1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1979 record | 4-6-1 (3-5-1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Joe Salem (1st year) |
| MVP | Mark Carlson |
| Captain | DT Alan Blanshan |
| Captain | TE Glenn Bourquin |
| Captain | QB Mark Carlson |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 Ohio State $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 Purdue | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #18 Michigan | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #19 Indiana | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1979 college football season. In their first year under head coach Joe Salem, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4-6-1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 271 to 264.[1]
Quarterback Mark Carlson received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Free safety Keith Edwards was awarded the Defensive MVP Award. Split End Elmer Bailey was named All-Big Ten first team. Defensive lineman Alan Blanshan and offensive lineman Bill Humphries were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]
Total attendance for the season was 241,942, which averaged to 40,323. The season high for attendance was against Purdue.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| 09/08/1979 | Ohio* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 24-10 | 33,435 | |||||
| 09/15/1979 | #15 Ohio State | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 17-21 | 43,515 | |||||
| 09/22/1979 | at #1 Southern Cal* | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | L 14-48 | 61,966 | |||||
| 09/29/1979 | Northwestern | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 38-8 | 33,998 | |||||
| 10/06/1979 | Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 31-14 | 47,281 | |||||
| 10/13/1979 | at #11 Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | L 21-31 | 104,677 | |||||
| 10/20/1979 | at Iowa | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 24-7 | 60,050 | |||||
| 10/27/1979 | Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | T 17-17 | 46,449 | |||||
| 11/03/1979 | at Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN | L 24-42 | 35,591 | |||||
| 11/10/1979 | at Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | L 17-31 | 75,131 | |||||
| 11/17/1979 | Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 37-42 | 37,274 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1975-1979)". 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
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