In week 5, Minnesota met Michigan in the annual Little Brown Jug game. The game was matched No. 1 Michigan against No. 13 Minnesota. Michigan won the game, 27–14. Despite being held to 22 rushing yards, Michigan gained 261 yards on forward passes. At the start of the second quarter, Gene Derricotte fumbled a punt on Michigan's 15-yard line, recovered the ball, ran backward to the two-yard line, and fumbled again. All-American Leo Nomellini recovered the ball and carried it into the end zone to give Minnesota a 7–0 lead. Michigan drove to the Minnesota one-yard line on the next drive, but Tom Peterson fumbled and Minnesota recovered the ball at the 16-yard line. Two drives later, Michigan finally converted on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Wally Teninga to Tom Peterson. Less than 90 seconds after Peterson's tying touchdown, Michigan took the lead when Ed McNeill blocked a Minnesota punt, and Quentin Sickels recovered the ball at the one-yard line. Peterson ran it in for his second touchdown. Minnesota drove to Michigan's one-yard line at the end of the second quarter, but the clock expired and Michigan led 13–7 at halftime.
Minnesota took a 14–13 lead in the third quarter on a 69-yard drive capped by a touchdown run by Everett Faunce. On the next possession, Michigan drove 77 yards and took a 20–14 lead on a 37-yard touchdown pass to Dick Rifenburg, who fumbled at the five-yard line, but the ball and continued into the endzone. In the fourth quarter, Wally Teninga intercepted a Bill Elliott pass on Michigan's 11-yard line and returned the ball 26 yards. Chuck Ortman connected with Leo Koceski on a jump pass that covered 62 yards (the last 50 by Koceski after the reception) to give Michigan its fourth touchdown. After watching Michigan's dominating performances over the best teams in the Big Nine Conference, Walter W. Ruch wrote in The New York Times that there could not be much doubt that "Oosterbaan has fashioned perhaps the finest team in the country."[7][8]
Referencesedit
^"1948 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^Irving Vaughan (November 21, 1948). "Minnesota Wins, 16-0: Badgers No Match for Foes' Power". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^Walter W. Ruch (October 24, 1948). "Michigan Conquers Minnesota by 27-14: 65,130 Watch Wolverines Come From Behind Twice to Gain 19th Victory in a Row". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
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The 1948 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1948 Big Nine Conference football season In their 14th year under head coach Bernie Bierman the Golden Gophers compiled a 7 2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 203 to 94 1 1948 Minnesota Golden Gophers footballConferenceBig Nine ConferenceRankingAPNo 16Record7 2 5 2 Big Nine Head coachBernie Bierman 14th season MVPEv FaunceCaptainWarren BesonHome stadiumMemorial StadiumSeasons 19471949 1948 Big Nine Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L T W L T No 1 Michigan 6 0 0 9 0 0 No 7 Northwestern 5 1 0 8 2 0 No 16 Minnesota 5 2 0 7 2 0 Ohio State 3 3 0 6 3 0 Iowa 2 4 0 4 5 0 Purdue 2 4 0 3 6 0 Indiana 2 4 0 2 7 0 Illinois 2 5 0 3 6 0 Wisconsin 1 5 0 2 7 0 Conference championRankings from AP Poll Guard Leo Nomellini was named All American by Walter Camp Football Foundation Associated Press AP Collier s Weekly Grantland Rice The Sporting News INS Look Magazine Football Writers Association of America and the American Football Coaches Association 2 Nomellini and end Bud Grant were also named All Big Ten 3 Halfback Ev Faunce was awarded the Team MVP Award 4 Total attendance for the season was 308 556 which averaged to 61 711 The season high for attendance was against Purdue 5 Contents 1 Schedule 2 Rankings 3 Game summaries 3 1 Michigan 4 ReferencesSchedule editDateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSourceSeptember 