1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–7–1 (1–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bernie Bierman (16th season);
MVP	Wayne Robinson
Captain	Dave Skrien
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

1950 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 Michigan $	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
No. 14 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Illinois	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Indiana	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1950 Big Nine Conference football season. In their 16th year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 1–7–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 196 to 79.^[1]

Wayne Robinson was awarded the Team MVP Award.^[2]

Total attendance for the season was 267,015, which averaged to 53,403. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	at Washington*	No. 18	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 13–28	49,500
October 7	Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 26–32	47,710
October 14	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 6–13	45,000
October 21	No. 9 Ohio State		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 0–48	53,192
October 28	No. 14 Michigan		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	T 7–7	59,412
November 4	Iowa		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 0–13	60,321
November 11	at No. 12 Michigan State*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 0–27	47,461
November 18	Purdue		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 27–14	46,389
November 25	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 0–14	45,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Michigan

Week 5: Michigan at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	0	0	7	0	7
Minnesota	0	0	0	7	7

Date: October 28, 1950
Location: Memorial Stadium
Minneapolis
Game attendance: 60,158

In its fifth game, Minnesota lost to Michigan. After a scoreless first half, Michigan drove down the field culminating in a two-yard run by Don Dufek. Minnesota tied the game with a touchdown in the final two minutes to tie the game at 7-7. Dufek rushed for 63 yards, but the Minnesota team held Michigan to a total of only 46 yards rushing as Chuck Ortmann was held to -38 rushing yards. With the tie game, Michigan retained possession of the Little Brown Jug.

References

^ "1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[1] "1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

[pg181-2] Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[pg160-3] Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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