1926 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team information
American college football season
1926Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
5–3 (2–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Clarence Spears (2nd season)
Captain
Roger Wheeler
Home stadium
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 3 Michigan +
5
–
0
–
0
7
–
1
–
0
No. 10 Northwestern +
5
–
0
–
0
7
–
1
–
0
No. 8 Ohio State
3
–
1
–
0
7
–
1
–
0
Purdue
2
–
1
–
1
5
–
2
–
1
Wisconsin
3
–
2
–
1
5
–
2
–
1
No. 10 Illinois
2
–
2
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Minnesota
2
–
2
–
0
5
–
3
–
0
Indiana
0
–
4
–
0
3
–
5
–
0
Iowa
0
–
5
–
0
3
–
5
–
0
Chicago
0
–
5
–
0
2
–
6
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System
The 1926 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Clarence Spears, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 269 to 57.[1]
Fullback Herb Joesting was named an All-American by the Associated Press and Look Magazine.[2] Joestring, Tackle Mitchell Gary, guard Harold Hanson and end Roger Wheeler were named All-Big Ten first team.[3]
Total attendance for the season was 156,032, which averaged out to 31,206 per game. The season high for attendance was against rival Michigan.[4]
^"1926 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 179[permanent dead link]
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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