Season Highlights

Highlights, 1931?
Film featuring review of 1925 season including footage of Knute Rockne and Notre Dame. The film ends with a large number of old, pre-Memorial stadium pictures of Golden Gopher football shown to the camera.
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Season Highlights, 1938
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Season Highlights, 1939
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Season Highlights (Long reel), 1940
Highlights of the 1940 National Championship year (long version). The film features halfbacks Bruce Smith and George Franck. The film includes many examples of Bruce Smith's football skills, but his most famous play as a Golden Gopher was spliced from this and other 1940 highlight reels. On November 9, 1940, Michigan (#3) came to Minneapolis to play Minnesota (#2). Minnesota won the game 7-6 on an 80-yard run by Bruce Smith in one of the greatest plays (if not the greatest) in Minnesota history. The Golden Gophers went on to win the National Championship, and Bruce Smith was vaulted onto the national scene, eventually winning the Heisman Trophy in 1941.
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Season Highlights (Short reel), 1940
Highlights of the 1940 National Championship year (short version). The film features halfbacks Bruce Smith and George Franck. The film includes many examples of Bruce Smith's football skills, but his most famous play as a Golden Gopher was spliced from this and other 1940 highlight reels. On November 9, 1940, Michigan (#3) came to Minneapolis to play Minnesota (#2). Minnesota won the game 7-6 on an 80-yard run by Bruce Smith in one of the greatest plays (if not the greatest) in Minnesota history. The Golden Gophers went on to win the National Championship, and Bruce Smith was vaulted onto the national scene, eventually winning the Heisman Trophy in 1941.
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Season Highlights, 1949
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Season Highlights - Outtakes, 1953
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Season Highlights, 1953
The film starts in the middle of the season with the beginning of the season featured toward the end as Coach Wes Fesler interviews star halfback Paul Giel, who provides a personal glimpse at being a football player for his home state of Minnesota.
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Season Highlights, 1954
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Highlights, 1954
Featuring All-American fullback Bob McNamara; includes complete highlights from the Iowa vs Minnesota game.
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Season Highlights, 1959
The Golden Gophers finished the season 2-7-1. This film includes sound and features Sandy Stephens and team MVP Tom Moe.
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Off-the-field Highlights, 1960
This silent film offers a unique non-game look at the 1960 National Champion Golden Gophers as they practice, travel, get help at the trainer's table, go to a movie, watch TV, and eat meals. The film includes players and their families, Coach Murray Warmath, cheerleaders, and fans.
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Season Highlights, 1961
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Season Highlights - Missouri through Purdue, 1961
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Season Highlights, 1962
The Golden Gophers finished the season 6-2-1 and were ranked as high as #5 in the country. This film includes sound and features Outland Trophy winner Bobby Bell, as well as All-Big Ten selections Julian Hook, John Campbell, Carl Eller, and Bob Prawdzik.
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Season Highlights, 1964
The Golden Gophers finished the season 5-4. This film includes sound and features All-Big Ten back Kraig Lofquist and end Aaron Brown.
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Season Highlights, 1965
The film features All-American defensive end Aaron Brown and quarterback John Hankinson. The Gophers finished this season 5-4-1. The film includes sound.
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