1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1971 record | 4-7 (3-5 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Murray Warmath (18th year) |
MVP | Tom Chandler |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#6 Michigan $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1971 college football season. In their 18th and final year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4-7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 278 to 212.[1]
Defensive end Tom Chandler received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Doug Kingsriter was named an All-American by the Associated Press and Bob Hope. Kingsriter and linebacker Bill Light were named All-Big Ten first team. Quarterback Craig Curry, fullback Ernie Cook and offensive tackle Jack Babcock were named All-Big Ten second team.Offensive lineman Bart Buetow and linebacker Ron King were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]
Total attendance for the season was 207,662, which averaged to 34,610. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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09/11/1971 | Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 28-0 | 28,549 | |||||
09/18/1971 | at Nebraska* | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE | L 35-7 | 68,187 | |||||
09/25/1971 | Washington State* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 31-20 | 32,020 | |||||
10/02/1971 | Kansas* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 38-20 | 30,090 | |||||
10/09/1971 | at Purdue | Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | L 27-13 | 64,281 | |||||
10/16/1971 | at Iowa | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 19-14 | 51,488 | |||||
10/23/1971 | #4 Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 35-7 | 44,176 | |||||
10/30/1971 | #10 Ohio State | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 14-12 | 36,281 | |||||
11/06/1971 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 41-20 | 31,217 | |||||
11/13/1971 | at Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | L 40-25 | 61,419 | |||||
11/20/1971 | Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 23-21 | 34,738 | |||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
References
- ↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1970-1974)". 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. 160