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{{Infobox college sports team season<br />
| year = 1891<br />
| team = Minnesota Golden Gophers<br />
| sport = football<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = <br />
| conference = Independent<br />
| record = 3–1–1<br />
| head_coach = [[Edward Moulton]]<br />
| hc_year = 1st<br />
| captain = [[William C. Leary]]<br />
| stadium = <br />
}}<br />
{{1891 Midwestern college football independents records}}<br />
The '''1891 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team''' represented the [[University of Minnesota]] as an independent in the [[1891 college football season]]. It was the only season under head coach [[Edward Moulton]] and it saw Minnesota's first out-of-state trip with a pair of games in Iowa. The first of these games was against [[1891 Iowa College Pioneers football team|Iowa College]] and ended in a 12–12 tie. The second game was Minnesota's first meeting with long-time rival [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] and resulted in an 42–4 Minnesota victory.<ref name="General">{{cite book | last = The General Alumni Association |editor=Martin Newell | title = The History of Minnesota Football | publisher = The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota | year = 1928 }}</ref>{{rp|20}}<br />
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==Schedule==<br />
{{CFB schedule<br />
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|{{CFB schedule entry<br />
| date = October 17<br />
| w/l = l<br />
| opponent = Ex-Collegiates<br />
| site_stadium = <br />
| site_cityst = [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, MN]]<br />
| score = 0–4<br />
}}<br />
|{{CFB schedule entry<br />
| date = October 24<br />
| w/l = w<br />
| opponent = [[1891 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| site_stadium = <br />
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN<br />
| gamename = [[Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry|rivalry]]<br />
| score = 26–12<br />
}}<br />
|{{CFB schedule entry<br />
| date = October 31<br />
| w/l = t<br />
| away = y<br />
| opponent = [[1891 Iowa College Pioneers football team|Iowa College]]<br />
| site_stadium = <br />
| site_cityst = [[Grinnell, Iowa|Grinnell, IA]]<br />
| score = 12–12<br />
}}<br />
|{{CFB schedule entry<br />
| date = November 2<br />
| w/l = w<br />
| away = y<br />
| opponent = [[1891 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]]<br />
| site_stadium = <br />
| site_cityst = [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City, IA]]<br />
| gamename = [[Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry|rivalry]]<br />
| score = 42–4<br />
}}<br />
|{{CFB schedule entry<br />
| date = November 14<br />
| w/l = w<br />
| opponent = Iowa College<br />
| site_stadium = <br />
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN<br />
| score = 22–14<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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==Roster==<br />
* ''Center'', James Madigan<br />
* ''Tackles'', George Sikes, R. C. Dewey<br />
* ''Guards'', [[Charles G. Flanagan]], Everhard P. Harding<br />
* ''Ends'', L. C. Edson, E.C. Bisbee, David R. Burbank<br />
* ''Halfbacks'', Eugene L. Patterson, William C. Leary (captain)<br />
* ''Quarterback'', Alfred F. Pillsbury<br />
* ''Fullback'', Charles S. Hale<br />
* ''Substitutes'', George Hawley, Russell H. Folwell, John C. Ohnstad, Grant B. Rossman, A. T. Larson, A. J. Harris, R. L. Cramb<br />
* ''Coach/trainer'' [[Edward Moulton]].<ref name="General"/>{{rp|36}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Minnesota Golden Gophers football navbox}}<br />
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[[Category:1891 college football season|Minnesota]]<br />
[[Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football seasons]]<br />
[[Category:1891 in sports in Minnesota|Minnesota Golden Gophers football]]<br />
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