935 Wisconsin game.
 THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Glenn Seidel
Rated by coaches and cri tics as one of
the most brilliant field strategists in the
game, Captain Seidel was lost to the team
through injury in the Tulane game. He
directed the offense of the Gopher teams
of 1933 and 1934. He came to the Uni-
versity from Roosevelt high school in
Minneapolis.
North Dakota line broke through to
smother Thompson before he could hit
his stride.
Bill Matheny, the lightweight Anoka
speedster, picked up yardage in his
dashes across the ends and one jaunt
was good for 13 yards.
INDIVIDUAL GAINS
Minnesota-Roscoe 85 yards 111 17
attempts; Rennix, 2 in 1, Beise 62 in
12, Seidel 2 in 2, Thompson 12 in 5;
LeVoir 14 in 5; Matheny 12 in 5; Rork
8 in 2; Gmitro 4 in l.
North Dakota - May 8 111 4;
Schranz 13 in 9; Erickson 42 111 16;
Reiners 13 in 1; Olson 15 in 3.
Substitutions: Minnesota - Uram
for Rennix, Le Voir for Seidel, Thomp-
son for Roscoe; Trampe for Smith,
Roscoe for Thompson, LeVoir for
Beise, Hanson for Rennebohm; Beise
for LeVoir; Rennebohm for Hanson;
Rennix for Uram; LeVoir for Beise;
Thompson for Roscoe; Krezowski for
Reed; Weld for Wilkinson; Beise for
LeVoir; LeVoir for Seidel; Matheny
for Uram; King for Antil; Rosc·oe for
Thompson; Oech for Midler; Wilkinson
for Weld; Seidel for LeVoir; Reed for
Krezowski; LeVoir for Beise; Rork for
LeVoir; LeVoir for Seidel; Hunt for
LeVoir; Midler for Widseth; Gmitro
for Matheny! Reilly for Wi lIiam sor;,
Larson for Oech; Svendsen for Renne-
bohm; Gust for Reed; . Berryman for
King.
• kick and the ball went out of bounds
Minnesota 12, Nebraska 7
The Minnesota-Nebraska game of
1935 at Lincoln may rightly be listed
as one of the thrilling classics of Min-
nesota football legend. The strength
Dick Smith
Through three seasons, Dick Smith has
been rated as one of the leading tackles
of the land and during the 1935 season he
reached new heights of brilliance. Rockford,
Illinois.
of the Gophers was an unknown
quantity and the majority of the
critics favored the Cornhuskers to win.
And then on the opening kickoff,
George Roscoe took the ball and with
the aid of spectacular interference
carried it back 74 yards to be thrown
out of bounds on the Nebraska 26-
yard line. The Minnesota line then
ripped large holes in the opposing for-
ward wall to allow Beise and Roscoe
through to the three-yard line on a
series of plays. Here the Nebraskans
braced and held the Gophers for three
downs. On fourth down, Captain
Glenn Seidel called for a lateral pass
play with the ball going from Beise to
Seidel to Roscoe and the latter stepped
across the goal line for the first touch-
down in less than three minutes of
play. Wilkinson missed the try for
the extra point. Three times during
the first quarter the Gophers carried
the ball into scoring territory but on
each occasion the Cornhuskers braced
or the advances were stopped by
fumbles.
Early in the second quarter, Jerry
LaNoue of Nebraska went through
the Minnesota line on a trick play and
ran 33 yards for a touchdown. The
kick for the extra point was good and
Nebraska took the lead, 7 to 6. Mid-
way in the period Roscoe dropped a
punt out-of-bounds on the Nebraska
5-yard line. On the return punt,
Francis of Nebraska got away a bad
on the 15-yard line. LeVoir made a
short gain and then Roscoe broke
through to the three-yard line. On the
next play he went over for the final
touchdown of the day. Again the try
for the extra point was missed.
The Cornhuskers threw passes in a
21
George Roscoe
The triple-threat performer of the 1935
season for Minnesota with his kicking,
passing and running. Roscoe carried the
baJJ 125 times for a total gain of 648 yards
or an average of 5.18 yards per try. He
came from Minneapolis Central high school
to become a valuable man thl"Ough three
seasons of play.
reckless manner in an effort to score
in the closing minutes of the second
quarter but the receivers were hauled
down or the passes were knocked
down. LeVoir nearly scored on a fake
place kick on fourth down but was
knocked out of bounds on the four-
yard mark.
In the fourth quarter the Corn-
huskers staged a desperate rally, and
the Minnesotans on several occasions
found themselves with their backs to
the wall. After several minutes of play,
however, in the final period things
looked bright for the Minnesotans as
they chased the Nebraskans back to
the Cornhusker 25-yard line. From this
point Douglas, with the wind at his
back, punted, and the ball took several
crazy hops as it dodged back and forth
across the field, eluding George Roscoe.
He followed it to the 2-yard line and
attempted to pick it up, but was hit
just as he touched the ball and
fum bled and Nebraska recovered.
The spectators who could see the
l\1innesotans were weary nearly to the
point of collapse, didn't think it pos-
sible that a touchdown could be
averted. On the first play the Gopher
line smashed through to halt Cardwell
for a foot loss. Ray King, Minnesota
sophomore end, stopped Cardwell and
was injured on the play. On the sec-
ond LaNoue tried to sneak through
left tackle, but the door was closed. On
the next attempt Cardwell juggled the
pass from center and that interval of
hesitation allowed the Gophers to
diagnose the play and Babe LeVoir
took the great Nebraska back on the
8-yard line. On fourth down there
was a pass with Dale Rennebohm com-
ing up to knock it down.
This great goal line stand was one
22 THE GOLDEN GOPHERS

Above : On the Minnesota bench, right to left, Captain Glenn Seidel, Bert Baston, Bernie Bierman, Dr. George
Hauser, Student Manager Clark Snyder, Louis Midler, Ray Antil, TraiMr Lloyd Stein and Barry Danes, assistant
trainer. Below, Captain Seidel and Oscar Munson check scores on the Little Brown Jug .
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS 23

Sheldon Beise Dole Rennebohm Babe LeVoir

This veteran of three campaigns has
been called the greatest blocking back in
football. He served as acting captain dur-
ing the conference season and his aggressive
leadership was an important factor in Go-
pher snccesses. He carried the ball 78
times for a gain average of 4.6 yards. His
home is in Mound.
His brilliant defensive play, especially his
work in the Nebraska game, will never be
forgotten by Minnesota followers. He held
to the tradition of Minnesota centers by
playing an "iron man" role in competition.
His home is in Austin.
"Babe" LeVoir came from Minneapolis
Marshall high school to become the handy
man on Minnesota's three undefeated
teams. He played at quarter, right half
and fullback. This past season he was the
field general throughout the conference sea-
son and was named the most valuable
player on the squad by his team mates.
Rates as an all-American utility player.

of the brilliant defensive maneuvers of ridge, Andrews, Dodd, RH; D ouglas, In the fourth quarter a high pass
a brilliant season. FB; Dohrman, RE; Richardson, LE; from center got away from Captain
George Roscoe stepped into the shoes Behson, LH. Seidel as he was poised to punt on the
of Pug Lund and he came through to fourth down and the ball went to
play the greatest game of his career.
From the opening kickoff which he
lugged back 74 yards to the final gun
• Tulane in Minnesota territory. Cap-
tain Mintz of the Green Wave broke
around his own left end and raced for
he was a constant offensive threat and Minnesota 20, Tulane 0 the goal line. On about the one foot
on the defense he was doing everything line he was knocked out of bounds by
that one man could do. Time after In ah intersectional game m
Seidel and Oech. This bit of defensive
time he crashed through the Nebraska Memorial stadium the Gophers de-
work on the part of the Gopher quar-
line for big gains and he picked up a feated Tulane, coached by Ted Cox
terback cut off a score for in four downs
total yardage from scrimmage of 128 '24. The score was 20 to 0 and all
the Tulanians were unable to make
yards while the entire Cornhusker the touchdowns were made in the first
that foot across the goal line, but that
backfield gained only 117 yards. And quarter. The powerful Minnesota line
play was a costly one for Minnesota
that sounds like one of Lund's per- paralyzed the Tulane attack. Reserves
for Seidel suffered a shoulder injury
formances. Roscoe also hurled some were used during the greater part of
the second half. Captain Glenn Seidel, which was to keep him on the bench
perfect passes and he threw the Ne- for the remainder of the season.
braskans back in their own territory a candidate for all-American honors
time after time with his punts. and one of the smartest field generals Roscoe picked up 80 yards in 17
Minnesota- Pos. -Nebraska in the game, was injured in this en- tries. The alert Tulane defense stopped
Reed LE Scherer gagement and was out for the rest of the Gopher passing attack but even
R. Smith LT Ellis the season. then the tosses by Roscoe were impres-
Oech LG Williams sive. A deceptive play in which
In the first quarter the Gophers
Rennebohm C Morrison turned loose a display of power which Roscoe started to run from punt for-
Wilkinson RG Hubka amazed the spectators and dazed their mation and then stopped to kick drew
Widseth RT Heldt opponents. In four minutes of play in the opposing safety man and al-
Anti! RE McDonald the Minnesota machine rolled down lowed the kick to go away over his
Seidel QB Bauer the field for a touchdown and a head.
Roscoe LH LaN oue moment later, Charles Wilkinson broke Sheldon Beise hit the center of the
LeVoir RH Cardwell through to block a punt. He scooped - line for 34 yards in eight plays while
Beise FB Francis up the ball and ran 35 yards for the Babe LeVoir picked up 37 yards in
Score by periods: second touchdown. Tuffy Thompson, three tries for the high average of the
Nebraska .. . .. .. .... 0 7 0 0- 7 sophomore halfback, scored the third day.
Minnesota .... . ..... 6 6 0 0-12 touchdown from the four yard line in
the opening minutes of the second Minnesota made 12 first downs to
Touchdown: Roscoe 2, LaNoue; Try
for point: Francis (placekick). quarter. Reserves, down to the fourth six for Tulane and gained 192 yards
stringers, played the greater part of from rushing while the visitors ad-
Substitutes: Minnesota: King, RE; vanced the ball 121 yards by this.
the time for Minnesota during the last
Rork, RT; Krezowski, LE; Matheny, three quarters. method. The visitors lost about the
RH; Midler, RT; Weld, RG; Svend- same distance from rushing and one
son, C. Nebraska: Howell, QB; The speedy Tulane hacks were help- back, Captain Mintz, was thrown back
Shirley, LT; Holmback, RT; English, less before the vicious charging of the 60 yards in ten plays by the Gopher
C; Peters, LG; McGinnis,RG; Eld- Gopher forward wall. line.
George Roscoe breaks out into the open with the aid of beautiful blocking on his 74-yard return of the opening kickoff in the Minne-
sota - Nebraska game of 1935 at Lincoln .
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS 41

Western Conference Championships

Minnesota has won three undisputed Minnesota 20; Chicago 7. slties. Ohio State was admitted in
championships of the Western Con- Minnesota 20; Wisconsin 3. 1913 and it was again the "Big Nine."
ference, 1911, 1!J15 and 1934. The great Michigan returned in 1917, making it
undefeated team of 1935 shared the 1934 the "Big Ten." Members are Chicago,
title with Ohio State which was also Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Min··
undefeated in conference play. l\1innesota 56; North Dakota St. 12. ncsota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Pur-
The team of 1911 won the champion- Minnesota 20; Nebraska O. due and Wisconsin.
ship of the middle west. On the record Minnesota 13; Pittsburgh 7. The Conference football champions
of that team was a tie with Wisconsin. l\1innesota 48; Iowa 12. were as follows : Wisconsin 1897;
The great team of 1927 went through Minnesota 34; Michigan O. Michigan, 1898; Chicago, 1899; Minne-
the season undefeated but there was sota and Iowa, tied, 1900; Michigan
Minnesota 30; Indiana O. and Wisconsin, tied, 1901; Michigan,
a tie with Indiana to mar the record
and the title was awarded Illinois. Minnesota 35; Chicago 7. 1902; Michigan and Minnesota, tied,
l\1innesota 31; Wisconsin O. 1903; Michigan and Minnesota, tied,
1904; Chicago, 1905; Wisconsin and
19 11 Minnesota, tied, 1906; Chicago, 1907;
Michigan has won or tied for U:
Minnesota 5; Ames O. Western Conference football titles, Chicago, 1908; Minnesota, 1909; Illi-
Minnesota 5', South Dakota O. though not a member for 11 years. nois and Minnesota, tied, 1910; JVlinne-
Minnesota has won or tied 9 times; sota, 1911; Wisconsin, 1912; Chicago,
:Minnesota 21; Nebraska 3.
Chicago has won p; Illinois has won 0, 1913; Illinois, 1914; Minnesota and Illi-
Minnesota 24; Iowa 6. tied 5 times; Wisconsin has won the nois, tied, 1915; Ohio, 1916; Ohio, 1917;
l\1innesota 30; Chicago O. title, or tied for it, 4 times. Ohio has no title in 1918 due to World War;
Minnesota 6; Wisconsin 6. won it three times; Iowa has won it or Illinois, 1919; Ohio, 1920; Iowa, 1921;
l\1innesota 11; Illinois O. tied for it 3 times. Northwestern has Michigan and Iowa, tied, 1922; Michi-
won or tied for the title 3 times, and gan and Illinois, tied, 1923; Chicago,
Purdue has won it or tied for it 2 192"1; Michigan, 19.25 ; Michigan and
1915 times. Indiana has never won a Con- Northwestern, tied, 1926; Illinois,
Minnesota 41; North Dakota O. ference championship. 1927; Illinois, 1928; Purdue, 1929;
The Western Conference was formed Michigan and Northwestern tied, 1930;
.M innesota 34; Ames 6. Michigan, Northwestern and Purdue,
in 1896 with seven members. In 1899,
]'dinnesota 1!J; South Dakota O. Indiana and Iowa were added, making tied, 1931; Michigan, 1932; Michigan,
Minnesota 51; Iowa 13. it thc " Big Nine." Michigan withdrew 1933; Minnesota, 1934; Minnesota and
Minnesota 6', Illinois 6 . in 1907, leaving eight member univer- Ohio State, 1935.
42
Sikes
Robinson
Davidson
Minnesota Teams From 1886 Through 1932
THE TEAM OF 1886
Captain, Howard T. Abbott; Rush-
ers, Wm. Wagner (center), A. F. Pills-
bury, F. W. Nickerson, Christopher
Graham, J. Paul Goode, Birney E.
Trask, Chas. H. Alden; Quarterback,
Howard T. Abbott; Halfbacks, John F.
Hayden, Herschel J. Mayall and E. R.
Allen; Back, Frank D. Jones; Substi-
tutes, Henry Cotton, and A. D. Meeds;
Fred S. Jones, Coach.
Minnesota 5, Shattuck 9.
Minnesota 8, Shattuck 18.
•
THE TEAM OF 1887
Rushers, Paul Goode (center), F.
M. Mann, J. H. Corliss, Birney Trask,
W. H. Hoyt, H. S. Morris, E. P. Allen;
Quarterback A. F. Pillsbury, Captain;
Halfbacks, John F. Hayden, W. D. Wil-
lard; Back, A. D. Meeds; Substitute,
W. Dann.
Minnesota won a game from the
Minneapolis high school and one from
the alumni-no scores recorded.
• Leary; Geo. K. Belden, J. A. Harris, S.
THE TEAM OF 1888
Rush Line, S. S. Start, J. P. Goode,
M. E. Trench, W. H. Hoyt, M. H. Ger-
ry, W. C. Leary, B. E. Trask, captain;
Quarterback, A. F. Pillsbury; Half-
backs, J. F. Hayden, G. K. Belden;
Fullback, G. B. Rossman.
Minnesota 8, Shattuck 16.
Minnesota 14, Shattuck O.
TH E TEAM OF 1889
Timberlake Thompson Rex
Guthrie Belden Hayden Madigan
Day Pillsbury Trask
THE TEAM OF 1889
Captain and Quarterback, A. F. Pills-
bury; Halfbacks, Geo. K. Belden, John
F. Hayden; Fullback, Grant Rossman;
Rush Line, B. E. Trask (I. e.), A. J.
Harris (I. t.), R. B. Brower (I. g.), E.
H. Day (1'. e.), J. E. Madigan (1'. t.),
Geo. C. Sikes (r. g.), H. R. Robinson
(center); Substitutes, M. B. Davidson,
Chas. E. Guthrie, and W. M. Thomp-
son.
The Schedule
Oct. 5-Minnesota 2, Ex-Collegiates
O.
Oct. 26-Minnesota 10, Ex-Colle-
giates O.
Nov. 11-Minnesota 8, Shattuck 28.
Nov. 20-Minnesota 26, Shattuck O.
Total Scores-Minnesota 46, Oppo-
nents 28.
• Quarterback, Alfred F. Pillsbury; Full-
THE SEASON OF 1890
The Team
Captain, Horace R. Robinson; W. C.
S. Start, Grant B. Rossman, Eugene L.
Patterson, Wm. C. Muir, Geo. C. Sikes,
A. F. Pillsbury, Harry E. White, Chas.
E. Guthrie, James E. Madigan, D. R.
Burbank, E. P. Harding; Tom Eck,
Trainer.
The Schedule
Oct. 27-Minnesota 44, Hamline O.
Nov. 3-Minnesota58, Shattuck O.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Rossman
Harris
Brower
Nov. 5-Minnesota 0, Ex-CoIIegiates O.
Nov. 8-Minnesota 18, Grinnell 13.
Nov. 15-Minnesota 63, Wisconsin O.
Nov. 19-Minnesota 11, Ex-CoIIegiates
14.
Nov. 29-Minnesota 14, Ex-Collegiates
6.
Total Scores-Minnesota 208, Oppo-
nents 33.
•
THE SEASON OF 1891
T h e Team
Captain W. C. Leary; Center, James
Madigan; Tackles, George Sikes, R. C.
Dewey; Guards, Charles G. Flanagan,
E. P. Harding; Ends, L . C. Edson, E.
C. Bisbee, D. R. Burbank; Halfbacks,
Eugene L. Patterson, William Leary;
back, Charles S. Hale; Substitutes,
George Hawley, Russell H. Folwell,
John C. Ohnstad, Grant B. Rossman,
A. T. Larson, A. J. Harris, R. L.
Cramb, Edward Moulton, Trainer .
The Schedule
Oct. 17-Minnesota 0, Ex-Collegiates
4.
Oct. 24-Minnesota 26, Wisconsin 12.
Oct. 31-Minnesota 12, Grinnell 12.
Nov. 2-Minnesota 42, Iowa 4.
Nov. 14-Minnesota 22, Grinnell 14.
Total Scores-Minnesota 102, Oppo-
nents 46.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
THE SEASON OF 1892
The Team
Center, James E. Madigan; right
guard, Everhart P. Harding; left
guard, Augustus T. Larson; right
tackle, George C. Sikes; left tackle,
Constant Larson; right end, Edgar C.
Bisbee; left end, William F . Dalrymple;
quarterback, Alfred F. Pillsbury; right
halfback and captain, William C.
Leary; left halfback, Eugene L. Patter-
son; fullback, Russell H. Folwell; sub-
stitutes, David R. Burbank, Harry E.
White, Fred W. Foote, John E. Le
Crone, William C. Muir.
The Schedule
Oct. I-Minnesota 18; Ex-Collegiates
10.
Oct. 17-Minnesota 14; Michigan 6.
Oct. 22-Minnesota 40; Grinnell 24.
Oct. 29-Minnesota 32; Wisconsin 4.
Nov. 8-Minnesota 16; Northwestern
12.
Total Scores-Minnesota 120; Oppo-
nents 56.
• quarterback, Charles E. Adams; left
THE SEASON OF 1893
The Team
Center and captain, James E. Madi-
gan; right guard, Everhart P. Harding;
left guard, Augustus T. Larson; left
tackle, Constant Larson; right tackle,
William C. Muir; right end, Edgar C.
Bisbee; left end, William F. Dalrymple;
quarterback, Charles H. Van Campen;
right half, Walter N. Southworth; left
half, George K. Belden; fullback, Hen-
ry C. Cutler; substitutes, Charles
Adams, Ralph K. Keene, George A.
Finlayson, Mason W. Spicer, W. Oakley
Stout, Willis J. Walker, J. Le Moyne
Danner, Jr.; "Wallie" Winter, coach.
The Schedule
Oct. l4-Minnesota 12; Kansas 6.
Oct. 21-Minnesota 36; Grinnell 6.
October 24-Minnesota 10; Hamline 6.
Oct. 28-Minnesota 34; Michigan 20.
Oct. 30-Minnesota 16; Northwestern
o.
