The 1892 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the

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in the

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. After the departure of

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, head coach in 1891, the

team played for one season without a coach. This year, an organization was formed called the

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by representatives of

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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

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

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. 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 Presss account of the game reported that Michigan was "badly outclassed at center and could not withstand Minnesota's rush."(The Detroit Free Press reported the game's final score as 16–6, the difference in the accounts being the goal after touchdown on Minnesota's final touchdown in the second half.) At the end of a 45-minute first half, Minnesota led 10-0. Michigan's only touchdown came on a long run by

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in the second half. Jewett and Ralph Hayes were also praised for making "great tackles."

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