1951 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1951 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Illinois $ 5 0 1 9 0 1
Purdue 4 1 0 5 4 0
No. 8 Wisconsin 5 1 1 7 1 1
Michigan 4 2 0 4 5 0
Ohio State 2 2 2 4 3 2
Northwestern 2 4 0 5 4 0
Minnesota 1 4 1 2 6 1
Indiana 1 5 0 2 7 0
Iowa 0 5 1 2 5 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1951 college football season. In their first year under head coach Wes Fesler, the Golden Gophers compiled a 2-6-1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 258 to 162.[1]

No Golden Gophers players were named any major awards, All-American, Academic All-American, All-Big Ten or Academic All-Big Ten. It was the last season that no Golden Gopher players achieved any of the awards.[2]

Halfback Ron Engel was awarded the Team MVP Award.[3]

Total attendance for the season was 255,851, which averaged to 51,170. The season high for attendance was against Nebraska.[4]

Schedule

09/29/1951No. 8 Washington*

L 20-25 51,148 10/06/1951at California*

L 14-55 69,000 10/13/1951Northwestern

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 7-21 51,915 10/20/1951Nebraska*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 39-20 54,625 10/27/1951at Michigan

L 27-54 83,060 11/03/1951at Iowa

T 20-20 40,000 10/10/1951Indiana

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 16-14 45,986 11/17/1951at Purdue

L 13-19 29,000 11/24/1951No. 8 Wisconsin

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 6-30 52,177

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1950-1954)". 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. 181
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160