1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1953 record | 4–4–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Wes Fesler (3rd season) |
| MVP | Paul Giel |
| Captain | Paul Giel |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Michigan State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Illinois + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Wisconsin | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Michigan | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1953 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Wes Fesler, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–4–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 160 to 150.[1]
Halfback Paul Giel was named an All-American by the Associated Press, FWAA, Look Magazine, Walter Camp Football Foundation and American Football Coaches Association. Giel received Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded to the most valuable player of the Big Ten. Giel was named All-Big Ten first team.[2] Giel finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy, receiving the most points for a player not to win the award.[3]
Paul Giel was awarded the Team MVP Award.[4]
Total attendance for the season was 293,313, which averaged to 58,662. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[5]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 26 | at No. 8 USC* | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles | L 7–17 | 66,698 | |||||
| October 3 | No. 2 Michigan State | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | L 0–21 | 60,995 | |||||
| October 10 | at No. 18 Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 30–13 | 40,000 | |||||
| October 17 | at No. 9 Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois | L 7–27 | 55,641 | |||||
| October 24 | No. 5 Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis (Little Brown Jug) | W 22–0 | 62,795 | |||||
| October 31 | Pittsburgh* | No. 14 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 35–14 | 49,092 | ||||
| November 7 | Indiana |
No. 13 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 28–20 | 58,527 | ||||
| November 14 | at Iowa | No. 15 | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa (Rivalry) | L 0–27 | 55,355 | ||||
| November 21 | No. 8 Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis (Rivalry) | T 21–21 | 61,904 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
- ↑ "The Winning Margin:Year By Year". Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160