1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
National champion (Billingsley) Western Conference co-champion
Conference	Western Conference (NCAA)
1915 record	6-0-1 (3-0-1 Western)
Head coach	Henry L. Williams (16th year)
Home stadium	Northrop Field

1915 Big 9 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Minnesota +	3	–	0	–	1	6	–	0	–	1
Illinois +	3	–	0	–	2	5	–	0	–	2
Chicago	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	1	–	1	5	–	1	–	1
Purdue	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Iowa	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Indiana	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	3	–	1
Northwestern	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	5	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1915 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6-0-1 record (3-0-1 against Western Conference opponents), tied for the conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 191 to 35.^[1] The only setback was a tie with Illinois with whom the Gophers shared the conference championshp. The team was retroactively selected as the national champion for 1915 by the Billingsley Report.^[2]

End Bert Baston, fullback Bernie Bierman and guard Merton Dunningan were named All-Americans by the Associated Press.^[3] Baston was also named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Look Magazine.^[3] Baston, Bierman and Dunnigan were named All-Big Ten first team.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/02/1915	North Dakota*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 41-0
10/09/1915	Iowa State*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 34-6
10/16/1915	South Dakota*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 19-0
10/23/1915	Iowa	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 51-13
10/30/1915	at Illinois	Champaign, IL	T 6-6
11/13/1915	Chicago	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 20-7
11/20/1915	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 20-3
*Non-conference game.

References

↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse (David DeLassus). Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
1 2 Keiser, Jeff (2007). "2007 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 179.
↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007). "2007 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 180.

Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Venues	Athletic Park (1892–98) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–98) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–81) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) TCF Bank Stadium (2009–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale) Michigan (Little Brown Jug) Nebraska (Bits of Wooden 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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