In their first year under head coach George Hauser, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 152 to 91.
[2] Tackle Dick Wildung was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Stern, Collier's/Grantland Rice, Look Magazine.
[5] The Gophers hosted the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight school at the University of Iowa.
Tom Kuzma ran for touchdowns in the first and fourth quarters, and Jim Brieske converted both PATs.
Bill Daley, who would go on to play for Michigan in 1943, ran 44 yards for a tying touchdown in the second quarter.