The 1903 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1903 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers
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Replica of the Little Brown Jug on display in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2007. The real Jug is kept in storage.
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Louis Joseph "Doc" Cooke was an American basketball coach. He was the first head men's basketball coach at the University of Minnesota. He coached the Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s basketball team fo
1903 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
…stated that the jug had served its purpose, so he intentionally left it sitting on the field. The next day, custodian Oscar Munson brought the jug to L. J. Cooke, head of the Minnesota athletics department. Cooke and Munson painted the jug brown and wrote on it, "Michigan Jug – Captured by Oscar, October 31…
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