25at Washington Husky StadiumSeattle WAW 20 040 000 October 2Nebraska Memorial StadiumMinneapolis MN rivalry W 39 1357 206 October 9at No 3 NorthwesternNo 8Dyche StadiumEvanston ILL 16 1947 000 October 16IllinoisNo 11Memorial StadiumMinneapolis MNW 6 062 066 October 23No 1 MichiganNo 13Memorial StadiumMinneapolis MN Little Brown Jug L 14 2765 130 October 30Indiana nbsp No 15Memorial StadiumMinneapolis MNW 30 764 926 November 6PurdueNo 19Memorial StadiumMinneapolis MNW 34 766 953 November 13at IowaNo 14Iowa StadiumIowa City IA rivalry W 28 2144 000 November 20at WisconsinNo 15Camp Randall StadiumMadison WI rivalry W 16 045 000 6 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameRankings editSee also 1948 NCAA football rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in rankingWeekPoll12345678FinalAP81113151914151316Game summaries editMichigan edit Week 5 Michigan at Minnesota 1 234Total Michigan 4 0 0 1377 27Minnesota 3 1 0 770 14 Date October 23 1948Location Memorial Stadium MinneapolisGame attendance 65 130 In week 5 Minnesota met Michigan in the annual Little Brown Jug game The game was matched No 1 Michigan against No 13 Minnesota Michigan won the game 27 14 Despite being held to 22 rushing yards Michigan gained 261 yards on forward passes At the start of the second quarter Gene Derricotte fumbled a punt on Michigan s 15 yard line recovered the ball ran backward to the two yard line and fumbled again All American Leo Nomellini recovered the ball and carried it into the end zone to give Minnesota a 7 0 lead Michigan drove to the Minnesota one yard line on the next drive but Tom Peterson fumbled and Minnesota recovered the ball at the 16 yard line Two drives later Michigan finally converted on a seven yard touchdown pass from Wally Teninga to Tom Peterson Less than 90 seconds after Peterson s tying touchdown Michigan took the lead when Ed McNeill blocked a Minnesota punt and Quentin Sickels recovered the ball at the one yard line Peterson ran it in for his second touchdown Minnesota drove to Michigan s one yard line at the end of the second quarter but the clock expired and Michigan led 13 7 at halftime Minnesota took a 14 13 lead in the third quarter on a 69 yard drive capped by a touchdown run by Everett Faunce On the next possession Michigan drove 77 yards and took a 20 14 lead on a 37 yard touchdown pass to Dick Rifenburg who fumbled at the five yard line but the ball and continued into the endzone In the fourth quarter Wally Teninga intercepted a Bill Elliott pass on Michigan s 11 yard line and returned the ball 26 yards Chuck Ortman connected with Leo Koceski on a jump pass that covered 62 yards the last 50 by Koceski after the reception to give Michigan its fourth touchdown After watching Michigan s dominating performances over the best teams in the Big Nine Conference Walter W Ruch wrote in The New York Times that there could not be much doubt that Oosterbaan has fashioned perhaps the finest team in the country 7 8 References edit 1948 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results SR College Football Sports Reference LLC Retrieved November 1 2017 Keiser Jeff 2007 2007 Media Guide PDF p 179 permanent dead link Keiser Jeff 2007 2007 Media Guide PDF p 180 permanent dead link Keiser Jeff 2007 2007 Media Guide PDF p 181 permanent dead link Keiser Jeff 2007 2007 Media Guide PDF p 160 permanent dead link Irving Vaughan November 21 1948 Minnesota Wins 16 0 Badgers No Match for Foes Power Chicago Tribune p 2 1 via Newspapers com nbsp Walter W Ruch October 24 1948 Michigan Conquers Minnesota by 27 14 65 130 Watch Wolverines Come From Behind Twice to Gain 19th Victory in a Row The New York Times Retrieved January 10 2012 1949 Michiganensian game summary p 108 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team amp oldid 1188008027, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
