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1948Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Nine Conference
Ranking
APNo. 16
Record7–2 (5–2 Big Nine)
Head coach
MVPEv Faunce
CaptainWarren Beson
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
←1947
1949→
1948 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
No.1Michigan$ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
No.7Northwestern 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No.16Minnesota 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ohio State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Purdue 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Indiana 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Illinois 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings fromAP Poll

The1948 Minnesota Golden Gophers football teamrepresented theUniversity of Minnesotain the1948 Big Nine Conference football season.In their 14th year under head coachBernie Bierman,the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 203 to 94.[1]

GuardLeo Nomelliniwas named All-American byWalter Camp Football Foundation,Associated Press(AP),Collier's Weekly/Grantland Rice,The Sporting News,INS,Look Magazine,Football Writers Association of Americaand theAmerican Football Coaches Association.[2]Nomellini and endBud Grantwere also named All-Big Ten.[3]

HalfbackEv Fauncewas awarded the Team MVP Award.[4]

Total attendance for the season was 308,556, which averaged to 61,711. The season high for attendance was againstPurdue.[5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25atWashington*
W20–040,000
October 2Nebraska*
W39–1357,206
October 9at No. 3NorthwesternNo. 8
L16–1947,000
October 16IllinoisNo. 11
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W6–062,066
October 23No. 1MichiganNo. 13
L14–2765,130
October 30IndianadaggerNo. 15
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W30–764,926
November 6PurdueNo. 19
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W34–766,953
November 13atIowaNo. 14
W28–2144,000
November 20atWisconsinNo. 15
W16–045,000[6]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings fromAP Pollreleased prior to the game

Rankings

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See also:1948 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend:██Increase in ranking██Decrease in ranking
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP81113151914151316

Game summaries

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Michigan

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Week 5: Michigan at Minnesota
1 234Total
•Michigan(4–0) 0 1377 27
Minnesota (3–1) 0 770 14

In week 5, Minnesota met Michigan in the annualLittle Brown Juggame. The game was matched No. 1 Michigan against No. 13Minnesota.Michigan won the game, 27–14. Despite being held to 22 rushing yards, Michigan gained 261 yards on forward passes. At the start of the second quarter,Gene Derricottefumbled a punt on Michigan's 15-yard line, recovered the ball, ran backward to the two-yard line, and fumbled again. All-AmericanLeo Nomellinirecovered the ball and carried it into the end zone to give Minnesota a 7–0 lead. Michigan drove to the Minnesota one-yard line on the next drive, but Tom Peterson fumbled and Minnesota recovered the ball at the 16-yard line. Two drives later, Michigan finally converted on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Wally Teninga to Tom Peterson. Less than 90 seconds after Peterson's tying touchdown, Michigan took the lead when Ed McNeill blocked a Minnesota punt, and Quentin Sickels recovered the ball at the one-yard line. Peterson ran it in for his second touchdown. Minnesota drove to Michigan's one-yard line at the end of the second quarter, but the clock expired and Michigan led 13–7 at halftime.

Minnesota took a 14–13 lead in the third quarter on a 69-yard drive capped by a touchdown run by Everett Faunce. On the next possession, Michigan drove 77 yards and took a 20–14 lead on a 37-yard touchdown pass to Dick Rifenburg, who fumbled at the five-yard line, but the ball and continued into the endzone. In the fourth quarter, Wally Teninga intercepted a Bill Elliott pass on Michigan's 11-yard line and returned the ball 26 yards. Chuck Ortman connected with Leo Koceski on a jump pass that covered 62 yards (the last 50 by Koceski after the reception) to give Michigan its fourth touchdown. After watching Michigan's dominating performances over the best teams in the Big Nine Conference, Walter W. Ruch wrote inThe New York Timesthat there could not be much doubt that "Oosterbaan has fashioned perhaps the finest team in the country."[7][8]

References

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  1. ^"1948 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results".SR/College Football.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedNovember 1,2017.
  2. ^Keiser, Jeff (2007),2007 Media Guide(PDF),p. 179[permanent dead link]
  3. ^Keiser, Jeff (2007),2007 Media Guide(PDF),p. 180[permanent dead link]
  4. ^Keiser, Jeff (2007),2007 Media Guide(PDF),p. 181[permanent dead link]
  5. ^Keiser, Jeff (2007),2007 Media Guide(PDF),p. 160[permanent dead link]
  6. ^Irving Vaughan (November 21, 1948)."Minnesota Wins, 16-0: Badgers No Match for Foes' Power".Chicago Tribune.p. 2-1 – viaNewspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ^Walter W. Ruch (October 24, 1948)."Michigan Conquers Minnesota by 27-14: 65,130 Watch Wolverines Come From Behind Twice to Gain 19th Victory in a Row".The New York Times.RetrievedJanuary 10,2012.
  8. ^1949 Michiganensian game summary, p. 108.
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