Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under Bernie Bierman - 1936

1936

1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
National Champions
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #1
1936 record 7-1 (4-1 Big Ten)
Head coach Bernie Bierman
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1935 1937 »
1936 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#7 Northwestern 6 0 0 7 1 0
#1 Minnesota 4 1 0 7 1 0
Ohio State 4 1 0 5 3 0
Indiana 3 1 1 5 2 1
Purdue 3 1 1 5 2 1
Illinois 2 2 1 4 3 1
Chicago 1 4 0 2 5 1
Iowa 0 4 1 3 4 1
Wisconsin 0 4 0 2 6 0
Michigan 0 5 0 1 7 0


The 1936 season was the Golden Gophers' fifth under head coach Bernie Bierman. The Golden Gophers won seven games and lost one. Total attendance for the season was 247,653, which averaged to 49,531. The season high for attendance was against Iowa. The team was named national champions, the third consecutive national championship for the University.

Tackle Ed Widseth was named an All-American by Collier's/Grantland Rice, Associated Press, INS, NEA, New York Sun, Look Magazine, New York Morning Telegram, Hearst, United Press International and Paramount News. Widseth and halfback Andy Uram were named All-Big Ten first team.

Widseth was awarded the Team MVP Award.

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