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1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
year1934
teamMinnesota Golden Gophers
sportfootball
conferenceBig Ten Conference
short_confBig Ten
record8–0
conf_record5–0
head_coachBernie Bierman
hc_year3rd
off_schemeSingle-wing
mvpPug Lund
captainPug Lund
stadiumMemorial Stadium
championNational champion (eight selectors)
Big Ten champion

Big Ten champion The 1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1934 college football season. In their third year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled an undefeated 8–0 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 270 to 38.

The team was named national champion by eight NCAA-designated major selectors, then and in the decades since: Billingsley, Boand, Dickinson, College Football Researchers Association, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, and Sagarin, with Alabama also receiving recognition.

Halfback Pug Lund was selected for the team's Most Valuable Player award for the second consecutive year. Lund also received Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded to the most valuable player of the Big Ten, and was named an All-American by the AP, Collier's Weekly/Grantland Rice, Liberty, Walter Camp Football Foundation and Look Magazine.

End Frank Larson was named an All-American by the Associated Press (AP), Collier's Weekly/Grantland Rice and Look Magazine. Guard Bill Bevan was named an All-American by Collier's Weekly/Grantland Rice, Liberty and Look Magazine.

Total attendance for the season was 192,922, which averaged to 38,584. The season high for attendance was against rival Michigan.

Schedule

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Roster

  • Jules Alfonse, HB
  • Selmer A. Anderson
  • Ray Antil, E
  • Sheldon Beise, FB
  • Phil Bengtson, T
  • Bruce H. Berryman, E
  • Bill Bevan, G
  • Jay C. Bevan
  • Milt Bruhn, G
  • Arthur Clarkson, HB
  • Frank Dallera, G
  • William I. Freimuth, G
  • Maurice D. S. Johnson, E
  • Leslie R. Knudsen
  • Stan Kostka, FB
  • Frank Larson, E
  • Babe LeVoir, QB
  • Pug Lund, HB
  • Lou Midler
  • Vern Oech, G
  • Richard Potvin
  • William E. Proffitt
  • Dale H. Rennebohm, C
  • George Rennix, HB
  • John D. Ronning, E
  • Whitman H. Rork, FB
  • George E. Roscoe, HB
  • Glen E. Seidel, QB
  • B. Willis Smith
  • Dick Smith, T
  • George Svendsen, C
  • Bob Tenner, E
  • Ed Widseth, T
  • Bud Wilkinson, G

References

References

  1. "1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
  2. (August 2018). "2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records". National Collegiate Athletic Association.
  3. Keiser, Jeff. (March 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link).
  4. Keiser, Jeff. (March 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link).
  5. Keiser, Jeff. (March 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link).
  6. Keiser, Jeff. (July 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{Dead link).
  7. (September 30, 1934). "Gophers crush North Dakota State, 56–12". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune.
  8. McBride, Gregg. (November 6, 1934). "Saturday Turnout is Likely Top Previous Mark at Nebraska U.". The Lincoln Star.
  9. Harry Keck. (November 4, 1934). "Long Gallops Feature Win of Panthers". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph.
  10. Tod Rockwell. (November 4, 1934). "Lund Rallies Gophers and They Down Michigan, 34 to 0: Herd Is Held Scoreless at Half, Then Gallops". Detroit Free Press.
  11. . ["Football Letterwinners"](https://gophersports.com/sports/2020/4/13/football-letterwinners). *University of Minnesota Athletics*.
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