1924 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1924 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–3–2 (1–2–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainTed Cox
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Chicago $ 3 – 0 – 3 4 – 1 – 3
No. 4 Illinois 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
No. 6 Iowa 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Michigan 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Purdue 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Minnesota 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
Ohio State 1 – 3 – 2 2 – 3 – 3
Indiana 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 0 – 2 – 2 2 – 3 – 3
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1924 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–3–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 68 to 62.[1] It was Minnesota's first season playing in Memorial Stadium.

Guard George Abramson and tackle Ted Cox were named All-Big Ten first team.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 139,772, which averaged to 23,297. The season high for attendance was against Illinois.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4North Dakota*
W 14–016,000[4]
October 11Haskell*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 20–018,000
October 18at Wisconsin
T 7–725,000
October 25at Iowa
L 0–1330,000
November 1Michigandagger
L 0–1343,000–50,000
November 8Iowa State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
T 7–712,000
November 15Illinois
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 20–735,341
November 22Vanderbilt*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 0–1616,000–18,500[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Game summaries[edit]

Michigan[edit]

Michigan at Minnesota
1 234Total
• Michigan 6 700 13
Minnesota 0 000 0
  • Date: November 1, 1924
  • Location: Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
  • Game attendance: 45,000
  • Referee: Masker (Northwestern)

For its fifth game, Minnesota hosted Michigan in the first Big Ten Conference game played in the new horseshoe-shaped Memorial Stadium. Michigan recovered a fumble in Minnesota territory, and William Herrnstein caught a 30-yard touchdown pass to give Michigan a 6–0 lead. In the second quarter, Michigan scored again, as Ferdinand Rockwell ran around the end for a touchdown on a faked field goal attempt. Rockwell also kicked the extra point, and Michigan won the game, 13–0.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1924 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. 180[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Hubert M. Dustin (October 5, 1924). "Gophers Disappointing in 14 to 0 Victory Over Flickers". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tiger claws Commodores for triumph". The Chattanooga Daily Times. November 28, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Michigan Victor Over Minnesota: 45,000 See Wolverines Triumph at Homecoming Game in Minneapolis Stadium, 13-0". The New York Times. November 2, 1924.
  7. ^ "Minnesota Falls Before Michigan: Wolverines Lend Discordant Note to Gopher Homecoming by 13 to 0 Defeat". Ludington Daily News (AP story). November 2, 1924.
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