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
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13at Indiana
L 14–2035,953[4]
September 20Western Michigan*
W 38–023,326[5]
September 27Oregon*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 10–734,300[6]
October 4Ohio*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 21–027,486[7]
October 11at Illinois
L 23–4246,162[8]
October 18No. 17 Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 15–3839,202[9][10]
October 25at Iowa
W 31–759,160[11]
November 1No. 7 Michigan
L 21–2833,191[12]
November 8Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 33–924,998[13]
November 15at No. 1 Ohio State
L 6–3887,817[14]
November 22Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 24–337,578[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Iowa

Team 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

[16]

Roster

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
  • Redshirt

References

  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
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
  4. ^ "Hoosiers rally, halt late Gopher drives". Dayton Daily News. September 14, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Gophers grind down Western Michigan 38–0". Minneapolis Tribune. September 21, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Minnesota nips Oregon". Argus-Leader. September 28, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Gophers blank Ohio, 21–0". The Kokomo Tribune. October 5, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Illini offense bumps Gophers". The Indianapolis Star. October 12, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Curt Sylvester (November 2, 1975). "U-M Spoils Gophers' Bid For a Big Upset, 28–21". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 4E – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "MSU shatters Gopher jinx, 38–15". Lansing State Journal. October 19, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Gophers rap Hawks 31–7". The Duluth News Tribune. October 26, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "U–M has hands full in repelling Gophers". The Flint Journal. November 2, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Dungy, Perkins pace Gophers". Argus-Leader. November 9, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Ohio State romps over Minnesota 38–6". The Times Recorder. November 16, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Dungy leads Gophers past UW". The Post-Crescent. November 23, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Oct 26.
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