1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–0–4 (2–0–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPPug Lund
CaptainRoy Oen
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Michigan + 5 0 1 7 0 1
No. 3 Minnesota + 2 0 4 4 0 4
No. 5 Ohio State 4 1 0 7 1 0
No. 10 Purdue 3 1 1 6 1 1
Illinois 3 2 0 5 3 0
Iowa 3 2 0 5 3 0
Northwestern 1 4 1 1 5 2
Chicago 0 3 2 3 3 2
Indiana 0 3 2 1 5 2
Wisconsin 0 5 1 2 5 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1933 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–0–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 64 to 32.[1]

Halfback Pug Lund was selected for the team's Most Valuable Player award.[2] Tackle Marshall Wells was named All-Big Ten first team.[3] Fullback John Baumgartner was named Academic All-Big Ten.[4]

Total attendance for the season was 164,301, which averaged to 27,384. The season high for attendance at Memorial Stadium was 45,000 against Iowa.[5]

  1. ^ "1933 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. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 182[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]