1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Schedule

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Game summaries

Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan On November 18, 1933, Minnesota played Michigan. Minnesota had two weeks to prepare for the Wolverines following a bye week. The game ended in a scoreless tie. Each team attempted three passes, and neither team completed any. Two of Michigan's three pass attempts were intercepted by Minnesota. Bierman's Golden Gophers also held Michigan to 58 rushing yards. Michigan's best scoring opportunity was set up by a Statue of Liberty play in which Bill Renner dropped back to pass and cocked his arm to throw. Stanley Fay ran behind Renner and took the ball from Renner's extended hand. Fay ran around the end and eluded one tackler before being tackled by Vernal Levoir and Pug Lund at the Gophers' 30-yard line. Michigan was unable to penetrate further. Minnesota gained 132 yards on the ground, mostly by left halfback Pug Lund. In the third quarter, Lund ran for a 42-yard gain, and in the fourth quarter, he ran from kick formation, taking the ball to Michigan's 38-yard line. Two plays later, Minnesota fullback Vernal Levoir took the ball to Michigan's 16-yard line. When Michigan held Minnesota on three plays, Bill Bevan attempted a field goal from the 25-yard line. The kick went wide, and Minnesota's best scoring chance was lost.

After the game, Michigan coach Harry Kipke told reporters: "We got off easy. . . . Minnesota has a great football team, and it is only fair to say we were lucky to hold them scoreless. . . . Our offense probably would have looked better on a dry field. Everhadus is our only hard driving back, while Minnesota has three, . . . Our other ball carriers depend on sidestepping to go places and they couldn't do much of that with the footing so slippery." One sports columnist wrote: "No game I have seen this season more clearly brought out the inestimable value of consistent punting as did this bruise and batter struggle . . . No matter where Michigan was located when Johnny Regeczi went back to kick, the boot almost always was good enough to place Minnesota on the defensive."

The tie snapped a 16-game winning streak for Kipke's Wolverines dating back to November 14, 1931. Bierman's Golden Gophers went on to undefeated national championship seasons in 1934 and 1935.

References

References

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6. George A. Barton. (October 22, 1933). "Gophers Gain Well Earned Grid Victory". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune.
7. Arch Ward. (November 5, 1933). "N.U. Ties Minnesota, 0-0: Purple Attack Is Stopped on Two Yard Line". Chicago Tribune.
8. (November 19, 1933). "Michigan Battles To Scoreless Tie; Minnesota Holds Wolverines to Deadlock Before 65,000 at Ann Arbor". The New York Times.
9. (November 19, 1933). "Minnesota Try At Goal Fails; Wolverines Can't Close; Minnesota Ends Michigan's List of Triumphs, 0–0; Gophers Miss Place Kick in Fourth quarter". Chicago Daily Tribune.
10. (November 20, 1933). "Tie With Gophers Pleases Michigan: Kipke Says Wolverines Were Lucky to Hold Powerful Northmen Scoreless; Still Leading Big 10". The Owosso Argus-Press.
11. Dick Meade. (November 20, 1933). "Michigan's Old Guard Bent And Twisted, But Still Able To Hold Golfers [sic]; Minnesota Clearly Has a Statistical Edge, But Wolverines Get a Tie". The News-Bee, Toledo, Ohio.