Nov. ll-Minnesota 40; Wisconsin o.
Total Scores-Minnesota 198; Oppo-
nents 38.
• rison; left tackle, Ivan A. Parry; left
THE SEASON OF 1894
The Team
Center, George A. E. Finlayson; cap-
tain and right guard, Everhart P.
Harding; left guard, Augustus T. Lar-
son; right tackle, Willis J . Walker; left
tackle, John S. Dalrymple; left end,
John M . Harrison; right end, W. F.
Dalrymple; quarterback, Charles H.
Van Campen; right half, Walter N.
Southworth; left half, Charles E.
Adams; fullback, Henry C. Cutler;
substitutes, Edward W. Matthews, Wil-
liam H. Condit, Thomas M. Kehoe,
Charles E. Slusser, Joel G. Winkjer;
George T. Pettibone, Thomas Cochran,
Jr., Yale '94, coach.
The Schedule
Oct. 13-Minnesota 10, Grinnell 2.
Oct. 27-Minnesota 24, Purdue o.
Nov. 10-Minnesota 40, Beloit o.
Nov. 17-J\1innesota 0, Wisconsin 6.
Total-Minnesota 74, Opponents 8.
• Nov. 28-Minnesota 12, Kansas o.
THE SEASON OF 1895
The Team
Left end, John M. Harrison; left
tackle, John S. Dalrymple; left guard.
Augustus T. Larson, Captain; center,
James C. Fulton; right guard, George
A. E. Finlayson; right tackle, Willis J.
Walker; right end, Thomas M. Kehoe;
half, George T. Pettibone; right half,
Henry C. Loomis; fullback, H. A. Par-
kyn; substitutes, Clinton L. Walker,
Martin Teigen, Ivan A. Parry, Stanley
H. Bissell, John B. Loomis, H. B. Gil-
bert; Ed. W . Moulton, trainer; W. W.
Heffelfinger, coach.
The Schedule
Sept. 29-Minnesota 20, Central High
o.
Oct. 5-Minnesota 4, Grinnell 6.
Oct. HZ-Minnesota 6, Minn. Boat
Club o.
Oct. 19-Minnesota 24, Ames o.
Oct. 25-Minnesota 10, Chicago 6.
Oct. 29-Minnesota 4, Purdue 16.
Nov. 2-Minnesota 40, Macalester o.
Nov. 16-Minnesota 1·4, Wisconsin 10.
Nov. 23-Minnesota 0, Michigan 20.
Nov. 28-Minnesota 14, Ex-Colle-
giates o.
Totals-Minnesota 136, Opponents 58.
• gell; quarterback, Kienholtz; left half-
THE SEASON OF 1896
The Team .
Captain and left end, John M. Har-
guard, Geo. A. E. Finlayson; right
end, Henry A. Scandrett; right tackle,
A. M. Smith; right guard, Everhart P.
Harding, center, James C. Fulton;
quarterbacks, Geo. E. Cole, Richard E.
Woodworth; right half, S. W. Bagley;
left half, Martin Teigen, Elbridge L.
Heath ; fullback, Harry C. Loomis;
substitutes, Clinton L. Walker, John
Taresh, Carl S. Jorgens, Lloyd Sperry,
Claude Nicoulin, L. Eugene Parker,
43
Conrad H. Christopherson; trainer, Ed-
ward W. :lVIoulton; coach, Alexander
N. Jerrems.
The Schedule
Sept. 19-Minnesota 34, South High
o.
Sept. 26-Minnesota 50, Central High
o.
Oct. 3-Minnesota 16, Carleton 6.
Oct. 10-Minnesota 12, Grinnell o.
Oct. 17-Minnesota 14, Purdue o.
Oct. 24-Minnesota 18, Ames 6.
Oct. 31-Minnesota 8, Ex-Collegiates
o.
Nov. 7-Minnesota 4, Michigan 6.
Nov. 21-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 6.
Totals-Minnesota 168, Opponents 24 .
•
THE SEASON OF 1897
The Team
Captain and left end, John M. Har-
rison; left tackle, G. A. E. Finlayson;
left guard, A. M. Smith; center, J. C .
Winkjer; right guard, A. K. Ingalls;
right tackle, C. Nicoulin; right end,
C. R. Shepley; quarterback, Geo. E.
Cole; left half, G. W. Evans; right
half, S. W. Bagley; fullback, H. C.
Loomis; Ed. W. Moulton, trainer;
Alex N. Jerrems, coach.
The Schedule
Sept. 25-Minnesota 22, South High o.
Oct. 2-Minnesota 26, Macalester O.
Oct. 9-Minnesota 48, Carleton 6.
Oct. 16-Minnesota 6, Grinnell o.
Oct. 23-Minnesota 10, Ames 12.
Oct. 30-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 39.
•
THE SEASON OF 1898
The Team
Captain and left end, Scandrett;
left tackle, Otte; left guard, Parry;
center, Page; right guard, Aune; right
tackle, Nicoulin; right end, von Schle-
back, Bernhagen; right halfback, Cam-
eron; fullback, Shepley; John Wirten-
sohn, trainer; Jack Minds, coach.
The Schedule
Oct. I-Minnesota 32, Carleton o.
Oct. 5-Minnesota 0, Alumni 5.
Oct. 8-Minnesota 12, Rush o.
Oct. 15-Minnesota 6, Grinnell 16.
Oct. 22-Minnesota 0, Ames 6.
Oct. 29-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 28.
Nov. 5-Minnesota 15, North Dakota
o.
Nov. 12-J\1innesota 17, Northwestern
6.
Nov. 24-Minnesota 10, Illinois II.
Totals-Minnesota 92, Opponents 72.
44
THE SEASON OF 1899
The Schedule
Sept. Q6-Minnesota QO, Mpls. Cen-
tral O.
Oct. Q-Minnesota Q9, Macalester O.
Oct. 7-Minnesota 40, Shattuck O.
Oct. l4-Minnesota 35, Carleton 5.
Oct. QI-Minnesota 6, Ames O.
Oct. QS-Minnesota 5, Grinnell 5.
Nov. 4-lVlinnesota 5, Northwestern
11.
Nov. 4-Minnesota 6, Alumni 5.
Nov. 11-Minnesota 5, Beloit 5.
Nov. IS-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 19.
Nov. Q5-Minnesota 0, Chicago Q9.
Totals-Minnesota 151, Opponents 79.
• Tifft, Francis H. Tigue.
THE SEASON OF 1900
The Team
The team of 1900 was made up as
follows: Beyer Aune, left end; Charles
W. Fee, left tackle; John G. Flynn,
left guard; L. A. Page, Jr., captain
and center; Henry C. Tweet, right
tackle; George F. Mueller, right guard;
Charles C. Hoyt, right end; Gilmore
Dobie, quarterback; Harry J. Van
Valkenburg, left halfback; Walter S.
LaFans and Paul S. Smith, right half-
back; Warren C . Knowlton, fullback.
The second team included George
B. Otte, John Schacht, Henry W.
Pohlman, "Mose" Strathern, J. Floyd
Tift, Wm. N. McDonald, Francis H .
Tigue, Wm. S. Kienholz, Charles P.
Harris, Henry S. Lovett, Benjamin R.
Hassman.
The substitutes included: George B.
Webster, Richard S. Pattee, John R.
Current, John Hutchinson, Charles
Carrigan, W. W. Gould, James F .
Hendrickson, Robert Barnand, Wm.
Acomb, Rudolph R. Sanborn, Angelo
A. Bissell, Arthur Fosseen, Edward
Turner.
The Schedule
Sept. 15-Minnesota 0, Mpls. Central
O.
Sept. QQ-Minnesota Q6, St. Paul Cen-
tral O.
Sept. Q6-Minnesota 66, Macalester O.
Sept. Q9-Minnesota 44, Carleton O.
Oct. 6-Minnesota Q7, Ames O.
Oct. 13-Minnesota 6, Chicago 6.
Oct. QO-Minnesota Q6, Grinnell O.
Oct. Q7-Minnesota 34, North Dakota
O.
Nov. 3-Minnesota 6, Wisconsin 5.
Nov. 10-Minnesota Q3, Illinois O.
Nov. lQ-Minnesota Ql, Northwest-
ern O.
Nov. Q9-Minnesota QO, Nebraska lQ.
Totals-Minnesota Q99, Opponents Q3.
THE SEASON OF 1901
The Team
Captain Warren Knowlton, Beyer
Aune, Egil Boeckmann, John Bidlake,
Otto Davies, E . Clark Evans, Charles
Fee, John G. Flynn, Charles C. Hoyt,
Gilmore Dobie, Moses L. Strathern,
Walter LaFans, Walton Thorpe,
George Mueller, L. A. Page, Edward
Rogers, Fred Schacht.
The second team was composed of:
E. G. Allen, John R. Current, Lloyd
Downing, H. Van Valkenburg, W. H.
Freeman, Sig Harris, John Hutchison,
James Irsfeld, Robert Liggett, Wil-
liam McDonald, Nels P. B. Nelson,
Henry O'Brien, Ernest B. Pierce, Max
W. Ricker, A. W. Robertson, Floyd
The Schedule
Sept. 14-Minnesota lQ, Second Team
O.
Sept. QI-Minnesota 0, Minneapolis
Central O.
Sept. QI-Minnesota 16, St. Paul Cen-
tral O.
Sept. QS-Minnesota 35, Carleton O.
Oct. 5-Minnesota Q7, Chicago College
O.
Oct. lQ-Minnesota 19, Nebraska O.
Oct. 19-Minnesota - Grinnell (can-
celled) .
Oct. Q6-Minnesota 16, Iowa O.
Nov. 4- Minnesota QS, Haskell O.
Nov. 9-Minnesota 10, North Dakota
O.
Nov . 16-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin IS.
Nov. Q3-Minnesota 16, Northwestern
O.
Nov. QS-Minnesota 16, Illinois O.
Totals-Minnesota 195, Opponents IS.
• Nov. 14-Minnesota 3Q, Illinois o.
THE SEASON OF 1902
The Team
Captain John Flynn, Egil Boeck-
mann, Otto Davies, Roger Gray, Sig.
mund Harris, ,J. B. Irsfeld, Warrell
Knowlton, Walter LaFans, Robert Lig-
gett, Edward L. Rogers, Fred Schacht,
Paul Smith , Mose Strathern, Walton
Thorpe, J. Van Valkenburg, John B.
Warren.
The second team was composed of
the following: John Bidlake, Usher L.
Burdick, Fred Burgan, Earl Current,
J. Deering, Willard Freeman, George
Nye, Henry Olson, Richard Pattee,
George Tuck, Charles Walsh, George
Webster.
The Schedule
Sept. QQ-Minnesota 0, St. Paul Cen-
tralO.
Sept. QQ-Minnesota QS, Mpls. Central
O.
Sept. Q7-Minnesota 33, Carleton O.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Oct. 4-Minnesota 16, Ames O.
Oct. 7-Minnesota 59, Hamline o.
Oct. 11-Minnesota Q9, Beloit o.
Oct. IS-Minnesota 0, Nebraska 6.
Oct. Q5-Minnesota 34, Iowa o.
Nov. I-Minnesota 10Q, Grinnell o.
Nov. S-Minnesota 17, Illinois 5.
Nov. 15-Minnesota 11, Wisconsin o.
Nov. QQ-Minnesota 11, Reserves 5.
Nov. Q7-Minnesota 6, Michigan Q3.
Totals-Minnesota 351, Opponents 39.
•
THE SEASON OF 1903
The Team
Captain Edward Rogers, left end;
George Webster, left tackle; John War-
ren, left guard; Mose Strathern, cen-
ter; Walton Thorpe, right guard; Fred
Schacht, right tackle; Lloyd Burdick,
right end; Sigmond Harris, quarter-
back; Otto Davies, left halfback; James
Irsfeld, right halfback; Earl Current,
fullback. Substitutes: Robert Mar-
shall, Daniel Smith, Fred Burgan, Rich-
ard Pattee, Henry O'Brien, James
Kremer, Egil Boeckmann.
The Schedule
Sept. 19-Minnesota 36, St. Paul Cen-
tral o.
Sept. 19-Minnesota Ql, Mpls. Central
6.
Sept. Q3-Minnesota 37, Mpls. East o.
Sept. Q6-Minnesota Q9, Carleton o.
Sept. 30-Minnesota 11Q, Macalester o.
Oct. 3-Minnesota 39, Grinnell o.
Oct. 7-Minnesota 65, Ham line o.
Oct. 10-Minnesota 46, Ames o.
Oct. 17-Minnesota 75, Iowa o.
Oct. Q4-Minnesota 46, Beloit o.
Oct. 31-Minnesota 6, Michigan 6.
Nov. 7-Minnesota 46, Lawrence o.
Nov. QI-Minnesota 11, N. D. Aggies
o.
Nov. Q6-Minnesota 17, Wisconsin O.
Totals-Minnesota 656, Opponents lQ .
•
THE SEASON OF 1904
The Team
Left end, Robert Marshall; left
tackle, George Case; left guard, Walton
Thorpe; center, lVlose Strathern, Cap-
tain: ri!Iht guard, Max Ricker; right
tackle, Percy Brush; right end, Fred
Burgan; quarterback, Sigmund Harris;
left halfback, Otto Davies; right half-
back; James Kremer; fullback, Earl
Current. Substitutes, John Hannon ,
Ray Varco, Arthur Larkin, Fred
Hunter, John Gleason, Daniel Smith,
Orren Safford, Theodore Vita, William
Ittner, Alexander Tschabold, George
Oech, Joseph Cutting, George Tuck,
Earl Luce.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
The Schedule
Sept. 17-Minnesota 107, High Schools
O.
Sept. 24-Minnesota 77, South Dakota
O.
Sept. 28-Minnesota 75, Shattuck O.
Oct. I-Minnesota 65, Carleton O.
Oct. 5-Minnesota 47, St. Thomas O.
Oct. 8-Minnesota 35, North Dakota O.
Oct. 15-Minnesota 32, Ames O.
Oct . 22-Minnesota 146, Grinnell o.
Oct. 29-Minnesota 16, Nebraska 12.
Nov. 5-Minnesota 69, Lawrence O.
Nov. 12-.M innesota 28, Wisconsin O.
Nov. 19-Minnesota 17, Northwestern
O.
Nov. 24-lVIinnesota 11, Iowa O.
Totals-Minnesota 725; Opponents 12.
• macher, John Young. Dr. Henry L .
THE SEASON OF 1905
The Team
Left end, Robert Marshall; left
tackle, William Ittner; left guard,
Theodore Vita; center, William Bande-
lin; right guard, George Oech; right
tackle, Percy Brush; right end, Fred
Burgan; quarterback, Arthur Larkin;
left halfback, Joseph Cutting; right
halfback, John Schuknecht; fullback ,
Earl Current, captain. Substitutes,
Weisel, Kjelland, Smith, Kramer, San-
born, Safford, Jackson, Loomis, lVIowry,
Dolan , Robertson, Greaves . Gilmore
Dobie, Sigmund H arris, Sidney
Stephens, assistant coaches; Dr. Henry
L. Williams, coach.
The Schedule
Sept. 23-Minnesota 74, High Schools
O.
Sept. 30-Minnesota M" Shattuck-
Pillsbury O.
Sept. 30-Minnesota 42, St. Thomas O.
Oct. 7-Minnesota 45, North Dakota O.
Oct. 14-Minnesota 42, Ames O.
Oct. 21-Minnesota 39, Iowa O.
Oct. 28-Minnesota 46, Lawrence O.
Nov. 4-Minnesota 12, Wisconsin 16.
Nov. 11-Minnesota 81, South Dakota
O.
Nov. 18-Minnesota 35, Nebraska O.
Nov. 25-.Minnesota 72, Northwestern
6.
Totals-Minnesota 542, Opponents 22.
• Ends, Rademacher, P ettijohn, Vidal,
THE SEASON OF 1906
The Team
Left end, Doan; left tackle, Vita, left
guard, Wiest; center, Safford; right
guard, Smith; right tackle, Case; right
end, Marshall; quarterback, Larkin;
left halfback, Ittner; right halfback,
Schuknecht; fullback, Current, (Cap-
tain) , Substitutes, Dunn, Kjelland,
Snyder, Bandelin.
The Schedule
Oct. 27--Minnesota 22 Ames 4.
Nov. 3-Minnesota 13, Nebraska O.
Nov. 10-Minnesota 4, Chicago 2.
Nov. 17-Minnesota 0, Carlisle 17.
Nov. 24-Minnesota 8, Indiana 6.
Totals-Minnesota 47, Opponents 29.
• The Team
THE SEASON OF 1907
The Team
Captain John Schuknecht, William
Bandelin, Harry Capron, George
Capron, George Case, Edward Cough-
lin, Edward Chestnut, Ney Dunn, Joe
Kjelland, Alfred Molstad, Walter Rade-
Williams, coach.
The Schedule
Oct. 12-Minnesota 8, Ames O.
Oct. 19-Minnesota 8, Nebraska 5.
Nov. 2-Minnesota 12, Chicago 18.
Nov. 16-Minnesota 10, Carlisle 12.
Nov. 23-Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 17.
Totals-Minnesota 55, Opponents 52.
• The Team
THE SEASON OF 1908
The Team
Left end, Pettijohn; left tackle,
Farnum; left guard, Rosenwald; center,
Safford; right guard, Ostrand ; right
tackle, Young; right end, Rademacher;
quarter, McGovern, Atkinson; left half,
Johnson, Coughlin; right half, Hub-
bard; fullback, Plankers; Safford, Cap-
tain.
The Schedule
Oct. 3-Minnesota 6, Lawrence O.
Oct. 10-Minnesota 15, Ames 10.
Oct. 17-Minnesota 0, Nebraska O.
Oct. 31-Minnesota 0, Chicago 29.
Nov. 7-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 5.
Nov. 21-Minnesota 11, Carlisle 6.
Totals-Minnesota 32, Opponents 50.
• Ends, Aldworth, Fournier, Raymond;
THE SEASON OF 1909
The Team
Faegre, Schain; tackles, Walker, Mc-
Cree, Holen; guards, Powers, Molstad,
Ostrand; centers, Farnum, Stewart;
quarterbacks, .i\1:cGovern, Atkinson;
halfbacks, Rosenwald, Johnston, Stev-
ens, Erdall; fullbacks, Pickering, Smith.
The Schedule
Sept. 25-.i\1innesota 25, Lawrence O.
Oct. 2-Minnesota 41, Iowa State O.
Oct. 9-Minnesota 18, Ames O.
45
Oct. 16-Minnesota 14, Nebraska O.
Oct. 30-Minnesota 20, Chicago 6.
Nov. 13-Minnesota 34, Wisconsin 6.
Nov. 20-Minnesota 6, Michigan 15.
Totals-Minnesota 158, Opponents 27.
•
THE SEASON OF 1910
.i\l{orrell, Stevens, Young, Robinson,
McGovern, Frank, Johnston, Smith,
Rosenwald, Walj<:er, L. Erdall, Picker·
ing, Bromley; Dr. Williams, coach.
The Schedule
Sept. 24-Minnesota 34, Lawrence O.
Oct. I-Minnesota 17, South Dakota O.
Oct. 8-.i\l{innesota 49, Ames O.
Oct. 15-Minnesota 27, Nebraska O.
Oct. 29-Minnesota 24, Chicago O.
Nov. 12-Minnesota 28, Wisconsin O.
Nov. 19-Minnesota 0, Michigan 6.
Totals-Minnesota 179, Opponents 6.
•
THE SEASON OF 1911
Ends, Tobin, Aldworth, Wallinder;
t ackles, Frank Robinson; guards,
Powers, Smith, Elder; center, Morrell;
halfbacks, Rosenwald, Stevens, .i\1:c-
Almon; quarterbacks, Capron, Hay-
ward; fullbacks, Pickering, Johnston.
The Schedule
Sept. 30-Minnesota 5, Ames O.
Oct. 7-Minnesota 5, South Dakota O.
Oct. 21-Minnesota 21, Nebraska 3.
Oct. 28-Minnesota 24, Iowa 6.
Nov. 4-Minnesota 30, Chicago O.
Nov. 18-Minnesota 6, Wisconsin 6.
Nov . 25-Minnesota 11, Illinois O.
Totals-Minnesota 102, Others 15.
•
THE SEASON OF 1912
The Team
tackles, Sawyer, Shaughnessey, Solem;
guards, Ostrom, Rosenthal; center,
Robertson ; halfbacks, Bierman, Erdall,
Lawler, McAlmon; quarterback, Hay-
ward; fullback, Tobin.
The Schedule
Sept. 28-Minnesota 0, South Dakota
10.
Oct. 5-Minnesota 5, Ames O.
Oct. 19-Minnesota 13, Nebraska O.
