Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under George Hauser - 1943

1943

1943 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1943 record 5-4 (2-3 Big Ten)
Head coach George Hauser
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1942 1944 »
1943 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#5 Purdue 6 0 0 9 0 0
#3 Michigan 6 0 0 8 1 0
#9 Northwestern 5 1 0 6 2 0
Indiana 2 3 1 4 4 2
Minnesota 2 3 0 5 4 0
Illinois 2 4 0 3 7 0
Ohio State 1 4 0 3 6 0
Wisconsin 1 6 0 1 9 0
Iowa 0 4 1 1 6 1
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1943 season was the Golden Gophers' second under head coach George Hauser. The Golden Gophers won five games and lost four. Total attendance for the season was 182,779, which averaged to 26,111. The season high for attendance was against Purdue.

Fullback Bill Daley and end Herb Hein were named All-Americans by the Associated Press. Daley was also named an All-American by Collier's/Grantland Rice. Tackle Paul Mitchell was named All-Big Ten first team.

Paul Mitchell was awarded the Team MVP Award.

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