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1930 Minnesota

3–⁠4–⁠1 (1–⁠3 Western Conference), coached by Fritz Crisler.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1930, game by game: won vs. South Dakota State 48–0; lost vs. Vanderbilt 7–33; tied vs. Stanford 0–0; won vs. Indiana 6–0; lost vs. Northwestern 6–27; won vs. South Dakota 59–0; lost at Michigan 0–7; lost at Wisconsin 0–14+59−26Won 48–0 vs. South Dakota State+48South Dakota St…Lost 7–33 vs. Vanderbilt-26VanderbiltTied 0–0 vs. Stanford0StanfordWon 6–0 vs. Indiana+6IndianaLost 6–27 vs. Northwestern-21NorthwesternWon 59–0 vs. South Dakota+59South DakotaLost 0–7 at Michigan-7MichiganLost 0–14 at Wisconsin-14Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsSouth Dakota StateW 48–⁠096%
Oct 4vsVanderbiltL 7–⁠3355%
Oct 11vsStanfordT 0–⁠052%
Oct 18vsIndianaW 6–⁠077%
Nov 1vsNorthwesternL 6–⁠2750%
Nov 8vsSouth DakotaW 59–⁠095%
Nov 15atMichiganL 0–⁠737%
Nov 22atWisconsinL 0–⁠1438%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 14–⁠0; tied for 6th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Photographs from 1930

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1930.

Record
3–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠3 tied for 6th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
126–⁠81
Coach
Fritz Crisler
Elo
1506 −88 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.9 No. 41 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Win Brockmeyer
Most valuable player
Biggie Munn

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jack MandersFBUP-2; Coaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1930 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan5–⁠08–⁠0–⁠1
Northwestern5–⁠07–⁠1
Purdue4–⁠26–⁠2
Wisconsin2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Ohio State2–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠33–⁠4–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠32–⁠5–⁠1
Illinois1–⁠43–⁠5
Iowa0–⁠14–⁠4
Chicago0–⁠42–⁠5–⁠2

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.