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1957 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1957 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 7 0 0 9 1 0
No. 3 Michigan State 5 1 0 8 1 0
No. 6 Iowa 4 1 1 7 1 1
No. 19 Wisconsin 4 3 0 6 3 0
Purdue 4 3 0 5 4 0
Michigan 3 3 1 5 3 1
Illinois 3 4 0 4 5 0
Minnesota 3 5 0 4 5 0
Indiana 0 6 0 1 8 0
Northwestern 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1957 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4-5 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 201 to 188.[1]

Quarterback Dick Larson received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Fullback Dick Borstad, offensive lineman Perry Gehring and offensive lineman Mike Svendsen were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 314,769, which averaged to 62,953. The season high for attendance was against Purdue.[3]

Schedule

09/28/1957Washington*No. 6

W 46-7 62,468 10/05/1957PurdueNo. 3

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 21-17 64,629 10/12/1957at NorthwesternNo. 4

W 41-6 38,000 10/19/1957at IllinoisNo. 4

L 34-13 69,619 10/26/1957No. 20 MichiganNo. 14

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 24-7 63,523 11/02/1957Indiana

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 34-0 62,258 11/09/1957at Iowa

L 44-20 58,103 11/16/1957at Michigan State

L 42-13 65,718 11/23/1957No. 18 Wisconsin

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 14-6 61,891

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160