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The 1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh and final year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–5 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 267 to 210.[1]

Record5–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Headcoach
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1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPMarion Barber Jr.
CaptainStan Systma
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
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1978 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Michigan +7–1–010–2–0
No. 12 Michigan State +7–1–08–3–0
No. 13 Purdue6–1–19–2–1
Ohio State6–2–07–4–1
Minnesota4–4–05–6–0
Wisconsin3–4–25–4–2
Indiana3–5–04–7–0
Iowa2–6–02–9–0
Illinois0–6–21–8–2
Northwestern0–8–10–10–1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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Tailback Marion Barber Jr. received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Barber Jr., kicker Paul Rogind, defensive back Keith Brown and defensive end Stan Sytsma were named All-Big Ten first team. Nose guard Doug Friberg and defensive tackle Jim Ronan were named All-Big Ten second team. Sytsma was named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 238,072, which averaged to 39,678. The season high for attendance was against Ohio State.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Toledo*W 38–1231,223[4]
September 23No. 16 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 10–2755,200[5]
September 30at No. 18 UCLA*L 3–1740,369[6]
October 7Oregon State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 14–1735,083[7]
October 14Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 22–2051,381[8]
October 21at NorthwesternW 38–1416,452[9]
October 28at No. 8 MichiganL 10–42105,308[10][11]
November 4Indianadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 32–3139,797[12]
November 11at No. 17 Michigan StateL 9–3372,122[13]
November 18Illinois
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 24–625,388[14]
November 25at WisconsinL 10–4861,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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