Oct. 26-Minnesota 56, Iowa 7.
Nov. 2-Minnesota 13, Illinois O.
Nov. 16-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 14.
Nov. 23-Minnesota 0, Chicago 7.
Totals-Minnesota 87, Opponents 38.
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THE SEASON OF 1913
The Team
Donald Aldworth, Captain; Boleslaus
Rosenthal, Joseph Mattern, Russell
Tollefson, Merton Dunnigan, Lazarus
Barron, Joseph Fournier, Emmons
Sawyer, Lynn Robertson, Bernard Bier-
man, Clark Shaughnessy, George Os-
trom, James Rush, Lawrence Lawler,
Alfred Bierman, Lorin Solon; Dr. H. L.
Williams, Coach.
The Schedule
Sept. 27-Minnesota 14, South Dakota
o.
Oct. 4-l\1innesota 25, Ames o.
Oct. IS-Minnesota 0, Nebraska 7.
Oct. 25-Minnesota 30, North Dakota
o.
Nov. 1-l\1innesota 21, Wisconsin 3.
Nov. 1.5-Minnesota 7, Chicago 13.
Nov. 22-Minnesota 19, Illinois 9.
Totals-Minnesota 116, Opponents 32.
• The Team
THE SEASON OF 1914
The Team
Captain Boles Rosenthal, Bert Bas-
ton, Bernie Bierman, Joe Diedrich,
Merton Dunnigan, Art Erdall, Elmer
Fegan, Carl Haedge, Wallace Hamil-
ton, Frank Mayer, Frank Moudry,
James Mundy, Al Quist, H enry
Scholtes, Gilbert Sinclair, Lorin Solon,
Jack Townley.
The Schedule
Oct. 3-Minnesota 2S, North Dakota 6.
Oct. 10-Minnesota 26, Ames o.
Oct. 17-Minnesota 29, South Dakota
7.
Oct. 24-Minnesota 7, Iowa o.
Oct. 31-Minnesota 6, Illinois 21.
Nov. 14-Minnesota 14, Wisconsin 3.
Nov. 21-Minnesota 13, Chicago 7.
Totals-Minnesota 123, Opponents 44 .
• •
THE SEASON OF 1915
The Team
Captain Bernie Bierman, James Bal-
lentine, Bert Baston, Merton Dunnigan,
George Hauser, I-Iarlan C. Hanson,
Perry Johnson, Clare Long, Al Quist,
Gilbert Sinclair, Joe Spra£ka, Charles
Tenhoff, Axel Turnquist, Arnold Wy-
man.
The Schedule
Oct. 2-Minnesota 41, North D akota o.
Oct. 9-Minnesota 34, Ames 6.
Oct. 16-Minnesota 19, South Dakota
o.
Oct. 23-Minnesota 51, Iowa 13.
Oct. 30-Minnesota 6, Illinois 6.
Nov. 13-Minnesota 20, Chicago 7.
Nov. 20-Minnesota 20, Wisconsin 3.
Totals-Minnesota 191, Opponents 35.
THE
DR. HENRY L. WILLIAMS
THE SEASON OF 1916
Captain Bert Baston, Parker Ander-
son, James Ballentine, Edward Buck-
ley, Archie Carlson, Com:ad Eklund,
Paul Flinn, Robert Gray, Walter
Haertel, Hal Hansen, Harlan C. Han-
son, George Hauser, Perry Johnson,
Norman Kingsley, Clare Long, Frank
Mayer, Gilbert Sinclair, Joseph
Sprafka, Jack Townley, Leland Van
Nest, Leonard Wilson, Edward Wise,
Arnold Wyman.
The Schedule
Oct. 7-Minnesota 41, South Dakota 7
(State College).
Oct. 14-Minnesota 47, North Dakota
7.
Oct. 21-Minnesota SI, South Dakota
o (University).
Oct. 2S-Minnesota 67, Iowa o.
Nov. 4-Minnesota 9, Illinois 14.
Nov. IS-Minnesota 54, Wisconsin o.
Nov. 25-Minnesota 49, Chicago o.
Totals-Minnesota 34S, Opponents 2S.
THE SEASON OF 1917
The Team
Captain George Hauser, Ray Alden-
er£er, Neal Amston, George Bierman,
P a ul Carroll, Larry Doyle, Con Eklund,
Paul Flinn, Walter Holmgren, Donald
Johnson, Trig Johnsen, Frank Jordan,
Norman Kingsley, Ernest Lampi, Al-
fred Schroeder, Henry L . Williams, Jr.,
Vern Williams.
The Schedule
Oct. 13-Minnesota 64, South Dakota
o (State College) .
Oct. 20-Minnesota 33, Indiana 9.
Nov. 3-Nlinnesota 7, Wisconsin 10.
Nov. 17- Minnesota 33, Chicago o.
Nov. 24-Minnesota 27, Illinois 6.
Totals-Minnesota 164, Opponents 25.
GOLDEN GOPHERS
THE SEASON OF 1918
The Team
Captain Norman Kingsley, Harlow
Bierman, John Culligan, Larry Doyle,
Gus Ekberg, Fred Enke, Joel Hult-
krans, Frank Jordan, Florian Klein-
schmidt, Ernest Lampi, George Larkin,
George Miners, Douglas Roos, B. J.
Schmitz, James Vaile, Don Wallace,
Ralph Warnock.
The Schedule
Oct. 5-Minnesota 0, All Stars o.
Oct. 19-Minnesota 30, Overland Sta-
tion o.
Oct. 26-Minnesota 25, St. Thomas 7.
Nov. 2-Minnesota 59, Carleton-St.
Olaf 6.
Nov. 9-Nlinnesota 0, Iowa 6.
Nov. 16-Minnesota 6, Wisconsin o.
Nov. 23-Minnesota 6, Municipal Pier
20.
Nov. 30-Minnesota 7, Chicago o.
Totals-Minnesota 133, Opponents 39 .
•
THE SEASON OF 1919
The Team
Captain Ernest Lampi, Neal Arnston,
Harlow Bierman, Bob Butler, Charles
Cantieny, Theron Gerow, Ralph Gruye,
Walter Haertel, Charles Hanke, Arnold
Hawkinson, Trig Johnsen, Arnold Oss,
J ack Phillips, Pierre Regnier, Douglas
Roos, Eddie Ruben, Festus Tierney,
Tony Tomasek, Vern Williams.
The Schedule
Oct. 4-Minnesota 39, North Dakota
o.
Oct. ll-Minnesota 6, Nebraska 6.
Oct. IS-Minnesota 20, Indiana 6.
Oct. 25-Minnesota 6, Iowa 9.
Nov. I-Minnesota 19, Wisconsin 7.
Nov. S-Minnesota 6, Illinois 10.
Nov. 22-Minnesota 34, Michigan 7.
Totals- Minnesota 130, Opponents 45 .
•
THE SEASON OF 1920
The Team
Captain Neal Amston, Henry At-
wood, Harry Brown, Harold Clement,
Don Cole, Ben Dvorak, Gus Ekberg,
Fred Enke, F. G. Fraser, John Gillen,
Art Gilstad, Ralph Gruye, Douglas
Larson, Don McClintock, John Mc-
Laury, Will Nolan, Jack O'Brien,
Arnold Oss, Pierre Regnier, Eddie
Ruben, Larry Teberg, Festus Tierney,
Russ Weblen.
The Schedule
Oct. 2-Minnesota 41, North Dakota 3.
Oct. 9- Minnesota 0, Northwestern 17.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Oct. 16-Minnesota 7, Indiana 21.
Oct. 30-Minnesota 7, Illinois 17.
Nov. 6-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 3.
Nov. 13-Minnesota 7, Iowa 28.
Nov. 20-Minnesota 0, Michigan 3.
Totals-Minnesota 62, Opponents 92.
• George MacKinnon, Al Maeder, Eldon
THE SEASON OF 1921
The Team
Captain Larry Teberg, Oliver Aas,
George Bailey, Charles Blumer, Harry
Brown, Don Cole, Ed. Copeland ,
Harold Clement, Carl Fribley, Art Gil-
stad, Fred Grose, Paul Hartig, Tri g
Johnsen, George Larkin, Douglas Lar-
son, Otis :lVIcCreery, John McLaury,
Earl Martineau, Clint Merrill, Ted
Moyle, George Myrum, Cy Olson,
Ralph Olson, Arnie Oss, Douglas Roos,
Festus Tierney, Don Wallace.
The Schedule
Oct. I-Minnesota 19, Nor th Dakota O.
Oct. 8-Minnesota 28, Northwestern O.
Oct. 15-Minnesota 0, Ohio State 27.
Oct. 22-Minnesota 6, Indiana O.
Oct. 29-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 35.
Nov. 5-Minnesota 7, Iowa 41.
Nov. 19-Minnesota 0, Michigan 38.
Totals-Minnesota 60, Opponents 141.
• O.
THE SEASON OF 1922
The Team
Captain Oliver Aas, George Abram-
son, Ted Cox, Ray Eklund, Luke
Gallagher, Chet Gay, Fred Grose,
Louis Gross, Rudolph Hultkranz,
George Larkin, Otis McCreery, Hugh
McDonald, Earl Martineau, Clint Mer-
rill, Lloyd Mitchell, George Myrum,
Fred Oster, Lloyd Peterson, Manning
Rollit, Carl Schjoll.
The Schedule
Oct. 7-Minnesota 22, North Dakota O.
Oct. 1·1 ,-Minnesota 20, Indiana O.
Oct. 21-Minnesota 7, Northwestern 7.
Oct. 28-Minnesota 9, Ohio State O.
Nov. 4-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 14.
Nov. 11-Minne'sota 14, Iowa 28.
Nov. 25-Minnesota 7, Michigan 16.
Totals-Minnesota 79, Opponents 65.
• Oct. 11-Minnesota 20, Haskell O.
THE SEASON OF 1923
The Team
Captain Earl Martineau, George
Abramson, Herman Ascher, P ercy
Clapp, Con Cooper, Ted Cox, Ray Ek-
lund, Joe Furst, Chet Gay, Malcolm
Graham, Fred Grose, Louis Gross, Carl
BILL SPAULDING
Lidberg, Mark Mathews, Clint Merrill,
Fred Oster, Lloyd Peterson, Manning
Rollit, Carl Schjoll, H erb Swanbeck.
The Schedule
Oct. 6-Minnesota 20, Ames 17.
Oct. 13-Minnesota 13, Haskell 12.
Oct. 20-Minnesota 27, North Dakota
Oct. 27-Minnesota 0, Wisconsin O.
Nov. 3-Minnesota 34, Northwestern
14.
Nov. 17-Minnesota 20, Iowa 7.
Nov. 24-Minnesota 0, Michigan 10.
Totals-Minnesota 114, Opponents 50.
• Oct. 9-Minnesota 7, Notre Dame 20.
THE SEASON OF 1924
The Team
Captain Ted Cox, George Abramson,
Herman Ascher, Con Cooper, Gordon
Fisher, Peter Guzy, Percy Clapp, Bill
Foote, Chet Gay, Malcolm Graham,
Louis Gross, Fred Just, Carl Lidberg,
Hugh McDonald, Mark Mathews,
Charles Morris, Lloyd Peterson, Bob
Peplaw, Clarence Schutte, Herb Swan-
beck, Everett Van Duzee, Roger
Wheeler.
The Schedule
Oct. 4-Minnesota 14, North Dakota O.
Oct. 18-Minnesota 7, Wisconsin 7 (at
Madison) .
Oct. 25-Minnesota 0, Iowa 13 (at
Iowa City).
Nov. I-Minnesota 0, Michigan 13.
Nov. 8-Minnesota 7, Ames 7.
Nov. 15- Minnesota 20, Illinois 7.
Nov. 22-Minnesota 0, Vanderbilt 16.
Totals-Minnesota 68, Opponents 63.
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THE SEASON OF 1925
The Team
Captain Herman Ascher, Ben Allison,
Harold Almquist, Clarence Arendsee,
Con Cooper, Herman Drill, Mike Gary,
Harold Hanson, Neil Hyde, Herb.
Joesting, Fred Just, Bill Kaminski,
Mason, Bill Meili, Al'thur Mulvey,
Herhold Murrell, Jack O'Brien, Bob
P eplaw, George Tuttle, Everett Van
Duzee, Leonard Walsh, Roger Wheeler.
The Schedule
Oct . 3-Minnesota 25, North Dakota 6.
Oct. 10-Minnesota 34, Grinnell 6.
Oct. 17-Minnesota 32, Wabash 6.
Oct. 24-Minnesota 7, Notre Dame 19.
Oct. 31-Minnesota 12, Wisconsin 12.
Nov. 7-Minnesota 33, Butler 7.
Nov. 14-Minnesota 33, Iowa O.
Nov. 21-Minnesota 0, Michigan 35.
Totals-Minnesota 176, Opponents 91.
•
THE SEASON OF 1926
The Team
Captain Roger Wheeler, Harold Alm-
quist, Harold Barnhart, Sholley Blus-
tin, Mike Gary, George Gibson, Harold
Hanson, Kenneth H aycraft, Anton
Hulstrand, Neil Hyde, Herb Joesting,
Laurence Johnson, Bill Kaminski,
George MacKinnon, George Matchan,
Mally N ydahl, Jack O'Brien, Bob
Peplaw, Lief Strand, George Tuttle,
Ed Ukkelberg.
The Schedule
Oct. 2-Minnesota 51, North Dakota O.
Oct. 16-Minnesota 0, Michigan 20.
Oct . 23-Minnesota 67, Wabash 7.
Oct. 30-Minnesota 16, Wisconsin 10.
Nov. 6-Minnesota 41, Iowa O.
Nov. 13-Minnesota 81, Butler O.
Nov. 20-Minnesota 6, Michigan 7.
Totals-Minnesota 269, Opponents 64.
•
THE SEASON OF 1927
The Team
Captain Herb Joesting, Harold Alm-
quist, H arold Barnhart, Sholley Blustin,
Clayton Gay, Mitchel Gary, George
Gibson, H arold Hanson, Kenneth Hay-
craft, Fred Hovde, Lawrence Johnson,
Wayne Kakela, William Kaminski,
George MacKinnon, Albert Maeder,
Bronko Nagurski, Malvin Nydahl,
Arthur Ph armer, Donald Riddell, Bob
Tanner, Edgar Ukkelberg, Leonard
Walsh, K enneth Mann.
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The Schedule
Oct . I-Minnesota 57, North Dakota.
10.
Oct. 8-Minnesota 40, Oklahoma Ag-
gies o.
Oct. 15-Minnesota 14, Indiana 14.
Oct. 22-Minnesota 38, Iowa O.
Oct. 29-Minnesota 13, Wisconsin 7.
Nov. 5-Minnesota 7, Notre Dame 7.
Nov. 12-Minnesota 27, Drake 6.
Nov. 19-Minnesota 13, Michigan 7.
Tota ls- .Minnesota 209, Opponents 51.
Season of 1928
S I NCE six regular players on the
great 1927 team had finished their
Conference play, Minnesota hardly ex-
pected a more than ordinary season in
1928. However, Dr . C. W. Spears'
fourth Gopher eleven was destined to
have a highly creditable record of four
victories and two defeat s in Big Ten
games. It was good enough to give
the Gophers third place in the stand-
ings.
The team started out well with
triumphs over Purdue and Chicago.
Then came two reverses by a single
point, one by I owa, 7 to 6, and the
other by Northwestern, 10 to 9.
Against Indiana, the Maroon and
Gold returned to their winning ways.
With an easy opponent the following
Saturday, they had two weeks in
which to prepare for Wisconsin. The
Badgers were apparently headed for
their first Big T en title since 1912.
The game at Madison November 24
will long be remembered by Minne-
sotans as one of their most remarkable
victories ever gained on the gridiron.
In none too good physical condition,
the Gophers fou ght hard through four
quarters of stirring play to turn ba~k
Wisconsin, 6 to o. That upset Will
relegated the Cardinals to second place
and gave the Conference championship
to Illinois.
Many of the regulars were out for
part of the season be.cause of inj.uries.
These included Captalll George GIbson
at guard, Lawrence (" Duke") Johnson
at tackle, Bronko Nagurski, fullback
and tackle.
Minnesota scored 182 points to its
opponents' 36.
1928 Schedule and Scores
October 6-Minnesota 40, Creighton
0, at Minneapolis
October 13-Minnesota 15, Purdue 0,
at M inneapolis
October 20-Minnesota 33, Chicago 7,
at Minneapolis
October 27-Minnesota 6, Iowa 7, at
Iowa City
HERB JOESTING
Captain, 1927. All-American full -
back in 1926 and 1927.
November 3-J\1innesota 9, North-
western 10, at Evanston
November 10-lVlinnesota 21, Indiana
12, at Minneapolis
November 17-Minnesota 52, Haskell
0, at Minneapolis
November 24-Minnesota 6, Wisconsin
0, at Madison
• spurt.
Minnesota 40, Creighton 0
The Creighton game was a typical
season opener, t he Gophers scoring at
will and using a number of substitutes.
Spears' men overlooked few touchdown
opportuniti es. They crossed the Blue-
jays' goal li ne six times and converted
four.
Bronko Nagurski made his bow as
a fullback in this game. Though some-
what crude at his new position, he
showed possibilities of developing into
a reliable ground gainer. He scored one
touchdown.
vVin Brockmeyer, only a sophomore,
made an auspicious debut by his run-
ning, passing, and kicking. Besides
going over for the first two tou ch-
< Not only did he usually get the few
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
downs, he placekicked three out of
four points. Another capable ball car-
rier was Paul Kirk who also scored
twice. His 46-yard return of a punt
was the longest run of the day.
At quarterback, Fred Hovde showed
to good advantage. lVlore than a cap-
able field general, he consistently ran
back punts well. He contributed one
of the touchdowns.
Captain Gibson was kept out of this
game because of injuries. Art Pharmer,
the Gophers' regular punter, played for
only a short time.
The Minnesota lineup was: Tanner,
left cnd; Duke Johnson, left tackle;
Pulkrabek , left guard; Kakela, center;
Appmann, right guard; Ukkelberg,
right tackle; Raycraft, right end;
Hovde, quarterback; Burdick, right
half; Brockmeyer, left half; Nagurski,
fullback.
•
Minnesota 15, Purdue 0
Minnesota and Purdue met October
13, 1928 for the first time since 1897.
The Gophers' 15-0 victory broke a tie
of two all.
The scoring came through touch-
downs by Hovde a nd Nagurski and a
safety made when Gibson tackled
Welch back of the Purdue goal line.
Brockmeyer kicked goal a ft er the sec-
ond touchdown.
Near the end of the game, J\1inne-
sota showed great defensive strength
when Purdue, in a last effort to score,
opened up with a flurry of passes. A
ruling of interference with a receiver
hclped the Boilermakers reach the Go-
phers' 10-yard line . Wi th one to go,
Wclch made it first down. Caraway
added another yard. H ovde and Na-
gurski then broke through to nail
Harmeson for a six yard loss. 'Velch's
pass was then knocked down by
Brockmeyer to end the visitors' best
A pleasing feature of the victory was
that the backfield's interference
showed marked improvement over the
week before. Every man took his turn
at leading plays as well as taking the
ball, cxcept for the right half, blocking
back in the Spears system.
How decisively the Gophers out-
played their opponents may be learned
from some of the statistics of the game.
Minnesota made 26 first downs to
Purdue's nine.
Fred Hovde thrilled the crowd in
the first quarter when he caught a
short pass and then raced 50 yards
for a touchdown. His field general-
ship was of its usual high order.
Bronko Nagurski looked more nat-
ural at fullback than he had before.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
yards needed for a first down, but he
shone defensi vely as well.
Gibson, back in the lineup, played a
model game at guard. A highlight of
his defensive play "'as breaking
through in the second period to down
Pest Welch, Purdue star back, behind
their goal line. This gave :NIinnesota
a safety.
Also outstanding "'as Bob Tanner at
end. He was always first down the
field on punts as ,yell as smashing
plays aimed around his position. Also
a good pass receiver, he once leaped
high in the air to take the ball f!"Om
two Purdue defense men.
Minnesota lined up as follows: Hay-
craft, left end; Ukkelberg, left tackle;
Pulkrabek, left guard; Kakela, center;
Gibson, right guard; Duke Johnson,
right tackle; Tanner, right end; Hovde,
quarterback; Timm, right half; Brock-
meyer, left half; Nagurski, fullback.
Substitutions included Oster for Hay-
craft, Brownell for Timm, Oja for
Pulkrabek, Gay for Oster, and Kirk
for Brockmeyer.
