1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1979 record 4–6–1 (3–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Salem (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan (1st season)
MVP Mark Carlson
Captain DT Alan Blanshan
Captain TE Glenn Bourquin
Captain QB Mark Carlson
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1979 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 10 Purdue 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 18 Michigan 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 19 Indiana 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Iowa 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Minnesota 3 –5 –1  4 –6 –1
Michigan State 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Illinois 1 –6 –1  2 –8 –1
Northwestern 0 –9 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Joe Salem, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–6–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 271 to 264.[1]

Quarterback Mark Carlson received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Free safety Keith Edwards was awarded the Defensive MVP Award. Split End Elmer Bailey was named All-Big Ten first team. Defensive lineman Alan Blanshan and offensive lineman Bill Humphries were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 241,942, which averaged to 40,323. The season high for attendance was against Purdue.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 8 Ohio* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 24–10   33,435
September 15 No. 15 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 17–21   43,515
September 22 at No. 1 USC* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 14–48   61,966
September 29 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 38–8   33,998
October 6 No. 12 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 31–14   47,281
October 13 at No. 11 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug) L 21–31   104,677
October 20 at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Rivalry) W 24–7   60,050
October 27 Illinoisdagger Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN T 17–17   46,449
November 3 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 24–42   35,591
November 10 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 17–31   75,131
November 17 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry) L 37–42   37,274
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Roster

1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 86 Jeff Anhorn Sr
WR 20 Elmer Bailey Sr
RB 41 Marion Barber Jr. Jr
QB 12 Mark Carlson Sr
G 67 Tom Fitzpatrick Sr
QB 7 Mark Tonn Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 89 Jim Fahnhorst So
LB 59 Don Meyer Sr
DE 96 Jeff Schuh Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Elmer BaileyWide receiver4100Miami Dolphins
Greg MurthaTackle6161Philadelphia Eagles

References

  1. ↑ "1979 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
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