- Minnesota Golden Gophers football under George Hauser
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers were coached by George Hauser for three seasons from 1942 to 1944.[1] In those three seasons, the Gophers won 15 games, lost 11 and tied one.[1] In the Big Ten, they won eight games, lost eight and tied one.[2] Three players were awarded All-American status under Hauser.[3] Two players were named All-Big Ten first team under Hauser.[4]
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1942
1942 Minnesota Golden Gophers football Conference Big Ten Conference Ranking AP #19 1942 record 5-4 (3-3 Big Ten) Head coach George Hauser Home stadium Memorial Stadium Seasons « 1941 1943 » 1942 Big Ten football standings Conf Overall Team W L T W L T #1 Ohio State † 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 #3 Wisconsin 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 1 #9 Michigan 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Illinois 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 #19 Minnesota 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Indiana 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Purdue 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 Northwestern 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 † – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1942 season was the Golden Gophers' first under head coach George Hauser.[2] The Golden Gophers won five games and lost four.[2] Total attendance for the season was 231,307, which averaged to 38,551.[5] The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[5]Tackle Dick Wildung was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Stern, Collier's/Grantland Rice, Look Magazine.[3] Wildung was also named All-Big Ten first team.[4]
Dick Wildung was awarded the Team MVP Award.[6]
The Gophers hosted the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight school at the University of Iowa. The Pre-Flight team was coached by Bernie Bierman,[7] who had coached the Golden Gophers to five national titles between 1934 and 1941, and resumed coaching the Golden Gophers in 1945.[1]
Schedule
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance 09/26/1942 Pittsburgh* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 50-7 22,000 10/03/1942 Iowa Seahawks* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 6-7 37,500 10/10/1942 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 13-20 24,276 10/17/1942 at #14 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE W 15-2 25,000 10/24/1942 #4 Michigan #13 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 16-14 55,000 10/31/1942 Northwestern #10 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 19-7 37,000 11/07/1942 Indiana #7 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 0-7 32,000 11/14/1942 Iowa #16 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 27-7 33,000 11/21/1942 #7 Wisconsin #10 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 6-20 46,000 *Non-conference game. 
Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.1943
1943 Minnesota Golden Gophers football Conference Big Ten Conference 1943 record 5-4 (2-3 Big Ten) Head coach George Hauser Home stadium Memorial Stadium Seasons « 1942 1944 » 1943 Big Ten football standings Conf Overall Team W L T W L T #5 Purdue § 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0 #3 Michigan § 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 #9 Northwestern 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Indiana 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 2 Minnesota 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Ohio State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Wisconsin 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 Iowa 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1 § – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1943 season was the Golden Gophers' second under head coach George Hauser.[2] The Golden Gophers won five games and lost four.[2] Total attendance for the season was 182,779, which averaged to 26,111.[5] The season high for attendance was against Purdue.[5]Fullback Bill Daley and end Herb Hein were named All-Americans by the Associated Press. Daley was also named an All-American by Collier's/Grantland Rice.[3] Tackle Paul Mitchell was named All-Big Ten first team.[4]
Paul Mitchell was awarded the Team MVP Award.[6]
Schedule
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance 09/25/1943 Missouri* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 26-13 30,000 10/02/1943 Nebraska* #9 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 54-0 34,000 10/16/1943 Camp Grant* #13 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 13-7 35,000 10/23/1943 at #10 Michigan #11 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 6-49 45,000 10/30/1943 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 6-42 32,000 11/06/1943 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 7-14 43,000 10/13/1943 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 33-14 20,000 11/20/1943 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 25-13 20,000 11/27/1943 Iowa Seahawks* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 0-32 18,261 *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.1944
1944 Minnesota Golden Gophers football Conference Big Ten Conference 1944 record 5-3-1 (3-2-1 Big Ten) Head coach George Hauser Home stadium Memorial Stadium Seasons « 1943 1945 » 1944 Big Ten football standings Conf Overall Team W L T W L T #2 Ohio State † 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0 #8 Michigan 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Purdue 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Minnesota 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1 Indiana 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 #15 Illinois 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1 Wisconsin 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Northwestern 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 7 – 1 Iowa 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 † – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1944 season was the Golden Gophers' third and final under head coach George Hauser.[2] The Golden Gophers won four games, lost four and tied one.[2] Total attendance for the season was 179,979, which averaged to 29,997.[5] The season high for attendance was against Northwestern.[5]No players were awarded any major awards, All-American status or All-Big Ten status.[3][4][8]
Back John Lundquist was awarded the Team MVP Award.[6]
Schedule
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance 09/23/1944 Iowa Seahawks* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 13-19 31,687 09/30/1944 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 39-0 21,876 10/07/1944 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 13-28 37,256 10/14/1944 Missouri* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 39-27 24,207 10/28/1944 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 14-34 43,563 11/04/1944 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN T 14-14 46,482 10/11/1944 Indiana Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 19-14 30,254 11/18/1944 at Iowa Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 46-0 11,200 11/25/1944 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 28-26 30,000 *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.References
- ^ a b c Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide, pp. 195, http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400
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- ^ a b c d Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide, pp. 179, http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400
- ^ a b c d Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide, pp. 180, http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400
- ^ a b c d e f Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide, pp. 160, http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400
- ^ a b c Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide, pp. 181, http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400
- ^ Scott, John (1997), 1942 Iowa Seahawks, College Football Historical Society, pp. 13, http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv11/CFHSNv11n1g.pdf
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