1890 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1890 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 5–1–1 |
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| Captain | Horace R. Robinson |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lake Forest | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baker | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Wesleyan | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doane | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washburn | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1890 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota as an independent in the 1890 college football season. It was the only season under head coach Tom Eck and featured the historic first meeting between Minnesota and Wisconsin, the most-played rivalry at the top level of NCAA college football.[1] The two teams have played each other every year since then except for 1906. That game was canceled by President Theodore Roosevelt who had decided to "cool off heated college football rivalries because of injuries and deaths on the field."[2]: 249 The game was a decisive 63–0 Minnesota win.
Coach Eck started holding signal drills before each game and established a training table. This is considered to be the start of "scientific football" at Minnesota.[2]: 311 He also acted as the team's trainer.
The week before that game, Minnesota took on Grinnell in Minneapolis, the first out-of-state opponent in Minnesota football history. The game was a hard fought 18–13 Minnesota victory.[3]: 18
The Ariel declared this team to be the "champions of the northwest".[3]: 19
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 27 | at Hamline | St. Paul, MN | W 44–0 | |||
| November 3 | at Shattuck | Faribault, MN | W 58–0 | [4] | ||
| November 5 | Minnesotas | T 0–0 | [5] | |||
| November 8 | 3:00 p.m. | Grinnell | Minneapolis, MN | W 18–13 | 300 | [6] |
| November 15 | Wisconsin | Minneapolis, MN (rivalry) | W 63–0 | 800 | [7] | |
| November 19 | Ex-Collegiates |
| L 11–14 | 1,500 | [8] | |
| November 29 | Ex-Collegiates | Minneapolis, MN | W 14–6 | 1,200 | [9] | |
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Roster[edit]
Horace R. Robinson (captain), William C. Leary, George K. Belden, J.A. Harris, S.S. Start, Grant B. Rossman, Eugene L. Patterson, William C. Muir, George C. Sikes, Alf F. Pillsbury, Harry E. White, Charles E. Guthrie, James E. Madigan, David R. Burbank, Everhard P. Harding; Trainer Tom Eck.[3]: 33
References[edit]
- ^ "Official 2006 NCAA Divisions I-A and I-AA Football Records Book" (PDF). pp. 110–111. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2007.
- ^ a b University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics (2004). Jeff Keiser; Shane Sanderfeld (eds.). Minnesota Football 2004 Media Guide. University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Communications.
- ^ a b c The General Alumni Association (1928). Martin Newell (ed.). The History of Minnesota Football. The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota.
- ^ "Won By The University: Shattuck School Defeated on Their Own Ground by a One-Sided Score". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 4, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "It Was A Draw". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 6, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.(The Minnesotas were a team "composed chiefly of veterans from Eastern colleges")
- ^ "The University: After a Hard Tussle the Foot Ball Team Defeats Grinnell". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 9, 1890. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Another Victory: The "U" Football Eleven Wins From the Wisconsin Team". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 16, 1890. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ""Ski-U-Ma" Not In It: The "U" Football Team Defeated by the Ex-Collegiates". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 20, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ""U" Boys on Top". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 30, 1890. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.