1893 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1893
| team = Minnesota Golden Gophers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest
| short_conf = IAANW
| record = 6–0
| conf_record = 3–0
| head_coach = Wallace Winter
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = James E. Madigan
| stadium =
| champion = IAANW champion
}}
{{1893 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest football standings}}
The 1893 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1893 college football season. It was the only season under head coach Wallace Winter and it featured the second season of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest. Minnesota plowed undefeated through its schedule to set up an end-of-season matchup with Wisconsin for the league title. The game was a rout and the teams agreed to stop the game early after Minnesota took a 40–0 lead. Due to financial difficulties, the league disbanded after the 1893 season.{{rp|23}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| time = 3:15 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Kansas
| site_stadium = Minneapolis ball park grounds
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 12–6
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Will Be A Hot Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-saint-paul-globe/132917639/ |newspaper=The Saint Paul Daily Globe |location=Saint Paul, Minnesota |date=October 14, 1893 |page=3 |access-date=October 4, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Victory |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune/132917328/ |newspaper=The Sunday Tribune |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |date=October 15, 1893 |page=5 |access-date=October 4, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Now Ski-u-mah! Hurrah! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-saint-paul-globe/132917718/ |newspaper=The Saint Paul Daily Globe |location=Saint Paul, Minnesota |date=October 15, 1893 |page=8 |access-date=October 4, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1893|team=Grinnell Pioneers|title=Grinnell}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 36–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1893|team=Hamline Pipers|title=Hamline}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = St. Paul, MN
| score = 10–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 34–20
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 16–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 40–0
}}
}}
Game summaries
=Wisconsin=
On November 11, 1893, Minnesota finished its season with a 40 to 0 victory over Wisconsin in Minneapolis. Left halfback Pillsbury scored four touchdowns, and right halfback Adams scored three.{{cite news|title=Minnesota Is Again Champion: Wisconsin Unable to Do Anything Against Cracks|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 12, 1893|page=7|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1893/11/12/page/7/article/purdue-beaten-by-ann-arbor}}
Roster
- Center, James E. Madigan (captain)
- Guards, Everhart P. Harding (right guard); Augustus T. Larson (left guard)
- Tackles, Constant Larson (left tackle); William C. Muir (right tackle)
- Ends, Edgar C. Bisbee (right end); William F. Dalrymple (left end)
- Quarterback, Charles H. Van Campen
- Halfbacks, Walter N. Southworth (right half); George K. Belden (left half)
- Fullback, Henry C. Cutler
- Substitutes, Charles Adams, Ralph K. Keene, George A. Finlayson, Mason W. Spicer, W. Oakley Stout, Willis J. Walker, J. LeMoyne Danner Jr.
- Coach, Wallie Winter.{{cite book | last = The General Alumni Association |editor=Martin Newell | title = The History of Minnesota Football | publisher = The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota | year = 1928 }}{{rp|40}}
References
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