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1934 National Champions 1935 National Champions GOPHER FOOTBALL GOPHER HISTORY 1934 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1935 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS The Golden Gopher football program is one built strongly on tradition. After winning the first-ever Big Bernie Bierman started his fourth season as the head football coach at Minnesota in 1935. After lead - Nine team title in 1900 and outscoring opponents by an incredible 618-12 margin in 1903, the ing the Golden Gophers to their first national championship in 1934, expectations ran high for both University of Minnesota football team finally won its first national championship in 1934. Bierman and the team. Under the leadership of third-year coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers averaged 33.7 While the Golden Gophers were hurt by the graduation of three All-Americans from the 1934 points during the 1934 campaign, relying heavily on a potent running attack. The running game season, three other players stepped up their play to earn the same honor in 1935. Tackles Ed Widseth accounted for nearly 295 of the 325 yards the Maroon and Gold averaged each game. The Golden and Dick Smith, along with guard Bud Wilkinson earned All-America honors, while quarterback Babe Gophers were equally productive on the defensive side of the ball, shutting-out four of their eight LeVoir and fullback Sheldon Beise joined the All-America threesome on the All-Big Ten team. opponents, while holding them to a meager 4.7 points and 103 yards per game. Minnesota opened the 1935 season with a schedule mirroring the previous season with games Three players led Minnesota while earning All-America honors — Francis “Pug” Lund, Bill Bevan against North Dakota State and Nebraska to start the year. While the outcome was ultimately the and Butch Larson, who earned the honor for a second straight year. Larson became only the fourth same with the Golden Gophers netting two victories, the offensive production was not quite as stun - Golden Gopher to earn All-America status for two straight years, and is among 14 players to date in ning. After defeating NDSU 26-6, Minnesota traveled to Lincoln, Neb., to take on the Cornhuskers. Minnesota history to earn such a distinction. In addition to Lund, Bevan and Larson, the Golden Nebraska showed improvement from the previous season when the Golden Gophers rolled over Gophers featured three more All-Big Ten players. Perhaps the biggest key to Minnesota’s success, them 20-0. Minnesota headed into the second quarter trailing 7-6, but was able to put another touch - however, was a running attack which saw eight different players score touchdowns during the sea - down on the board before the half to lead 12-7. Nebraska’s defense was outstanding the remainder son, led by Stan Kostka with nine touchdowns, including a four-touchdown game. of the game and did not allow the Golden Gophers another touchdown. The Minnesota defense was The talented Golden Gopher team cruised through the first two games of the season with a 56- just as stellar, however, and the Golden Gophers walked away from Lincoln with a 12-7 victory. 12 pounding of North Dakota State and a 20-0 victory over Nebraska. While Minnesota’s offense was not putting up the same numbers as 1934, the Golden Gopher After two weeks of rest, Minnesota looked flat against the Pittsburgh Panthers. They trailed 7-0 defense remained just as stifling. Against Nebraska the defense allowed only five first downs and 110 after three quarters and were destroyed in nearly every statistical category. The Golden Gophers’ yards, so it was no surprise when Tulane ran into the same brick wall the next weekend in hopes for a perfect season were fading. Minnesota was down, but they were not beaten. In the fourth Minneapolis. quarter, Larson took the game over by recovering a fumble which led to a touchdown. On the very The visitors from Louisiana could do nothing right against Minnesota’s superior defense, which next series, he threw the winning pass into the end zone. Minnesota’s dream for a title refused to die. held them to a mere 60 yards for the game. Minnesota’s offense was still sputtering, however, as it The following weekend, the Golden Gophers rebounded in style by crushing the rival Iowa managed only 183 total yards, all of them on the ground. The Golden Gophers beat Tulane soundly Hawkeyes in Iowa City, Iowa, 48-12. Head Coach Bernie Bierman couldn’t have been happier with by a score of 20-0, but there was a bit of concern surrounding offensive production heading into the his team’s reaction to their sub-par performance against Pittsburgh. The Golden Gophers held the Northwestern game. Hawkeyes to 129 total yards. Minnesota, on the other hand, had little