1935 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1935 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
National champion (seven selectors)
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record8–0 (5–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPBabe LeVoir
CaptainGlen Seidel
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Minnesota + 5 0 0 8 0 0
No. 5 Ohio State + 5 0 0 7 1 0
Purdue 3 3 0 4 4 0
Indiana 2 2 1 4 3 1
No. 16 Northwestern 2 3 1 4 3 1
No. 18 Iowa 1 2 2 4 2 2
Chicago 2 3 0 4 4 0
Michigan 2 3 0 4 4 0
Illinois 1 4 0 3 5 0
Wisconsin 1 4 0 1 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1935 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled an undefeated 8–0 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 194 to 36.[1]

The team was named national champion by seven NCAA-designated major selectors in Billingsley, Boand, College Football Researchers Association, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, and Poling.[2][3]

  1. ^ "1935 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 112. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 167[permanent dead link]