1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13at
Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
    		• L 14–2035,594
    September 20Western Michigan*
    		W 38–023,326
    September 27
    Oregon
    *
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Minneapolis, MN
    		W 10–734,300
    October 4Ohio*
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Minneapolis, MN
    		W 21–027,486
    October 11at
    Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• 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

    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

    Iowa

    1 234Total
    • Minnesota 7 7710 31
    Iowa 7 000 7
    • Date: October 25
    • Location:
      Iowa City, IA
    • Game attendance: 59,160
    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

    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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