1951 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1951 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1951 record	2-6-1 (1-4-1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Wes Fesler (1st year)
MVP	Ron Engel
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1951 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Illinois $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
Purdue	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
#8 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Michigan	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Iowa	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1951 college football season. In their first year under head coach Wes Fesler, the Golden Gophers compiled a 2-6-1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 258 to 162.^[1]

No Golden Gophers players were named any major awards, All-American, Academic All-American, All-Big Ten or Academic All-Big Ten. It was the last season that no Golden Gopher players achieved any of the awards.^[2]

Halfback Ron Engel was awarded the Team MVP Award.^[3]

Total attendance for the season was 255,851, which averaged to 51,170. The season high for attendance was against Nebraska.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
09/29/1951	#8 Washington*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 20-25	51,148
10/06/1951	at California*	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 14-55	69,000
10/13/1951	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 7-21	51,915
10/20/1951	Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 39-20	54,625
10/27/1951	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 27-54	83,060
11/03/1951	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	T 20-20	40,000
10/10/1951	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 16-14	45,986
11/17/1951	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 13-19	29,000
11/24/1951	#8 Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 6-30	52,177
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse (David DeLassus). Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160

Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Venues	Athletic Park (1892–98) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–98) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–81) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) TCF Bank Stadium (2009–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale) Michigan (Little Brown Jug) Nebraska (Bits of Wooden Chair) Penn State (Governor's Victory Bell) Wisconsin (Slab of Bacon, 1930–43; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present)

Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Marching band Minnesota shift T formation

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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