1939 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1939 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–4–1 (2–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPHal Van Every
CaptainWin Pedersen
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Ohio State $ 5 1 0 6 2 0
No. 9 Iowa 4 1 1 6 1 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 2 0 6 2 0
Purdue 2 1 2 3 3 2
Northwestern 3 2 1 3 4 1
Illinois 3 3 0 3 4 1
Minnesota 2 3 1 3 4 1
Indiana 2 3 0 2 4 2
Wisconsin 0 5 1 1 6 1
Chicago 0 3 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 154 to 82.[1]

Minnesota was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 9 in the Litkenhous Ratings for 1939,[2] and at No. 32 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings.[3]

Tackle Win Pederson was named All-Big Ten first team.[4] Halfback Hal Van Every was awarded the Team MVP Award.[5]

Total attendance for the season was 229,954, which averaged to 45,991. The season high for attendance was against Northwestern.[6]

  1. ^ "1939 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Paul Williamson (December 8, 1941). "Texas Aggies Ranked Nation's Top". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]