1902 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1902 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1902 record	9-2-1 (3-1-0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Henry L. Williams (3rd year)
Home stadium	Northrop Field

1902 Big 9 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Michigan $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
Chicago	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
Illinois	4	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	1
Purdue	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Indiana	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1902 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1902 college football season. In their third year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 9-2-1 record (3-1-0 against Western Conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, shut out 9 of their 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 335 to 34. The Gophers' 102 points against Grinnell College on November 1, 1902, was the largest point total to that date in the program's history and the first time a Minnesota team scored 100 or more points.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
09/22/1902	St. Paul Central High*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	T 0-0
09/22/1902	Minneapolis Central High*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 28-0
09/27/1902	Carleton*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 33-0
10/04/1902	Iowa State*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 16-0
10/07/1902	Hamline*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 59-0
10/11/1902	Beloit*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 29-0
10/18/1902	Nebraska*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	L 0-6
10/25/1902	at Iowa	Iowa Field • Iowa City, IA	W 34-0
11/01/1902	Grinnell*	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 102-0
11/08/1902	Illinois	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 17-5
11/15/1902	Wisconsin	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN	W 11-0
11/27/1902	at Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	L 6-23
*Non-conference game.