1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1983 record | 1–10 (0–9 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Joe Salem (5th season) |
| MVP | Randy Rasmussen |
| Captain | Randy Rasmussen |
| Home stadium | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Illinois $ | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Michigan | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Iowa | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Ohio State | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth and final year under head coach Joe Salem, the Golden Gophers compiled a 1–10 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 518 to 181.[1]
Offensive tackle Randy Rasmussen received the team's Most Valuable Player award, while tight end Jay Carroll was named offensive MVP, and linebacker Peter Najarian was named the defensive MVP. Najarian was named All-Big Ten second team. Najarian and split end Fred Hartwig were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]
Total attendance for the season was 243,674, which averaged to 48,734. The season high for attendance was against Wisconsin, although the game against Nebraska drew only two people less.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 10 | at Rice* | Rice Stadium • Houston | W 21–17 | 10,000 | |||||
| September 17 | No. 1 Nebraska* | Metrodome • Minneapolis (Rivalry) | L 13–84 | 62,687 | |||||
| September 24 | Purdue | Metrodome • Minneapolis | L 20–32 | 41,839 | |||||
| October 1 | at No. 8 Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio | L 18–69 | 89,192 | |||||
| October 8 | at Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana | L 31–38 | 41,111 | |||||
| October 15 | Wisconsin |
Metrodome • Minneapolis (Rivalry) | L 17–56 | 62,689 | |||||
| October 22 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | L 8–19 | 21,411 | |||||
| October 29 | at Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan | L 10–34 | 76,481 | |||||
| November 5 | No. 6 Illinois | Metrodome • Minneapolis | L 23–50 | 35,514 | |||||
| November 12 | No. 9 Michigan | Metrodome • Minneapolis | L 10–58 | 40,945 | |||||
| November 19 | at No. 11 Iowa | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa (Rivalry) | L 10–61 | 66,160 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1983 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