1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1971 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Michigan $ 8 0 0 11 1 0
Northwestern 6 3 0 7 4 0
Ohio State 5 3 0 6 4 0
Michigan State 5 3 0 6 5 0
Illinois 5 3 0 5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0 4 6 1
Minnesota 3 5 0 4 7 0
Purdue 3 5 0 3 7 0
Indiana 2 6 0 3 8 0
Iowa 1 8 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 18th and final year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 278 to 212.[1]

Defensive end Tom Chandler received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Doug Kingsriter was named an All-American by the Associated Press and Bob Hope. Kingsriter and linebacker Bill Light were named All-Big Ten first team. Quarterback Craig Curry, fullback Ernie Cook and offensive tackle Jack Babcock were named All-Big Ten second team.Offensive lineman Bart Buetow and linebacker Ron King were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 207,662, which averaged to 34,610. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[3]

Schedule

September 11Indiana

W 28–0 28,549 September 18at No. 1 Nebraska*

L 7–35 68,187 September 25Washington State*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis

L 20–31 32,020 October 2Kansas*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis

W 38–20 30,090 October 9at Purdue

L 27–13 64,281 October 16at Iowa

W 19–14 51,488 October 23No. 3 Michigandagger

L 7–35 44,176 October 30No. 10 Ohio State

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota

L 12–14 36,281 November 6at Northwestern

L 20–41 31,217 November 13at Michigan State

L 25–40 61,419 November 20Wisconsin

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota (Rivalry)

W 23–21 34,738

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 10 Craig Curry Sr
OT 72 Matt Herkenhoff So
TE 83 Doug Kingsriter Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 91 Dan Adams So
LB 33 Tom MacLeod Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1971 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]