1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
American college football season
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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]
| 1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (3–5 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Tony Dungy |
| Captain | Keith Simons |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 13 | at Indiana | L 14–20 | 35,953 | [4] | |
| September 20 | Western Michigan* | W 38–0 | 23,326 | [5] | |
| September 27 | Oregon* |
| W 10–7 | 34,300 | [6] |
| October 4 | Ohio* |
| W 21–0 | 27,486 | [7] |
| October 11 | at Illinois | L 23–42 | 46,162 | [8] | |
| October 18 | No. 17 Michigan State |
| L 15–38 | 39,202 | [9][10] |
| October 25 | at Iowa | W 31–7 | 59,160 | [11] | |
| November 1 | No. 7 Michigan |
| L 21–28 | 33,191 | [12] |
| November 8 | Northwestern |
| W 33–9 | 24,998 | [13] |
| November 15 | at No. 1 Ohio State | L 6–38 | 87,817 | [14] | |
| November 22 | Wisconsin |
| W 24–3 | 37,578 | [15] |
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Game summaries
Iowa
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Minnesota | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Iowa | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
- Date: October 25
- Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA
- Game attendance: 59,160
| 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 | |
Roster
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