1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Big Ten champion

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP| No. 5
Record| 6–2 (5–0 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Bernie Bierman (6th season)

Offensive scheme| Single-wing
MVP| Rudy Gmitro
Captain| Ray King
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 1936

1938 ->

1937 Big Ten Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 5 Minnesota $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 13 Ohio State | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Indiana | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Michigan | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Northwestern | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Purdue | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Wisconsin | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Illinois | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2
Chicago | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Iowa | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1937 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 184 to 50.[1]

End Ray King was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Look magazine.[2] Fullback Andy Uram was named an All-American by the Associated Press.[2] King, halfback Rudy Gmitro, tackle Lou Midler and guard Frank Twedell were named All-Big Ten first team.[3]

Rudy Gmitro was awarded the Team MVP Award.[4]

Total attendance for the season was 254,188, which averaged to 50,838. The season high for attendance was against Notre Dame.[5]

## Schedule

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September 25| North Dakota Agricultural*| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Minneapolis, MN

| W 69–7| 47,492| [6]
October 2| at Nebraska*| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE (rivalry)

| L 9–14| 37,000|
October 9| Indiana| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Minneapolis, MN

| W 6–0| 35,000|
October 16| at Michigan| |

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)

| W 39–6| 53,266| [7]
October 30| Notre Dame*| No. 4|

* Memorial Stadium
* Minneapolis, MN

| L 6–7| 63,237|
November 6| at Iowa| No. 14|

* Iowa Stadium
* Iowa City, IA (rivalry)

| W 35–10| 40,000|
November 13| Northwestern| No. 10|

* Memorial Stadium
* Minneapolis, MN

| W 7–0| 63,000|
November 20| Wisconsin| No. 7|

* Memorial Stadium
* Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)

| W 13–6| 46,000|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## References

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1. ^ "1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
2. ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 179[permanent dead link‍]
3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link‍]
4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link‍]
5. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link‍]
6. ^ "Gophers trample over Bison, 69–7". Minneapolis Morning Tribune. September 26, 1937. Retrieved October 10, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Tod Rockwell. "Gopher Avalanche Buries Michigan, 39 to 6: Uram Is Lost for Season as Herd Riddles U. of M." Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 4 - via Newspapers.com.

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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)
* Huntington Bank Stadium (2009–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Iowa
* Michigan: Little Brown Jug
* Nebraska
* Penn State: Governor's Victory Bell
* 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
* Annual awards
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1882
* 1883
* 1884–1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889
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National championship seasons in bold

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Big Ten Conference football champions

Western Conference|

* Wisconsin (1896)
* Wisconsin (1897)
* Michigan (1898)
* Chicago (1899)
* Iowa & Minnesota (1900)
* Michigan & Wisconsin (1901)
* Michigan (1902)
* Michigan, Minnesota, & Northwestern (1903)
* Michigan & Minnesota (1904)
* Chicago (1905)
* Michigan, Minnesota, & Wisconsin (1906)
* Chicago (1907)
* Chicago (1908)
* Minnesota (1909)
* Illinois & Minnesota (1910)
* Minnesota (1911)
* Wisconsin (1912)
* Chicago (1913)
* Illinois (1914)
* Illinois & Minnesota (1915)
* Ohio State (1916)

Big Ten|

* Ohio State (1917)
* Illinois, Michigan, & Purdue (1918)
* Illinois (1919)
* Ohio State (1920)
* Iowa (1921)
* Chicago, Iowa, & Michigan (1922)
* Illinois & Michigan (1923)
* Chicago (1924)
* Michigan (1925)
* Michigan & Northwestern (1926)
* Illinois & Minnesota (1927)
* Illinois (1928)
* Purdue (1929)
* Michigan & Northwestern (1930)
* Purdue, Michigan & Northwestern (1931)
* Michigan & Purdue (1932)
* Michigan & Minnesota (1933)
* Minnesota (1934)
* Minnesota & Ohio State (1935)
* Northwestern (1936)
* Minnesota (1937)
* Minnesota (1938)
* Ohio State (1939)
* Minnesota (1940)
* Minnesota (1941)
* Ohio State (1942)
* Michigan & Purdue (1943)
* Ohio State (1944)
* Indiana (1945)

Big Nine|

* Illinois (1946)
* Michigan (1947)
* Michigan (1948)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1949)

Big Ten|

* Michigan (1950)
* Illinois (1951)
* Purdue & Wisconsin (1952)
* Illinois & Michigan State (1953)
* Ohio State (1954)
* Ohio State (1955)
* Iowa (1956)
* Ohio State (1957)
* Iowa (1958)
* Wisconsin (1959)
* Minnesota & Iowa (1960)
* Ohio State (1961)
* Wisconsin (1962)
* Illinois (1963)
* Michigan (1964)
* Michigan State (1965)
* Michigan State (1966)
* Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue (1967)
* Ohio State (1968)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1969)
* Ohio State (1970)
* Michigan (1971)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1972)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1973)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1974)
* Ohio State (1975)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1976)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1977)
* Michigan & Michigan State (1978)
* Ohio State (1979)
* Michigan (1980)
* Iowa & Ohio State (1981)
* Michigan (1982)
* Illinois (1983)
* Ohio State (1984)
* Iowa (1985)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1986)
* Michigan State (1987)
* Michigan (1988)
* Michigan (1989)
* Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, & Michigan State (1990)
* Michigan (1991)
* Michigan (1992)
* Ohio State & Wisconsin (1993)
* Penn State (1994)
* Northwestern (1995)
* Ohio State & Northwestern (1996)
* Michigan (1997)
* Michigan, Ohio State, & Wisconsin (1998)
* Wisconsin (1999)
* Michigan, Northwestern, & Purdue (2000)
* Illinois (2001)
* Ohio State & Iowa (2002)
* Michigan (2003)
* Iowa & Michigan (2004)
* Ohio State & Penn State (2005)
* Ohio State (2006)
* Ohio State (2007)
* Ohio State & Penn State (2008)
* Ohio State (2009)
* Michigan State & Wisconsin (2010)
* Wisconsin (2011)
* Wisconsin (2012)
* Michigan State (2013)
* Ohio State (2014)
* Michigan State (2015)
* Penn State (2016)
* Ohio State (2017)
* Ohio State (2018)
* Ohio State (2019)
* Ohio State (2020)
* Michigan (2021)
* Michigan (2022)
* Michigan (2023)
* Oregon (2024)

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