1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
1962 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Wisconsin $ 6 1 0 8 2 0
No. 10 Minnesota 5 2 0 6 2 1
Northwestern 4 2 0 7 2 0
Ohio State 4 2 0 6 3 0
Michigan State 3 3 0 5 4 0
Purdue 3 3 0 4 4 1
Iowa 3 3 0 4 5 0
Illinois 2 5 0 2 7 0
Indiana 1 5 0 3 6 0
Michigan 1 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their ninth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 131 to 61.[1] The team finished tenth in both the Associated Press and United Press International polls.

Tackle Bobby Bell received the team's Most Valuable Player award and the Outland Trophy. Bell, guard Julian Hook and end John Campbell were named All-Big Ten first team. Tackle Carl Eller and defensive end Bob Prawdzik were named All-Big Ten second team.[2]

Total attendance at six home games was 377,744, an average of 62,957 per game. The largest crowd was against Purdue.[3]

Schedule

September 29No. 10 Missouri*

T 0–0 60,133 October 6Navy*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 21–0 64,364 October 13Northwestern

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 22–34 61,652 October 20Illinoisdagger

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 17–0 59,427 October 27at Michigan

W 17–0 65,484 November 3at No. 7 Michigan State

W 28–7 64,783 November 10IowaNo. 10

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry)

W 10–0 65,087 November 17PurdueNo. 8

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 7–6 67,081 November 24at No. 3 WisconsinNo. 5

L 9–14 65,541

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]