1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1978 record | 5–6 (4–4 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Cal Stoll (7th season) |
| MVP | Marion Barber Jr. |
| Captain | Stan Systma |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Michigan + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Michigan State + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Purdue | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 0 | – | 6 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh and final 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 267 to 210.[1]
Tailback Marion Barber Jr. received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Barber Jr., kicker Paul Rogind, defensive back Keith Brown and defensive end Stan Sytsma were named All-Big Ten first team. Nose guard Doug Friberg and defensive tackle Jim Ronan were named All-Big Ten second team. Sytsma was named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]
Total attendance for the season was 238,072, which averaged to 39,678. The season high for attendance was against Ohio State.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 16 | Toledo* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 38–12 | 31,223 | |||||
| September 23 | No. 16 Ohio State | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | L 10–27 | 55,200 | |||||
| September 30 | at No. 18 UCLA* | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles | L 3–17 | 40,369 | |||||
| October 7 | Oregon State* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | L 14–17 | 35,083 | |||||
| October 14 | Iowa | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis (Rivalry) | W 22–20 | 51,381 | |||||
| October 21 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 38–14 | 16,452 | |||||
| October 28 | at No. 8 Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan (Little Brown Jug) | L 10–42 | 105,308 | |||||
| November 4 | Indiana |
Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 32–31 | 39,797 | |||||
| November 11 | at No. 17 Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan | L 9–33 | 72,122 | |||||
| November 18 | Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 24–6 | 25,388 | |||||
| November 25 | at Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin (Rivalry) | L 10–48 | 61,000 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1978 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