1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1979 record | 4-6-1 (3-5-1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Joe Salem (1st year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Mike Shanahan (1st year) |
| MVP | Mark Carlson |
| Captain | DT Alan Blanshan |
| Captain | TE Glenn Bourquin |
| Captain | QB Mark Carlson |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A 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 | ||||
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| 09/08/1979 | Ohio* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 24-10 | 33,435 | |||||
| 09/15/1979 | No. 15 Ohio State | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | L 17-21 | 43,515 | |||||
| 09/22/1979 | at No. 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 No. 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.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
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