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1892 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1892
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
sport	football
conference	Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest
short_conf	IAANW
record	5–0
conf_record	3–0
head_coach	None
captain	William C. Leary
champion	IAANW champion

The 1892 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1892 college football season. After the departure of Tom Eck, head coach in 1891, the University of Minnesota team played for one season without a coach. This year, an organization was formed called the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest by representatives of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Northwestern. Minnesota went undefeated this season, including wins over all three other members of the league, so they won the first league championship.

The game against Michigan was Minnesota's first game in the historic rivalry that would spawn the most famous of all rivalry trophies, the Little Brown Jug. The game against Northwestern was also the first meeting with that school.

Schedule

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Roster

Center, James E. Madigan
Guards, Everhard P. Harding (right guard); Augustus T. Larson (left guard)
Tackles George C. Sikes (right tackle); Constant Larson (left tackle)
Ends Edgar C. Bisbee (right end); William F. Dalrymple (left end)
Quarterback, Alfred F. Pillsbury
Halfbacks, William C. Leary (captain and right halfback); Eugene L. Patterson (left halfback)
Fullback, Russell H. Folwell
Substitutes, David R. Burbank, Harry E. White, Fred W. Foote, John E. LeCrone, William C. Muir.

Game summaries

Michigan

October 17, 1892, Minnesota faced Michigan in Minneapolis. The game was the first of more than 90 meetings in the Little Brown Jug rivalry. Minnesota won the game, 14–6. The game was played on a Monday afternoon during a hard rain that made the field wet and muddy. The ''Detroit Free Press'''s account of the game reported that Michigan was "badly outclassed at center and could not withstand Minnesota's rush." At the end of a 45-minute first half, Minnesota led 10-0. Michigan's only touchdown came on a long run by George Jewett in the second half. Jewett and Ralph Hayes were also praised for making "great tackles."

References

The General Alumni Association. (1928). "The History of Minnesota Football". The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota.
. (October 30, 1892). ["Ski-u-mah"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune/158381132/). *[[Star Tribune*.
. (November 9, 1892). ["Minnesota Wins"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/minneapolis-daily-times/137622441/). *[[Star Tribune*.
(October 18, 1892). "Foot Ball: Michigan Beaten by Minnesota". Detroit Free Press.

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