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1943 Minnesota

5–⁠4 (2–⁠3 Western Conference), coached by George Hauser.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1943, game by game: won vs. Missouri 26–13; won vs. Nebraska 54–0; won vs. Camp Grant 13–7; lost at No. 10 Michigan 6–49; lost at No. 15 Northwestern 6–42; lost vs. No. 2 Purdue 7–14; won vs. Iowa 33–14; won vs. Wisconsin 25–13; lost vs. No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight 0–32+54−43Won 26–13 vs. Missouri+13MissouriWon 54–0 vs. Nebraska+54NebraskaWon 13–7 vs. Camp Grant+6Camp GrantLost 6–49 at No. 10 Michigan-43No. 10 MichiganLost 6–42 at No. 15 Northwestern-36No. 15 NorthwesternLost 7–14 vs. No. 2 Purdue-7No. 2 PurdueWon 33–14 vs. Iowa+19IowaWon 25–13 vs. Wisconsin+12WisconsinLost 0–32 vs. No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight-32No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsMissouriW 26–⁠1357%
Oct 2vsNebraskaW 54–⁠079%
Oct 16vsCamp GrantW 13–⁠791%
Oct 23at10MichiganL 6–⁠4943%
Oct 30at15NorthwesternL 6–⁠4250%
Nov 6vs2PurdueL 7–⁠1452%
Nov 13vsIowaW 33–⁠1474%
Nov 20vsWisconsinW 25–⁠1379%
Nov 27vs2Iowa Pre-FlightL 0–⁠3238%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa Pre-Flight 32–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 3: 11

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 1943.

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠3 5th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
170–⁠184
Coach
George Hauser
Elo
1528 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.0 No. 26 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Clifford Anderson and Paul Mitchell
Most valuable player
Paul Mitchell

Drafted in 1944

The 1944 draft
Rd 2Paul Mitchell OTChicago Cardinals
Rd 4Rudy Sikich OTBrooklyn Tigers
Rd 6Bill Garnaas BChicago Cardinals
Rd 7Bob Graiziger OGBrooklyn Tigers
Rd 7Vic Kulbitski BPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 7Herm Frickey BNew York Giants

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1943 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Purdue6–⁠09–⁠05
Michigan6–⁠08–⁠13
Northwestern5–⁠16–⁠29
Indiana2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Minnesota2–⁠35–⁠4
Illinois2–⁠43–⁠7
Ohio State1–⁠43–⁠6
Wisconsin1–⁠61–⁠9
Iowa0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1

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