problem moving the ball as they The last time the Golden Gophers played Northwestern was in 1933 when the two teams battled racked up an astounding 514 yards on offense, all of them coming from the running game. Minnesota to a 0-0 tie. The result in 1935 was much the same and after three quarters Minnesota held a mea - was led by the exceptional performance of Kostka, who had another outstanding game, scoring three ger 14-13 lead. Northwestern threatened to move into scoring position late in the fourth quarter, but touchdowns, as well as Julius Alfonse, who rushed for two scores. Wilkinson intercepted a Wildcat pass and returned it to the Northwestern 15-yard line. The Golden After dismantling Iowa, Minnesota was still eager to get back on the field. The next opponent was Gophers went on to score a touchdown and earn a hard-fought 21-13 win. Michigan, and the Golden Gophers sought revenge. They had not brought the Little Brown Jug back If there was any concern over the status of Golden Gopher football after the Northwestern game, to Memorial Stadium since 1927. Michigan came into Minneapolis sporting a 1-3 record and as the Bierman’s squad was quick to put it to rest. The Northwestern game was the turning point for game progressed, proved that a vast talent gap existed between the two teams. Minnesota breezed Minnesota. by the Wolverines 34-0 and the Golden Gopher defense continued to impress crowds as they held After Northwestern, the Golden Gophers went on to pound opponents by a total score of 115-20 Michigan scoreless on a mere 56 total yards for the game. In the meantime, the Maroon and Gold and Beise scored five of his seven touchdowns for the season in those four games. The Minnesota running attack never lost a step as five different players scored touchdowns. offense seemed to be back on track, but it was tested one last time against the University of Iowa. The Golden Gophers continued to roll over opponents in the ensuing weeks, beating Indiana The Iowa game held a bit more importance for Minnesota than it had in years past. After the 1934 30-0 and Chicago 35-7. Indiana gained a grand total of zero yards against the smothering Minnesota game in which Minnesota had knocked Iowa’s star running back Ozzie Simmons out of the game, defense, while Chicago was able to manage 82 yards. With four solid games since the Pittsburgh Iowa fans were livid and talks of post game mobs buzzed throughout Iowa City. Governor Clyde scare, Bierman and the Golden Gophers had every right to be confident about their chances of win - Herring expressed the same emotion and said, “If the officials stand for any rough tactics like ning a conference and national championship heading into Wisconsin. Minnesota used last year, I’m sure the crowd won’t.” The Badgers were not a high-scoring team, nor did they allow teams many touchdowns. On this This caused some concern for Minnesotans and Governor Floyd Olson. In attempt to cool tem - day, however, the Golden Gophers flexed their muscle and scored 34 points against a defense that pers on both sides, Olson bet a prize Minnesota hog against a prize Iowa hog as a friendly gesture. had only allowed 50 previously. With the victory over Wisconsin, Minnesota wrapped up its perfect So began the tradition of “Floyd of Rosedale,” with the Golden Gophers winning a clean, hard-fought season and first national championship. game 13-6 and Olson earning himself a prize Iowa hog. Minnesota cruised through the remainder of its schedule, beating Michigan, 40-0, and Wisconsin, 33-7. Once again the Golden Gophers had wrapped up an undefeated season and also a national championship by beating the Badgers. MINNESOTA FOOTBALL 2007 167 GOPHER FOOTBALL GOPHER HISTORY 1936 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1940 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Prior to the 1936 football season, the Minnesota football team had gone 24 games without a loss and After three straight national championships from 1934-36, the University of Minnesota suffered its won back-to-back national titles in both 1934 and 1935. Needless to say, a national championship first losing season under legendary coach Bernie Bierman in 1939 when it finished 3-4-1. The expe - trend had caught on at the U of M, so the goals for 1936 proved to be no different. rience proved a humbling one for the Golden Gophers who were not accustomed to losing and the What was going to be different about the 1936 season was the level of competition that the result was unpredictable. Minnesota rallied from a mediocre season to win its fourth national cham - Maroon and Gold would face. Instead of beating up on smaller schools in non-conference games, pionship in 1940. Head Coach Bernie Bierman added two tough games to the schedule.
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