• against Chicago was: Haycraft, left
Minnesota 33, Chicago 7
Chicago, Minnesota's 1928 Home-
coming opponent October 20, was 011
the Gopher gridiron schedule for the
first time in 10 years. Some 58,000
football followers crowded lVIemorial
stadium that day. Although Spears'
men were favored to win because of
their greater playing strength , the
Jl[aroons for a time made the contest
interesting. It was not until the third
quarter that the outcome was assured.
The first touchdown for Minnesota
was the result of Hovde's pass to Hay-
craft and Hovde's plunge from the
Chicago -t-yard line. The brilliant
Gopher quarterback scored again when
he intercepted a lVIaroon pass and.
aided by Duke Johnson's fine inter-
ference, ran 76 yards for a touchdown.
Going into the second half, the
Spears machine turned on the pres-
sure and added 21 points to its total.
Hovde made his third touchdown and
Haycraft and Pharmer also crossed the
visitors' goal line. Brockmeyer kicked
goal twice and Pharmer once.
Near the end of the game, Chicago
put on a successful pass attack which
netted them their only score.
The work of lVIinnesota's two star
ends, Tanner and Haycraft, featured
the victory. Haycraft often broke
through Chicago's interference to
tackle the ball carrier. The Gopher
wings were always down on punts as
well as in position for passes.
In the backfield, Brockmeyer and
Kirk, his substitute, stood out, the
latter frequently getting away for long
runs. Bronko Nagurski continued to
improve as a fullback. He carried the
BRONKO NAGURSKI
ball 11 times for 36 yards, many of
them good for first downs. His lead-
ing interference and backing up the
line on defense were likewise satisfac-
tory.
The J\liunesota starting linellP
end; Ukkelberg, left tackle; Pulkrabek.
left guard; Kakela, center; Gibson,
right . guard; Duke Johnson, right
tackle; Tanner, right end; Hovde,
quarterback; Brownell, right half;
Brockmeyer, left half; Nagurski, full-
back. Substitutions were: Gay for
Tanner, Oster for Haycraft, Kirk for
Brockmeyer, Bardwell for Hovde,
Burdick for Brownell, Oja for Pulkra-
bek, Norgaard for Tanner, ·Westphal
for Nagurski, L. Johnson for Kakela,
Gay for Norgaard, Pharmer for Bard-
well, Emlein for L. Johnson, Frykman
for Ukkelberg, Appmann for Gibson .
• the Hawkeyes' four. The losers made
Iowa 7, Minnesota 6
l\Iinuesota's title hopes received a
hard jolt at Iowa City October 27
when the Hawkeyes, smarting under
three straight defeats by Spears'
teams, upset the Gophers, 7 to 6. It
was the biggest surprise of the Big
Ten that day and a happy Homecom-
ing for Iowa.
For three scoreless quarters, the
teams battled on an extremely muddy
field. Then came the thrilling part.
Early in the last quarter, Fred
Hovde, Gopher safety man, picked up
a punt, which had sailed over his head.
on the 9-yard line and then dodged
his way through the entire Iowa team
for 91 yards and a touchdown. Fred's
change of pace and reversing the field
on this play were masterful. Brock-
meyer missed goal.
Back came the Hawkeyes with re-
newed fight and drive. Shortly after
the middle of the period, Coach Ing-
49
wersen sent in Oran Pape to replace
Willis Glassgow at halfback. The new
man carried the ball first for six yards.
On the next play, the Iowa speed boy
broke through right tackle for 62 yards
and a touchdown, :McLain, Indian full -
back, leading the interference. Duke
Johnson, the Gophers' regular tackle,
had previously been removed because
of an injury. Irving Nelson entered
the game for the express purpose of
dropkicking goal, as he did.
Though Iowa now led, lVIinnesota
did not let up. Bardwell, Kirk, and
Westphal, replaced the regular backs.
Finally the ball was advanced to the
Iowa 14-ym'd line where a Minnesota
score seemed likely. H eld for three
downs, the Gophers tried a pass on
the last play. Bardwell, unable to spy
a receiver, was hit so hard that he
fumbled, Iowa recovering on her 26.
The Hawks then held the ball, the
game ending soon afterwards.
The Gophers lost two golden oppor-
tunities to score in the second quarter.
the slippery field somewhat handi-
capping them. Twice the ball was
within the 5-yard line. The first time .
Brockmeyer, taking the ball on the
4-yard line, made only a yard when he
slipped and was downed. On last
down, a pass was grounded.
Spears' men then started another
march . Brockmeyer, Nagurski, and
Hovde alternated in taking the ball to
Iowa's 12-yard line. Hovde made two
and then he and Brockmeyer failed to
gain. On fourth down, Nagurski
passed to Tanner who seemed to have
the ball on the Iowa 2-yard line, but a
Hawkeye tackle drove him back two
yards, the ball going to Iowa on downs.
How decisively Minnesota outplayed
Iowa is shown by some of the figures.
The Gophers made 12 first downs to
:?12 yards from scrimmage to the win-
ners' 165. Punts by l\1innesota aver-
aged 41 yards and those by Iowa 36.
Minnesota used the following lineup
to start the game: Haycraft, left end;
Ukkelberg, left tackle; Pulkrabek, left
guard; Kakela, center; Gibson, right
guard; Duke Johnson, right tackle;
Tanner, right end; Hovde, quarter-
back; Brockmeyer, left half; Burdick,
right half; Nagurski, fullback. Other
players were: Emlein for Johnson,
Pharmer for Hovde, Kirk for Brock-
meyer, Brownell for Burdick, West-
phal for Nagurski, Bardwell for Hovde,
and Oster for Haycraft.
•
Northwestern 10, Minnesota 9
Whatever hopes remained for It
Conference championship were dashed
at Evanston November 3 when North-
western edged out l\1innesota, 10 to 9.
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The one-point jinx was again on the
job. As was the case at Iowa City
the week before, the Gophers out-
played their opponents by a wide
margin. Minnesota had 13 first downs
to the Purple's eight. Spears' men
gained QlS yards from scrimmage and
the Wildcats 160.
Injuries sustained proved to be bad
handicaps for the Northmen . Most
serious was that suffered by Captain
George Gibson, the Gophers' stellar
guard breaking his shoulder after mak-
ing a hard tackle. A broken vertebra
compelled Bronko Nagurski to shift
from fullback to his old tackle posi-
tion. His condition kept him from
using his full force as a line smasher.
At tackle, he was taking the place of
Duke Johnson, on the sidelines because
of a bad shoulder .
Minnesota opened the game as
though it were to have an easy vic-
tory. Two bad passes by Northwest-
ern's center went over the heads of his
backfield. The second one was made
with the ball on the Purple's 10-yard
line . The ball rolled over the goal line
where it was recovered by Minnesota.
The referee ruled that since Minnesota
was not instrumental in putting the
ball over the line, it would be only a
safety instead of a touchdown.
A few minutes later in the first
quarter, Westphal, fullback, fumbled .
Calderwood scooped up the ball and
ran for a touchdown to put his team
in the lead. Holmer kicked goal.
The second period was played main-
ly in mid-field until the Purple got
off a few good passes. One of them,
Holmer to Griffin, put the ball on the
Gopher 10-yard line. Three tries ad-
vanced it to the 5-yard line. Holmer
then dropped back to boot a placement
and make the score 10 to Q for North-
western, as it was at half time.
Going into the third quarter, Minne-
sota played circles around N orthwest-
ern, the ball being in the latter's ter-
ritory most of the time. The Purple
stalled a great deal, even drawing a
penalty in the last quarter. But the
wet field hampered the Gophers' light,
fast backs. Their footing was slip-
pery and the runs slow.
In the fourth quarter, Minnesota got
its touchdown when Brockmeyer went
over. The point was made to close
the scoring for the day.
' Further mishap befell the Gophers
on the last play of the game. Bob
Tanner, after catching a pass from
Hovde, pulled a muscle in his leg. He
had to be helped from the field.
There were a few bright spots in the
defeat. Art Pharmer showed himself
to be a capable understudy to Na-
gurski at fullback. Paul Kirk, a fleet
back, made 6Q yards in 13 tries to lead
in individual ground gaining. Hovde
played a hard game at quarterback,
THE
CLARENCE W. SPEARS
often tackling men back of the scrim-
mage line. The condition of the field
hurt him in his returns of punts.
The following lineup was used
against Northwestern: Haycraft, left
end; Ukkelberg, left tackle, Pulkrabek ,
left guard; Kakela, center; Gibson,
right guard; Nagurski, right tackle;
Tanner, right end; Hovde, quarter-
back; Brownell, left half; Brockmeyer,
right half; Westphal, fullback. Other
men were Berghs for Gibson, Kirk for
Brockmeyer, Pharmer for 'Vestphal,
Burdick for Brownell.
• Indiana: Gay, left end; Nagurski, left
Minnesota 21, Indiana 12
Victory, the first in three weeks,
greeted the Gophers upon their return
to the stadium. By beating Indiana,
Ql to . 1Q, Minnesota gained some re-
venge for the 14 to 14 tie which ruined
their title claim the year before. The
date of the 'QS game, November 10,
was Dads' day.
Hovde added two more touchdowns
to his list and Brockmeyer one. All
three extra points were made, the first
two by Pharmer and the last by
Brockmeyer.
The Hoosiers depended pretty large-
ly upon the aerial game. In doing so,
they completed nine out of 16 passes,
good for six first downs. Their spread
play, sometimes a pass and again an
end run, was generally successful.
Chuck Bennett was their star .
The game opened with Indiana's
GOLDEN GOPHERS
kicking off to Kirk on the 5-yard line.
He returned to the QQ but on the first
play from scrimmage, he fumbled, In-
diana recovering. On the third play,
Brubaker got loose for a touchdown,
the visitors scoring within the first two
minutes of play. Hughes missed goal.
Now came M innesota's chance to
cheer. Win Brockmeyer, given the ball
on his QO-yard line, streaked SO yards
for the touchdown which tied the
score . He had good interference here.
On the play, Nagurski at tackle opened
a wide hole in the Indiana line.
Through this, Brownell and Pharmer
cleared the way. Ukkelberg followed
Brockmeyer, whereby an opponent
overtook him. Then, just before he
reached the goal line, the gun ended
the quarter. Pharmer put Minnesota
in front with a perfect placement.
Hovde was the next Gopher scorer,
making a touchdown from Indiana's
Q3-yard line. Pharmer again sent the
ball between the uprights. Fred again
crossed the visitors' goal line, this time
after a Q9-yard dash . Brockmeyer
added the point.
Brockmeyer was the leading ground
gainer with 156 yards in 16 plays. He
averaged close to 10 yards each time.
Hovde was second with 116 yards in
14 plays, or an average of more than
seven yards each time.
Art Pharmer played another good
game at fullback, especially on the of-
fense. He averaged 45 yards on his
punts, one of them going for 7S yards,
when it went over the safety man's
head.
Haycraft and Tanner, Minnesota's
famous end combine, played their
usual strong games.
Gibson and Johnson were still out
of the game because of injuries.
Pulkrabek could play only a short
time.
The following lineup started against
tackle; Oja, left guard; Kakela, center;
Appmann, right guard; Ukkelberg,
right tackle; Tanner, right end; Hovde,
quarterback; Brownell, right half;
Kirk, left half; Pharmer, fullback.
Substitutions included Haycraft for
Gay, Brockmeyer for Kirk, Bardwell
for Hovde, Arendsee for Pharmer,
Pulkrabek for Oja, Frykman for Na-
gurski, Burdick for Brownell.
•
Minnesota 52, Haskell 0
Little need be recorded about Min-
nesota's last home game, played No-
vember 17 against the Haskell In-
dians, except that it was their first let-
up since the season began. The Go-
phers went on a scoring spree that
netted eight touchdowns . Brockmeyer
got two of them. The other scorers
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
were Pharmer, Gay, HQvde, Arendsee,
B urdick and Westin. CQach Spears
used a flQck Qf substitutes. The be-
ginning lineup was: Haycraft, left end;
Nagurski, left tackle; Pulkrabek, left
guard; Kakela, center; Appmann, right
guard; Ukkelberg, right tack le; Tanner,
right end; HQvde, quarterback; BrQw-
nell, right half; BrQckmeyer, left half;
Pharmer, fu llback. Replacements were,
Gay fOol' Tanner, L. JQhnsQn fQr
Kakela, Westin fQr Pharmer, Ki rk fQr
BrQckmeyer, Pharmer fQr Westin,
Bardwell fOol' HQvde, Frykman fQr Na-
gurski, Arendsee fQr Pharmer, Oster
fQr Haycraft, Emlein fQr Appmann,
Hamman fQr Gay, Langenberg fOol'
Ukkelberg, Westin fQr Burdick.
• ferent leader befQre each game. He was
M innesota 6, W isconsin 0
Madison was all dressed up the
mQrning Qf NQvember 2'1 in pleasant
anticipatiQn Qf WiscQnsin's first fQot-
ball t it le since 1912. It was the Min-
neSQta cQntingent whQ celebrated,
hQwever, when the GQphers upset their
favQred Badger rivals, 6 tOo O. This
surprise victQry wrecked the Cardinals'
champiQnship chances and IllinQis,
thQugh beaten by Michigan, finished
first.
For the first time since mid-seasQn,
CQach Spears was able tOo put his first
string lineup Qn the field. Even SQ,
SQme Qf the men were in nQne tQQ gQQd
shape befQrehand.
The tQuchdQwn came in the secQnd
quarter. MinnesQta secured the ball
when Nagurski hit RebhQlz, Badger
fullback , SQ hard that he fumbled ,
BrQnkQ recQvering Qn the Wisconsin
17-yard line. HQvde gained nine
yards. Nagurski made it first dQwn
Qn the 6-yard stripe . He hit tackle
for three. His next plunge netted tWQ
mOore. On the final play, he dived
Qver the scrimmage line fQr a tQuch-
dQwn.
vViscQnsin gave :MinnesQta a scare
Qr tWQ in the , third quarter. Successful
Badger passes put the ball Qn the
MarQQn and GOold's 10-yard line. The
Badgers lQst the ball Oon downs after
making Qnly tWQ yards thrQugh an al-
mQst impregnable line. A shQrt punt
against the wind gave WiscQnsin an-
other chance which it all but made
gQQd.
The first dQwn began with the ball
in the Badgers' PQssessiQn Qn Minne-
sQta's 35-yard line. The first play was
a lQSS of tWQ yards. The next was a
12-yard pass called gQQd because Qf
interference. AnQther pass put the ball
Qn the 12-yard line. Smith was sent
in fOol' RebhQlz, in an effQrt tOo pierce
the GQpher line. He made tWQ yards
thrQugh left guard. Again he made
tWQ. He then went thrQugh right
tackle fQr fQur mOore. The ball was Qn
the 4-yard line with Qne dQwn tOo gOo.
GEORGE GIBSON
Captain 1928
Smith was Qnce mOore given the ball.
He hit right guard fOol' a yard which
was Qne shQrt Qf a first dQwn. The ball
went tOo MinnesQta Qn her 3-yard line.
On the first play, Pharmer fumbled
a bad pass frQm center but recQvered
one yard frQm the gQal li ne. He again
called fOol' a punt and this time sent
the ball almQst tOo the center Qf the
field tOo end WiscQnsin threats fQr the
day.
MinnesQta . played smart fQQtball
throughQut the game. HQvde at quar-
terback and Captain GibsQn at guard
were real stars. SQ were Haycraft,
Duke JQhnsQn; and Ukkelberg.
Art Pharmer, shifted tOo half, was
Qne Qf the game's surprises. He led
the field in yardage with 86 in 14 tries.
Nagurski gained 60 yards in 16 tries,
mQstly thrQugh the middle Qf the
Cardinal line.
The MinnesQta starting lineup
against WiscQnsin was: Haycraft, left
end; Duke JQhnsQn, left tackle; Pul-
krabek, left guard; Kakela, center;
'GibsQn, right guard; Ukkelberg, right
tackle; Tanner, right end; HQvde,
quarterback; Timm, left half; Pharmer,
right half; Nagurski, fullback.
SubstitutiQns made were BrQck-
meyer fQr Pharmer, BrQwnell fQr
Timm, Oster fOol' Haycraft, Pharmer
fOol' BrQckmeyer, Hamman fQr Oster,
Oster fOol' Tanner, L. JQhnsQn fOol'
Kakela.
51
Season of 1929
T he '29 team was the last cQached
by Dr. C. W. Spears at MinnesQta.
D uring his five-year stay, which began
in 1925, his men WQn 30, lQst nine
and tied three cOon tests fQr a highl;
creditable percentage Qf .766. Five Qf
the lQsses were by the narrQW margin
Qf Qne Qr tWQ PQints. "DQc" went Qut
tOo t he University Qf Ore gOon where he
cQached the WebfQQt elevens Qf 1930
and 1931. He became the grid mentQr
at WiscQnsin in 1932.
Instead Qf Qne captain fQr the entire
sea sOon Qf 1929, MinnesQta had a dif-
chQsen frQm the eligible seniQrs Qn the
squad.
Schedule and Scores
OctQber 5-MinnesQta 39, CQe 0, at
MInneapolis
OctQber 12-MinnesQta 15, Vanderbilt
6, at MinneapQlis
OctQber 19~MinnesQta 26, NQrthwest-
ern 14, at EvanstQn
OctQber 26-MinnesQta 54, RipQn 0,
at M inneapQlis
NQvember 2-MinnesQta 19, Indiana
7, at M inneapQlis
NQvember 9- lVlinnesQta 7, IQwa 9, at
IQwa City
NQvember 16-Minnesota 6, Michigan
7, at MinneapQlis
November 23-MinnesQta 13, WiscQn-
sin 12, at MinneapQlis
TQtal PQints: MinnesQta 179, Op-
ponents 5.5.
•
M innesota 39, Coe 0
CQe cQllege, l\i(id-Western champiQns
in 1928, did nQt give MinnesQta much
QPPQsitiQn in the first game Qf the sea-
sOon, the SCQre being 39 tOo O. The sec-
Qnd half Qf the fray was Qne IQng list
of substitutiQns. MOore than 30 GQ-
phers saw service Qn a day better
suited fQr summer sPQrts.
TWQ sQphQmQres, ClintQn Riebeth
and Clarence Munn, started their
varsity careers rather creditably. Rie-
beth, halfback flash, made tWQ Qf the
six tQuchdQwns and JVlunn went Qver
fQr Qne. The Qthers were sCQred by
Paul Kirk, BrQckmeyer, and Bardwell,
the last player alsQ making three
PQints after tQuchdQwn.
BrQnkQ Nagurski began his last sea-
son at tackle. He shQwed that he had
lQst nQne Qf his knack fQr line play by
cQntinuall y warding Qff plays. Pul-
krabek, playing next tOo him at guard,
was alsQ reliable.
Tanner starred at end. On almQst
all the punts, he was amQng the first
52
down the field to tackle or delay the
receiver. Kakela a t right t ackle
proved to be a capable performer.
The passing game used by the Go-
phers was good enough to net them
seven completions out of 11 attempts,
or a total of 99 yards.
The starting 'M innesota lineup was:
Oja, center; Pulkrabek and Phil Gross,
guards; Nagurski and Kakela, tackles;
Tanner and Howard Anderson, ends;
Timm, quarterback; Brockmeyer, left
half; Munn, right half; and Pharmer,
fullback.
Substitutions included Bardwell for
Brockmeyer, Riebeth for Munn,
Brownell for Timm, Langenberg for
Kakela, Oster for Anderson, Riehsen
for Gross, Burdick for Pharmer, Kirk
for Riebeth, Hoefler for Tanner, John-
son for Oja, ,M atson for Hoefler, Berry
for Nagurski, Teeter for Pulkrabek,
Burdick for Pharmer, Kirk for Brock-
meyer, Oster for Anderson, Matson for
Tanner, Bardwell for Kirk, Riebeth for
Munn, Teeter for Gross, Riehsen for
Berghs, Westgaard for Langenberg.
Hoefler for Oster, Leksell for Riebeth,
Norgaard for Hoefler, Finley for Nor-
gaard, J. Haycaft for Finley, Emlein
for Teeter, Nelson for Matson, La-
Roque for Bardwell.
• goal, the ball sailed high over the cross-
Minnesota 15, Vanderbilt 6
When Vanderbilt, one of the best
teams in the South, came up to Min-
neapolis from Nashville, the Gophers
were prepared for them and turned
back the Commodores, 15 to 6, on Oc-
tober H!. This was revenge for the 16
to 0 defeat administered to Minnesota
in 1924 by Dan McGugin's men.
