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The 1893 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the
University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
in the
1893 college football season The 1893 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1893–94 academic year. The 1893 Princeton Tigers football team, led by captain Thomas Trenchard, compi ...
. It was the only season under head coach
Wallace Winter Wallace Charles Winter Sr. (August 8, 1872 – May 10, 1947) was an American college football player and coach. He played tackle at Yale University from 1890 to 1892 and was selected to the 1891 College Football All-America Team. After graduati ...
and it featured the second season of the
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest was a college athletic conference from 1892 to 1893 in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Four universities were members: the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, N ...
. Minnesota plowed undefeated through its schedule to set up an end-of-season matchup with
Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
for the league title. The game was a rout and the teams agreed to stop the game early after Minnesota took a 40–0 lead. Due to financial difficulties, the league disbanded after the 1893 season.


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Game summaries


Wisconsin

On November 11, 1893, Minnesota finished its season with a 40 to 0 victory over Wisconsin in Minneapolis. Left halfback Pillsbury scored four touchdowns, and right halfback Adams scored three.


Roster

* ''Center'', James E. Madigan (captain) * ''Guards'', Everhart P. Harding (right guard); Augustus T. Larson (left guard) * ''Tackles'', Constant Larson (left tackle); William C. Muir (right tackle) * ''Ends'', Edgar C. Bisbee (right end); William F. Dalrymple (left end) * ''Quarterback'', Charles H. Van Campen * ''Halfbacks'', Walter N. Southworth (right half); George K. Belden (left half) * ''Fullback'', Henry C. Cutler * ''Substitutes'', Charles Adams, Ralph K. Keene, George A. Finlayson, Mason W. Spicer, W. Oakley Stout, Willis J. Walker, J. LeMoyne Danner Jr. * ''Coach'',
Wallie Winter Wallace Charles Winter Sr. (August 8, 1872 – May 10, 1947) was an American college football player and coach. He played tackle at Yale University from 1890 to 1892 and was selected to the 1891 College Football All-America Team. After graduati ...
.


References

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