1923 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1923 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–1–1 (3–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainEarl Martineau
Home stadiumNorthrop Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois + 5 0 0 8 0 0
Michigan + 4 0 0 8 0 0
Chicago 5 1 0 7 1 0
Minnesota 2 1 1 5 1 1
Iowa 3 3 0 5 3 0
Indiana 2 2 0 3 4 0
Wisconsin 1 3 1 3 3 1
Ohio State 1 4 0 3 4 1
Purdue 1 4 0 2 5 1
Northwestern 0 6 0 2 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1923 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1923 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 114 to 60.[1] It was Minnesota's final season playing on Northrop Field.[2]

End Ray Eklund was a consensus first-team All-American,[3] and halfback Earl Martineau also received first-team All-American honors from Walter Camp.[4]

Three Minnesota players were selected as first-team players on the 1923 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Eklund and Martineau both received first-team honors from the Big Ten coaches and from Norman E. Brown. Guard George Abramson received first-team honors from Brown.[5]

  1. ^ "1923 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. 161[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Walter Camp's All-American Team". Alton Evening Telegraph. December 19, 1923.
  5. ^ Billy Evans (December 4, 1923). "Coaches Select All-Conference Football Team for Evans". The New Castle Herald. p. 9.