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1937 Minnesota

6–⁠2 (5–⁠0 Western Conference), coached by Bernie Bierman, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1937, game by game: won vs. North Dakota State 69–7; lost at Nebraska 9–14; won vs. Indiana 6–0; won at Michigan 39–6; lost vs. Notre Dame 6–7; won at Iowa 35–10; won vs. Northwestern 7–0; won vs. Wisconsin 13–6+62−5Won 69–7 vs. North Dakota State+62North Dakota St…Lost 9–14 at Nebraska-5NebraskaWon 6–0 vs. Indiana+6IndianaWon 39–6 at Michigan+33MichiganLost 6–7 vs. Notre Dame-1Notre DameWon 35–10 at Iowa+25IowaWon 7–0 vs. Northwestern+7NorthwesternWon 13–6 vs. Wisconsin+7Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsNorth Dakota StateW 69–⁠796%
Oct 2atNebraskaL 9–⁠1448%
Oct 9vsIndianaW 6–⁠070%
Oct 16atMichiganW 39–⁠673%
Oct 30vsNotre DameL 6–⁠765%
Nov 6atIowaW 35–⁠1071%
Nov 13vsNorthwesternW 7–⁠070%
Nov 20vsWisconsinW 13–⁠682%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wisconsin 13–⁠6; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Western Conference champions.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 6: 5
  7. Final: 5

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 1937.

Western Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
6–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Western Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 4
Points
184–⁠50
Coach
Bernie Bierman
Elo
1691 +41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.3 No. 18 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ray King
Most valuable player
Rudy Gmitro
Offense
Single-wing

Drafted in 1938

The 1938 draft
Rd 5Lou Midler OTPittsburgh Pirates
Rd 6Andy Uram BGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7Ray King EPittsburgh Pirates

All-Big Ten

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Minnesota5–⁠06–⁠25
Ohio State5–⁠16–⁠213
Indiana3–⁠25–⁠3
Northwestern3–⁠34–⁠4
Michigan3–⁠34–⁠4
Wisconsin2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Purdue2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois2–⁠33–⁠3–⁠2
Chicago0–⁠41–⁠6
Iowa0–⁠51–⁠7

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