1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1979 record 4-6-1 (3-5-1 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Salem (1st year)
MVP Mark Carlson
Captain DT Alan Blanshan
Captain TE Glenn Bourquin
Captain QB Mark Carlson
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1978 1980 »
1979 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Ohio State $ 8 – 0 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#10 Purdue 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#18 Michigan 6 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
#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 college 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
09/08/1979 Ohio* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 24-10   33,435
09/15/1979 #15 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 17-21   43,515
09/22/1979 at #1 Southern Cal* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 14-48   61,966
09/29/1979 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 38-8   33,998
10/06/1979 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 31-14   47,281
10/13/1979 at #11 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 21-31   104,677
10/20/1979 at Iowa Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 24-7   60,050
10/27/1979 Illinois Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN T 17-17   46,449
11/03/1979 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 24-42   35,591
11/10/1979 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 17-31   75,131
11/17/1979 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 37-42   37,274
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

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