1930 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1930 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1930 record	3-4-1 (1-3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fritz Crisler (1st year)
MVP	Biggie Munn
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1930 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Michigan +	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
Northwestern +	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Purdue	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Ohio State	2	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Indiana	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	5	–	1
Illinois	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Iowa	0	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Chicago	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	2

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1930 college football season. In their first year under head coach Fritz Crisler, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3-4-1 record, shut out four opponents (including a scoreless tie with Stanford), and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 126 to 81. Out of 126 points scored by the Golden Gophers, most were scored in two games against schools from South Dakota who the Golden Gophers defeated by a combined score of 107 to 0.^[1]

Guard Biggie Munn was selected as the team's Most Valuable Player.^[2] Munn was also selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1930 All-Big Ten Conference football team.^[3]

Total attendance for the season was 167,728, which averaged to 27,955.^[4] The season high for attendance was against Northwestern.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
09/27/1930	South Dakota State*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 48-0	20,000
10/04/1930	Vanderbilt*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 7-33	20,000
10/11/1930	Stanford*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	T 0-0	45,000
10/18/1930	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 6-0	20,000
11/01/1930	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 6-27	54,000
11/08/1930	South Dakota*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 59-0	20,000
10/15/1930	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 0-7	54,944
11/22/1930	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 0-14	32,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

Game notes

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gophers	0	0	0	0	0
Wolverines	7	0	0	0	7

In the seventh week of the season, Minnesota played Michigan in the annual competition for the Little Brown Jug. The game marked the first appearance by Fritz Crisler as a head coach at Michigan Stadium. Crisler was in his first year as head coach at Minnesota; he took over as Michigan's head coach eight years later. Michigan won the game 7 to 0. The game's only score came in the first quarter on a 45-yard punt return by Michigan's left halfback, Jack Wheeler. The return was off of a punt by Minnesota's All-American Biggie Munn. A newspaper account of the game described Wheeler's run as follows:

"Wheeler's run will go down as one of Michigan's, classics. He got the ball after a low, twisting kick by Munn had traveled to the Minnesota 45-yard line. Wheeler gathered it in and charged. He hit two Minnesota tacklers and knifed his way between them. He staggered a yard or two from the impact and sidestepped another Gopher tackler. Morrison came across like a charging bull to take another from Wheeler's path. He waved away, and slid yards across the goal line on his dive for a touchdown."^[5]

Despite the lack of scoring, the Associated Press reported that the game was "a desperately-fought breath-taking football battle."^[5]

References

↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1930-1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
↑ "United Press Names Big Ten All Stars: Wildcats Lead With Four Men on Honor Team; Harry Newman Called Best Quarterback in Conference Since Friedman". Decatur Herald. November 24, 1930. p. 3.
1 2 Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
1 2 W.G. Stevenson (1930-11-16). "Michigan Beats Gophers, 7-0; Still In Big Ten Race; 45-Yard Run By Wheeler Lone Score". Capital Times (AP story).

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 (Floyd of Rosedale) Michigan (Little Brown Jug) Nebraska ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Penn State (Governor's Victory Bell) Wisconsin (Slab of Bacon, 1930–43; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present)

Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Marching band Minnesota shift T formation

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

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

National championship seasons in bold

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