Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under Bernie Bierman - 1939

1939

1939 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1939 record 3-4-1 (2-3-1 Big Ten)
Head coach Bernie Bierman
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1938 1940 »
1939 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#15 Ohio State 5 1 0 6 2 0
#9 Iowa 4 1 1 6 1 1
#20 Michigan 3 2 0 6 2 0
Purdue 2 1 2 3 3 2
Northwestern 3 2 1 3 4 1
Illinois 3 3 0 3 4 1
Minnesota 2 3 1 3 4 1
Indiana 2 3 0 2 4 2
Wisconsin 0 5 1 1 6 1
Chicago 0 3 0 2 6 0


The 1939 season was the Golden Gophers' eighth under head coach Bernie Bierman. The Golden Gophers won three games, lost four and tied one. Total attendance for the season was 229,954, which averaged to 45,991. The season high for attendance was against Northwestern.

Tackle Win Pederson was named All-Big Ten first team.

Halfback Harold Van Every was awarded the Team MVP Award.

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