1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 10 |
AP | No. 10 |
1962 record | 6–2–1 (5–2 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Murray Warmath (9th season) |
MVP | Bobby Bell |
Captain | Dick Enga |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Wisconsin $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Minnesota | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their ninth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 131 to 61.[1] The team finished tenth in both the Associated Press and United Press International polls.
Tackle Bobby Bell received the team's Most Valuable Player award and the Outland Trophy. Bell, guard Julian Hook and end John Campbell were named All-Big Ten first team. Tackle Carl Eller and defensive end Bob Prawdzik were named All-Big Ten second team.[2]
Total attendance at six home games was 377,744, an average of 62,957 per game. The largest crowd was against Purdue.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 29 | No. 10 Missouri* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | T 0–0 | 60,133 | |||||
October 6 | Navy* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 21–0 | 64,364 | |||||
October 13 | Northwestern | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 22–34 | 61,652 | |||||
October 20 | Illinois |
Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 17–0 | 59,427 | |||||
October 27 | at Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug) | W 17–0 | 65,484 | |||||
November 3 | at No. 7 Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | W 28–7 | 64,783 | |||||
November 10 | Iowa | No. 10 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry) | W 10–0 | 65,087 | ||||
November 17 | Purdue | No. 8 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 7–6 | 67,081 | ||||
November 24 | at No. 3 Wisconsin | No. 5 | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Rivalry) | L 9–14 | 65,541 | ||||
*Non-conference game. |
References
- ↑ "1962 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
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160