1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1936 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 203 to 32.[1] The team was named national champion by eight NCAA-designated major selectors in Associated Press, Billingsley Report, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Helms Athletic Foundation, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, and Poling System.[2][3] This marked the third consecutive year the team was selected as national champion.

1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
National champion (eight selectors)
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 1
1936 record	7–1 (4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bernie Bierman (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
MVP	Ed Widseth
Captain	Julius Alfonse, Ed Widseth
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1936 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Northwestern $	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
No. 1 Minnesota	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Ohio State	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Indiana	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Purdue	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Illinois	2	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Chicago	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	1
Iowa	0	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Michigan	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Tackle Ed Widseth was named an All-American by Collier's/Grantland Rice, Associated Press, INS, NEA, New York Sun, Look Magazine, New York Morning Telegram, Hearst, United Press International and Paramount News.[4] Widseth and halfback Andy Uram were named All-Big Ten first team.[5]

Ed Widseth was awarded the Team MVP award.[6]

Total attendance for the season was 247,653, which averaged to 49,531. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[7]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	at Washington*		Husky Stadium Seattle	W 14–7	40,000
October 10	Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis (rivalry)	W 7–0	53,000
October 17	Michigan		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis (Little Brown Jug)	W 26–0	48,000
October 24	No. 5 Purdue	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	W 33–0	47,780
October 31	at No. 3 Northwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 0–6	48,347
November 7	Iowa	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis (rivalry)	W 52–0	63,200
November 14	Texas*	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	W 47–19	47,000
November 21	at Wisconsin	No. 2	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin (rivalry)	W 24–0	33,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

"1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 112. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 167
Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 179
Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180
Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160

1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football—AP national champions
Jules Alfonse Phil Belfiori Larry Buhler Robert S. Carlson Dan Elmer George Faust Warren Kilbourne John Kulbitski Lou Midler Wilbur Moore Dwight T. Reed Charles Schultz Vic Spadaccini Tuffy Thompson Andy Uram Ed Widseth Bud Wilkinson Head coach: Bernie Bierman Assistant coaches: Bert Baston Sheldon Beise Sigmund Harris George Hauser Dallas Ward

Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) TCF Bank Stadium (2009–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa Michigan Nebraska Penn State Wisconsin
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher Marching band Spirit squad "Minnesota Rouser" "Minnesota March" "Go Gopher Victory" "Minnesota Fight" "Our Minnesota" "Hail! Minnesota" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Minnesota shift T formation Smith of Minnesota
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees Annual awards
Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
National championship seasons in bold

College football national champions (poll era)
1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, DS, HS) / Boston College / Stanford / Tennessee 1941: Minnesota (AP) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army (AP, HS) / Oklahoma A&M (AFCA) 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame
1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse
1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Washington (HAF) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas
1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches) 1979: Alabama
1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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