1890 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1890 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Independent
1890 record	5–1–1
Head coach	Tom Eck
Captain	Horace R. Robinson

The 1890 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1890 college football season. It was the only season under head coach Tom Eck and featured the historic first meeting between Minnesota and Wisconsin, the most-played rivalry at the top level of NCAA college football.^[1] The two teams have played each other every year since then except for 1906. That game was canceled by President Theodore Roosevelt who had decided to "cool off heated college football rivalries because of injuries and deaths on the field."^[2]^:249 The game was a decisive 63-0 Minnesota win.

Coach Eck started holding signal drills before each game and established a training table. This is considered to be the start of "scientific football" at Minnesota.^[2]^:311 He also acted as the team's trainer.

The week before that game, Minnesota took on Grinnell in Minneapolis, the first out-of-state opponent in Minnesota football history. The game was a hard fought 18-13 Minnesota victory.^[3]^:18

The Ariel declared this team to be the "champions of the northwest".^[3]^:19

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/27/1890	at Hamline	St. Paul, MN	W 44–0
11/03/1890	at Shattuck	Faribault, MN	W 58–0
11/05/1890	Ex-Collegiates	Minneapolis, MN	T 0–0
11/08/1890	Grinnell	Minneapolis, MN	W 18–13
11/15/1890	Wisconsin	Minneapolis, MN	W 63–0
11/19/1890	Ex-Collegiates	Minneapolis, MN	L 11–14
11/29/1890	Ex-Collegiates	Minneapolis, MN	W 14–6

Roster

Horace R. Robinson (captain), William C. Leary, George K. Belden, J.A. Harris, S.S. Start, Grant B. Rossman, Eugene L. Patterson, William C. Muir, George C. Sikes, Alf F. Pillsbury, Harry E. White, Charles E. Guthrie, James E. Madigan, David R. Burbank, Everhard P. Harding; Trainer Tom Eck.^[3]^:33

References

↑ "Official 2006 NCAA Divisions I-A and I-AA Football Records Book" (PDF). pp. 110–111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
1 2 University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics (2004). Jeff Keiser; Shane Sanderfeld, eds. Minnesota Football 2004 Media Guide. University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Communications.
1 2 3 The General Alumni Association (1928). Martin Newell, ed. The History of Minnesota Football. The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota.

Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) TCF Bank Stadium (2009–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale) Michigan (Little Brown Jug) Nebraska ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Penn State (Governor's Victory Bell) Wisconsin (Slab of Bacon, 1930–43; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present)

Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Marching band Minnesota shift T formation

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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