1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1977 record 7–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Cal Stoll (6th season)
MVP Steve Midboe
Captain Steve Midboe
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1977 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 Michigan + 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 11 Ohio State + 7 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
Michigan State 6 –1 –1  7 –3 –1
Indiana 4 –3 –1  5 –5 –1
Minnesota 4 –4 –0  7 –5 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Iowa 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –6 –0  5 –6 –0
Illinois 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Northwestern 1 –8 –0  1 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–5 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 180 to 171.[1]

Steve Midboe received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Kicker Paul Rogind and defensive tackle Steve Midboe were named All-Big Ten first team. Defensive tackle Mark Merrill, center Mark Slater and defensive back Bobby Weber were named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Dennis Fitzpatrick, offensive lineman Bryson Hollimon, defensive lineman Stan Sytsma and corner back Bob Weber were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 247,118, which averaged to 35,302. The season high for attendance was against rival Michigan.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 10 Western Michigan* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 10–7   29,619
September 17 at No. 6 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 7–38   87,799
September 24 No. 18 UCLA* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 27–13   41,076
October 1 Washington* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 19–17   31,895
October 8 at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Rivalry) L 6–18   57,460
October 15 Northwesterndagger Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 13–7   39,021
October 22 No. 1 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug) W 16–0   44,165
October 29 at Indiana No. 19 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 22–34   30,399
November 5 Michigan State Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 10–29   30,600
November 12 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 21–0   37,689
November 19 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry) W 13–7   30,742
December 22 vs. Maryland Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Hall of Fame Classic) L 7–17   47,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Michigan

1 234Total
Michigan 0 000 0
• Minnesota 10 303 16

[4]

Roster

1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 86 Jeff Anhorn So
WR 20 Elmer Bailey So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 84 Michael Hunt Sr
DE 88 Mark Merrill Sr
LB 97 Steve Stewart Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ "1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  3. ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
  4. ↑ "No. 1 Michigan Shut Out by Gophers." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Oct 23.
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