1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1950 Big Nine Conference football season. In their 16th year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 1–7–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 196 to 79.[1]

1950 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record1–7–1 (1–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWayne Robinson
CaptainDave Skrien
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1950 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Michigan $ 4 –1 –16 –3 –1
No. 14 Ohio State 5 –2 –06 –3 –0
Wisconsin 5 –2 –06 –3 –0
No. 13 Illinois 4 –2 –07 –2 –0
Northwestern 3 –3 –06 –3 –0
Iowa 2 –4 –03 –5 –1
Minnesota 1 –4 –11 –7 –1
Indiana 1 –4 –03 –5 –1
Purdue 1 –4 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Wayne Robinson was awarded the Team MVP Award.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 267,015, which averaged to 53,403. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 30at Washington*No. 18
L 13–2849,500
October 7Nebraska*
L 26–3247,710
October 14at Northwestern
L 6–1345,000
October 21No. 9 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 0–4853,192
October 28No. 14 Michigan
T 7–759,412
November 4Iowadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
L 0–1360,321
November 11at No. 12 Michigan State*
L 0–2747,461
November 18Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 27–1446,389
November 25at Wisconsin
L 0–1445,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Michigan
Week 5: Michigan at Minnesota
1 234Total
Michigan 0 070 7
Minnesota 0 007 7

In its fifth game, Minnesota lost to Michigan. After a scoreless first half, Michigan drove down the field culminating in a two-yard run by Don Dufek. Minnesota tied the game with a touchdown in the final two minutes to tie the game at 7-7. Dufek rushed for 63 yards, but the Minnesota team held Michigan to a total of only 46 yards rushing as Chuck Ortmann was held to -38 rushing yards. With the tie game, Michigan retained possession of the Little Brown Jug.

References
  1. "1950 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. 160
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