1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Gibson
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Illinois $ 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Wisconsin 3 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Minnesota 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Iowa 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ohio State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Purdue 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Northwestern 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Michigan 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Indiana 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Chicago 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1928 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Clarence Spears, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 182 to 36.[1]

Guard George Gibson and end Ken Haycraft were named All-Americans by the Associated Press and Look Magazine.[2] Gibson, Haycraft and quarterback Fred Hovde were named All-Big Ten first team.[3]

Total attendance for the season was 146,185, which averaged to 29,237. The season high for attendance was against Chicago.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 6Creighton*
W 40–020,000
October 13Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 15–025,000
October 20Chicagodagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 33–758,000
October 27at Iowa
L 6–730,000
November 3at Northwestern
L 9–1045,000
November 10Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 21–1225,000
November 17Haskell*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 52–020,000
November 24at Wisconsin
W 6–010,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1928 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. 179[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link‍]