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1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record6–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captain George Gibson
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1927
1929 →
1928 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Illinois $ 4 1 0 7 1 0
No. 4 Wisconsin 3 1 1 7 1 1
Minnesota 4 2 0 6 2 0
No. 6 Iowa 3 2 0 6 2 0
Ohio State 3 2 0 5 2 1
Purdue 2 2 1 5 2 1
Northwestern 2 3 0 5 3 0
Michigan 2 3 0 3 4 1
Indiana 2 4 0 4 4 0
Chicago 0 5 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1928 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Clarence Spears, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 182 to 36. [1]

Guard George Gibson and end Ken Haycraft were named All-Americans by the Associated Press and Look Magazine. [2] Gibson, Haycraft and quarterback Fred Hovde were named All-Big Ten first team. [3]

Total attendance for the season was 146,185, which averaged to 29,237. The season high for attendance was against Chicago. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 6 Creighton*W 40–020,000
October 13 Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 15–025,000
October 20 Chicagodagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 33–758,000
October 27at IowaL 6–730,000
November 3at NorthwesternL 9–1045,000
November 10 Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 21–1225,000
November 17 Haskell*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 52–020,000
November 24at WisconsinW 6–010,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ 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. 160[ permanent dead link]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record6–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captain George Gibson
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1927
1929 →
1928 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Illinois $ 4 1 0 7 1 0
No. 4 Wisconsin 3 1 1 7 1 1
Minnesota 4 2 0 6 2 0
No. 6 Iowa 3 2 0 6 2 0
Ohio State 3 2 0 5 2 1
Purdue 2 2 1 5 2 1
Northwestern 2 3 0 5 3 0
Michigan 2 3 0 3 4 1
Indiana 2 4 0 4 4 0
Chicago 0 5 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1928 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Clarence Spears, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 182 to 36. [1]

Guard George Gibson and end Ken Haycraft were named All-Americans by the Associated Press and Look Magazine. [2] Gibson, Haycraft and quarterback Fred Hovde were named All-Big Ten first team. [3]

Total attendance for the season was 146,185, which averaged to 29,237. The season high for attendance was against Chicago. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 6 Creighton*W 40–020,000
October 13 Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 15–025,000
October 20 Chicagodagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 33–758,000
October 27at IowaL 6–730,000
November 3at NorthwesternL 9–1045,000
November 10 Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 21–1225,000
November 17 Haskell*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 52–020,000
November 24at WisconsinW 6–010,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ 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. 160[ permanent dead link]

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