1974 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1974 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1974 record | 4–7 (2–6 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Cal Stoll (3rd season) |
| MVP | Ollie Bakken |
| Captain | Ollie Bakken, Jeff Selleck |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Ohio State + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Michigan + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Michigan State | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 332 to 161.[1]
Linebacker Ollie Bakken received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Tackle Keith Simons was named All-Big Ten first team.[2] Bakken and wide receiver Rick Upchurch were named All-Big Ten second team.[3]
Total attendance for the season was 225,127, which averaged to 37,521. The season high for attendance was against rival Iowa.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 14 | No. 4 Ohio State | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 19–34 | 45,511 | |||||
| September 21 | North Dakota* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 42–30 | 34,870 | |||||
| September 28 | TCU* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 9–7 | 32,822 | |||||
| October 5 | at No. 6 Nebraska* | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry) | L 0–54 | 76,408 | |||||
| October 12 | at Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN | L 3–34 | 34,102 | |||||
| October 19 | Iowa |
Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry) | W 23–17 | 48,579 | |||||
| October 26 | at No. 3 Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug) | L 0–49 | 96,284 | |||||
| November 2 | Northwestern | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 13–21 | 32,922 | |||||
| November 9 | at Purdue | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | W 24–20 | 51,374 | |||||
| November 16 | Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 14–17 | 31,423 | |||||
| November 23 | at Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Rivalry) | L 14–49 | 55,869 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1974 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
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