1976 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1976 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1976 record 6–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Cal Stoll (5th season)
MVP Tony Dungy
Captain Tony Dungy
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1976 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Michigan + 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 6 Ohio State + 7 –1 –0  9 –2 –1
Minnesota 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Illinois 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Indiana 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Purdue 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Iowa 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Michigan State 3 –5 –0  4 –6 –1
Northwestern 1 –7 –0  1 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Minnesota in the 1976 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–5 record (4–4 against conference opponents), finished in a four-way tie for third place in the Big Ten Standings, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 211 to 201.[1]

Quarterback Tony Dungy received the team's most valuable player award for the second consecutive year. Strong safety George Adzick was named All-Big Ten first team. Dungy, wide receiver Ron Kullas and defensive lineman George Washington were named All-Big Ten second team. Dungy, offensive lineman Brien Harvey, fullback Kent Kitzmann and cornerback Bob Weber were named Academic All-Big Ten. Terry Matula was named Offensive Lineman of the Year.[2] Jim Perkins was the Big Ten's third leading scorer with 78 points on 13 rushing touchdowns.[1]

Total attendance for the season was 257,878, which averaged to 42,979. The season high for attendance was against rival Iowa.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 11 Indiana Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis W 32–13   34,004
September 18 Washington State* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis W 28–14   31,627
September 25 Western Michigan* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis W 21–10   33,229
October 2 at Washington* Husky Stadium • Seattle L 7–38   37,994
October 9 Illinoisdagger Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis W 29–14   52,606
October 16 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan W 14–10   56,166
October 23 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis (Rivalry) L 12–22   53,222
October 30 at No. 1 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan (Little Brown Jug) L 0–45   104,426
November 6 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois W 38–10   15,183
November 13 No. 8 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis L 3–9   53,190
November 20 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin (Rivalry) L 17–26   60,304
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Roster

1976 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 9 Tony Dungy Sr
C 53 Mark Slater Sr
QB 18 Marc Trestman So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 84 Michael Hunt Jr
DE 88 Mark Merrill Jr
LB 97 Steve Stewart Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2018-03-11

References

  1. 1 2 "1976 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  3. ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
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