American college football season
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 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 ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance September 13 at Indiana L 14–2035,594 September 20 Western Michigan * W 38–023,326 September 27 Oregon * Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN W 10–734,300 October 4 Ohio * Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN W 21–027,486 October 11 at Illini L 23–4246,162 October 18 No. 17 Michigan State Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN L 15–3839,202 October 25 at Iowa Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry) W 31–759,160 November 1 No. 7 Michigan Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug) L 21–2833,191 November 8 Northwestern Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN W 33–924,998 November 15 at No. 1 Ohio State L 6–3887,817 November 22 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry) W 24–337,578 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster [ edit] Tommie Ash #8 QB Tony Dungy Game summaries [ edit] Iowa [ edit] 1 2 3 4 Total • Minnesota 7 7 7 10 31 Iowa 7 0 0 0 7
Date: October 25Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IAGame attendance: 59,160 Scoring summary 1 IOWA Holmes 13-yard run (Quartaro kick) IOWA 7-0 1 MINN Kullas 7-yard pass from Dungy (Kocourek kick) Tied 7-7 2 MINN Anhorn 13-yard pass from Dungy (Kocourek kick) MINN 14-7 3 MINN Perkins 1-yard run (Kocourek kick) MINN 21-7 4 MINN Perkins 1-yard run (Kocourek kick) MINN 28-7 4 MINN Kocourek 31-yard field goal MINN 31-7
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References [ edit] ^ "1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017 . ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF) , pp. 179–182 [permanent dead link ] ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF) , p. 160 [permanent dead link ] ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Oct 26. Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) TCF Bank Stadium (2009–present) Bowl games Iowa Michigan Nebraska Penn State Wisconsin Goldy Gopher Marching band Spirit squad "Minnesota Rouser" "Minnesota March" "Go Gopher Victory" "Minnesota Fight" "Our Minnesota" "Hail! Minnesota" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Minnesota shift T formation Smith of Minnesota Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees Annual awards National championship seasons in bold