Bronko Nagurski, at left tackle, was
the star of the day. Not only did the
International Falls boy stop plays at
his side of the line, but he also opened
wide gaps in Vanderbilt's forward wall
through which Clint Riebeth m~de
sizable gains. On one occaSIOn,
Bronko cleared the way for the speedy
back who ran 45 yards for a touch-
down. Nagurski also figured largely
in Brockmeyer's gains. Bronko's most
brilliant bit of defensive play came
when Jesse Thomas, Commodore back,
intercepted a pass. Thomas had a clear
field until "the Nag" nailed him from
behind on Minnesota's 36-yard line.
Bob Tanner, acting captain, was the
only Gopher to play throughout the
game. A hard working end wi~h I?lenty
of experience, Bob bolstered hIS SIde of
the line no little as Langenberg at
tackle and Riehsen at guard were both
new men.
Leslie Pulkrabek at guard, another
reliable veteran, played a great game
against Vandy. Late in the game, he
had to be removed because he received
a hard body blow.
DAVE WOODWARD
Former Minnesota Trainer
In Art Pharmer, the Gophers had a
very capable kicker. Besides punting
well, he opened the scoring in the sec-
ond period with a perfect placekick
from the 30-yard line. On this field
bar and squarely between the uprights.
Quentin Burdick, replacing Pharmer for
part of the game, was a good line
bucker.
Leading, 9 to 0, at half time, Minne-
sota added six more points to its total
early in the fourth quarter when
Brockmeyer went over for a touch-
down. The visitors then unleashed an
effective passing attack which netted
them a score.
Outstanding among the invaders
were Benny Parker, ISO-pound fullback
who backed his line well on the de-
fense; Amos Leonard, quarterback who
ran his team well; and Patrick Kerwin
who played a consistent game at end.
The Minnesota team which took the
field was as follows: ,Anderson, left end;
Nagurski, left tackle; Pulkrabek, left
guard; Oja, center; Riehsen, right
guard; Langenberg, right tackle; Tan-
ner, right end; Timm, quarterback;
Munn, left half; Brockmeyer, right
half; Burdick, fullback. Substitutes
were: Oster for Anderson, Barnhart for
Timm. Pharmer for Burdick, Bardwell
for B~ockmeyer, Riebeth for Munn,
Hoefler for Oster, Johnson for Oja, J.
Haycraft for Tanner, Emlein for Rieh-
sen, Anderson for Hoefler, Riehsen for
Emlein, Tanner for J. Haycraft, l\funn
for Riebeth, Brockmeyer for Bardwell,
Burdick for Pharmer, Riebeth for
Munn, Kirk for Riebeth, Emlein for
Riehsen, Pharmer for Burdick, Hoefler
for Anderson, Westgaard for Langen-
berg, Leksell for Pharmer, Bardwell for
Kirk, Johnson for Oja, Barnhart for
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Brownell, Teeter for Pulkrabek, Berry
for N agurski.
•
Minnesota 26, Northwestern 14
Continual battering of a heavier
Northwestern line finally brought vic-
tory to Minnesota when the Gophers
and Wildcats met at Evanston Octo-
ber 19. Some 6,000 Minnesota sup-
porters were among the crowd at Dyche
stadium that day. They saw Spears'
men, trailing 14 to 9, at the beginning
of the fourth quarter, run up 17 points
in the last period.
Art Pharmer was responsible for 20
of his team's points. His individual
record included two touchdowns, two
extra points, and two field goals, both
placements.
Other Minnesota luminaries were
Nagurski, who played his usual strong
game at both fullback and tackle;
Brockmeyer at halfback; and Quentin
Burdick who kept up his good line
bucking of the previous week. Timm
was a capable blocking back.
Proof of the Gophers' line superior-
ity lies in the fact that Minnesota made
310 yards on running plays, as com-
pared to Northwestern's IS3.
Minnesota opened the scoring in the
first quarter when Pete Somers hurled
a 30-yard pass to Win Brockmeyer who
leaped high in the air to take the ball
on the Purple's IO-yard line and then
dash over their goal line for a touch-
down. The try at goal was blocked .
Northwestern soon retaliated. Stand-
ing on Minnesota's 33-yard line, Berg-
herm passed IS yards to Burnstein who
ran the remaining 15 for his team's
first score. Reil's dropkick afterwards
made it 7 to 6.
The men of Spears then worked the
ball down to the Wildcats' 34-yard line
where Art Pharmer sent over a place-
kick to put Minnesota back in the lead.
Later Northwestern punted deep in-
to Minnesota territory. Brockmeyer
figured that the ball would roll over
the line for a touchback, but it stopped
on the 3-yard line. When the Gopher
safety man tried to get the ball, he was
tackled so hard that he fumbled it,
Northwestern recovering. On fourth
down, Bergherm went over for North-
western's second touchdown. The point
was good, making the score 14 to 9 for
the Purple.
The spectacular fourth quarter
opened with Minnesota's receiving a
punt on its own 45-yard line. Crushing
a fast weakened defense, the Gophers
marched straight down the field until
they were within six yards of the goal
line. On last down, Kirk passed to
Pharmer who snatched the ball from
two defenders for the touchdown which
put Minnesota back in the lead to stay.
Pharmer's extra point changed the
count to 16 to 14.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Fine blocking paved the way for
Pharmer to score again when he slipped
around the left side of the Purple line
for 34 yards and a touchdown. He
also kicked goal. Just before the game
ended, Art put the finishing touches on
a remarkable scoring performance by
booting another field goal.
The starting Minnesota lineup
against Northwestern was: Harold An-
derson, left end; Kakela, left tackle;
Pulkrabek, left guard; Oja, center;
Riehson, right guard; Langenberg, right
tackle; Tanner, right end; Brownell.
quarterback Somers left half· Brock-
meyer, right half; Nagurski, fullback.
The following substitutions were made:
Bardwell for Somers, Barnhart for
Brownell, Riebeth for Brockmeyer,
lVlunn for Kakela, Kakela for Riehsen ,
Hoefler for Anderson, Berry for .M unn,
Pharmer for Bardwell, Timm for
Barnhart, Kirk for Brockmeyer, Em-
lein for Richsen, Teeter for Pulkrabek,
Bardwell for Kirk, Nagurski for Kakela,
Burdick for Nagurski, Gross for Em-
lein, Westgaard for Langenberg, John-
son for Oja, Hoefler.
• touchdown. This time the point was 9-yard line where Captain Willis Glass-
Minnesota 54, Ripon 0
'M innesota rolled up its biggest score
of tile seasoil, 54 to 0, October 26 at
the stadium. Ripon was the Gophers'
last non-conference opponent on the
schedule. Though the Wisconsin col-
legians held the Maroon and Gold to
two touchdowns during the first half,
they weakened in the next two quarters
when Spears' army of substitutes scored
40 points. Ripon's best player was its
captain, Donald l\1artin.
Pharmer made 22 · points besides
kicking well. Paul Kirk and Arsenault
figured in the touchdown making, each
with a pair to his credit. The latter was
the author of a 90-yard run, one of the
longest ever seen on a Gopher gridiron.
Harold Anderson performed very
satisfactorily at end. He proved a
good running mate for the brilliant
Tanner. Also starring in the line were
Pulkrahek at guard and Langenberg
at tackle.
Statistics of this game reveal that
Pharmer carried the ball 22 times for
a total of 187 yards . Second best was
Arsenault with 100 yards in three at-
tempts. Clint Riebeth placed third
with 95 in 10 and Paul Kirk fourth
wi th 81 in nine.
The Minnesota starting lineup
against Ripon was: Anderson, left end;
Munn, left tackle; Pulkrabek, left
guard; Oja, center; Kakela, right guard;
Langenberg, rigbt tackle; Tanner, right
end; Brownell, quarterback; Pharmer,
left half; Riebeth, right half; Burdick,
fullback.
Substitutions made were: Timm for
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Brownell; Leksell for Burdick; Hoefler ell, Barnhart for Timm, Riehsen for
for Anderson; Teeter for Kakela; Kirk Kakela, Kirk for Brockmeyer, Bard-
for Riebeth; Johnson for Oja; West- well for Pharmer, Pharmer for Bard-
gaard for Langenberg; Hoefler for Tan- well, Brockmeyer for. Kirk, Kakela for
ner; Somers for Pharmer; Norgaal~d for Riehsen, Brownell for Barnhart, Rieh-
Hoefler; Brownell for Timm; Stein for sen for Pulkrabek, Johnson for Oja,
Johnson; Pierce for Leksel!; F . Gibson Westgaard for Langenberg, Leksell for
for Gross; Arsenault for Somers; N agurski, Emlein for Kakela.
Pingel' for Kirk; Ohlsen for Tanner; J.
Haycraft for Ohlsen.
•
• Iowa 9, Minnesota 7
An inspired, fighting Iowa team con-
Minnesota 19, Indiana 7
q uered lVlinnesota for the second
::Vlinnesota continued its victory drive straight year November 9 at Iowa City,
by taking Indiana into camp at the this time by a 9 to 7 score. As in 1928,
stadium on November 2, American the Hawkeyes came from behind to
Legion day. win with Oran Pape's scoring the neces-
The men of Spears played an aggres- sary touchdown.
sive game against the Hoosiers. They The victors started fast. Getting the
marched to the Indiana 18-yard line kickoff in the first quarter, Farroh re-
whence Brockmeyer completed the turned it to the Iowa 33, a run of 20
scoring business at hand by a sweeping yards. Hard driving plays took the
end run. The kick for the point was ball within inches of the Minnesota
blocked. goal line where the Gophers, by a
Again, after getting the ball deep in miraculous stand, saved themselves
their own territory, the Gophers pound- . temporarily. Determined to score,
ed their opponents' line for a second Iowa resumed its march as far as the
added, making the score 13 to O. gow went back to place kick an easy
Indiana then surprised Minnesota fi eld goal. This was the only scoring for
,,·ith a simple pass over the line, Bru- the half.
haker having a clear field for his touch- The third quarter was largely a punt-
down. Goal was made. ing duel with the Gophers gaining an
The third ::\linnesota score was the advantage through the exchange of
res ult of some more consistent work. kicks. They finally had the ball on
The Gophers put the ball in play on Iowa's 4I-yard line.
the Indiana 27-yard line where a punt Then came a play which all but
had gone out of bounds. On the first turned defeat into victory for Minne-
play, Brockmeyer reeled off 1'1 yards. sota. Bronko Nagurski took the ball .
Nagurski smashed his way to the 1- and, smashing his way through the
vard line from which point Pharmer right side of the Iowa line, broke away
took it over . This touchdown plus his for a touchdown. Glassgow tried to
point after the second one brought his stop him, but Bronko disposed' of that
total to ;j(), with the season yet un- threat by stiff-arming the Iowa leader.
finished. Further honors were his by It was the Gophers' solitary offensive
virtue of leading the other backs in thrust of the afternoon. Brownell
yardage, 117. kicked goal.
Despite Tanner's absence for most of Not to be denied their deserved
the game, due to injuries, the line out- triumph , the Hawks cut loose with an
plaved Indiana's forward wall to a effective short passing attack in the
ma;'ked degree. Hoefler played in closing minutes of the game. They
Boh's place and acquitted himself reach ed the 6-yard line where Pape
creditably. With Nagurski in the again did his game-saving act by circl-
backfield, ::\Iunn was used at tackle to ing lVlinl1esota's right end for a touch-
good advantage. George Langenberg. down.
the other tackle, played the game of Many of the Minnesota team were
his career. hard used in this game. Brockmeyer
Brockmeyer in the backfield did all and lVlunn were forced out by injuries .
that could be expected of him and When Munn left the game, Nagurski
more. A capable safety man, he re- returned to tackle.
minded Nlinnesota rooters of Fred Glassgow was the star of the day by
Hovde. Fast and powerful in his end virtue of his versatile playing. In the
runs, he likewise showed a good change line, Roberts, left guard, and Westra,
of pace. left tackle, played hard charging games.
The Minnesota starting lineup was: Statistics of the game reveal that
Tanner and Anderson, ends; l\1unn and Iowa made 13 first downs to Minne-
Langenberg, tackles; Pulkrabek and sota's five, 194 yards by rushing to
Kakela, guards; Oja, center; Brownell, Minnesota's 135, and 58 yards by pass-
quarter; Pharmer and Brockmeyer, ing to lVlinnesota's none.
halves; Nagurski, full. Substitutes: lVlinnesota's starting lineup was:
Hoefler for Tanner, Timm for Brown- Anderson, left end; Munn, left tackle;
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Pulkrabek (acting captain), left guard:
Oja, center; Kakela, right guard;
Langenberg, right tackle; Tanner, right
end; Brownell, quarterback; Pharmer,
left half; Brockmeyer, right half; Na-
gurski, fullback. Substitutions: Rie-
beth for Brockmeyer, Barnhart for
Brownell, Leksell for Nagurski, Nagur-
ski for Munn, Hoefler for Anderson.
Somers for Pharmer, Timm for Barn-
hart, Brownell for Timm, Bergh for
Nagurski , Somers for Bardwell, Nagur-
ski for L eksell, Haycraft for Hoefler.
Ba rnhart for Brownell, Kirk for Bur-
dick, Emlein for Kakela, Riehsen for
Pulkrabek, John son for Oja, Hoefler for
Tanner.
• ch'i ve began, this time from the Gopher
Michigan 7, Minnesota 6
Those who had hoped that Minne-
sota's great victory at Ann Arbor ill
1927 had ended the M ichigan " jin x"
were doomed to disappointment at the
Homecomin g game, November 16.
which the Wol verines won, 7 to 6. Un-
like the 1926 contest which resulteo
likewise, the :lVIaize and Blue were not
decisively 0 u t p I aye d throughout.
Though Minnesota had the edge in the
first half, the invaders held th e advan-
tage in t he last two periods.
The Gophers seemed vietory-bouno
at first. Pharmer's quick kick in the
initial quarter went out of bounds on
Michigan's 8-yard line . Michigan im-
mediately punted a nd Minnesota
gained in the exchange through Rie-
beth 's great return . Spears' team had
the ball on the Wolves' 10-yard stripe.
With four downs in which to score,
Pharmer fumbl ed and Michigan recov-
ered.
Another chance was lost in the next
period. With the ball on Michigan's
14 and but one yard needed for first
down, Oja at center passed poorly to
Nagurski who reached for the ball at
his shoetops and fumbled. The ball
rolled to the 16-yard line where Pharm-
er fell on it. As t he pass had been ma de
on last down, the ball changed to
Michigan's possession.
Minnesota's touchdown came in the
second quarter. Pharmer's pass to
Tanner p _·t. t he ball on Michigan's 15-
yard li ne. Riebeth then broke away
for a touchdown. Goal was missed.
Michigan took to the air in the
fourth period. With the ball on Min-
nesota's 27, Gembis dropped back to
the 38, as though to try a placekick.
Simrall knelt down, apparently to hold
the ball. Getting the pass from center,
Simrall flipped the ball to Gembis who
had started running to the left. Mean-
while Wilson raced down t he field to
the right, and as he reached the 4-yard
line, he leaped into the a ir to take
Gembis' long pass.
On the next play, Wilson carried the
ball to the I-yard line. Morrison then
WIN BROCKMEYER
Captain 1930
went over for the tou chdown . Gembis
kicked goal.
The Minnesota team tired rapidly in
the secon d half. The battering received
at Iowa City the week befor e was un-
doubtedl y a factor here. One of the
bright spot s of the " heartbreaking" de-
feat was the grea t ball carrying of
Clint Riebeth . Pharmer kicked well to
keep Michigan on the defensive in the
first half.
Minnesota started the game with the
following li neup: Anderson, left end;
Munn, left tackle; P ulkrabek, left
guard; Oja, center; Kakela, right guard;
Langenberg, right tackle; Tanner, right
end; Brownell, quarterback; Pharmer,
left half; Ri ebeth, r ight half; Nagurski,
fu llback. Substitutes were: Berry for
Munn, Kirk for Riebeth, Teeter for
Pulkrabek, Barnhart for Brownell,
Timm for Barnhart, Riebeth for Kirk,
Brownell for Timm, Riehsen for Lan-
genberg, Brockmeyer for Pharmer,
Barnhart for Brownell, Kirk for Rie-
beth, Leksell for Brockmeyer, Gross for
T eet er, J\1 unn for Kakela, Berghs for
J\1unn.
• on the field: Anderson, left end; Munn ,
Minnesota 13, Wisconsin 12
Playing on a bitterly cold day, Min-
nesot a triumphed over its traditional
Wisconsin rivals, 13 to 12, at the
stadium November 23. I t marked the
fourth consecutive season that the Go-
phers had turned back the Badgers.
This one-point victory was the only
one ever scored by a Spears team.
F our times during his tenure here, he
had seen the Maroon and Gold lose by
that margin.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Just after the opening kickoff, Min-
nesota fumbled and lost the ball on its
32-yard line. After two short plays at
the line, R. Rebholz passed to Behr
who was downed on the Gopher 12.
Three more line bucks and a pass, Reb-
holz to Gantenbein, gave Wisconsin a
touchdown. Goal was missed.
Late in t he first quarter, Riebeth re-
turned a punt 30 yards, going from his
own 40 to the Badger 30-yard line. An
uninterrupted Minnesota march began
here and ended with Bronko Nagurski's
goin g over two plays after the secon d
period got under way. Pharmer missed
goal.
Minnesota played its best football
during this period. Another successful
30. Art Pharmer reeled off a great run
when he took the ball to the Cardinals'
25-yard stripe. Brockmeyer made it
first down on the 15. Pharmer added
another first down and Bronko Nagur-
ski crossed the Badger goal line for the
second time. Pharmer kicked goal for
the point which ultimately decided the
Iss ue.
I n t he middle of the third quarter,
M innesota made another costly fumble,
' Visconsin recovering on the Gopher
30. Two successful plays netted the
Badgers 20 yards and a pass by Lusby
to R. R ebholz was good for the remain-
ing 10. The try at goal fell short.
Six seniors played their last games
for Minnesota. They were Wayne
Kakela, Leslie Pulkrabek, Bob Tanner ,
Bronko Nagurski, Art Pharm er, and
Harold Barnhart. Nagurski, playing
with an injured th urn b, not only scored
both hi s team's touchdowns but also
shone defensively . Time and again he
stopped Hal R ebholz when the Badger
fullback tried to gain through the line .
Pharmer's 45-yard run was the long-
est of the day.
T anner, a nine-letter man, stopped
many plays around hi s end of the line .
H e was always down fast on punts .
Once whi le racing at top speed to tackle
the receiver, Bob hurdled an interferer
and na iled his man, who made no re-
t urn of the kick.
Pulkrabek, who did not get into the
game until late, helped stave off a
Badger t hreat in the last quarter .
J\1innesota sent the following team
left tackle; Riehsen, left guard ; Oja ,
center; Kakela, right guard; Langen-
berg, right tackle; Tanner, right end;
Barnhart, quarterback; Leksell, left
half; Riebeth , right half; Nagurski,
fullba ck. Substitutes were: Johnson
for Oja, Brownell for Barnhart, Bard-
well for Riebeth, Pharmer for Leksell,
Berry for Langenberg, Gross for Rieh-
sen, Langenberg for Berry, Riebeth for
Bardwell , Barnha rt for Brownell, Ber-
ry for Munn, Pulkrabek for Gross,
Stein for Johnson, Brockmeyer for Ri e-
beth , Bardwell for Pharmer.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Season of 1930
H.
O. ("FRITZ") CRISLER, for-
mer University of Chicago athlete
and assistant football coach under A.
A. Stagg, came to Minnesota in 1930
as head football coach here and also as
athletic director , succeeding Fred
Luehring who had resigned . Crisler
remained at the university until 1932
when he left to become head football
coach at Princeton .
The record of the 1930 }1innesota
football team was the poorest made on
the gridiron in almost a decade. Only
one major victory was realized and
that a rather unimpressive triumph
over Indiana.
Holding a highly touted Stanford
eleven to a scoreless tie was the only
bright spot of the year. In this con-
test, the Gophers played an almost
strictly defen sive game.
Although defeated by Michigan, the
team extended the Wolverines and their
showing at Ann Arbor made Minne-
sota followers believe that the ·M aroon
and Gold would give a good account of
itself at Madison. This failed to mate-
rialize. In their last game of the sea-
son, the Gophers bowed to their Car-
dinal rivals for the first time since 1922
by a score of 1'1 to O. Unlike most
Minnesota-Wisconsin football garnes,
thi s one was not even hard-fought.
The Gophers tied with Indiana for
sixth plaee in the Big Ten standings.
Schedule and Scores
September 27-Minnesota 4S, South
Dakota State 0, at Minneapolis.
October 4-Minnesota 7, Vanderbilt 33,
at Minneapolis
October l1 -~linnesota 0, Stanford 0,
at J\1inneapolis.
October IS-Minnesota 6, Indiana 0, at
Minneapolis.
