1886 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1886 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2
Head coach
CaptainHoward Abbott
Seasons
← 1883
1887 →
1886 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cincinnati   –   2 – 0 – 0
Michigan   –   2 – 0 – 0
Wabash   –   2 – 0 – 1
Albion   –   1 – 2 – 0
Northwestern   –   0 – 1 – 0
Minnesota   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1886 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota as an independent during the 1886 college football season. The season was the first season under head coach Frederick S. Jones. He came from Yale to teach physics and became known as the "father of Minnesota football".[1]: 4  Unlike Thomas Peebles, he preferred the rugby style of football. They each put together competing teams, but practical considerations helped to decide the future of football at Minnesota. Alfred F. Pillsbury arrived on campus and he owned a brand-new rugby ball, which was rare in those days. From that point on, football at Minnesota was played in the rugby style.[2]: 15 

  1. ^ Papas Jr., Al (1990). Gopher Sketchbook. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nodin Press.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rainbolt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).