1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1946 record5–4 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBilly Bye
CaptainRobert Sandberg
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Big Nine Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Illinois $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Michigan 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 20 Indiana 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ohio State 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Northwestern 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Purdue 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1946 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 12th year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 130 to 114.[1]

Halfback Billy Bye was awarded the Team MVP Award.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 328,003, which averaged to 54,667. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28Nebraska*
W 33–651,096
October 5Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
L 0–2153,648
October 12at No. 10 Northwestern
L 7–1440,000
October 19Wyoming*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
W 46–046,087
October 26at Ohio State
L 9–3976,611
November 2No. 13 Michigan
L 0–2158,476
November 9Purduedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
W 13–758,341
November 16No. 16 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis (rivalry)
W 16–659,180
November 23at Wisconsin
W 6–045,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries[]

Michigan[]

Week 6: Michigan at Minnesota
1 234Total
• Michigan 0 777 21
Minnesota 0 000 0

On November 2, 1946, Minnesota lost to by a score of 21 to 0. In the second quarter, Michigan relied on the passing game in its first touchdown drive, as Bob Chappuis completed a pass for 43 yards to Elmer Madar and Bump Elliott then ran two yards for the touchdown on a fourth-down play. Elliott scored again in the third quarter on a 10-yard run. In the fourth quarter, Gene Derricotte threw a pass to Bob Mann that was good for 42 yards and a touchdown. Jim Brieske kicked all three points after touchdown. Michigan gained 183 rushing yards and 174 passing yards, while holding Minnesota to 130 rushing yards and 40 passing yards.[4]

After the season[]

Main article: 1947 NFL Draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Golden Gophers were selected.[5]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
16 145 Verne Gagne End Chicago Bears
23 210 Tom Carroll Tackle Chicago Cardinals

References[]

  1. ^ "1946 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[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b Wilfrid Smith (November 3, 1946). "Wolverines Top Gophers, 21-0; Take 2d". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
  5. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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