October 25-0pen Date.
November I - Minnesota 6, North-
western 27, at .M inneapolis.
November S-Minnesota 59, South
Dakota 0, at Minneapolis.
November 15-1\1innesota 0, Michigan
7, at Ann Arbor.
November 22-1\1innesota 0, Wiscon-
sin 14, at Madison.
Total Points: Minnesota 126, Oppon-
ents, 81.
• N early everyone of the frequent Go-
Minnesota 48, South Dakota
State d
One of Minnesota's lightest teams
swamped South Dakota State, 4S to 0,
in the first game of the season Sep-
tember 27. Leading the scoring spree
was Ken MacDougall, diminutive back.
"The Scampering Scot" repeatedly
thrilled the 20,000 fans by his long
runs.
The Gophers used many passes, both
forward and lateral, to good advantage.
In a heavy scoring fourth quarter, they
took to the air to chalk up 27 points.
Three of the four forward passes netted
touchdowns. In all, their aerial at-
tack gained 103 yards.
Jack Manders, who made his first
varsity appearance, showed a great
deal of speed and power at fullback.
Munn's punting was also a feature,
his kicks averaging 44 yards.
Captain Win Brockmeyer made the
first touchdown in the second quarter.
MacDougall's long run added another
in the same period. In the third, Man-
ders went over .
The greater part of the scoring was
done in the last period. After lVIac-
Dougall's second touchdown dash, he
passed to Swartz, the fifth man to
cross the Jackrabbits' goal line. Soon
afterwards, Pete Somers tossed to Dill-
ner who added to the mounting score.
The final touchdown was made on a
pass, Leksell to Gordon .
The Minnesota starting lineup was:
Anderson, left end; Munn, left tackle;
Riehsen, left guard; Stein, center;
Appmann, right guard; Berry, right
tackle; Hoefler, right end; Somers,
quarterback; Brownell, left half; Brock-
meyer, right half; Leksell, fullback.
Substitutes were: Ohlsen for Ander-
son, \Vells for 1\1unn, Krezowski for
Hoefler, MacDougall for Somers, Bo-
land for Berry, Manders for Leksell,
W. Hass for Brockmeyer, Swartz for
Brownell, Gross for Appmann, Den-
nerly for Riehsen, Berry for Boland,
Koski for Stein, Brownell for Swartz,
Somers for MacDougall, Stein for
Koski , Appmann for Gross, Riehsen for
Dennerly, Brockmeyer for W. Hass,
Hoefler for Krezowski, 1\1unn for Wells,
Berry for Boland, Wells for Munn,
Gross for Appmann, Boland for Berry,
Swart7, for Brownell, Allen Teeter for
Stein, Alvin Teeter for Appmann,
Nichols for Wells, J. Hass for Swartz,
Leksell for Manders, W. Hass for
Brockmeyer, Arsenault for VV. Hass,
Gordon for Somers, Kroll for Nichols.
• •
Vanderbilt 33, Minnesota 7
A well drilled Vanderbilt team came
up from the South October 4 to hand
}1innesota a decisive 33 to 7 beating.
pher misplays gave the visitors a score.
Moreover, the Minnesota ends did not
charge and rush the Commodore pass-
er, Parker, who pegged the ball with
unusual accuracy to a waiting receiver.
Little Johnny Askew, Vandy flash, also
made the Gopher defense look bad by
tearing off several long runs.
Minnesota scored on the first play
of the game when Manders passed
successfully to Hass. Riehsen kicked
goal. This lead was short lived.
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After thc Gophers lost the ball by
fumbling on their own 30-yard line,
the Commodores scored their first
touchdown on a pass and kicked goal
to even matters. Then a punting duel
with Munn having an edge followed.
This advantage was offset by the Go-
pher backs' letting the Vanderbilt kicks
roll instead of returning them. An in-
tercepted pass by Askew together with
a forward and a lateral gave the vis-
itors their second touchdown.
A few minutes later, another lVIin-
nesota pass in Gopher territory was in-
tercepted. Two more passes enabled
Vanderbilt to cross the Gopher goal
line for the third time in the first half
which ended: Vanderbilt 20, Minne-
sota 7.
In ·the third quarter, another Gopher
fumble lost the ball. lVIore passes gave
the Commodores their fourth touch-
down. They scored for the last time in
the fourth period when Askew ran
around end for 26 yards. '
Minnesota's start.ing lineup against
Vanderbilt was: Ohlsen, left end; Bo-
land, left tackle, Munn, left guard;
Stein, center; Riehsen, right guard;
Berry, right tackle; Hoefler, right end;
Brockmeyer, quarterback; Swartz, left
half; W. Hass, right half; Manders,
fuillback. Substitutes were: Dillner
for Ohlsen, Krezowski for Hoefler,
Brownell for Swartz, MacDougall for
Hass, Appmann for Ri ehsen, Somers
for Brockmeyer, Leksell for Manders,
Wells for Boland, Teeter for Stein,
Dennerly for lYIunn, Hoefler for Kr.e-
zowski, Brockmeyer for Somers, Stem
for Allen Teeter, W. Hass for Mac-
Dougall, Munn for Dennerly, Riehsen
for Appman, Boland for Wells, Man-
ders for Leksell, MacDougall for W .
Hass, Leksell for Manders, Dillner for
Ohlsen, Krezowski for Hoefler, Allen
Teeter for Stein, Appmann for Riehsen,
Dennerly for Munn, Somers for Brock-
mever Gross for Boland, vVells for
Bel~ry : Brownell for Leksell, Geer for
Swartz, Kirk for Geer, Alvin Teeter for
Dennerly, Nelson for Krezowski.
Minnesota 0, Stanford 0
In one of the greatest exhibitions of
courage and defensive play ever seen
on the gridiron, Minnesota held Stan-
ford scoreless October 11. Before the
game, the Coast team had been a top-
heavy favorite. In view of their play-
ing against Vanderbilt the week before,
the Gophers' showing was especially
noteworthy.
Time and again Stanford used de-
ceptive plays to take them near the
goal line but could not score. On
four occasions during the first half,
the Cardinals were within striking dis-
tance .
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Clarence Munn, Captain in 1931, Bernie Bierman, and Walter Hass,
Captain in 1932
The high point of the game came in
the fourth quarter. Rothert heaved
a forward pass to Neill , left end, who
then tossed a lateral to Moffatt on the
Minnesota 3D-yard line. With a clear
field before him, he flew down the side-
lines toward the goal but Walter Hass
overtook him and forced him out of
bounds on the 8-yard line.
On the first play, Rothert made six
yards. Wilson failed to gain through
center . Rothert took the ball within
inches of the goal line. Rothert made
another attempt to score when he dived
over the line, only to be grabbed in
mid-air and thrown back.
In the last minute of play, Coach
Glenn Warner sent in Grey to make a
field goal. Minnesota hurried the kick
and it went wide.
Another bit of defensive work that
saved the Crisler team carne late in
the first half. Stanford had the ball
on Minnesota's 7-yard line. On fourth
down, Rothert passed to Hillman and
Stein batted the ball high into the air.
As it was about to settle into the arms
of anot her Stanford man, N[acDougaIl
knocked it out of bounds.
Much of the credit for lVIinnesota's
sterling line play in resisting the Car-
dinals was due Dr. Albert Boles (Boles
Rosenthal), captain and center of the
1914 team. Dr. B oles, having since
been line coach at the University of
California at Berkeley, was familiar
with the Stanford style of play. He
had scouted Warner's team carefully
and directed the freshmen in their use
of his plays during the week of prac-
tice before the game.
Minnesota lined up against Stanford
as follows: Ohlsen, left end; Boland,
left tackle; Riehsen, left guard; Stein,
center; Munn, right guard; Berry, right
tackle; Krezowski, right end; Brock-
meyer, quarterback; Swartz, left half;
Leksell, right half; Manders, fullback.
Substitutions made were: MacDougall
for Brockmeyer, Wells for Berry, Dill-
ner for Ohlsen, Appmann for Riehsen,
J. Hass for Swartz, Somers for Mac-
Dougall, Riehsen for Appmann, Brock-
meyer for Somers, Swartz for 'V. Hass,
MacDougall for Brockmeyer, Alvin
THE
Teeter for Stein. Berry for Boland ,
W. Hass for MacDougall. Riebeth for
Swartz, Appmann for Ri ehsen, Somers
for Leksell .
• What hurt the Gophers' cause more
Minnesota 6, Indiana 0
lVIinnesota scored a rather hollo,," G
to 0 victory over Indiana at the sta-
dium October 18. The Gophers had
several other chances to score but
lacked the punch.
Clint Riebeth made the touchdown
late in the first quarter when he shot
at the Indiana left tackle, reversed , and
got through the right side of the
Hoosiers' line for 32 yards and a
score. Previously, Minnesota had
reached the Indiana 5-yard line, only
to lose the ball on a fumble.
Near. the end of the game, Riebeth
intercepted a pass and raced 35 yards
along the sidelines and over the goal
line. However, officials ruled that he
had stepped outside on the 16-yard
lin e and called the play back to that
point.
Minnesota's line played well. What
hampered the offense was the lack of
satisfactory blocking by the backs.
lVIunn's punting kept Indiana at bay
most of the time,
The Minnesota lineup against Indi-
ana was: Ohlsen, left end; Wells, left
tackle; Riehsen, left guard; Teeter,
center; lVIunn, right guard; Berry, right
tackle; Krezowski, right end; W. Hass,
quarterback; Swartz, left half; Riebeth,
right half; Manders, fullback. Sub-
stitutes were: Appmann for Riehsen,
Brockmeyer for W. Hass, MacDougall
for Riebeth, Leksell for Manders, Kirk
for Swartz, Boland for Wells, Brownell
for MacDougall, Manders for Leksell,
Stein for Alvin Teeter, W. Hass for
Teeter, Riebeth for Brownell, Swart?;
fa t Kirk, Wells for Boland , Anderson
for Ohlsen.
• Minnesota used the following line-
Northwestern 27, Minnesota 6
Northwestern's greatest football
team ever seen in l\1inneapolis thus
GOLDEN GOPHERS
far. tl lf' Big Ten co-champion s with
lVlichigan, invaded ::VIemorial stadium
November 1. Coach Dick Hanley's
Wildcats treated the Gopher Home-
coming crowd to a splendid exhibition
of play.
On this Purple team were many
stars. They included Baker a t end,
Marvil and Riley at thc tackles,
'Voodworth at guard, Lee Hanley at
quarterback, and "Pug" Rentner and
"Reb" Russell, both capable fullbacks.
The younger brother of the visitors'
coach ran the team in faultless style .
:Minnesota , although outclassed, had
some players whose work merits praise.
"Peewee" MacDougall scored his
team's only touchdown after a sensa-
tional 51-yard run through the entire
Pmple eleven. ;\fIUlm's punting wa s
uniformly good. lVIanders made many
gains through the Wildcats' line.
than anything else was the poor work
by the would-be pass receivers. Lek-
sell, Somers, and lVIunn all heaved per-
fect throws which were dropped.
The turning point of the game came
in the second quarter when officials
ruled that a :Minnesota man was off-
side on a play in which Swartz had
intercepted a pass. Then began an
aerial attack by the Purple. A long
pass. Rentner to Baker. netted them a
touchdown. Their second was soon
forthcoming on a well executed triple
pass. Rentner to Baker to Hanley.
Minnesota began with a rush in the
second half, as though it might score,
when Manders repeatedly cracked the
line for gains. The march of the Go-
phers deep into Purple territory was
due almost entirely to his efforts alone.
Northwestern's defense stiffened, how-
ever, to prevent a touchdown for the
third quarter.
Following this Gopher threat, Rus-
sell replaced Rentner at fullback.
Northwestern then put on a sustained
drive which wound up with Russell 's
going over for his team's third touch-
down. Weakened by the steady pound-
ing received, the Gopher line yielded a
fourth score which Woodworth made.
l\1:innesota's sole score came through
one of the prettiest plays of the after-
noon. :Manders received the ball from
center, feinted into the line, and as
he was about to be tackled , passed to
MacDougall who had hurried out to
the sidelines. "Mac" did not have a
clear field here, so he cut back to the
center, and after dodging six men in
his path , he finally got away for a
touchdown. A few minutes later, he
thrilled the crowd again when he re-
turned a punt from his 31-yard line to
the Northwestern 37.
up: Nelson, left end; Boland, left
tackle; Riehsen, left guard; Stein, cen-
ter; lVIunn, right guard; Berry, right
tackle; Krezowski, right end; Brock-
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meyer, quarterback; Swarbl, left half;
Riebeth, right half; Leksell, fullback.
Substitutions: Appmann at left guard,
Teeter at center, Wells and Gross at
Tight tackle, Hoefler at right end,
Somers at quarterback, MacDougall
at right half, Manders at fullback .
• In the fourth quarter, Nlinnesota
Minnesota 59, South Dakota 0
In the last home game 'of the season,
JYlinnesota ran roughshod over South
Dakota, 59 to 0, on November 8. The
Gophers scored nine touchdowns
against the Coyotes .
Munn showed his versatility by his
highly satisfactory running, punting,
and passing. Twice he reeled off neat
gains when he calTied the ball from
punt formation.
Leksell and Riebeth proved to be
consistent gainers. :Mandel's' line
crashing was another feature. Others
worthy of note were Captain Brock-
meyer, Arsenault, Somers, and the Hass
brothers .
As was to be expected, Coach Crisler
used many substitutes. His starting
lineup was: Nelson, left end; Boland,
left tackle; Appmann, left guard; Stein,
center; JYlunn, right guard; Berry, right
tackle; Hoefler, right end; Brockmeyer,
quarterback; W. Hass, left half;
Brownell, right half; Manders, fullback.
• speedy fullback, was good for 58 yards
Michigan 7, Minnesota 0
An absolute underdog before the
game, Minnesota played inspired foot-
ball against Michigan at Ann Arbor
November ] 5 before bO\\'ing to
the Maize and Blue, 7 to O. The Go-
phers made 11 first downs to the
'Volverines' seven . Once it found it-
self, the Minnesota line showed marked
superiority over the Michigan forwards.
Off to a bad start, Crisler's men
were in a hole early in the first quarter
when a fumble lost them the ball on
their ~H-yard line. Newman, Michigan
quarterback, threw two passes, both
completed but with the receivers too
well covered to gain much. After the
opening period, the Gophers stopped
their opponents' aerial attack.
Minnesota was hard pressed again in
this period when the old "83" play and
a pass put the ball on the Gophers'
2-yard linc. Appmann then broke
through to recover a Michigan fumble.
Standing deep in the end zone, Munn
kicked to Wheeler on Minnesota's 45-
yard line and the Michigan halfback
returned the punt for a touchdown.
Goal was kicked.
Once again the Maroon and Gold
had its back to the wall when Munn's
punt was blocked and recovered by the
'Volverines on the Minnesota 18-yard
line. Here the Gophers braced and
held their opponents to three yards in
four downs.
Later, aided by Munn's fine punting,
Minnesota forced Michigan back. A
slippery field hampered Riebeth and
MacDougall, both of them normally
good open field runners.
carried the ball from its 30-yard line
to Michigan's 10. The powerful drives
of Brockmeyer and the passing of Lek-
sell were factors in this 60-yard march.
Crisler's men were again in scoring
position when Dillner blocked a Michi-
gan punt on the 'M aize and Blue's
28-yard line. Time was too short,
however. In the closing minutes, Lek-
sell shot a pretty pass to Hass, but the
ball went by his finger tips when a
Michigan defending back deflected it.
The most glaring weakness in l\1:in-
nesota's play was failure to get down
under punts fast enough. This fau lt
was largely responsible for \Vheeler's
touchdown.
An indication of how much l\1:inne-
sota outplayed :Michigan in the second
half is the fact that the Gophers made
10 first downs to their opponents' none.
In this game, Minnesota completed
four passes for 31 yards and Michigan
two for 48.
Brockmeyer played his best game
of the season when he made 92 yards
in 19 plays. This included several first
downs by him. Manders, powerful and
in 10 attempts. Riebeth's eight netted
him 27 yards. MacDougall averaged
nearly five yards when he took the
ball six times for a total of 28.
The Minnesota starting lineup
against Michigan was: Nelson, left end;
Boland, left tackle; Appmann, left
guard; Stein, center; Munn, right
guard; Berry, right tackle; Krezowski,
right end; Brockmeyer, quarterback;
Brownell, left half; MacDougall, right
half; Manders, fullback. Substitutions
were: Anderson for Nelson, Wells for
Boland, Hoefler for Krezowski, Leksell
for Manders, Dillner for Hoefler, W .
Hass for Brockmeyer, Swartz for
Brownell, Riebeth for MacDougall ,
lVfandel's for Leksell , Brockmeyer for
W. Hass, Nelson for Anderson, Boland
for Wells, Krezowski for Hoefler, W.
Hass for Swartz, MacDougall for Rie-
beth, Leksell for Manders, Dennerly
for Appmann , Dillner for Nelson.
• likely to worry its Big Ten opponents.
Wisconsin 14, Minnesota 0
After JYlinnesota's great showing
against Michigan, many believed that
the Gophers had at last found them-
selves and might end the season with
a victory over Wisconsin. Accordingly,
some 5,000 journeyed to Madison for
the game November 22, only to see
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the Badgers win from the l\laroon and
Gold for the first time since 1922 by
a score of 14 to O.
The defeat in itself was not so dis-
appointing to Minnesotans as the sad
exhibition of play , by the Gophers.
They appeared dull and pepless against
a team only mediocre at best. In
justice to the victors, however, it must
be stated that their line outplayed the
Gophers' by a wide margin in the first
half. Time and again, the Badger for-
wards broke through. Milo Lubrato-
vich, giant Cardinal tackle, was "the
fifth Irian in the Minnesota backfield."
'Visconsin scored first in the second
quarter when Captain Gantenbein took
Lusby's 20-yard pass and ran another
25 for a touchdown. The second
touchdown came in the third period.
A pass had put the ball on Minnesota's
I-yard line and two line plays took it
over.
The greater part of the game was
played in mid-field. The Gophers
never seriously threatened to score.
MacDougall had the best ball carrying
record with 45 yards in six tries.
The Minnesota lineup against Wis-
consin was: Nelson, left end; Boland,
left tackle; Appmann, left guard; Stein,
center; Munn, right guard; Berry, right
tackle; Hoefler, right end; Brockmeyer,
quarterback; Riebeth, left half; W.
Hass, right half; LekselI, fullback. Sub-
stitutes were: Krezowski for Hoefler,
MacDougall for Riebeth, Manders for
Leksell, Wells for Boland, Swartz for
Hass, Riebeth for MacDougall, Hoefler
for Krezowski, Hass for Swartz, Swartz
for Hass, Riehsen for Appmann, Somer~
for Brockmeyer, MacDougall for Rie-
beth, Krezowski for Hoefler,
Season of 1931
T HE 1931 football record of Minne-
sota affords a good example of how
a school and a coach can come back.
After the disappointing season of the
year before, there were many who be-
lieved that football fortunes here would
be at a low ebb for the next few sea-
sons. In fact, after the opening games
of 1931 against the North Dakota Ag-
gies and Ripon, it was stated in a news
dispatch that Minnesota would be un-
How erroneous this impression was is
seen by the Gophers' subsequent show-
ings against Wisconsin, Northwestern,
and Ohio State.
Fritz Crisler's second Maroon and
Gold team won three out of five con-
ference games to finish the season in
fifth place. Like the team of 1928,
l\'linnesota won all of its contests at
Memorial stadium.
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Perhaps the highlight of the sea-
son was the final victory- scored against
Ohio State, 19 to 7. This was one of
the charity games added to the original
Big Ten schedule. Against the Buck-
eyes, the Gophers played inspired foot-
ball.
A month earlier, Minnesota had
thrilled its Homecoming crowd by up-
setting the favored Wisconsin team, 14
to O. This was the identical score by
which the Badgers had triumphed at
Madison in 1930.
Too much credit for the successful
season cannot be given Captain
Clarence Munn, All-American guard
and Winner of the Chicago Tribune
trophy for being voted the Big Ten
player most valuable to his team.
Munn at all times proved himself to
be a great leader as well as a versatile
performer on the gridiron.
After Bernie Bierman arrived to suc-
ceed Crisler as head football coach, it
was hoped that Fritz would remain as
athletic director. However, the latter
found an offer by Princeton too attrac-
tive to refuse and became head foot-
ball coach at the Eastern university.
