1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–5 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPTony Dungy
CaptainKeith Simons
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Michigan 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 2
Michigan State 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Iowa 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Indiana 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 236 to 192.[1]

Quarterback Tony Dungy received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Dungy and safety Doug Beaudoin were named All-Big Ten second team. Dungy was also named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 220,081, which averaged to 31,440. The season high for attendance was against Michigan State.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13at Indiana
L 14–2035,594
September 20Western Michigan*
W 38–023,326
September 27Oregon*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 10–734,300
October 4Ohio*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 21–027,486
October 11at Illini
L 23–4246,162
October 18No. 17 Michigan Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 15–3839,202
October 25at Iowa
W 31–759,160
November 1No. 7 Michigan
L 21–2833,191
November 8Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 33–924,998
November 15at No. 1 Ohio State
L 6–3887,817
November 22Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 24–337,578
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[edit]

1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Tony Dungy
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 22 Doug Beaudoin Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries[edit]

Iowa[edit]

1 234Total
• Minnesota 7 7710 31
Iowa 7 000 7
Scoring summary
1IOWAHolmes 13-yard run (Quartaro kick)IOWA 7-0
1MINNKullas 7-yard pass from Dungy (Kocourek kick)Tied 7-7
2MINNAnhorn 13-yard pass from Dungy (Kocourek kick)MINN 14-7
3MINNPerkins 1-yard run (Kocourek kick)MINN 21-7
4MINNPerkins 1-yard run (Kocourek kick)MINN 28-7
4MINNKocourek 31-yard field goalMINN 31-7

[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Oct 26.
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