1973 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1973 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1973 record	7-4 (6-2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Cal Stoll (2nd year)
MVP	Steve Neils, Matt Herkenhoff
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1973 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Ohio State +	7	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
#6 Michigan +	7	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
Minnesota	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Indiana	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Iowa	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1973 college football season. In their second year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7-4 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 295 to 260.^[1]

End Steve Neils and offensive tackle Matt Herkenhoff shared the team's Most Valuable Player award. Neils and end Keith Fahnhorst were named All-Big Ten first team. Linebacker Darrell Bunge and wide receiver Rick Upchurch were named All-Big Ten second team. Defensive lineman Jeff Gunderson was named Academic All-Big Ten.^[2]

Total attendance for the season was 245,706, which averaged to 40,951. The season high for attendance was against Nebraska..^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
09/15/1973	at #3 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 7-56	86,005
09/22/1973	North Dakota*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 41-14	35,477
09/29/1973	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 19-34	30,205
10/06/1973	#2 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 7-48	56,782
10/13/1973	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 24-3	37,710
10/20/1973	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 31-23	55,137
10/27/1973	#4 Michigan	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 7-34	44,435
11/03/1973	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 52-43	30,081
11/10/1973	Purdue	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 34-7	36,890
11/17/1973	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 19-16	34,438
11/24/1973	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 19-17	34,412
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Minnesota	6	16	2	7	31
Iowa	14	3	6	0	23

Date: October 20
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 55,137

Scoring summary

1	IOWA	Jensen 3-yard run (Kokolus kick)	Iowa 7–0

1	MINN	Powell 46-yard run (kick failed)	Iowa 7–6

1	IOWA	Jensen 54-yard run (Kokolus kick)	Iowa 14–6

2	MINN	Lawing 1-yard run (Henrickson pass from Lawing)	Tie 14–14

2	IOWA	Kokolus 22-yard field goal	Iowa 17–14

2	MINN	Upchurch 3-yard run (Sims pass from Dungy)	Minnesota 22–17

3	IOWA	Fetter 10-yard pass from Ousley (pass failed)	Iowa 23–22

3	MINN	Safety	Minnesota 24–23

4	MINN	Dungy 10-yard run (Goldberg kick)	Minnesota 31–23

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Minnesota	7	14	21	10	52
Northwestern	7	7	14	15	43

Date: November 3
Location: Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois

Scoring summary

1	NW	Craig 18-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick)	Northwestern 7-0

1	MINN	J. Jones 4-yard run (Goldberg kick)	Tie 7-7

2	NW	Craig 19-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick)	Northwestern 14-7

2	MINN	Upchurch 5-yard run (Goldberg kick)	Tie 14-14

2	MINN	Upchurch 5-yard run (Goldberg kick)	Minnesota 21-14

3	NW	Stevens 21-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick)	Tie 21-21

3	MINN	M. Jones 40-yard pass from Lawing (Goldberg kick)	Minnesota 28-21

3	MINN	M. Jones 48-yard pass from Lawing (Goldberg kick)	Minnesota 35-21

3	MINN	Lawing 5-yard run (Goldberg kick)	Minnesota 42-21

3	NW	Key 12-yard run (Blazevich kick)	Minnesota 42-28

4	MINN	Goldberg 35-yard field goal	Minnesota 45-28

4	NW	Harris 13-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick)	Minnesota 45-35

4	MINN	M. Jones 48-yard pass from Lawing (Goldberg kick)	Minnesota 52-35

4	NW	Frederickson 20-yard pass from Anderson (Harris pass from Anderson)	Minnesota 52-43

^[4]

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	0	7	0	7
• Minnesota	17	10	0	7	34

Date: November 10
Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Game attendance: 36,890

Scoring summary

1	MINN	John Lawing 1-yard run (Steve Goldberg kick)	MINN 7-0

1	MINN	Goldberg 32-yard field goal	MINN 10-0

1	MINN	Rick Upchurch 21-yard run (Steve Goldberg kick)	MINN 17-0

2	MINN	John Lawing 1-yard run (Steve Goldberg kick)	MINN 24-0

2	MINN	Steve Goldberg 43-yard field goal	MINN 27-0

3	PUR	Bobrowski 1-yard run (Conner kick)	MINN 27-7

4	MINN	Holmes 1-yard run (Steve Goldberg kick)	MINN 34-7

^[5]

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
↑ Palm Beach Post. 1973 Nov 4.
↑ "Gophers Shock Purdue." Palm Beach Post. 1973 Nov 11.

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