1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1946 record	5-4 (3-4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bernie Bierman (12th year)
MVP	Billy Bye
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1946 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 Illinois $	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#6 Michigan	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
#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 college 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]

Total attendance for the season was 328,003, which averaged to 54,667. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
09/28/1946	Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 33-6	51,096
10/05/1946	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 0-21	53,648
10/12/1946	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 7-14	40,000
10/19/1946	Wyoming*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 46-0	46,087
10/26/1946	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 9-39	76,611
11/02/1946	No. 13 Michigan	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 0-21	58,476
11/09/1946	Purdue	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 13-7	58,341
11/16/1946	Iowa	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 16-6	59,180
11/23/1946	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 6-0	45,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

Game notes

Michigan

Week 6: Michigan at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	0	7	7	7	21
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 2, 1946
Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Game attendance: 58,575^[4]
Referee: William Blake (Loras)

On November 2, 1946, Minnesota lost to by a score of 21 to 0. In the second quarter, Michigan relied on the passing game in its first touchdown drive, as Bob Chappuis completed a pass for 43 yards to Elmer Madar and Bump Elliott then ran two yards for the touchdown on a fourth-down play. Elliott scored again in the third quarter on a 10-yard run. In the fourth quarter, Gene Derricotte threw a pass to Bob Mann that was good for 42 yards and a touchdown. Jim Brieske kicked all three points after touchdown. Michigan gained 183 rushing yards and 174 passing yards, while holding Minnesota to 130 rushing yards and 40 passing yards.^[4]

References

↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
1 2 Wilfrid Smith (November 3, 1946). "Wolverines Top Gophers, 21-0; Take 2d". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.

Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) TCF Bank Stadium (2009–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale) Michigan (Little Brown Jug) Nebraska ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Penn State (Governor's Victory Bell) Wisconsin (Slab of Bacon, 1930–43; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present)

Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Marching band Minnesota shift T formation

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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