1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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The 1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1928 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Clarence Spears, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 182 to 36.[1]

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1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Gibson
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
 1927
1929 
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1928 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Illinois $ 4 1 07 1 0
No. 4 Wisconsin 3 1 17 1 1
Minnesota 4 2 06 2 0
No. 6 Iowa 3 2 06 2 0
Ohio State 3 2 05 2 1
Purdue 2 2 15 2 1
Northwestern 2 3 05 3 0
Michigan 2 3 03 4 1
Indiana 2 4 04 4 0
Chicago 0 5 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System
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Guard George Gibson and end Ken Haycraft were named All-Americans by the Associated Press and Look Magazine.[2] Gibson, Haycraft and quarterback Fred Hovde were named All-Big Ten first team.[3]

Total attendance for the season was 146,185, which averaged to 29,237. The season high for attendance was against Chicago.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 6Creighton*W 40–020,000
October 13Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 15–025,000
October 20Chicagodagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 33–758,000
October 27at IowaL 6–730,000
November 3at NorthwesternL 9–1045,000
November 10Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 21–1225,000
November 17Haskell*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 52–020,000
November 24at WisconsinW 6–010,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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