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1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1963 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Illinois $ 5 1 1 8 1 1
No. 9 Michigan State 4 1 1 6 2 1
Ohio State 4 1 1 5 3 1
Purdue 4 3 0 5 4 0
Northwestern 3 4 0 5 4 0
Wisconsin 3 4 0 5 4 0
Michigan 2 3 2 3 4 2
Iowa 2 3 1 3 3 2
Minnesota 2 5 0 3 6 0
Indiana 1 5 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1963 college football season. In their tenth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 3-6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 117 to 95.[1]

Tackle Carl Eller received the team's Most Valuable Player award and was a consensus first-team All-American. Eller was also named All-Big Ten first team.[2] Center Frank Marchiewski was named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Milt Sunde was named Academic All-Big Ten.[3]

Total attendance for the season was 286,797, which averaged to 57,759. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[4]

Schedule

09/28/1963Nebraska*

L 14-7 61,140 10/05/1963Army*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 24-8 60,264 10/12/1963at Northwestern

L 15-8 45,763 10/19/1963at Illinois

L 16-6 61,229 10/26/1963Michigan

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 6-0 62,107 11/02/1963Indiana

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 24-6 51,657 11/09/1963at Iowa

L 27-13 59,300 11/16/1963at Purdue

L 13-11 38,924 11/28/1963Wisconsin

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 14-0 55,271

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160