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1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1953 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Michigan State + 5 1 0 9 1 0
No. 7 Illinois + 5 1 0 7 1 1
No. 15 Wisconsin 4 1 1 6 2 1
Ohio State 4 3 0 6 3 0
Minnesota 3 3 1 4 4 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 3 0 6 3 0
No. 9 Iowa 3 3 0 5 3 1
Purdue 2 4 0 2 7 0
Indiana 1 5 0 2 7 0
Northwestern 0 6 0 3 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1953 college football season. In their third year under head coach Wes Fesler, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4-4-1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 160 to 150.[1]

Halfback Paul Giel was named an All-American by the Associated Press, FWAA, Look Magazine, Walter Camp Football Foundation and American Football Coaches Association. Giel received Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded to the most valuable player of the Big Ten. Giel was named All-Big Ten first team.[2] Giel finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy, receiving the most points for a player not to win the award.[3]

Paul Giel was awarded the Team MVP Award.[4]

Total attendance for the season was 293,313, which averaged to 58,662. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[5]

Schedule

09/26/1953at No. 8 USC*

L 7–17 66,698 10/03/1953Michigan State

L 0–21 60,995 10/10/1953at Northwestern

W 30–13 40,000 10/17/1953at Illinois

L 7–27 55,641 10/24/1953No. 5 Michigan

W 22–0 62,795 10/31/1953Pittsburgh*No. 14

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 35–14 49,092 10/07/1953IndianaNo. 13

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 28–20 58,527 11/14/1953at IowaNo. 15

L 0–27 55,355 11/21/1953No. 8 Wisconsin

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

T 21–21 61,904

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. ^ "The Winning Margin:Year By Year". Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
  5. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160