1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team information
American college football season
1946Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference
Big Nine Conference
Record
5–4 (3–4 Big Nine)
Head coach
Bernie Bierman (12th season)
MVP
Billy Bye
Captain
Robert Sandberg
Home stadium
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Big Nine Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 5 Illinois $
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
No. 6 Michigan
5
–
1
–
1
6
–
2
–
1
No. 20 Indiana
4
–
2
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Iowa
3
–
3
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Minnesota
3
–
4
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Ohio State
2
–
3
–
1
4
–
3
–
2
Northwestern
2
–
3
–
1
4
–
4
–
1
Wisconsin
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Purdue
0
–
5
–
1
2
–
6
–
1
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1946 Big Nine Conference football season. In their 12th year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 130 to 114.[1]
Halfback Billy Bye was awarded the team MVP award.[2]
Minnesota was ranked at No. 27 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[3]
Total attendance for the season was 328,003, which averaged to 54,667. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[4]
^"1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
^Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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