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1914 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ20710667 ↗
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The 1914 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1914 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–1 record (3–1 against Western Conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 123 to 44. The team's only loss came to conference and national champion Illinois.

Lorin Solon was named an All-American by the Associated Press. Solon was also named All-Big Ten first team.

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This entry incorporates text from “1914 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.