1891 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1891 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1–1
Head coach
Captain William C. Leary
Seasons
  1890
1892  
1891 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Ohio Wesleyan   4 0 0
Kansas   7 0 1
Illinois   5 1 0
Missouri   3 1 0
Lake Forest   6 2 0
Washington University   4 1 1
Minnesota   3 1 1
Wisconsin   3 1 1
Cincinnati   4 2 1
Iowa   3 2 0
Doane   2 2 0
Iowa College   1 1 1
Miami (OH)   1 1 0
Nebraska   2 2 0
Northwestern   2 2 3
Michigan   4 5 0
Ohio State   2 3 0
Case   1 2 0
Buchtel   1 3 0
Washburn   1 5 0
Michigan State Normal   0 2 0

The 1891 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota as an independent in the 1891 college football season. It was the only season under head coach Edward Moulton and it saw Minnesota's first out-of-state trip with a pair of games in Iowa. The first of these games was against Iowa College and ended in a 12–12 tie. The second game was Minnesota's first meeting with long-time rival Iowa and resulted in an 42–4 Minnesota victory. [1] :20

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 17Ex-Collegiates Minneapolis, MN L 0–4
October 24 Wisconsin Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)W 26–12
October 31at Iowa College Grinnell, IA T 12–12
November 2at Iowa Iowa City, IA (rivalry)W 42–4
November 14Iowa CollegeMinneapolis, MNW 22–14

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References

  1. 1 2 The General Alumni Association (1928). Martin Newell (ed.). The History of Minnesota Football. The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota.