1932 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1932 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1932 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–3 record, shut out three opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 86 to 42.[1]

1932 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–3 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPRay Oen
CaptainWalter Hass
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1932 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Michigan + 6 –0 –08 –0 –0
No. 4 Purdue + 5 –0 –17 –0 –1
No. 11 Wisconsin 4 –1 –16 –1 –1
No. 6 Ohio State 2 –1 –24 –1 –3
Northwestern 2 –3 –13 –4 –1
Minnesota 2 –3 –05 –3 –0
Illinois 2 –4 –05 –4 –0
Indiana 1 –4 –13 –4 –1
Chicago 1 –4 –03 –4 –1
Iowa 0 –5 –01 –7 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

Center Ray Oen was selected as the team's Most Valuable Player.[2] Tackle Marshall Wells was named All-Big Ten first team.[3] Fullback John Baumgartner was named Academic All-Big Ten.[4]

Total attendance for the season was 113,956, which averaged to 43,557.[5] The season high for attendance was against Northwestern.[5]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1South Dakota State*
W 12–020,000[6]
October 8Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 0–720,000[7]
October 15Nebraska*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 7–618,000–18,420[8][9]
October 22at Iowa
W 21–612,000[10]
October 29Northwesterndagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 7–035,000[11]
November 5Ole Miss*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 26–012,000[12]
November 12at Wisconsin
L 13–2030,000[13]
November 19Michigan
L 0–324,766[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Game summaries

Michigan
Week 8: Michigan at Minnesota
1 234Total
• Michigan 0 300 3
Minnesota 0 000 0

On November 19, 1932, Minnesota lost to an undefeated Michigan team at Memorial Stadium. Michigan was held to two first downs and 85 yards of total offense (67 rushing yards and 18 passing). Despite the lack of offensive production, Michigan won the game, 3–0, on a field goal at the end of the second quarter. The score was set up when Minnesota fullback Jack Manders fumbled the ball near the end of the first half. Chuck Bernard and Ted Petoskey recovered the ball at Minnesota's 23-yard line. With 36 seconds remaining in the first half, Michigan had the ball, fourth-and-goal at Minnesota's four-yard line. Harry Newman kicked the field goal, narrowly missing the upright to give Michigan the only three points scored by either team. Neither team was able to move the ball inside the other's 30-yard line in the second half. Minnesota came closest to scoring in the third quarter when All-American Pug Lund broke into the open field, but slipped and fell trying to evade Harry Newman who was the last person with a chance to stop Lund.[15][16]

References
  1. "1932 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. 181
  3. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180
  4. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 182
  5. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
  6. Chandler Forman (October 2, 1932). "Gophers Hard Put to Defeat S.D. State, 12-0". The Minneapolis Tribune. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Purdue Defeats Gophers, 7-0". The Minneapolis Tribune. October 9, 1932. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. George A. Barton (October 16, 1932). "Gophers Defeat Nebraska, 7-6: Jack Manders Runs To Score On Trick Pass". The Minneapolis Tribune. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. McBride, Gregg (November 6, 1934). "Saturday Turnout is Likely Top Previous Mark at Nebraska U." The Lincoln Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. p. 8. Retrieved March 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Bert McGrane (October 23, 1932). "Gophers Batter Iowa 21-6". The Des Moines Register. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Harvey Woodruff (October 30, 1932). "Minnesota's Power Conquers N.U., 7 to 0". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. George A. Barton (November 6, 1932). "Gophers Drub Mississippi, 26-0". The Minneapolis Tribune. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Hank Casserly (November 13, 1932). "Fighting Badgers Run Gophers Into Holes By 20 to 13 Score". The Capital Times. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. George A. Barton (November 20, 1932). "Michigan Beats Gophers, 3-0". The Minneapolis Tribune. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Michigan Triumphs on Newman's Goal: Place Kick in Last Minute of First Half Beats Minnesota, 3-0, Before 30,000; WOLVERINES CLINCH TITLE; Undefeated and Untied Eleven Takes Undisputed Possession of Big Ten Crown". The New York Times. November 20, 1932.
  16. 1933 Michiganensian, Minnesota game summary, p. 119.
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