1930 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1930 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–4–1 (1–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPClarence Munn
CaptainWin Brockmeyer
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Michigan + 5 0 0 8 0 1
No. 4 Northwestern + 5 0 0 7 1 0
Purdue 4 2 0 6 2 0
Wisconsin 2 2 1 6 2 1
Ohio State 2 2 1 5 2 1
Minnesota 1 3 0 3 4 1
Indiana 1 3 0 2 5 1
Illinois 1 4 0 3 5 0
Iowa 0 1 0 4 4 0
Chicago 0 4 0 2 5 2
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1930 college football season. In their first year under head coach Fritz Crisler, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–4–1 record, shut out four opponents (including a scoreless tie with Stanford), and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 126 to 81. Out of 126 points scored by the Golden Gophers, most were scored in two games against schools from South Dakota who the Golden Gophers defeated by a combined score of 107 to 0.[1]

Guard Clarence Munn was selected as the team's Most Valuable Player.[2] Munn was also selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1930 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[3]

Total attendance for the season was 167,728, which averaged to 27,955.[4] The season high for attendance was against Northwestern.[4]

  1. ^ "1930 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. ^ "United Press Names Big Ten All Stars: Wildcats Lead With Four Men on Honor Team; Harry Newman Called Best Quarterback in Conference Since Friedman". Decatur Herald. November 24, 1930. p. 3.
  4. ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]