Schedule and Scores
September 26-Minnesota 13, North
Dakota State 7, at Minneapolis
September 26-Minnesota 30, Ripon 0
October 3-Minnesota 20, Oklahoma
Aggies 0, at Minneapolis
October 10-Minnesota 0, Stanford IS,
at Palo Alto
October 17-0pen, Date
October 24-Minnesota 34, Iowa 0,
at Minneapolis
October 31-Minnesota 14, Wisconsin
0, at Minneapolis
November 7-Minnesota 14, North-
western 32, at Evanston
November 14-Minnesota 47, Cornell
7, at Minneapolis
November 21-Minnesota 0, Michigan
6, at Ann Arbor
November 28-Minnesota 19, Ohio
State 7, at Minneapolis
Total points: Minnesota 191, Op-
ponents 72
• play, Manders kicking goal.
Minnesota 13, North Dakota
State 7
Minnesota 30, Ripon 0
For the first time in years, Minne-
sota opened the football season with a
doubleheader on September 26 at the
stadium. The two opponents, North
Dakota State and Ripon , were defeat-
ed, 13 to 7 and 30 to 0 respectively.
Robinson and Somers scored touch-
downs against the Bison in the first
game. Their pass combination with
Robinson's receiving featured the play.
In the second contest, Ken Mac-
Dougall and George Champlin helped
the reserves roll up a deci sive count
over Ripon. These two ball carriers
were aided by Burdick's blocking.
The lineup used against North Da-
kota State was: Robinson, left end;
Wells, left tackle; Munn, left guard;
Stein, center: Riehsen, right guard; Bo-
land, right tackle; Teeter, right end:
Somers, quarterback; Swartz, left half;
W . Hass, right half; Manders, fullback .
Substitutes were : Dennerly for Rieh-
sen, MacDougall for Somers, Griffin
for Swartz, Somers for MacDougall,
Riehsen for Dennerly, Swartz for Grif-
fin, Dennerly for Riehsen, Dillner for
Robinson, Ohlsen for Teeter, Gay for
Wells, Hribar for Manders, UbI for
Somers, Oen for Stein, Griffin for
Swartz, J. Hass for W . Hass, Kroll for
Boland.
The lineup used against Ripon was:
Dillner, left end; Gay, left tackle; Har-
pole, left guard; Oen, Center; Dennerly,
right guard; Kroll, right tackle; Ohlsen,
right end; UbI, quarterback; Griffin,
left half; J. Hass, right half: Hribar,
fullback. Substitutes were: Krezowski
for Dillner, McPartlin for Hribar, Tee-
ter for Ohlsen, MacDougall for UbI,
Willis for Griffin, Champlin for Mac-
Dougall, Jantzen for Dennerly, Green-
berg for Oen, Ohde for Teeter, Koski
for Harpole, Willahan for Gay, Kakela
for Kroll, Dillner for Krezowski, Kre-
7.Owski for Dillner.
• return game at Palo Alto October 10,
Minnesota 20, Oklahoma Aggies 0
Against the Oklahoma Aggies Octo-
ber 3, Minnesota showed marked im-
provement over their previous play
and turned back the Southwesterners,
20 to O. The Aggies, one of the best
teams ~n their section, made a serious
bid for a score when they reached the
Gopher 4-yard line once. A misfortune
of the victory was Burdick's injury.
The "break" played a part in Minne-
sota's touchdowns. Soon after the
kickoff, the Gophers recovered a fum-
ble within striking distance. Somers
then advanced 10 yards to the Aggies'
2-yard line. H e scored on the next
A few minutes later, Al Teeter, down
under one of }\!(unn's long punts.
picked up another fumble . Somers'
pass to Teeter was intercepted . Un-
able to gain, the visitors kicked to
Somers in mid-field. A long pass,
Somers to Teeter, was incomplete but
the ball went to Minnesota on their
opponents' Vi-yard line because of in-
terference . On fourth down, Somers
passed to UbI who caught the ball
four yards from the goal line and ran
over for a touchdown . Manders again
kicked goal.
Early in the second quarter, Nelson
recovered a fumble on the Aggies' 28-
yard line. After MacDougall and
Manders had carried the ball to the
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
10-yard line, the former slipped
through left guard to score .
Rain slowed up play in the second
half which was scoreless.
Somers and MacDougall starred on
the defense, both being hard to stop.
Somers also kicked and passed well.
Minnesota used the following lineup
against the Oklahoma Aggies: Robin-
son, left end; Wells, left tackle; Munn,
left guard; Oen, center; Dennerly, right
guard; Boland, right tackle; Teeter,
right end; Somers, quarterback; Bur-
dick, left half; W. Hass, right half;
Manders fullback. Substitutes were
UbI for W. Hass, MacDougall for
Somers, Nelson for Robinson, Swartz
for Burdick, Riehsen for Dennerly ,
Anderson for Teeter, Kroll for Boland,
Gay for Wells, Stein for Oen, Somers
for MacDougall, J. Hass for UbI, Koski
for Riehsen, Teeter for Anderson, Wells
for Gay, Boland for Kroll, Dennerly
for Koski, Oen for Stein, MacDougall
for Somers, Robinson for Nelson, Grif-
fin for Swartz, UbI for J. Hass, Jant-
zen for Dennerly, Champlin for Mac-
Dougall.
•
Stanford 13, Minnesota 0
Minnesota's first football team to
play on the Coast met Stanford in a
the Cardinals winning, 13 to O. Both
of their touchdowns were made in the
last quarter.
For three periods, the Gophers held
their own with ' Varner's men. Then the
greater reserve strength of Stanford
told. The midsummer climate was
another factor in the defeat.
Trouble began late in the third peri-
od when Somers, after catching a
punt on his 15-yard line, was tackled
so hard on the 21 that he fumbled,
Hand, Stanford tackle, recovering. The
Cardinals then opened up . On the first
play of the final quarter, Caddel got
loose for a touchdown. .
Stanford received the kickoff and
soon reached the :Minnesota 9-yard line
by successful passes. From that point,
Moffatt went over for his team's second
score.
Some 1,500 Minnesotans saw their
men playa brilliant defensive game in
the first half, the ball being in Stan-
ford territory. The second half began
well when Pete Somers returned the
kickoff from his 14-yard line to the
Cardinals' 47. Held here, the Gopher
quarterback punted to the 10-yard line,
Oen grounding the ball.
Manders' line smashing was the most
impressive ball toting done by the
Maroon and Gold backs . Jack gained
44 yards in 13 plays. Munn's kick-
ing and Somers' passing were also cred-
itable.
Munn and Koski flanked Oen to
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make the center of Minnesota's line
especially strong during the first half.
Boland and Wells also starred on the
defense. Coach Crisler used the follow-
ing lineup: Robinson, left end; Wells,
left tackle; Munn, left guard; Oen, cen-
ter; Koski, right guard; Boland, right
tackle; Teeter, right end; Somers, quar-
terback; UbI, left half; W. Hass, right
half; Manders, fullback. Substitutes
were: MacDougall for Somers, Den-
nerly for Koski, Somers for MacDoug-
all, Gay for Wells, J. Hass for W. Hass,
Hribar for Manders, MacDougall for
Somers, Nelson for Robinson, Jantzen
for Dennerly, Harpole for Munn, Dill-
ner for Teeter.
• Minnesota coach and athletic direc-
Minnesota 34, Iowa 0
Back in the Big Ten after a year's
suspension, Iowa appeared at Memorial
stadium for the first time since 1927.
The Hawkeyes, fairly well drilled but
rather inexperienced, bowed to Crisler's
team, 24 to O. MacDougall was the
individual star of the game, his most
sensational run being an 88-yard re-
turn of the second half kickoff for a
touchdown.
Manders continued his fine work of
the Stanford game . Well executed
"spinner" plays resulted in neat gains
by him. In all, Jack carried the ball
for 67 yards in 17 attempts .
The forward-lateral passing combina-
tion of UbI to Robinson to MacDoug-
all was likewise effective. Minnesota
completed six out of nine aerial plays.
UbI and MacDougall entered the
game when it was Minnesota's ball on
Iowa's 47 yard line. Six plays later,
the Gophers had a touchdown when
MacDougall crossed the line after a
13-yard run.
The second score came after the Go-
phers had pounded their way deep into
Iowa territory. Penalties hindered the
drive so that on fourth down there
were many yards to go. However, a
long pass over the goal line, UbI to
Robinson , was good.
Munn's excellent punting was giving
his team an edge. The third success-
ful drive for a touchdown began when
MacDougall returned a punt 25 yards
to place the ball the same distance
from Iowa's goal line. Manders and
MacDougall made it first down on the
15. MacDougall then tossed an under-
hand pass to Walt Hass who outran
the Iowans to score in the corner of
the field.
Then came MacDougall's long run
for the fourth touchdown. The final
scoring was done when Oen intercepted
a pass on Iowa's 45-yard line and ran
to their 5-yard marker before he was
downed. Manders then plunged over.
Minnesota's lineup against Iowa
was: Robinson, left end; Wells, left
"FRITZ" CRISLER
tor from 1930 to 1932. Crisler is now
head coach at Princeton University.
tackle; Munn, left guard; Oen, center;
Koski, right guard; Boland, right
tackle; Teeter, right end; Somers,
quarterback; Swartz, left half; W. Hass,
right half; Manders, fullback. Substi-
tutes were: MacDougall for Somers,
UbI for Swartz, Dennerly for Koski,
Gay for Wells, Anderson for Teeter,
Stein for Oen, Nelson for Robinson,
Kroll for Boland, Champlin for Mac-
Dougall, Jantzen for Dennerly, J. Hass
for W. Hass, Robinson for Nelson, Oen
for Stein, Koski for Jantzen, Teeter for
Anderson, Boland for Kroll, MacDoug-
all for Champlin, W. Hass for J. Hass,
Champlin for MacDougall, J. Hass
for W. Hass, Anderson for Teeter,
Nelson for Robinson, Stein for Oen,
Gri.ffin for UbI, Kroll for Boland , Har-
pole for Munn, Dillner for Nelson .
• Manders, fullback. Substitutes were:
Minnesota 14, Wisconsin 0
A Homecoming crowd of 55,000 were
treated to a great exhibition of football
when Minnesota upset a favored Wis-
consin team, 14 to 0, on October 31
at the stadium. This victory avenged
a defeat by the same score at Madison
in 1930.
Manders and Munn made the touch-
downs, both scores coming through per-
fect co-ordination of team play. In
the first quarter, Minnesota had the
ball on its 45-yard line when it elected
to try a spinner play. Walt Hass faked
a reverse to tl]e right, spun around with
the ball and then crossed the scrim-
mage line over 'Vi sconsin's right tackle.
The Gopher forwards cleared the way
for him here. On his run for a touch-
down, Jack eluded Goldenberg and out-
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distanced Schneller. He added the
extra point by placement.
In the second period, Gay recovered
a Badger fumble on Wisconsin's 35-
yard line. Manders made four yards
and MacDougall failed to gain on two
tries. On fourth down, Munn was
called back, Manders replacing him in
the line. The pass from center went
to UbI who faded back 10 yards and
passed to Brad Robinson on the 15-
yard line. Just as Robinson was about
to be tackled, he sent a lateral to
Munn, racing down the sidelines.
Munn took the pass and continued on
over the line. Manders again place-
kicked goal.
The aroused Badgers came back
strong in the second half. Three times
they were within Minnesota's 12-yard
line and twice only five yards from
a score. The Gophers displayed a re-
markable defense to keep their goal line
uncrossed. A final scoring attempt by
Wisconsin was a pass which Champlin
knocked down.
Clarence Munn was the star of the
day. Minnesota's versatile captain not
only did all that could be expected of
a great guard but also starred in the
backfield by his passing, punting, and
ball carrying. Four plunges into the
center of Wisconsin's line netted him
16 yards. His touchdown was the first
scored by him in a Big Ten game.
Pete Somers ran the team well at
quarterback. My UbI proved himself
to be a capable blocker and passer.
Both men, as well as MacDougall, re-
turned kicks well.
Wisconsin was unable to stop Man-
ders, the Gopher fullback making a
total of 86 yards or an average of over
seven in 12 plays.
Minnesota used the following lineup:
Robinson, left end; Gay, left tackle;
Munn, left guard; Stein, center; Koski,
right guard; Boland, right tackle; Tee-
ter, right end; Somers, quarterback;
UbI, left half; W. Hass, right half;
MacDougall for Somers, Dennerly for
Koski, Koski for Dennerly, Somers for
MacDougall, Dennerly for Koski,
Wells for Gay, Oen for Stein, Mac-
Dougall for Somers, Champlin for
MacDougall, Riehsen for Wells, Kroll
for Riehsen, Anderson for Robinson,
Nelson for Teeter, Swartz for Hass.
•
Northwestern 32, Minnesota 14
A fighting Minnesota team went
down before Northwestern at Evan-
ston November 7 after the Gophers
had threatened to spring one of the
biggest upsets that the Big Ten has
ever known. The score was 32 to 14
in favor of the Wildcats who did not
take the lead until the final quarter.
The Gophers were off to a fast start
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when Somers took the kickoff on his
10-yard line and returned to North-
western's 38.. A pass failed. The
Purple was set for another pass when
lVlanders, 011 a spinner, smashed hi ~
way to the 17-yard line. Another spin-
ner gained three yards. Again .Manders
cracked the line, this time for 15 yards
and a touchdown. He kicked goal.
Northwestern could make little head-
way against a line which was charging
well.
A penalty against Minnesota put the
Gophers in a hole temporarily, the ball
being in their possession on their
I-yard line. Munn's fin e kick sent the
ball to Northwestern's 43. Somers took
a punt on his 17 -yard line and returned
to his 84 . lYlunn gained enough for a
first down. A pass, Somers to Teeter
netted IS yards, the ball going to the
Purple's 36-yard line.
:Minnesota then punted over the
goal line. Two plays later, Gay re-
covered a Northwestern fumble on the
Wildcats' 26-yard line. Manders gained
eight yards. Somers tossed an under-
hand pass to Hass who was run out
of bounds on the Northwestern 2-yard
line. Somers made one varel and l\1an-
ders another for a tou~hdown . JVlan-
ders again kicked goal.
The Gophers threatened to score
again. After Olson had punted out of
bounds on Minnesota's 15-yard line,
Somers passed to Hass for 3S yards to
put the ball in Northwestern ground.
Sullivan then intercepted a pass. This
provcd to be the turning point of the
game. A few minutes later North-
western scored by line plays and a 15-
yard penalty against Minnesota. The
half ended with the score l4 to 7.
The Purple had apparently found
themselves at last. Rentner took the
kickoff in the second half and ran 9,5
yards for a touchdown. Goal was
missed, the Gophers still leading at the
end of the third quarter .
But Minnesota had played itself
out. The substitutes were unable to
stave off the now smooth working Pur-
ple attack. A forward-lateral pass play,
Rentner to Fencl to Sullivan, was
good for 53 yards and the touchdown
which put, Northwestern in the lead.
The margin was widened when Olson
intercepted UbI's pass and ran 50 yards
to score. Rentner climaxed a great
play when he returned a punt SO yards
for the last touchdown.
Minnesota used the following line-
up against Northwestern: Robinson,
left end; Gay, left tackle; Munn, left
guard; Stein, center; Koski, right
guard; Boland, right tackle; Teeter,
right end; Somers, quarterback; UbI,
left half; Hass, right half; Manders,
fullback. Substitutes were: Oen for
Stein, Dennerly for Koski, MacDoug-
all for Somers, Wells for Gay, Nelson
for Robinson, Stein for Oen, Dennerly
for Koski, Gay for Wells, Somers for
:MacDougall, Krezowski for Teeter,
Champlin for Somers, Robinson for
Nelson, Hribar for Manders, Harpole
for Munn, Bryce for Stein.
o nerly, right guard; Boland , right tackle;
Minnesota 47, Cornell 7
Minnesota had little trouble with
Cornell college in its last non-confer-
ence game which was won, 47 to 7, on
November 14. The second string line-
up started and the regulars got into
the game at the beginning of the third
quarter.
Crosby, Cornell fullback, cut over
tackle for a touchdown run of 76 yards
in the final period.
SwartJl and UbI, normally blocking
backs, carried the ball well.
l\1acDougall , 'Veils, and Oen were
on the sidelines beca use of injuries.
The following lineup began the game
for Minnesota: Dillner, left end; Willa-
han, left tackle; Harpole, left guard;
Stein, center; Koski, right guard; Kroll.
right tackle; Krezowski, right end;
Champlin, quarterback; Swartz, left
half; Griffin, right half; Hribar, full-
back. Substitutes were: Nelson for
Dillner, Gay for Willahan, Munn for
Harpole, Dennerly for Koski, Boland
for Kroll , Anderson for Kre:r,owski,
Somers for Champlin, UbI for Swartz,
Hass for Griffin, Manders for Hribar,
Riehsen for Munn, 'Willis for Somers,
Nelson for Dillner, Kroll for Roland,
Boyce for Gay, Krezowski for Ohlsen ,
Harpole for Dennerly, Griffin for W.
Hass, Swartz for UbI, UbI for Willis,
Alexa nder for Griffin, Willis for UbI,
Kakela for Harpole, Ohde for Krezow-
ski , Dillner for Nelson, l\leyers for
Riehsen, Willahan for Boyce.
• Soon afterwards, Minnesota put on a
Michigan 6, Minnesota 0
For the second straight year at Ann
Arbor, Michigan turned back lYlinne-
sot a by a single touchdown on Novem-
ber 21. The defeat was a keen disap-
pointment to Gopher followers who be-
lieved that this would be their year to
recapture the Jug. :Minnesota's line,
after giving a good account of itself
in other games, was outplayed. l\10re-
over, l\1ichigan's pass defense was alert.
Bill Hewitt, a tackle converted into
a fullback, scored the touchdown in the
first quarter when he ran around end
for 57 yards. Not content with just
that, he spoiled Minnesota's chances of
tying or winning by overtaking Champ-
lin and downing him on Michigan's
41-yard line late in the game. The
lYlinnesota man had caught a punt on
his ll-yard line and seemed likely to
return it for a touchdown when Hewitt
got him.
Most of the play was in mid-field.
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
After scoring, the vVolverines concen-
trated on their usual defensive game.
Minnesota used the following lineup:
Robinson, left end; Gay, left tackle;
Munn, left guard; Stein, center; Den-
Teeter, right end; Somers, quarterback;
UbI, left half; Hass, right half; Man-
ders, fullback.
Substitutes were: Wells for Gay,
SwartJl for Hass, Koski for Dennerly,
Dennerly for Koski, Champlin for
Somers, Griffin for Swartz, Hass for
Champlin, Koski for Dennerly, Kre-
zowski for Teeter, Dillner for Robinson.
•
Minnesota 19, Ohio State 7
Minnesota closed the season with
one of the most satisfactory victories
ever scored at home. In a charity
game, added to the original schedule,
the Gophers vanquished Ohio State,
19 to 7. The Buckeyes were the only
team to beat Michigan which finished
in a triple tie with Northwestern and
Purdue for first place. Before the ex-
tra contests of November 2S, the Pur-
ple were headed for a clear claim to
the title . They lost their final match
to Purdue, 7 to o. Michigan had de-
feated Purdue earlier in the year. .
The Gophers' victory over Ohio
State marked the third football game
with the Scarlet and Gray. The
Ohioans had won, 27 to 0 in 1921 and
Minnesota, 9 to 0 in 1922.
The Gophers were at their best in
their final '31 game. After Somers, UbI.
and Manders had taken the ball to
Ohio's IS-yard line, Somers dropped
back and shot a long pass to Walter
Hass who took the ball on the 10-yard
line and ran for a touchdown.
sustained 90-yard march for its second
touchdown . During this drive, Man-
ders often cracked the Ohio line for
sizeable gains. When he was stopped,
Somers would pass to Hass and Tee-
ter for more yardage. Finally, with
fourth down and eight to go on Ohio's
17-yard line, UbI shot an underhand
pass to Somers who got through for a
score. Manders kicked goal.
Ohio scored early in the second half
when Cramer, its brilliant young quar-
terback, crossed the line.
Midway in the fourth quarter, a
series of spinners and forward-laterals,
Somers to Robinson to Munn, put the
ball on the Buckeyes' 4-yard line.
Manders went over for a touchdown.
Just how decisive the victory was
is shown by the following figures: l\fin-
nesota made 19 first downs to Ohio's
seven; Minnesota gained 392 yards
from scrimmage to Ohio's 187. The
Gophers completed nine out of 15
passes for a total of ll3 yards.
In Somers and Manders, the Go-
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS 61

phers hau two good ground gainers,
the former running for 108 yards in
16 plays and the latter plunging for
130 yards in 32 plays. Manders'
plunging was mindful of Herb Joest-
ing and Nagurski. By scoring against
Ohio State, he became high man in
the Big Ten.
Somers ran the team very well. The
field genera.lship displayed by him in
his last conference game brought him
much merited praise .
