Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under George Hauser - 1942

1942

1942 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #19
1942 record 5-4 (3-3 Big Ten)
Head coach George Hauser
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1941 1943 »
1942 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#1 Ohio State 5 1 0 9 1 0
#3 Wisconsin 4 1 0 8 1 1
#9 Michigan 3 2 0 7 3 0
Illinois 3 2 0 6 4 0
Iowa 3 3 0 6 4 0
#19 Minnesota 3 3 0 5 4 0
Indiana 2 2 0 7 3 0
Purdue 1 4 0 1 8 0
Northwestern 0 6 0 1 9 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1942 season was the Golden Gophers' first under head coach George Hauser. The Golden Gophers won five games and lost four. Total attendance for the season was 231,307, which averaged to 38,551. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.

Tackle Dick Wildung was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Stern, Collier's/Grantland Rice, Look Magazine. Wildung was also named All-Big Ten first team.

Dick Wildung was awarded the Team MVP Award.

The Gophers hosted the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight school at the University of Iowa. The Pre-Flight team was coached by Bernie Bierman, who had coached the Golden Gophers to five national titles between 1934 and 1941, and resumed coaching the Golden Gophers in 1945.

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