As usual, Captain :Munn showed
himself valuable both in the line and
the backfield. He not only cleared
the way for Manders but also did some
ground gaining himself. Five plays
netted him 25 yards. His punting left
nothing to be desired.
The whole line performeu well. Bo-
land and Wells at tackle, Robinson and
Teeter at end, and Stein at center were
dependable.
The lineup: Robinson, left end;
Wells, left tackle; Munn, left guard;
Stein, center; Denneriy, right guard;
Boland , right tackle, Teeter, right end;
Somers, quarterback; Ubi, left half;
Hass, right half; Manders, fullback.
Substitutes: Koski for Denneriy, Oen
for Stein, Anderson for Teeter, Dillner
for Robinson, Gay for Wells, Stein for
Oen, Teeter for Anderson, Wells for
Gay, Robinson for Dillner, Dennerly
for Koski, Nelson for Robinson.
team and at present one of his assist-
ant coaches here.
Bierman's first year at lVlinnesota
was not conspicuously successful in
point of games won and lost. The
1932 Gophers took two and dropped
three Big Ten contests besides beat-
ing Nebraska. However, no opponent
defeated the Maroon and Gold by
more than a single touchdown. Michi-
gan's margin of victory was only a
field goal.
The bright spot of the season was
the victory over Northwestern on
Homecoming Day.
Schedules and Scores
October I-Minnesota 12, South Da-
kota State 0, at Minneapolis
October 8-Minnesota 0, Purdue 7,
at Minneapolis
October 1.5-Minnesota 7, Nebraska 6.
at Minneapolis
October 22-Minnesota 21, Iowa 6, at
Iowa City
October 29-lVlinnesota 7, Northwest-
ern 0, at Minneapolis
November 5-Minnesota 26, Missis-
sippi 0, at Minneapolis
Kovember 12-Minnesota 13, vViscoll-
sin 20, at Madison
~ovember 19-Minnesota 0, :Michigan
3, at Minneapolis . rush as though they would score sev-
Total Points: Minnesota 86, Oppo-
nents cl,2
Oen, center; Koski, right guard; Wells,
right tackle; Robinson, right end; Hass
(Captain), quarterback; Lund, left
halfback; Swartz, right halfback; Prof-
fitt, fullback. Substitutes were: Dill-
ner for Papas, Larson for Proffitt,
Lundgren for Koski, Appmann for
Lundgren, Berg for Hass, Tenner for
Robinson, Tengler for Larson, Sincock
for Dillner, Champlin for Swartz, Hass
for Berg, Robinson for Tenner, Swart'l
for Champlin, Proffitt for Tengler,
Berg for Hass, Papas for Dillner, Man-
ders for Proffitt, Champlin for Lund,
Dillner for Papas, Dennerly for App-
mann, Tenner for Robinson, Gerischer
for Gay, Meyers for Bruhn, Hass for
Berg, Tengler for lVIanders, Ohde for
Robinson, Haiden for Oen, Harge-
sheimer for S\mrtz. .
•
Purdue 7, Minnesota 0
Purdue and :iVIinnesota met for the
first time in fOllr years, the Boiler-
makers avenging the 1928 defeat when
they triumphed over the Gophers by
°
a 7 to score on October 8 at the sta-
dium. The visitors were one of the
Iwst teams to play here in 1932.
Noble Kizer's men started off with a
eral touchdowns before the game was
over. Only Lund's kicking and great
defensive play by the Minnesota back-

Season of 1932 • field kept them from doing so in the

first half. Jimmie Carter scored the
touchdown and Pal'donner kicked goal
Minnesota 12, South Dakota in the second period.
State 0 The last two quarters were a dif-
After Bernie Bierman became head ferent story. Nlinnesota carried thc
football coach at Minnesota and }<'ritz The opening day crowd saw lVIinne-
ball to its opponents' 3-yard line and
Crisler accepted the offer to direct the sota eke out a 12 to () victory over failed by inches to make a necessary
gridiron sport at Princeton, Frank South Dakota State on October 1. £irst down. In this nearly successful
McCormick succeeded the latter as di- The Gophers' play was rather ragged. drive, lVIanders and Lund were passing
rector of the department of athletics. Francis ("Pug") Lund, sophomorc to Griffin, Hass, and Robinson.
Bierman, who was graduated from halfback, performed the most satisfac- Against a team of Purdue's calibre,
Minnesota in 1916, is the first alumnus torily for the Maroon and Gold. :YIinnesota must be said to have made a
to coach football here since William He scored his team's first touchdown
highly creditable showing. Lund's
Leary and John Harrison were in in the second quarter after his pass to punting compared favorably with that
charge of the 1899 team. One of the Robinson had put the ball on the of iVloss. One of the Gophers' kicks,
hardest driving backs whom the late . Jackrabbits' 10-yard line. Lund then good for 50 yards, went out of bounds
Dr. H. L. Williams ever had, Bernie went through right tackle for three a foot inside of the goal line.
captained the 1915 Big Ten title win- yards. On the next play, he circled left Jerry Griffin did well at quarterback.
ners. end to score.
Captain Walt Hass proved himself to
Before he returned to his alma lVlanders' entrance into the game in be a good ground gainer and pass
mater, he spent five seasons as coach the fourth quarter improved the ap- receiver in the second half.
at Tulane university, New Orleans. pearance of the whole team. Not only The lineup against Purdue was:
Once he established his system of play did his thrusts at the line bring first Tenner, left end; Gay, left tackle;
at the Southern school, his teams there downs but his blocking cleared the way Bruhn, left guard; Oen, center; Koski,
were unusually successful. His 1929 and for the other Gopher backs. He aid- right guard; Wells, right tackle; Rob-
1931 entries had clear claims to South- ed Swartz materially when the latter inson, right end; Griffin, quarterback;
ern conference championship while that ran 37 yards for the second touchdown. Lund, left half; Hass, right half; Man-
of 1930 tied Alabama for the top. Swartz, one of the fastest men on the ders, fullback. Substitutes: Papas for
The 1931 team was especially strong. team, did some good ball carrying dur- Tenner, Appmann for Koski, Tenner
That year the Green Wave won II ing his stay in the game. In 12 plays, for Papas, Dillner for Tenner, Tenner
consecutive games, losing to Southern he averaged eight yards. Besides his for Dillner, Koski for Appmann,
California in · the Tournament of Roses long run for a touchdown, he got Swartz for Griffin, Appmann for Koski,
game at Pasadena. When he came away for 24 yards earlier in the game. Champlin for Swartz, Lundgren for
North, he brought with him Lowell The lineup was: Papas, left end; Bruhn, Larson for Robinson, Burg for
("Red") Dawson, quarterback on that Gay, left · tackle; Bruhn, left guard; Hass.
62
Minnesot~ 7, Nebraska 6
The Nebraska Cornhuskers, 1931 Big
Six champions, came to Minneapolis
October 15 and very nearly succeeded
in adding the Gophers to their list of
victims. Minnesota was the victor, 7
to 6.
Two good passes enabled the Ne-
braskans to score wi thin the first ten
minutes of play. The first put thp
ball on the 5-yard line. The second,
over the goal line, was completed.
Goal was missed.
With the second quarter two-thirds
over, Minnesota got a "break" when a
Cornhusker punt into the wind came
almost straight down and then bounced
back for a loss of four yards. It was
the Gophers' ball on Nebraska's 30-
yard line. On third down, Lund passed
to Robinson on the 20. As he was
about to be tackled, Robinson flipped
a lateral to Manders who took the ball
to score. Manders then kicked goal
to put his team ahead.
Minnesota threatened in the second
half, only to have its efforts spoiled by
its own fumbles and a sometimes stub-
born Nebraska defense. The Gophers'
pass attack failed to function as it had
against Purdue.
Bruhn, Appmann, and Oen were the
line stars.
The lineup against Nebraska was:
Tenner, left end; Gay, left tackle;
Bruhn, left guard; Oen, center; App-
mann, right guard; Wells, right tackle;
Robinson, right end; Griffin, quarter-
back; Lund, left half; Hass, right half;
Manders, fullback. Substitutes were:
Swartz for Griffin, Griffin for Hass,
Koski for Appmann, Champlin for
Swartz, Hass for Champlin, Griffin for
Swartz, Swartz for Griffin, Tengler for
Manders, Larson for Robinson, Man-
ders for Tengler, Dennerly for Bruhn,
Griffin for Swartz.
• tive, seven out of 12 being good .
Minnesota 21, Iowa 6
Minnesota's first Big Ten victory of
the season was forthcoming at Iowa
City October 22 when the Gophers de-
feated the Hawkeyes, 21 to 6. Bier-
man's men were clearly superior to
their opponents.
The first touchdown drive began in
the second quarter with Teyro's poor
kick going outside on the Iowa 38-
yard line. Though Proffitt then lost
the ball on a fumble, Oen intercepted
Teyro's pass and returned to the
Hawks' 36. Proffitt then slanted off
right tackle for 10 yards. Manders
went through guard for four. Lund
made two on a cutback. He added
three more through left tackle, only to
see the ball set back on a 5-yard
penalty. It now rested on the Iowa
~5-yard line.
FRANK McCO RMICK
Di rec to r of At hletics
After Manders had failed to gain,
Lund passed to Robinson who caught
the ball on the 6-yard line and ran for
a touchdown. Manders kicked goal.
Robinson scored another touchdown
and Manders one later in the game to
give Minnesota a safe lead. Each
time, Manders added the extra point.
Iowa fans had a chance to cheer late
in the fourth period when Schammel in-
tercepted a pass on his 34-yard line
and ran to Minnesota's 5-yard marker
before he was downed. Page then
scored Iowa's lone touchdown.
Against Iowa, Minnesota blocked
well to show an improvement over its
play in the Nebraska game. More-
over, the pass attack was more effec-
Minnesota gained 338 yards to
Iowa's . 68 and made 14 first downs'
to the other's two.
Lund's 115 yards gained in 17 plays
included a 40-yard run in the second
half. Manders plunged for 81 yards
in 21 tries. Proffitt netted 51 yards
in six plays.
Minnesota's lineup against Iowa was:
Larson, left end; Gay, left tackle;
Bruhn, left guard; Oen center; App-
mann, right guard; Wells, right tackle;
Robinson, right end; Griffin, quarter-
back, Lund, left half, Proffitt, right
half; Manders fullback. Substitutes:
Bengtson for Gay, Hass for Proffitt,
Dillner for Robinson, Gay for Bengt-
son, Koski for Appmann, Burg for
Griffin, Tenner for Larson, Robinson
for Dillner, Appmann for Koski, Grif-
fin for Burg, Larson for Tenner, Swartz
for Proffitt, Bengtson for Gay, Burg
for Griffin, Papas for Robinson, WiUa-
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
han for Wells, Tengler for Manders,
Tenner for Larson, Nold for Oen, Ron-
ning for Papas.
•
Minnesota 7, Northwestern 0
The 1932 Homecoming turned out to
be a happy one for the returning Go-
pher alumni who saw their team beat
Northwestern, 7 to 0, on October 29. At
no other time during the season did
Minnesota playas well as in this vic-
tory over the Purple.
"Pug" Rentner, All-American in
1931, who had run wild in the second
half at Evanston, was effectively
stopped. Most of his long passes were
incomplete.
Later in the second quarter a pretty
pass to Larson who ran for an ap-
parent touchdown was nullified when
the officials ruled that a Minnesota
man was offside on the play. The
half was scoreless.
In the third quarter, Bierman's men
twice threatened to cross the Wildcats'
goal line but lacked the needed punch .
But the Gophers were not to be
denied. In the fourth period, they had
the ball on their opponents' 18-yard
line. On fourth down, Lund hurled a
pass which Bob Tenner caught over
the goal line. Jack Manders kicked
goal.
N ear the end of the game, Rentner
fumbled on his 10-yard line, Minne-
sota recovering. Manders made five
yards on the next play, as the gun
went off.
The Gophers made 12 first downs to
the Purple's four. Moreover, the vic-
tors gained a total of 330 yards to
their opponents' 96.
Manders and Lund did the bulk of
their team's ground gaining, Jack
plunging 101 yards in 21 plays and
"Pug" 145 in 28. The halfback flash
included a long run of 40 yards.
Brad Robinson, Tenner, and Larson
all played strong games at end as did
Roy Oen at center. The entire Maroon
and Gold line gave a good account of
itself, the Purple backs having little
success in their running game.
As Captain Hass was unable to play
because of an injury, Manders was act-
ing leader. Both Proffitt and Swartz
performed creditably at right halfback.
Minnesota used the following line-
up against Northwestern: Larson, left
end; Gay, left tackle; Bruhn, left
guard; Oen, center; Appmann, right
guard; Wells, right tackle; Robinson,
right end; Griffin, quarterback; Lund, '
left half; Proffitt, right half; Manders,
fullback. Substitutes were Koski for
Appmann, Appmann for Koski, Swartz
for Proffitt, Tenner for Larson, Den-
nerly for Bruhn, Burg for Griffin, Prof-
fitt for Swartz, Bruhn for Dennerly,
Koski for Appmann, Hribar for Burg,
THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Bengtson for Gay, Swartz for Proffitt,
Griffin for Hribar, Gay for Bengtson.
• minute of play, it seemed as though
Minnesota 26, Mississippi ° this game would end in a tie.
Minnesota defeated Mississippi ~6 to
0, in the last non-conference game of
the year November 5. It was the first
time that this Southern team appeared
on the Gophers' gridiron card.
Against relatively little opposition,
both the regular and second string
backfields gained much yardage. Lund
alone accounted for ~41 in ~8 plays.
The first touchdown came when
Lund reeled off consecutive gains of
37, 17, and eight yards to place the
ball on the visitors' ~-yard line. Man-
ders then scored. Long runs by Lund
and Proffitt cleared the way for the
second score, Manders again going
over.
Tenner took Lund's pass to reach the
4-yard marker in the third period.
Mississippi held for downs and punted
immediately afterwards. In two plays,
Lund made 46 yards to put the ball
back on Mississippi's 4-yard line. "Pug"
then scored the touchdown.
Minnesota crossed the Southerners'
line a fourth time before the game
closed.
The lineup : Tenner, left end; Gay,
left tackle; Bruhn, left guard; Oen,
center; Koski, right guard; Wells, right
tackle; Dillner, right end; Griffin, quar-
terback; Lund, left half; Proffitt, right
half; Manders, fullback. Substitutes:
Hass for Proffitt, Robinson for Dillner,
Bengtson for Gay, Hribar for Griffin,
Appmann for Koski, Proffitt for Hass,
Gerischer for Robinson, Ronning for
Gerischer, Dennerly for Bruhn, Champ-
lin for Lund, Tengler for Manders,
Griffin for Hribar, Swartz for Proffitt,
Willahan for Wells, Nold for Oen,
Lundgren for Appmann, Lund for
Champlin, Proffitt for Swartz, Koski
for Lundgren, Bruhn for Dennerly,
Manders for T engler, Wells for Willa-
han, Gay for Bengtson, Hass for Prof-
fitt, Haiden for Nold, Appmann for
Koski, Tengler for Manders, Champlin
for Hass, Dennerly for Bruhn, Geri-
scher for Wells, Swartz for Lund, Lund
for Swartz, N old for Haiden, Koski
for Appmann, Manders for Tengler,
Bruhn for Dennerly, Champlin for
Lund, Tengler for Manders, Johnson
for Tenner, Hribar for Griffin, Meyers
for Bruhn, Lundgren for Koski, Harge-
sheimer for Proffitt, Knudson for
Bengtson, Dillner for Meyers, Ohde for
Johnson, Haiden for Nold, Gerischer
for Ohde, Sperry for Hribar.
• a touchdown. Manders missed goal.
Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 13
Dr. C. W. Spears, former Minnesota
coach and present Wisconsin mentor,
handed the Gophers a surprise at Madi-
son November 1~ when his Badgers
triumphed, ~o to 13. Up to the last
"Mickey" McGuire was the hero of
the occasion, his three touchdowns
bringing back the bacon trophy to the
Badgers. On the opening kickoff, this
fleet Irish-Hawaiian ran 88 yards for
a score. He counted again late in the
period on Linfor's pass . Just as the
game was about to end, he crossed
the Gophers' goal for the third time.
Minnesota came back fighting after
the first touchdown. Kabat kicked
over the goal line, the ball going into
play on the ~O-yard line. Proffit hit
right guard for two yards. Wisconsin
then drew a 5-yard penalty for being
offside. Manders made two through
left tackle.
Lund got away for ~9 yards, taking
the ball to the Badgers' 44. Wiscon-
sin was again offside and set back five
yards. Lund lost six yards.
Lund gained four yards and Proffitt
two. Lund punted to Wisconsin's 6-
yard line. Schneller kicked to Lund
on Minnesota's 40-yard line. Lund
made a yard through right guard.
On a double pass, Lund to Proffitt,
the latter made 50 yards and went out
of bounds on Wisconsin's 6-yard line.
Manders twice failed to gain and the
Badgers took time out.
Wisconsin, again offside, was pe-
nalized to its ~-yard line. Manders hit
right guard for a slight gain. Manders
plunged over right guard for a touch-
down. He then kicked goal. The score
was tied then, 7 to 7.
Late in the first quarter, Wisconsin
recovered a fumble on Minnesota's 47-
yard line. Plunges by Strain and Mc-
Guire and a pass, McGuire to Pacetti,
put the ball on the Gopher ~6. After
two running plays had failed, Linfor
passed to McGuire who ran for a
touchdown. Goal was missed.
The Gophers scored their second
touchdown late in the third period.
Wells blocked McGuire's punt, Lund
recovering on Wisconsin's 4~-yard line.
Two passes were incomplete and
Minnesota was penalized five yards.
Another pass, Lund to Hass, took the
ball to the Badgers' ~6-yard line.
Tengler, substitute fullback, hit right
guard for two yards.
Lund's pass to Tenner was knocked
down by McGuire, but the ball went
to Minnesota on Wisconsin's 7-yard
line because of interference. Manders
returned to the game. He made three
yards through right guard. Hass failed
to gain. Lund then ran right end for
The score remained 13 to 13 until the
last minute of play. Shortly before,
Lund had dropped back to punt from
his 4~-yard line. The pass from cen-
63
ter was poor, Lund having to pick up
the ball and run with it. He was
downed on the 43-yard line. From
this point, Wisconsin scored on three
consecutive passes. Goal was made.
Injuries to Oen, Manders, and Lund
weakened Minnesota's offense. De-
fensively, Hass and Wells played
strong games. •
Each team made nine first downs,
Minnesota gained ~36 yards to Wiscon-
sin's 170. Lund's punts averaged 37
yards to the Badgers' 36.
The Minnesota lineup was: Larson,
left end; Gay, left tackle; Bruhn, left
guard; Oen, center; Koski, right guard;
Wells, right tackle; Robinson, right
end; Griffin, quarterback; Lund, left
half; Proffitt, right half; Manders, full-
back.
Substitutes were: Hass for Proffitt,
Dennerly for Bruhn, Appmann for
Koski; Bruhn for Dennerly; Koski for
Appmann, Tengler for Manders, Ten-
ner for Larson, Manders for Tengler,
Haiden for Oen, Larson for Tenner,
Bengtson for Gay, Dennerly for Bruhn,
Gay for Bengtson, Champlin for Hass.
•
Michigan 3, Minnesota °
Michigan won the Big Ten champion-
ship when it defeated Minnesota, 3 to
0, in a hard-fought game at the sta-
dium November 19. Of all the Wol-
verines' opponents, the Gophers made
the most impressive showing.
Harry Newman, all-American quar-
terback of the Maize and Blue, place-
kicked a goal in the second quarter.
Michigan had secured the ball on a
fumble. Two passes took the ball to
Minnesota's 4-yard line. The Gopher
defense tightened here and Newman
went back to score three points for his
team .
After the field goal, Kipke's men
were content to protect their lead. In
doing so, they displayed an air-tight
defense. An important factor was the
punting of Regeczi who averaged 40
yards.
Lund was the leading ground gainer
of the afternoon with 63 yards in 16
plays. As Griffin was out of the game
because of illness, Captain Hass took
his place at quarterback.
The game was played in near zero
weather.
Minnesota's lineup against Michigan
was: Tenner, left end; Gay, left tackle;
Bruhn, left guard; Oen, center; Koski,
r\ght guard; Wells, right tackle; Robin-
son, right end; Hass, quarterback;
Lund, left half; Proffitt, right half;
Manders, fullback. Substitutes: Bengt-
son for Gay, Larson for Tenner, Den-
nerly for Bruhn, Appmann for Koski,
Gay for Bengtson, Dillner for Larson,
Bengtson for Gay, Koski for Appmann,
Bruhn for Dennerly.